Unnatural Selection (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Unnatural Selection.

Analysis and Explanation

Unnatural Selection appeared very often on The Resistance tour, especially in 2009. This would be short-lived, however, as the song was excluded from 2011 and 2012 setlists. It wouldn't be until the end of the 2013 tour that it would be performed live again. It continued to be performed live far more frequently than other revived songs from around the same time.

For the Psycho UK Tour, Muse prepared Unnatural Selection to be performed, deeming it a fan favourite enough to bring it back to setlists. Unnatural Selection was performed at two out of the first three gigs in 2015, at both of which fans yelled for Assassin to be played instead. Muse listened, and replaced Unnatural Selection from that point onwards with Assassin.

Drones era

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2015-03-19	Newport Centre	Newport, Wales	Watch Here [B]
1	2015-03-15	Ulster Hall	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Watch Here [B]

The 2nd Law era

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
15	2013-12-13	Allphones Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch Here [B] [B]
14	2013-12-10	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch Here [B] [B]
13	2013-12-07	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch Here [B] [B]
12	2013-11-30	Perth Arena	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch here (Incomplete) [NB]
11	2013-11-02	Du Arena (F1 Post-Race Concerts)	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Watch here (Needs Cut) [NB]
10	2013-10-19	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch Here [B] [B]
9	2013-10-13	Estadio GEBA (Personal Fest)	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch Here [B] [B]
8	2013-10-07	Arena VFG	Guadalajara, Mexico	Watch Here [B] [B]
7	2013-10-04	Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival: Weekend 1)	Austin, TX, USA	Watch Here [B] [B]
6	2013-09-19	EnergySolutions Arena	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch Here [B] [B]
5	2013-09-17	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [NB]
4	2013-09-14	Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock (Rock in Rio)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here (Needs Cut)
3	2013-09-11	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA	Watch Here [B]
2	2013-09-08	Consol Energy Center	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Watch Here [B]
1	2013-09-06	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch Here [B]

The Resistance era

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
63	2010-10-26	RBC Center	Raleigh, NC, USA	Watch Here [B]
62	2010-10-08	Ford Center	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	Watch Here [B]
61	2010-10-02	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA
60	2010-10-01	Santa Ana Star Center	Río Rancho, NM, USA	Watch Here [B]
59	2010-09-28	Arco Arena	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
58	2010-09-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
57	2010-09-25	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
56	2010-09-23	Honda Center	Anaheim, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
55	2010-09-22	Viejas Arena	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
54	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch Here [B]
53	2010-09-10	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch Here [B]
52	2010-09-04	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester, UK	Watch Here [B]
51	2010-07-17	Zvejnieku Parks (Positivus Festival)	Salacgrīva, LM, Latvia	Watch Here (Incomplete)
50	2010-07-10	Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)	Punchestown, Ireland	Watch Here (Incomplete)
49	2010-07-09	Balado (T in the Park)	Kinross, Scotland, UK	Watch Here [B]
48	2010-07-03	Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival)	Roskilde, Denmark	Watch Here (Incomplete)
47	2010-06-19	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, GE, Netherlands	Watch Here [B]
46	2010-06-16	Estadio Vicente Calderón	Madrid, Spain	Watch Here [B]
45	2010-06-12	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch Here [B]
44	2010-06-11	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch Here [B]
43	2010-06-08	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza	Milan, MI, Italy	Watch Here [B]
42	2010-06-05	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, RP, Germany	Watch Here [B]
41	2010-06-02	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch Here (Incomplete)
40	2010-05-25	Casino de Paris	Paris, France	Watch Here [B]
39	2010-04-20	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch Here [B]
38	2010-04-17	Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival)	Indio, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
37	2010-04-14	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
36	2010-04-11	Pima County Fairgrounds (KFMADAY)	Tucson, AZ, USA
35	2010-04-10	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch Here [B]
34	2010-04-09	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch Here [B]
33	2010-04-05	E Center	West Valley City, UT, USA	Watch Here [B]
32	2010-04-03	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA	Watch Here [B]
31	2010-04-02	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch Here [B]
30	2010-04-01	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Watch Here [B]
29	2010-03-30	Pengrowth Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada	(Add Later)
28	2010-03-29	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada	Watch Here (Incomplete)
27	2010-03-19	Stubb's Bar-B-Q (South by Southwest)	Austin, TX, USA	Watch Here [B]
26	2010-03-18	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch Here [B]
25	2010-03-17	Fort Worth Convention Center	Fort Worth, TX, USA	Watch Here [B]
24	2010-03-15	Sommet Center	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch Here [B]
23	2010-03-13	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch Here [B]
22	2010-03-12	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch Here [B]
21	2010-03-10	Centre Bell	Montreal, QC, Canada	Watch Here [B]
20	2010-03-08	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch Here [B]
19	2010-03-06	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch Here [B]
18	2010-03-05	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch Here [B]
17	2010-03-03	1st Mariner Arena	Baltimore, MD, USA	Watch Here [B]
16	2010-03-02	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch Here [B]
15	2010-03-01	Patriot Center	Fairfax, VA, USA	Watch Here [B]
14	2010-02-27	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch Here [B]
13	2010-02-06	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch Here [B]
12	2010-02-03	Singapore Indoor Stadium (Big Night Out)	Singapore	Watch Here [B]
11	2010-01-31	Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out)	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch Here [B]
10	2010-01-29	Royal Showground (Big Day Out)	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Watch Here [B]
9	2010-01-26	Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out)	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here (Check MB)
8	2010-01-23	Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch Here [B]
7	2010-01-22	Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch Here [B]
6	2010-01-17	Parklands (Big Day Out)	Gold Coast, QL, Australia	Watch Here [B]
5	2010-01-15	Mt Smart Stadium (Big Day Out)	Auckland, New Zealand
4	2010-01-12	Nippon Budōkan	Tokyo, Japan	Audio Pro-shot
3	2010-01-11	Aichi Taiiku-Kan	Nagoya, Japan
2	2010-01-09	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan
1	2010-01-07	The Seoul Olympic Park	Seoul, South Korea	Watch Here [B]

2009

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
43	2009-12-15	WaMu Theater (Deck the Hall Ball)	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch Here [B]
42	2009-12-13	Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here - Issue
41	2009-12-12	The Joint (Holiday Havoc)	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch Here [B]
40	2009-12-11	Oracle Arena (Not So Silent Night)	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch Here [B]
39	2009-12-04	Torino Palasport Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch Here [B]
38	2009-12-02	Zénith de Dijon	Dijon, France	Watch Here [B]
37	2009-12-01	Zénith	Limoges, France	Watch Here [B]
36	2009-11-29	Pavilhão Atlântico	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here - Issue
35	2009-11-28	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch Here [B]
34	2009-11-25	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Watch Here [B]
33	2009-11-24	Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona, Spain	Watch Here [B]
32	2009-11-22	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Watch Here [B]
31	2009-11-21	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch Here [B]
30	2009-11-20	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch Here [B]
29	2009-11-18	Hallenstadion	Zürich, ZH, Switzerland	Watch Here [B]
28	2009-11-17	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch Here [B]
27	2009-11-16	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, NW, Germany	Watch Here [B]
26	2009-11-14	Ahoy Rotterdam	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands	Watch Here [B]
25	2009-11-13	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here [B]
24	2009-11-12	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here [B]
23	2009-11-10	National Indoor Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch Here [B]
22	2009-11-09	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch Here [B]
21	2009-11-06	O2 Depot	Dublin, Ireland	Watch Here [B]
20	2009-11-05	Echo Arena	Liverpool, UK	Watch Here [B]
19	2009-11-04	Sheffield Arena	Sheffield, UK	Watch Here [B]
18	2009-11-02	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch Here [B]
17	2009-11-01	Galaxie Mega Hall	Amnéville-les-Thermes, France	Watch Here [B]
16	2009-10-31	Stade Couvert Régional	Liévin, France	Watch Here [B]
15	2009-10-29	O2 World	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch Here [B]
14	2009-10-28	Color Line Arena	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch Here [B]
13	2009-10-26	Parken	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch Here [B]
12	2009-10-25	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway	Watch Here [B]
11	2009-10-24	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch Here [B]
10	2009-10-22	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch Here [B]
9	2009-10-12	New Cowboys Stadium (Supporting U2)	Arlington, TX, USA	Watch Here [B]
8	2009-10-09	Raymond James Stadium (Supporting U2)	Tampa, FL, USA	Watch Here [B]
7	2009-10-06	Georgia Dome (Supporting U2)	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch Here [B]
6	2009-10-03	Carter-Finley Stadium (Supporting U2)	Raleigh, NC, USA	Watch Here [B]
5	2009-09-13	Walter Kerr Theatre (MTV Video Music Awards)	New York City, NY, USA
4	2009-09-08	Théâtre du Châtelet	Paris, France	Watch Here [B]
3	2009-09-07	Admiralspalast	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch Here [B]
2	2009-09-05	The Den (A Seaside Rendezvous)	Teignmouth, UK	Watch Here [B]
1	2009-09-04	The Den (A Seaside Rendezvous)	Teignmouth, UK	Watch Here [B]

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

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