Paris Cigale 2018 (gig)

Gig announcement poster

The Setlist

Muse at La Cigale

The band on stage

Muse show
Venue	La Cigale (By Request Show)
Date	24 th February 2018
Location	Paris
Country	France
Songs	20
Support	None
Start	21:00
Capacity	954 - 1389
Price (EUR)	66.00 (without fees)
Sold out?	Yes

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Rod Laver Arena	←	La Cigale (By Request)	→	Pa'l Norte

First show of 2018 after the release of Thought Contagion.

Information

Announced on February 15, 2018

Muse's second by request gig after the 2017 Shepherd's Bush one.

The show was streamed live on the band’s social channels (Facebook, Twitter/Periscope and YouTube) and included real time fan voting for 3 songs in the setlist. Ticket holders were able to choose their Top 5 tracks and all votes submitted were collated and used to curate the set on the night.

Tickets were available on 17 February. In an effort to combat touts there was a two ticket limit. In addition, names were printed on all tickets & you had to show valid government ID to enter the venue. Name changes on tickets were prohibited.

You can watch the whole show here or watch the individual clips by seeing the setlist below.

The official gallery from the gig can be seen on muse.mu.

The Show

• Thought Contagion made its live debut.
• Eternally Missed was played for the first since 2002. Matt commented that he was very surprised that the song made it to the top 10.
• First performances of Helsinki Jam and Space Dementia (with the guitar outro) since 2011.
• Agitated and Yes Please weren't on the setlist but were played. There was also a misunderstanding during Agitated as Dom started to play the outro of the song after the first chorus, while Matt and Chris were playing the song entirely. At the end, the song was played in its entirety.
• Yes Please was the abbreviated version - the first verse and chorus were played only.
• Muscle Museum, Showbiz, Fury and Eternally Missed were all played half a step down.
• This is the first time since 2013 that Knights of Cydonia wasn't played in a non-promotional gig.
• If Agitated and Yes Please are not counted as songs but as outros, and if the voting category name is considered, then this has been first time since 2007 that Stockholm Syndrome has closed the set.
• As indicated on the setlist, Matt played guitar during the whole of Uprising for the first time since April 2016. This is a unique occurrence as since November 2015 Matt has only played guitar from the bridge onwards at the vast majority of gigs, leaving the guitar parts before then to touring member Morgan Nicholls.
• Last performances of Eternally Missed, Fury, Muscle Museum, and Helsinki Jam to date.

Media

You can download the full gig on MuseBootlegs, or watch all the fan-recorded songs below. Muse officially uploaded the performance of Thought Contagion to their YouTube channel a few days after the show, albeit with the audio remixed and edited to more closely match the studio version.

Setlist

1. Thought Contagion [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome FR, sunburst 77' Fender Jazz Bass)}
2. Interlude + Hysteria + Back in Black outro [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
3. Eternally Missed [watch]
   ^{(Manson Holoflake, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
4. New Born + Microphone Fiend outro [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
5. Space Dementia [watch]
   ^{(Manson Matt Black 2.0, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
6. Fury [watch]
   ^{(Manson Holoflake, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
7. Psycho [watch]
   ^{(Manson Matt Black FR, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
8. Helsinki Jam [watch]
   ^{(aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
9. Showbiz + Ashamed outro [watch]
   ^{(Manson Holoflake, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
10. Uprising (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Alert, red finish red-LED custom Status Original Series II)}
11. Citizen Erased [watch]
    ^{(Manson E7, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
12. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
13. Bliss (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Encore 1

14. Muscle Museum [watch]
    ^{(Manson Holoflake, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
15. The Dark Side solo intro + Plug in Baby (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth w/ Fishman TriplePlay, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Encore 2

16. Assassin [watch]
    ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, aqua blue finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
17. Stockholm Syndrome [watch]
    ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
18. Agitated [watch]
    ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
19. Yes Please (short) + Reapers outro [watch]
    ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}

Gallery

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If you want to see more photos, you can look at them on Abelgaloismuse's blog.

Voting

Just like with the previous By Request gig, the ticket holders were able to vote for their songs on SetTheSet, albeit the amount of songs available compared to last time was notably smaller. Some songs like Stockholm Syndrome, Fury, Citizen Erased and more did not appear in the voting options. The voting ran from February 17th 14:00 (CET) till February 20th 24:00 (CET).

On the gig date, Muse ask fans on Facebook three questions about which song could they play:

• Which Japanese bonus track should Muse play next? "Fury" or "Futurism" - Fury won
• Which prog song should Muse play next? "Butterflies & Hurricanes" or "Citizen Erased" - Citizen Erased won
• How should Muse end the set? "Knights of Cydonia" or "Stockholm Syndrome" - Stockholm Syndrome won

Song Choices

Bold are songs that were never played live. Italic are songs that haven't been played since 2012. Both bold and italic are songs that haven't been played since 2008.

• Dig Down
• Psycho
• Dead Inside
• Reapers
• The Handler
• Madness
• Supremacy
• Panic Station
• Undisclosed Desires
• Resistance
• Uprising
• Starlight
• Assassin
• Glorious
• Map of the Problematique
• Easily
• City of Delusion
• Invincible
• Supermassive Black Hole
• The Groove
• Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
• Sing For Absolution
• Eternally Missed
• Hysteria
• Time Is Running Out
• Dead Star
• New Born
• Plug In Baby
• Hyper Music
• Bliss
• Space Dementia
• Micro Cuts
• Map of Your Head
• Feeling Good
• Cave
• Sunburn
• Uno
• Unintended
• Showbiz
• Muscle Museum

Voting Results

Right after the gig, Matt tweeted out the results of the voting:

Number	Song	# of Votes
1	Showbiz	364
2	Muscle Museum	Unknown
3	Space Dementia	252
4	New Born	197
5	Bliss	191
6	Eternally Missed	191
7	Assassin	163
8	Dead Star	163
9	Plug in Baby	161
10	Sing for Absolution	152

While Matt did tweet the position Muscle Museum is, he didn't give the number of votes it got.

Speech

Note: In the official YouTube video upload of Thought Contagion performance, the part where Bellamy says "We know you didn't come for that but thank you!" has been cut.

When	Who	What
After Thought Contagion	Bellamy	"Thank you very much, thank you! We know you didn't come for that but thank you!"
Before Eternally Missed		"Thank you very much. Merci, merci. So here we go, here we go with the deep-cuts. I was very surprised by this one. Must be something with the French, the French must like it. Haven't played this song for, what, 15.. 16 years. Something like that. One of you probably knows, I know I don't, long time ago."
After Eternally Missed		"Thank you!"
Before Space Dementia		"Okay. I'm gonna fuck this up, I guarantee it."
After Space Dementia		"There's probably, probably load of like Americans watching this on Facebook like 'what the hell is this, what is this'."
Before Fury	Bellamy & Howard	Bellamy: "Okay, guys. So we had, so people online are voting for some songs. The first song they are voting for is the best Japanese bonus track, and the nominees are Fury & Futurism. Dom.. We don't know, we don't know. Dom has the results, they just came in. So here we go." Howard: "I have the envelope right here, so we are about to find out. Futurism or Fury, here we go. So the winner is: *whistles* it's Fury!"
After Fury	Bellamy	"Thank you."
Before Psycho	Bellamy	"Okay. We're outside a tiny bit of early 2000s, just for one second, just for one song. Actually, having said that, this riff was probably written in.. this riff was probably written in.. like what.. 2000, 2001."
After Psycho		"Merci beaucoup!"
Before Showbiz		"Yes, uhh, yeah.. I have a feeling, I have a feeling every time we do by request this song is always gonna win."
After Showbiz		"It's a good tune, it's a good tune, good tune."
After Uprising		"Merci beaucoup, merci!"
Before Citizen Erased	Bellamy & Howard	Bellamy: "So we have another online vote happening. The category is best progressive rock song. The nominees are Butterflies & Hurricanes or Citizen Erased. Dom has the results." Howard: "And the winner is.. Voting online it was 72% of the votes." Bellamy: "That's a clear win!" Howard: "That's a clear win. Citizen Erased!"
After Citizen Erased	Bellamy	"Merci, merci beaucoup!"
Before Bliss		"I am glad this next song made the TOP 10. My favorite song on Origin of Symmetry."
After Bliss		"Merci, Paris!"
Before Muscle Museum		"Okay, time for another real old, old bastard. thought i would get away, I thought I would get away with not playing it, but of course not, of course you are not gonna let us go away with it. Okay."
After Muscle Museum		"Thank you!"
Before Assassin		"Thank you very much, thank you. You guys are awesome, thank you so much, thank you!"
After Assassin		"Thank you!"
Before Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy & Howard	Bellamy: "Thank you very much, we love you Paris, we love you so much. We've missed you, we've missed being here. Should have one more song which is voted for online again, so, the category is best ending to a set-list. The nominees are Stockholm Syndrome and Knights of Cydonia. Dom has the results." Howard: "Okay, this is it. It's end of the night, okay, the winner is.. *Wooh*, with 51% of the votes.. God that's tight. It's Stockholm Syndrome!"
After Yes Please	Bellamy	"Merci Paris, we love you!"

References

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