Helsinki Hartwall Areena 2009 (gig)

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Muse in Hartwall Areena

Muse show
Venue	Hartwall Areena
Date	22nd October 2009
Location	Helsinki, ES
Country	Finland
Songs	20
Support	None
Start (UTC+3)	21:00
Capacity	15,000
Price (EUR)	48.50
Sold out?	Yes

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First show of The Resistance Arena Tour

Information

The concert was part of the first European leg of The Resistance Tour, in support of the album The Resistance, announced on the 1st of June, 2009. Fan pre-sale information and links were announced on the 3rd of June. Pre-sale took place on the 4th–5th of June, and general sale started on the 8th. The concert was promoted by Livenation.

On playing songs from The Resistance live, Howard stated that learning to do so "should take a while!" and rehearsals started on the 19th of July.<refChristopher Wolstenholme. (2009-07-19). First day of rehearsals an .... musewire/Twitter. Retrieved 2009-07-22 from twitter.com.</ref> On the 22nd, Musewire readers were told to "expect an 8-foot stone 'enge" for The Resistance tour's stage design.

The Show

Guiding Light, Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture) and Helsinki Jam were played live for the first time, while Unintended was played for the first time in two years. We Are The Universe made its debut also.

Upon the canopies falling down the three towers, Matt's one got stuck on the tower itself.

Hullaballoons were released during Plug In Baby.

Speech

After Uprising	Bellamy	"Good evening, Helsinki!"
After New Born		"Kiitos (en: Thank you)"
After Hysteria		"Cheers".
Before Cave		"Thank you very much! We'll play a couple of songs of[verify this] our first album Showbiz. We don't play this song very often. It's the oldest song we've ever written [sic]".
After Unnatural Selection		"Thanks again!"
After Knights of Cydonia		"Thank you Helsinki, we love you so much, thank you!"
	Howard	"We love you Helsinki! We'll see you again soon! Take care, nice to see you, cheers!"

Setlist

• We Are the Universe (intro music)

1. Uprising
   ^{(Manson 007, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
2. Resistance
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
3. New Born + Headup riff
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, black finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}
5. Supermassive Black Hole
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Guiding Light
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
7. Interlude + Hysteria
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. United States of Eurasia
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
9. Cave (piano)
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Études Simples No. 6 + Unintended
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, American Vintage '75 Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Helsinki Jam
    ^{(Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
12. Undisclosed Desires (extended)
    ^{(Manson Keytarcaster, Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
13. Starlight
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
14. Plug In Baby (extended)
    ^{(Manson Mirror, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
15. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
16. Unnatural Selection
    ^{(Manson Mirror, walnut Status The KingBass Mk-II)}

    Encore 1

17. Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture)
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, Gibson Grabber)}
18. Stockholm Syndrome + War Within a Breath riff + Low Tune riff

    Encore 2

19. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia
    ^{(Manson Mirror, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}

See also

• Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

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