Tokyo International Forum 2007 (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | International Forum (Hall A[1])[source?] |
| Date | 12th March 2007[2] |
| Location | Tokyo[source?] |
| Country | Japan |
| Songs | 23[3] |
| Support | Unknown |
| Start (UTC+9) | 19:00, 18:00 (doors)[4][source?] |
| Capacity | 5,012 (max seated)[5] |
| Price (JPY) | 6,800[4] |
| Sold out? | Yes[source?] |
Information
Tickets went on sale 3rd December. The concert was sponsored by J-Wave and MTV Japan.[6]
This was the longest set list ever played by Muse until 2013 and lasted almost two hours, not including encore breaks and so on.
Sing for Absolution was played for the first time in over 2 years. This gig also marked the first time that Sing for Absolution featured additional piano by Morgan. (Every performance of the song during the Black Holes and Revelations era went on to be played in this same manner).
Citizen Erased wasn't preceded by a percussion intro, as did Apocalypse Please as Intro wasn't played (only Bellamy marking the rythm on piano).
The balloons were released during Bliss.
Speech
| After Hysteria | Bellamy | "Thank you Tōkyō. How are you?" |
| After Map of the Problematique | "Thank you", | |
| Howard | "Tōkyō". | |
| After Assassin | "Thank you very much". | |
| After Citizen Erased | Bellamy | "Arigatō. [Thank you.]" |
| Howard | "Genki desu ka [How are you?]" | |
| After Hoodoo | Bellamy | [Audience silence] "That's the end". |
| After Sunburn | Howard | "Thank you very much! Tōkyō... And the next lecture this evening, is Starlight". |
| After Starlight | Bellamy | "Thank you". |
| Before Soldier's Poem | Howard | "You better get your lighters out". |
| After Stockholm Syndrome | Bellamy | "Arigatō! [Thank you!]" |
| Before City of Delusion | Howard | "Yes, we're going to play more songs. A few more. Why not". |
| Bellamy | [?] | |
| After Knights of Cydonia | "Tōkyō, thank you" |
Media
An audience recording in lossless (FLAC) format can be found on MuseBootlegs here.
Setlist
- Take a Bow
- Hysteria
- Map of the Problematique + Maggie's Farm outro
- Guitar interlude + Butterflies & Hurricanes
- Debase riff + Assassin (extended)
- Sing for Absolution (additional piano)
- Citizen Erased
- Hoodoo (piano)
- Piano Thing interlude + Apocalypse Please (short)
- Feeling Good
- Étude Op. 10, No. 1 + Sunburn (piano)
- Starlight
- Asturias riff + Time Is Running Out
- New Born
- Forced In (instrumental)
- Bliss (extended)
Encore 1
- Soldier's Poem
- Invincible
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Riff + Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion outro + Endless Nameless riff
Encore 2
- City of Delusion
- Plug In Baby
- Riff + Knights of Cydonia