View source for London Royal Albert Hall 2008 (gig)

[[Image:20080412.jpg|thumb|right|The band during Megalomania]]
{{Gigbox
| Venue = Royal Albert Hall
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}}</ref><ref name="mu20080220">{{cite |
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| Date = 12th April 2008
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| Location = London
| Country = United Kingdom
| Songs = 16
| Support = The Futureheads
| SupportRef = <ref name="mu20080320">
{{cite |
 title=The Futureheads to support Muse at TCT show! |desc=Muse news |date=2008-03-20 |fetch=2008-03-20 |pub=Official Muse website |url=http://muse.mu/index.php?sec=news-355 |dom=muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref>
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{{cite |
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|url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30789 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> 18:45 <small>(doors)</small><ref name="st20080222">
{{cite |
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| Capacity = 5,544
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| Price =
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|19.50 <small>(['''?'''])</small><ref name="nocite">{{nocite}}</ref>
|39.50-49.50 <small>(west choir, east choir, circle)</small><ref name="tm20080222">
{{cite |
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|49.50 <small>(arena - stood)</small><ref name="st20080222"/>
|49.50 <small>(stalls, second tier box, loggia box, grand tier box)</small><ref name="tm20080222"/>
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Muse had originally been approached by TCT concert organiser Roger Daltrey of [[The Who]] a "few" years beforehand, after performing at the same unspecified festival, which Dominic Howard later thought was Belgian. This festival may have been [[Werchter Festival 2006 (gig)|Rock Werchter 2006]]. Due to other obligations, Muse were unable to participate until 2008, when Daltry asked Muse again to play the event.<ref name="vr20080415">{{cite/virginradio20080415}}</ref>

Matthew Bellamy stated in a February 18th interview that Muse would be performing in the Royal Albert Hall as part of a cancer charity event.<ref name="vr20080218"/> He had heard of the event within the past "couple" of days and decided to partake in the event, partly due to wanting to play a relatively small capacity venue.<ref name="vr20080218"/> The following day, the MTV UK website claimed that Muse would be performing on the 12th April.<ref name="mtv20080219">
{{cite |
 title=Muse To Play Albert Hall |desc=MTV headline |date=2008-02-19 |fetch=2008-02-19 |auth=Tom Thorogood |pub=MTV UK website |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/19022008/403749/muse_to_play_albert_hall |dom=www.mtv.co.uk |type=ext
}}</ref> Both MTV and VH1, which helps organise the event, are subsidiary companies of Viacom. The date was confirmed by the official Muse website on the 20th of February.<ref name="mu20080220"/>
[[Image:RAHticket.jpg|right|thumb|Choir seating ticket stub]]
The official lineup was announced on the 21st of February, while ticket sale started following morning at 10:00.<ref name="tct2008"/><ref name="mu20080220"/> Seemingly resulting from the number of people attempting to purchase the relatively small number of tickets available, Seetickets went down shortly prior to the sale starting.<ref name="ml20080222">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive thread |date=2008-02-22 |fetch=2008-02-22 |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=29546&d=240 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref><ref name="mub20080222a">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post/thread |date=2008-02-22 |auth=leetroot |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4028816&postcount=1447 |dom=board.muse.mu
|type=ext
}}</ref> Soon after the sale started and before tickets sold out, re-sellers had started listing theirs on eBay with a "Buy It Now" of the order of £300.<ref name="mub20080222b">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post |date=2008-02-22 |fetch=2008-02-22 |auth=Mikky |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4028925&postcount=1514 |dom=board.muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref>

From March 26th to 17:00 on the 30th of March,<ref name="ml20080326">
{{cite |
 title=100 Tickets for MUSE @ Royal Albert Hall. |date=2008-03-26 |fetch=2008-04-04 |auth=Tom |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30409 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> choir area tickets were put up for raffle in pairs, each ticket of which cost £10.<ref name="ml20080326"/> The choir area is situated behind the band, on either side of the pipe organ.<ref name="nocite"/> 278 further tickets were reserved for those entrants who didn't win the raffle, which were sold out shortly after going on sale.<ref name="nocite"/>

While Bellamy expressed a desire to perform with an orchestra in a venue similar to the Royal Albert Hall, he felt that hiring musicians at such late notice would be unfair.<ref name="bbc620080219">
{{cite |
 title=Muse Play Albert Hall |desc=BBC interview coverage |date=2008-02-19 |fetch=2008-02-19 |auth=Matt Everitt |pub=BBC 6 Music |doc=Muse Play Albert Hall (20080219 BBC 6 Music article) |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080219_muse.shtml |dom=www.bbc.co.uk |type=int
}}</ref>

In the lead up to the concert, fans speculated as to the possibility of Megalomania being played on the venue's organ,<ref name="ml20080218">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive post |date=2008-02-18 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=Tene |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=998438#998438 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref><ref name="ml20080223">
{{cite |
 title=Poll: Will Muse play Megalomania at RAH on the big organ? |desc=Muselive poll |date=2008-02-23 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=jim24 |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=29657 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> which is second largest in the United Kingdom.<ref name="wpb">
{{cite |
 title=Royal Albert Hall |desc=Wikipedia article |fetch=2008-04-12 |pub=Wikipedia |url=https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall |dom=secure.wikimedia.org |type=ext
}}</ref> It was played during the afternoon's soundcheck,<ref name="mtv20080414">{{cite/mtv20080414}}</ref><ref name="mub20080412b">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=gazgriff |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4245387&postcount=6455 |dom=board.muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref> purportedly along with at least Butterflies & Hurricanes, Feeling Good,<ref name="mub20080412b"/> and Bliss<ref name="nocite"/>. There were apparently spotlights on the organ<ref name="mub20080412a">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=salanderson |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4245290&postcount=6450 |dom=board.muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref> and moreover the organ apparently had a microphone and camera on it.<ref name="mub20080412c">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=Hixxy |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4246323&postcount=6590 |dom=board.muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref>. Muse did end up playing Megalomania<ref name=ml20080412g">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=Laura '~screenager~' |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080550#1080550 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> on the pipe organ<ref name="ml20080412f">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=nimpo46 |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080577#1080577 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref>, as the first song of the encore. [[Morgan Nicholls]] played an ukulele during the song.

During an interview that took place before the afternoon sound-check but not published until after the concert, whilst frequently looking behind himself at the organ Matthew Bellamy explained his fear of playing a wrong note on it. As the band hadn't played the song in nearly six years, he had to re-learn the part for the occasion, which he did on the day itself. At the point of this pre-sound check interview, Bellamy was still unsure as to whether the band would play Megalomania, at that point it was down to whether the sound-check was successful.<ref name="mtv20080414"/>

The original event start was reported to be 19:30 with the doors opening at 18:45,<ref name="st20080222"/><ref name="tm20080221">
{{cite |
 title=Teenage Cancer Trust tickets Royal Albert Hall London |desc=Ticket purchase page |date=2008-02-21 |fetch=2008-02-21 |pub=Ticketmaster |url=http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F00405581B1456B |dom=ticketmaster.co.uk |type=ext
}}</ref> but Muselive reported it more accurately the day before the concert as the support starting at 20:00,<ref name="ml20080410a"/> from a Muse management e-mail.<ref name=ml20080410b">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive post |date=2008-04-10 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=Tom |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1078367#1078367 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> The full schedule can be seen below. Given these times, Muse have a maximum of two hours to perform during, although The Who apparently ran over the alloted time for their TCT gig of a previous year.<ref name="nocite"/>

Of the show itself, a different, new New Born riff outro was played,<ref name="ml20080412a">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=nimpo46 |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080314#1080314 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> of which speculation was soon started as to it being the precursor to a new song,<ref name="ml20080412b">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=ablazex |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080316#1080316 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref><ref name="mub20080412d">
{{cite |
 desc=Muse forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=ADAM |pub=Official Muse forum |url=http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=4246441&postcount=6671 |dom=board.muse.mu |type=ext
}}</ref> though the riff was actually Headup by the Deftones. Invincible was played slower than it usually has been.<ref name="ml20080412c">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=nimpo46
|pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080395#1080395 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> Fury was again played in B flat.<ref name=ml20080412d">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=ash-onguitar |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080407#1080407 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref> Bliss made a return, in extended form accompanied by balloons.<ref name=ml20080412e">
{{cite |
 desc=Muselive forum post |date=2008-04-12 |fetch=2008-04-12 |auth=Laura '~screenager~' |pub=Muselive |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1080473#1080473 |dom=muselive.com |type=ext
}}</ref>

After Megalomania, Wolstenholme and Howard played the Osaka Jam (officially known as 'Drum and Bass'), which is popular with die-hard fans, while Bellamy came back to the stage after playing the organ. When he returned, he joined Wolstenholme and Howard for the last part of the jam, which led into the intro of Plug In Baby.

====Schedule<ref name="ml20080410a"/>====
[[Image:20080412timings.jpg|thumb|right|Gig timings]]
''From later to earlier''
*23:00 - Curfew
*21:00 - Muse
*20:30 - Interval
*20:00 - Futureheads
*18:45 - Doors

====Speech====
{|{{Speechtable}}
|-
|After Take a Bow||[[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]]||"Hello Royal Albert Hall, how are you guys doing? ... A great pleasure to be here for you".
|-
|After Map of the Problematique||rowspan="2"|[[Dominic Howard|Howard]]||"Thank you very much, Albert Hall. Nice to see you".
|-
|After Supermassive Black Hole||"Cheers".
|-
|After New Born||rowspan="2"|Bellamy||Thank you very much, cheers".
|-
|After Butterflies & Hurricanes||"Cheers".
|-
|After Fury||rowspan="5"|Bellamy||rowspan="2"|"Thank you very much".
|-
|After Feeling Good
|-
|Before Invincible||"It's a great honour to be here in this great venue... and for such a great cause. I'd like to say a particular thank you to Roger Daltry for organising and inviting us to play".
|-
|After Hysteria||rowspan="2"|"Thank you very much".
|-
|After Starlight
|-
|Before Bliss||Howard||"Thank you London. Thanks to you guys up here as well".
|-
|Before Megalomania||rowspan="3"|Bellamy||"Well seeing as we're playing the Albert Hall, I thought it'd be rude not to play this beast!".<!--seems right now-->
|-
|Before Knights of Cydonia||"Thank you very much for coming down tonight, it's been a great pleasure to be here. Certainly going to play here again."
|-
|rowspan="2"|After Knights of Cydonia||"Thank you very much. Royal Albert Hall we love you, thank you. Cheers Cancer Trust. See you at V Festival".
|-
|Howard||Thank you London, it's been<!--?--> a pleasure to be here this evening. {{SpeechUnknown}} Thank you very much, we'll see you again soon, you guys are great, cheers".
|}

====Media====
SOUSOUS recorded the concert, [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30862 four songs of which he shared as a preview]. His full recording is available in FLAC format [http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=192651 here]. It is also available on Muselive [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30896 here] and [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30901 here].

Another recording was made by 'Petrock2000', which is also available in FLAC format, [http://www.dimeadozen.org//torrents-details.php?id=192551 here] and in mp3 format [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=30882 here].

pmb1202 recorded video of the gig, which can be found on YouTube [http://youtube.com/user/museatwembleystadium here]. Muxed audio from SOUSOUS' mp3 release and pmb1202's video of Megalomania can be downloaded [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=32910 here] and [http://uploaded.to/?id=3ziyqw&lang=en here]. Note that as SOUSOUS only released four songs in mp3 format, permission will need to be sought for muxing his FLAC recordings with any video.
pmb1202/citizenpb later muxed his video with the SOUSOUS FLAC audio and a secondary video source and shared it as a DVD torrent. It can be found [http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=214798 here] and [http://torrents.musebootlegs.com/details.php?id=4 here].

Later on in the year, another Fan DVD was released. It was originally planned to be screened in a Cinema, which was cancelled due to "an anonymous caller".

The DVD features 8+ camera angles all donated by video recorders. It also uses SOUSOUS's audio, layered with Petrock's, mixed into Surround Sound.

Follow links made in [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=34568 this post] to download off torrents.



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[[Image:20080412sl.jpg|thumb|right|Set-list]]

{{setlist
| 01 = Take a Bow
| 02 = Map of the Problematique | 02app = + [[Who Knows Who (song)|Who Knows Who]] riff
| 03 = Supermassive Black Hole
| 04 = New Born | 04app = + {{Headup}} riff + [[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]] outro{{GU|[[Glitterati Manson]], Black [[Fender Jazz Bass]]}}
| 05link = Butterflies and Hurricanes (song) | 05 = Butterflies & Hurricanes
| 06 = Fury | 06app = {{GU|[[Seattle Manson]], Red [[Fender Jazz Bass]]}}
| 07 = Feeling Good
| 08 = Invincible
| 09 = Hysteria | 09app = {{GU|[[Kaoss Manson]], Red [[Fender Jazz Bass]]}}
| 10 = Starlight
| 11pre = Riff | 11 = Bliss | 11app = (extended)
| 12pre = {{Whole Lotta Love}} jam + {{Bombtrack}} riff + {{Jimmy Jam}} + {{Voodoo Child (Slight Return)}} riff | 12 = Time Is Running Out
| 13pre = {{Hangar 18}} outro | 13 = Stockholm Syndrome | 13app = + {{Township Rebellion}} riff + [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] outro + riff<br/>'''Encore'''
| 14pre = Riff | 14 = Megalomania | 14app = {{YT|Odj5bH6eWro}}
| 15link = Drum and Bass/Bass Jam | 15 = Drum and Bass
| 16 = Plug In Baby | 16app = {{GU|[[Mirror Manson]], Red [[Fender Jazz Bass]]}}
| 17pre = {{Close Encounters}} riff | 17 = Knights of Cydonia
}}

==References==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[London Royal Albert Hall (venue)|Royal Albert Hall, London]]
*[https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/royal-albert-hall/ Official Teenage Cancer Trust website]

{{BacktoGigs}}

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