Psycho UK Tour
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The Psycho UK tour was the first tour of the Drones era that took place in March of 2015. It's named after the first announced song from the album Drones, Psycho, which was released on March 12th, 2015, three days before the tour began. The tour ran between 15th and 23rd March.
Announcement
The Psycho Tour was first announced by Matt Bellamy on March 10th, 2015, on Twitter. The announcement was later confirmed officially by Muse on Facebook, on March 11th.
Information
Through the course of the tour, the band played in various medium-sized venues across the UK. Up until the tour, most venues haven't been played by the band since the Origin of Symmetry tour. This was the smallest tour Muse have done in years.
With the tour being small and only lasting for a week, it drawn in mostly "hardcore" fans, thus featuring many songs that Muse haven't played in many years (such as Assassin, Uno and Muscle Museum). The tour also featured the live premieres of Psycho, Reapers and Dead Inside. Performances of these songs were filmed, each at it's own location, together with The Handler's soundcheck. These pro-shot recordings were made available on the Drones CD/DVD Limited Edition.
Stage Setup and Production
The stage set up was very basic, with a simple Drones album cover backdrop and a series of LED strip-lights, placed vertically behind the band in the shape of a pyramid together with light fixtures. On the stage was a drum-riser, a Marshall stack and Morgan's keyboard. No piano was present on the stage as no piano songs were played during the tour.
Outfit-wise, the trio wore the jumpsuit costumes from the Psycho Lyric Video, allthough Dom kept the upper part of the costume unzipped and tucked behind the drum throne for easier movability when drumming. The jumpsuits were re-designed for future tours to have tops and bottoms separated with Dom having a lighter sleeveless top.
The tour also marked the return of the Hullabaloons for the first time after The Resistance Tour.
Support bands
Revealed on March 11th, 2015, Marmozets were the support band for the tour. Moriaty also supported Muse together with Marmozets, exclusively in Exeter.
Typical setlist
The tour saw the regular playing of many rare songs from the previous tour as well as the return to setlists of songs which hadn't been played for years. Uno was played for the first time since 2003. Muscle Museum and Assassin were both played for the first time since 2007. According to Matt Bellamy, the setlists were based on fans' comments the band saw on Muse messageboards, about what songs they really want the band to play.
- Psycho
- Fury / Futurism / Uno / Map of the Problematique / Muscle Museum
- Bliss
- Interlude + Hysteria
- Plug in Baby / Time Is Running Out
- Hyper Music / Interlude + Hysteria (if not played before)
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Hyper Music
- Starlight
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Uprising
- Reapers / Knights of Cydonia
Encore
- Animals
- Time Is Running Out (if not played before) / Plug in Baby (if not played before)
- Reapers (if not played before) /Knights of Cydonia (if not played before)
Notes
- Plug in Baby was played in the second slot in Belfast.
- Bliss was replaced with Fury in Belfast.
- Plug in Baby was played in the second slot in Belfast.
- Uno was played in the fourth slot in Belfast.
- Hysteria was played in the fifth Plug in Baby / Time Is Running Out rotation slot in Belfast.
- Unnatural Selection was played in the SMBH slot in Belfast. SMBH replaced Starlight.
- Stockholm Syndrome and the sixth rotation slot were swapped in Belfast.
- Assassin was played in teh sixth slot in Newport.
- Assassin was played in the Hyper Music/Hysteria slot in Newport.
- Animals was replaced with Unnatural Selection in Newport, Map of the Problematique in Exeter, Fury in Manchester and Uno in Brighton.
- Hyyper Music was played in the Agitated slot in Manchester.
- Dead Star was played in the fourth slot in Manchester.
- The Groove was played in the Agitated slot in Brighton.
- Dead Inside was played in the Bliss slot in Brighton. Bliss was played in the fourth slot.
Stats
| Album | # of songs | Songs played |
|---|---|---|
| Showbiz | 2 | Muscle Museum, Uno |
| Origin of Symmetry | 4 | Bliss, Hyper Music, Plug in Baby, Futurism |
| Absolution | 5 | Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Interlude, Hysteria, Fury |
| Black Holes and Revelations | 5 | Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Assassin, Knights of Cydonia |
| The Resistance | 2 | Uprising, Unnatural Selection |
| The 2nd Law | 1 | Animals |
| Drones | 3 | Dead Inside, Psycho, Reapers |
| Other | 3 | Agitated, Dead Star, The Groove |
Gigs
| Date | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-23 | Brighton Dome | Brighton, England |
| 2015-03-22 | Manchester Academy | Manchester, England |
| 2015-03-20 | The Great Hall | Exeter, England |
| 2015-03-19 | Newport Centre | Newport, Wales |
| 2015-03-16 | Barrowland Ballroom | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2015-03-15 | Ulster Hall | Belfast, Northern Ireland |