Do We Need This (live)

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36% MuseWiki ULD has 9/25 performances of this song.
This is a list of missing performances.
Live information
Name Do We Need This
Tours Showbiz (24)
Pre-Showbiz (1)
First performance 31st March 1997
Latest performance 24th February 2000
Pro-shots 1999:
Paris (11/10/1999)
Audience footage None
Audio recordings
2000:
Manchester (02/21/2000)
Rouen (01/08/2000)
Brussels (01/07/2000)
Amsterdam (01/06/2000)
1999:
Paris (07/12/1999)
Portsmouth (05/17/1999)
London (04/10/1999)
# of performances 25
Uno Live Database 36% (missing 16/25 performances)




This page contains a list of all known performances of Do We Need This.

Analysis and Explanation

Do We Need This is one of the most played b-sides from the Showbiz era, believed to have been performed over fifty times live over the course of 1997 to 2000. Possibly originating in late 1996, the earliest setlist from 1997 includes this song. Despite this, the next known appearance of Do We Need This took place in April 1999. It is very likely that Do We Need This was done somewhat often during 1997 and 1998, however as of right now, it is unknown exactly how often or when it was performed during this time period.

Do We Need This was performed live very often in 1999. As a rough estimate, including gigs where the song was believed to have been performed, Do We Need This was performed over forty times live in 1999 alone, of which we know of 17 performances from 1999. This is largely due to the band's appreciation of the song, with Matt once citing it as the band's best song. By August 1999, however, the band were beginning to sour on the song, and after August 1999 it was believed to have been performed only six times. There is always the possibility that the song was performed more often during this time period, but there are no setlists available to back up this claim.

Why the song was done so often comes down to the fact that the band had high hopes for the song, and that in 1999 the band hadn't developed a large number of songs to perform live and thus were stuck using b-sides to perform live. Unlike most b-sides there is one pro shot available of Do We Need This, the only in existence. Though it has not been performed since 2000, the band apparently have not given up on performing the song as it was a setlist option for the 2017 Shepherds Bush Empire show.

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Showbiz era

2000

# Date Venue Location Link
5 2000-02-24 The Princess Charlotte Leicester, UK
4 2000-02-21 Manchester Academy Manchester, UK Listen here [B]
3 2000-01-08 Exo 7 Rouen, France Listen here
2 2000-01-07 Le Botanique Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium Listen here [B]
1 2000-01-06 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands Listen here [B]

1999

Note: Due to years prior to 2000 having many incomplete setlists, performances will not be numbered.

Date Venue Location Link
1999-11-10 MCM Café (Les Inrockuptibles) Paris, France Watch here [B]
1999-08-18 The Borderline London, UK
1999-08-04 Elbo Room Chicago, IL, USA
1999-07-23 Zodiac Oxford, UK
1999-07-20 Lomax Liverpool, UK
1999-07-19 Cavern Club Exeter, UK
1999-07-12 New Morning Paris, France Listen here [B]
1999-07-08 100 Club London, UK
1999-06-23 Cavern Club Exeter, UK
1999-06-21 Varsity Wolverhampton, UK
1999-06-19 Roadhouse Manchester, UK
1999-06-18 Joiners Arms Southampton, UK
1999-05-29 The Garage (supporting Feeder) Glasgow, UK
1999-05-27 The Riverside (supporting Feeder) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1999-05-25 Coal Exchange (supporting Feeder) Cardiff, UK
1999-05-18 Barfly (Radio 1 Evening Session Tour) London, UK
1999-05-17 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre (Radio 1 Evening Session tour) Portsmouth, UK Listen here [B]
1999-04-10 London Astoria (supporting Gene) London, UK Listen here [B]
1999-??-?? Fortress Studios London, UK Included on Origin of Muse

Pre-Showbiz era

1997

# Date Venue Location Link
1 1997-03-31 Cavern Club Exeter, UK

See also

This is a table of Showbiz-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song_Title Release '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '22 '23 #
Sunburn Showbiz 0 0 0 0 44 102 100 31 40 96 11 26 52 4 1 5 0 13 29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 556
Muscle Museum Showbiz 1 0 2 4 71 104 98 33 42 96 5 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 479
Fillip Showbiz 0 0 1 0 52 79 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
Falling Down Showbiz 0 0 0 0 38 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
Cave Showbiz 0 0 3 4 69 93 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 270
Showbiz Showbiz 0 0 0 2 56 101 100 4 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 1 292
Unintended Showbiz 0 0 0 1 20 70 58 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 6 4 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
Uno Showbiz 0 0 0 1 67 74 52 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
Sober Showbiz 0 0 4 1 24 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Spiral Static Showbiz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Escape Showbiz 0 0 3 1 16 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
Overdue Showbiz 0 0 2 2 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
Hate This & I'll Love You Showbiz 0 0 2 0 2 7 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
Agitated Uno 0 5 2 0 16 71 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 132
Forced In Uno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 16 0 62 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106
Twin Cave 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Host Cave 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18
Coma Cave 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Minimum Muscle Museum 0 0 0 0 1 58 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 70
Do We Need This Muscle Museum 0 0 1 0 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Pink Ego Box Muscle Museum 0 0 2 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Yes Please Sunburn 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 31
Ashamed Sunburn 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Recess Unintended 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Nishe Unintended 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 93 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 156

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