Shrinking Universe (live)

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50% MuseWiki ULD has 4/8
performances of this song.
This is a list of missing performances.
Live information
Name Shrinking Universe
Tours Showbiz (8)
First performance 10th October 2000
Latest performance 4th November 2000
Pro-shots None
Audience footage None
Audio recordings 2000:
Malmo (11/03/2000)
Melbourne (10/20/2000)
Osaka (10/12/2000)
Osaka (10/11/2000)
# of performances 8
Uno Live Database 50% (4/8 performances missing)




This page contains a list of all known performances of Shrinking Universe.

Analysis and Explanation

Debuted live before its eventual release as a b-side in 2001, Shrinking Universe was performed live towards the end of the Showbiz tour where they began to introduce new material to their sets such as Hyper Music and Micro Cuts. The song is believed to have been performed thirteen times between October and November 2000, though only eight performances have been confirmed today with the remaining five being unconfirmed. With the exception of two Japanese gigs and Livid Festival, Shrinking Universe is believed to have been played at every date in October and November 2000.

Shrinking Universe has not been played live since 2000, most likely due to the song not making the final cut of the album (the band only performed three b-sides - Agitated, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, and Minimum - during the Origin of Symmetry tour), and due to the difficult vocals. It was also not listed as an option at the 2017 Shepherd's Bush Empire by-request show, indicating the song will likely not be played live again.

Please submit dead links/issues here.

Showbiz era

2000

# Date Venue Location Link
8 2000-11-04 Vega Copenhagen, Denmark
7 2000-11-03 Kulturbolaget Malmö, Sweden Listen here [B]
6 2000-10-31 Tavastia Club Helsinki, ES, Finland
5 2000-10-30 Olympia Theatre (Pet Sounds) Dublin, Ireland
4 2000-10-20 The Palace Melbourne, VI, Australia Listen here [B]
3 2000-10-12 Bayside Jenny Osaka, Japan Listen here [B]
2 2000-10-11 Club Quattro Osaka, Japan Listen here
1 2000-10-10 Club Quattro Nagoya, Japan

See also

This is a table of Origin of Symmetry-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: May 14, 2022.

Song Title Release '96 '97 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '22 '23 #
New Born Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 49 100 33 48 126 22 81 93 17 36 94 2 11 21 1 8 0 2 3 57 6 3 792
Bliss Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 7 100 33 48 114 23 76 22 3 0 17 3 6 20 2 16 23 6 1 8 2 19 548
Space Dementia Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 34 33 40 26 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 152
Hyper Music Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 9 93 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 147
Plug In Baby Origin of Symmetry 1 0 0 83 105 34 48 108 18 90 89 17 43 94 15 27 58 2 49 50 28 11 59 29 56 1114
Citizen Erased Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 96 33 46 108 11 23 21 2 0 15 10 0 4 0 22 25 1 1 0 11 5 434
Micro Cuts Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 2 94 32 18 10 4 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 181
Screenager Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 35 77 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
Darkshines Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 11 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
Feeling Good Origin of Symmetry 0 0 1 65 101 29 30 1 0 33 78 16 19 58 4 0 32 0 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 490
Futurism Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Megalomania Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
Nature_1 Plug In Baby 0 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Execution Commentary Plug In Baby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bedroom Acoustics Plug In Baby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shrinking Universe New Born 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Map of Your Head New Born 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Gallery Bliss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 4 36
Hyper Chondriac Music Bliss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dead Star In Your World 0 0 0 0 28 33 0 22 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 108
In Your World In Your World 0 0 0 0 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
Can't Take My
Eyes Off You
In Your World 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

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