View source for Manchester Collier 1998 (gig)

{{Gigbox
| Venue = Collier
| Event = In the City
| EventRef = <ref name="rc199912">{{cite/Record Collector 1999-12}}</ref><ref name="itc">
{{cite |
 title=ITC History | desc=Past In The City lineups | auth=In The City website | url=http://inthecity.co.uk/showscreen.php?site_id=30&screentype=folder&screenid=530 | dom=inthecity.co.uk | type=ext
}}</ref><ref name="rs20070621">{{cite/Rock Sound 2007-06-21}}</ref><ref name="nme19990220">{{cite/NME 1999-02-20}}</ref>
| Date = 13{{supo|th}} September 1998
| DateRef = <!-- this is referencing the month only, not the date --><ref name="mo19980907">
{{cite |
 title=EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE | desc=Manchester Online article | date=1998-09-07 | pub=Manchester Online | doc=EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE (19980907 Manchester Online article) | med=website | type=int
}}</ref>
| Location = Manchester
| LocationRef = <!-- also see http://web.archive.org/web/20060713233128/http://www.musewiki.org/Gigs --><ref name="rc199912"/><ref name="itc"/><ref name="rs20070621"/>
| Country = United Kingdom
| Zone = UTC+1
| Curr = GBP
}}

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Assuming that Muse didn't play another gig in Manchester on the same weekend as the ''In the City'' music festival, this was a performance for that festival.<ref name="mo19980907"/> While [[Matthew Bellamy]] later indicated that the performance didn't go according to plan,<ref name="nme19990220"/> Muse were one of the three selected winning artists.  They refused to perform the customary winner's showcase,<ref name="nme19990220"/> which Bellamy claimed was due to the band not wanting to "overdo it" by playing "for a business audience".<ref name="nme19990220"/>

The festival itself acts in part as a audition for unsigned bands to potential signers.<ref name="mo19980914">
{{cite |
 title=EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE | desc=Manchester Online article | date=1998-09-14 | pub=Manchester Online | doc=EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE (19980907 Manchester Online article) | med=website | type=int
}}</ref>  Other bands that performed that year included Cay, [[Coldplay]], Cypress Hill and Doves,<ref name="itc"/> among around five hundred bands.<ref name="mo19980907"/>  The festival includes a conference and performances in many venues across the city.<ref name="wp">
{{cite |
 title=In The City (festival) | desc=Wikipedia article | pub=Wikipedia | url=https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/In_The_City_(festival) | dom=secure.wikimedia.org | type=ext
}}</ref>  That year, around fifty venues were used.<ref name="mo19980907"/>  Those who participate in the festival receive wristbands and are thus able to move between these freely.<ref name="wp"/>

It was both this gig<ref name="rc199912"/><ref name="rs20070621"/> and the [[Muscle Museum (EP) | Muscle Museum EP]] that got [[Maverick]]<ref name="rs20070621"/> and Columbia Records interested in signing Muse.<ref name="rc199912"/>  The next month, Muse performed at a similar event, [[New York City Mercury Lounge 1998 (gig) |''CMJ Music Marathon'']], after which they were asked to perform to Columbia representatives on [[Santa Monica Pier 1998 (gig) | Santa Monica Pier]] and to Maverick representatives in [[Los Angeles Hollywood 1998 (gig) | Hollywood]].

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Manchester Collier | Collier, Manchester]]
* [http://inthecity.co.uk In the City website]

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