Chelmsford Hylands Park 2008 (gig)

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Festival poster
Muse show
Venue Hylands Park[1] (V Festival[2]—main stage headline[2])
Date 16th August 2008[2]
Location Chelmsford[2]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 15[3]
Support
  • Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maxïmo Park[4] »
  • Alanis Morissette, The Futureheads[4]
[source?]
Start (UTC+1) 21:20 (Muse)[5]
Capacity Unknown
Price (GBP) 145.00 (camping), 125.00 (weekend), 70.00 (one day)[6]
Sold out? Unknown




Information

A user of Drowning in Sound claimed on the 21st of January that a "reliable industry source" indicated that Muse would be headlining V Festival 2008.[7] Three days later, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis commented that he'd heard that Muse were playing V Festival.[8] In the comment, he appeared unsure - this belief may have derived from rumours started by the aforementioned claim.[7][8] Following Eavis' comment, eFestivals listed Muse as a "strong rumour".[9] However, on the 29th of January they removed Muse.[9] The next day, an eFestivals admin stated they had information that Muse were not going to play V Festival 2008.[10] This information proved to be false, as on the 12th of February, the Muse website announced Muse would be playing V Festival 2008.[2]

The first pre-sale took place on the 3rd of March, for customers of Virgin Media or Virgin Mobile services only. A second pre-sale spanned the hour before general sale, at 09:00 on the 7th of March.[11] Tickets went on sale the same day[2] at 10:00.[12]

Matthew Bellamy initially said in the June 2008 issue of Q magazine that "a couple of new songs should be played",[source?] but later recanted during a July after-show party, wherein he stated that no new music would be played live this year.[13] As previously hinted at,[source?] the band submitted a plan to the festival's health and safety personnel, for a "stunt" involving a model UFO approaching the stage. This plan was rejected.[14]

The Show

Bellamy tossed his Manson Chrome Bomber across the stage at the end of Knights of Cydonia.

Attire

Bellamy started off by wearing his black & white nylon jacket with red jeans, before later removing the jacket to reveal a red shirt, Wolstenholme wore black and white and Dominic Howard wore a black shirt with blue trousers.

Speech

After Knights of Cydonia Bellamy "Thank you!"
Howard "You guys rock, we love you.... Take care, see you again, cheers".

Media

A pro-video shot of Dead Star was released as a form of a Christmas gift. Supermassive Black Hole, Hysteria, and Knights of Cydonia were shown on 4Music. A full HD rip of these three songs with remastered audio can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

Setlist

References

  1. (2008-01). [Official information]. V Festival website. Retrieved 2008-01-21 from vfestival.com.
  2. a b c d e f V Festival Announcement! (2008-02-12). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-02-12 from muse.mu[dead link].
  3. Amy 'Plug In Amy'. (2008-08-16). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved 2008-08-16 from www.muselive.com.
  4. a b (2008-03-04). [Official lineup]. V Festival website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  5. Vfestival08. (2008-08-16). [Muse onstage announcement]. Twitter. Retrieved 2008-08-16 from twitter.com.
  6. (2008-03-04). [Ticket information]. V Festival website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  7. a b Kev Kharas. (2008-01-21). Muse and the Verve headlining V Festival, apparently. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from drownedinsound.com.
  8. a b Four rumours ruled out of Glastonbury (2008-01-24). Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  9. a b judderman. (2008-01-30). [Forum post]. Muse forum. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from board.muse.mu.
  10. eFestivals. (2008-01-30). [eFestivals forum post]. eFestivals forum. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from efestivals.co.uk.
  11. V Festival Pre-Sale! (2008-03-04). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from muse.mu[dead link].
  12. (2008). [Official information]. V Festival website. Retrieved 2008-02-18 from www.vfestival.com.
  13. SOUSOUS. (2008-07-21). [Forum post]. Muse forum. Retrieved 2008-07-21 from board.muse.mu.
  14. World Entertainment News Network. (2008-08-12). Festival organisers ban Muse stunt. Yahoo News. Retrieved 2008-08-12 from uk.news.yahoo.com.

See also


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