Yuzawa-machi Naeba Ski Resort 2002 (gig)

Fuji Rock Festival 2002 poster

Muse at the festival place

Muse show
Venue	Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
Date	26th July 2002
Location	Naeba, Yuzawa-machi
Country	Japan
Songs	15
Support	Alec Empire, et all...
Supported	The Prodigy
Start (UTC+9)	Unknown
Capacity	~30,000
Price	Unknown
Sold out?	No

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The Show

Matthew Bellamy made several mistakes towards the end of Apocalypse Please, after which he gave up and simply hit random keys.

Attire

As with most performances in 2002, the band's clothing was predominantly black. Bellamy wore black jeans and a black shirt. Dominic Howard wore a black short sleeved t-shirt with red rings around ends of the arms. Christopher Wolstenholme wore a black t-shirt with a logo along with blue jeans.

Speech

Before New Born	Bellamy	"Konnichiwa Fuji".
After The Small Print		"Thank you".
After Dead Star
After Citizen Erased		"Arigato".
After Apocalypse Please		"Thank you very much".
After Sunburn	Howard	"Arigato ... Now it's time for dodgy cover".
After Can't Take My Eyes Off You	Bellamy	"Thank you".
After Stockholm Syndrome		"Cheers"
After Plug In Baby		"Arigato Fuji Rock. Thank you very much for coming".
	Howard	"Cheers".
	Bellamy	"On the Dom, uh, on the fucking Dom—"
	Howard	[laughs] "On the Doms".
	Bellamy	"—On the drums we have Dominic Howard!"
	Howard	"Yeah...yeah".
	Bellamy	"On the bass, we have Chris Wolstenamanaa".
	Howard	"And this crazy motherfucker is Matt Bellamy. It's rough weather so cheers for hangin' about".
	Bellamy	"Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is our last song, this song is called Bliss. See you next year".
	Howard	"Cheers, take care".
After Bliss	Bellamy	"Arigato. thank you very much".

Media

At least New Born, Dead Star, Muscle Museum and Plug In Baby were broadcast on television. An audience recording in lossless (FLAC) format is available on MuseBootlegs here. There is also an amateur + pro combined DVD of the entire performance available here.

An early version of Thoughts of a Dying Atheist was soundchecked before the show. You can watch it here.

You can listen the gig here [1].

Setlist

1. New Born
2. The Small Print (demo version)
3. Space Dementia
4. Micro Cuts
5. Dead Star
6. Citizen Erased
7. Apocalypse Please (demo version)
8. Sunburn (guitar)
9. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
10. In Your World + Zero riff
11. Hyper Music
12. Stockholm Syndrome (instrumental demo)
13. Muscle Museum
14. Plug In Baby
15. Bliss (extended)

See also

• Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa-machi
• Interview
• Fuji Rock website

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