MK ULTRA (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of MK Ultra.

Analysis and Explanation

The band spent months trying to get MK Ultra to sound right when played live. In the end it was decided to perform the song half a step down, and add studio vocals after the line "and they're breaking through". This is why it made its live debut quite late into 2009. MK Ultra often had additional riffs after the song. Though performed commonly after its debut until the beginning of the 2010 tour, MK Ultra was seen sporadically at best throughout 2010.

MK Ultra made no appearances on The 2nd Law or the Drones tours. It was more than likely the difficulty of performing MK Ultra that led to it being removed from setlists. Fans still hope to see it performed again, being one of the least-played songs on the album. In a poll of 500 fans conducted in November 2015, out of a total thirty songs that had not been played since The Resistance era, fans voted MK Ultra as the fourth most requested song to make a return to setlists.

The Resistance era

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
29	2010-12-06	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia
28	2010-10-29	City Park (Voodoo Experience)	New Orleans, LA, USA
27	2010-10-09	Zilker Metropolitan Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)	Austin, TX, USA
26	2010-09-25	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
25	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK
24	2010-08-19	Greenpark (Frequency Festival)	Sankt Pölten, Austria
23	2010-07-15	Vieilles Charrues (Festival des Vieilles Charrues)	Carhaix-Plouguer, France
22	2010-07-05	Festival Park (Rock for People)	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
21	2010-06-29	Tromøy (Hove Festival)	Arendal, Norway
20	2010-06-19	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, GE, Netherlands
19	2010-06-11	Stade de France	Paris, France
18	2010-06-06	Zeppelinfeld (Rock im Park)	Nuremberg, BY, Germany
17	2010-06-05	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, RP, Germany
16	2010-05-27	Bela Vista Park (Rock in Rio)	Lisbon, Portugal
15	2010-05-25	Casino de Paris	Paris, France
14	2010-04-20	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
13	2010-04-14	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here
12	2010-03-30	Pengrowth Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada	Watch here
11	2010-03-17	Fort Worth Convention Center	Fort Worth, TX, USA	Watch here
10	2010-03-15	Sommet Center	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch here
9	2010-03-13	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here
8	2010-03-05	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
7	2010-03-03	1st Mariner Arena	Baltimore, MD, USA	Watch here
6	2010-02-27	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch here
5	2010-02-03	Singapore Indoor Stadium (Big Night Out)	Singapore	Watch here
4	2010-01-26	Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out)	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
3	2010-01-23	Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia	Small clips
2	2010-01-11	Aichi Taiiku-Kan	Nagoya, Japan	Watch here
1	2010-01-07	The Seoul Olympic Park	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here

2009

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
17	2009-12-15	WaMu Theater (Deck the Hall Ball)	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here
16	2009-12-12	The Joint (Holiday Havoc)	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
15	2009-12-04	Torino Palasport Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
14	2009-12-01	Zénith	Limoges, France	Watch here
13	2009-11-29	Pavilhão Atlântico	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
12	2009-11-28	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Listen here
11	2009-11-25	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Watch here
10	2009-11-24	Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona, Spain	Watch here
9	2009-11-22	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Watch here
8	2009-11-21	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch here
7	2009-11-20	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch here
6	2009-11-18	Hallenstadion	Zürich, ZH, Switzerland	Watch here
5	2009-11-17	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
4	2009-11-16	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, NW, Germany	Watch here
3	2009-11-14	Ahoy Rotterdam	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands	Watch here
2	2009-11-13	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
1	2009-11-10	National Indoor Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch here

See also

This is a table of The Resistance-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Uprising	The Resistance	55	95	18	30	93	3	59	82	33	14	61	25	57	625
Resistance	The Resistance	41	92	15	25	69	1	20	34	14	2	0	0	30	343
Undisclosed Desires	The Resistance	45	95	10	26	72	0	13	22	5	2	5	0	27	323
United States of Eurasia	The Resistance	45	94	13	1	27	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	194
Guiding Light	The Resistance	24	34	5	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
Unnatural Selection	The Resistance	43	63	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	123
MK ULTRA	The Resistance	17	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
I Belong to You	The Resistance	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Exogenesis: Symphony Part I	The Resistance	30	64	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
Exogenesis: Symphony Part II	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exogenesis: Symphony Part III	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Neutron Star Collision	Neutron Star Collision	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Popcorn	Uprising	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Prague	Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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