Blackout (live)

65%	MuseWiki ULD has 67/103 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Blackout
Tours	Drones (1) The 2nd Law (17) Black Holes and Revelations (4) Absolution (81)
First performance	3rd September 2003
Latest performance	1st March 2016
Pro-shots	2007: London (06/17/2007) 2004: Pilton (06/27/2004) Landgraaf (05/31/2004) 2003: London (09/22/2003) Milan (09/15/2003) Paris (09/10/2003) Brussels (09/05/2003)
Audience footage	2016: Paris (03/01/2016) 2013: Mexico City (10/20/2013) Mexico City (10/18/2013) Monterrey (10/09/2013) Helsinki (07/27/2013) Rome (07/06/2013) Turin (06/28/2013) Nice (06/26/2013) Paris (06/22/2013) Paris (06/21/2013) Werchter (06/18/2013) Bern (06/15/2013) Barcelona (06/07/2013) Amsterdam (06/04/2013) Manchester (06/01/2013) London (05/26/2013) London (05/25/2013) Coventry (05/22/2013) 2007: Paris (06/23/2007) London (06/16/2007) Florence (05/30/2007) 2004: Melbourne (09/08/2004) St. Cloud (08/28/2004) Chelmsford (08/21/2004) Nimes (07/22/2004) Vienne (07/18/2004) Madrid (03/19/2004) Tokyo (02/07/2004) 2003: Manchester (11/29/2003) Rotterdam (11/06/2003)
Audio recordings	2004: London (12/20/2004) Brisbane (09/12/2004) Nyon (07/23/2004) St. Gallen (07/02/2004) Toulouse (03/22/2004) Donostia (03/20/2004) Orleans (03/15/2004) Rouen (03/14/2004) Sydney (01/19/2004) 2003: Reykjavik (12/10/2003) Exeter (12/07/2003) Bournemouth (12/05/2003) Nottingham (11/28/2003) London (11/27/2003) Strasbourg (11/22/2003) Paris (11/18/2003) Nice (11/16/2003) Madrid (11/14/2003) Marseille (11/11/2003) Lyon (11/10/2003) Angers (11/08/2003) Brussels (11/07/2003) Lille (11/04/2003) Nancy (11/03/2003) Geneva (11/02/2003) Bologna (10/30/2003) Munich (10/24/2003) Stockholm (10/14/2003) Helsinki (10/11/2003) Amsterdam (09/03/2003)
# of performances	103
Uno Live Database	65% (missing 36/103 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Blackout.

Analysis and Explanation

Blackout was played rather often in 2003, appearing at the majority of gigs though it was skipped at the occasional gig. Upon reaching 2004, however, it was performed only somewhat often throughout the January and February gigs. As a result, very few early 2004 Blackout recordings exist. It would go on to appear at none of the American gigs of April and May 2004, though Blackout would return for a handful of dates before officially returning to the main setlist starting with Glastonbury Festival 2004.

Muse did not perform Blackout at any American dates on the Absolution tour, and dropped it from setlists after the September 2004 Australian tour with the exception of the Earls Court performance. Blackout returned in May 2007 for a short period of time, mostly surrounding the Wembley Stadium performances. The band used a unique live presentation in the form of the Heliosphere, on which two acrobats dangled above the crowd. It wouldn't be until 2013 when Blackout was performed again, though it appeared on the setlist of Dublin Marlay Park 2008 and was about to be performed until only minutes before the gig (poor weather prevented the band from using the Heliosphere used for Blackout, so the song itself was skipped).

For the Unsustainable Tour in the summer of 2013, Blackout was performed at nearly all dates until the beginning of July. After this, the song was performed at three dates in Mexico, but no further performances throughout the 2nd Law era. These three shows in Mexico are the only times Blackout has ever been performed in North America. A large floating lightbulb flew above the band and audience during 2013 performances of Blackout. At a show on the six-night Paris Bercy concerts of February/March 2016, Blackout was performed on the fourth night. For whatever reason it was not performed again throughout the remainder of the year, and when the band surveyed fans in July 2016 of rare songs they would like to perform live, Blackout was not on the list. Perhaps the band felt the performance was not up to standards, though it has since become a fan favourite performance.

It is likely that Blackout will return in the future for occasional performances in the future, though whether or not it will ever be performed live in the United States or Canada has yet to be determined.

Drones era

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2016-03-01	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]

The 2nd Law era

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
17	2013-10-20	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
16	2013-10-18	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
15	2013-10-09	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Watch here [B]
14	2013-07-27	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here [B]
13	2013-07-06	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, RM, Italy	Watch here [B]
12	2013-06-28	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here [B]
11	2013-06-26	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Nice, France	Watch here [B]
10	2013-06-22	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
9	2013-06-21	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
8	2013-06-18	Werchter Festival Site	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here [B]
7	2013-06-15	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch here [B]
6	2013-06-07	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Barcelona, Spain	Watch here [B]
5	2013-06-04	Amsterdam ArenA	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
4	2013-06-01	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, UK	Watch here [B]
3	2013-05-26	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here [B]
2	2013-05-25	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here [B]
1	2013-05-22	Ricoh Arena	Coventry, UK	Watch here [B]

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
4	2007-06-23	Parc des Princes	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
3	2007-06-17	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here [B]
2	2007-06-16	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here [B]
1	2007-05-30	Piazzale Michelangelo	Florence, Italy	Watch here [B]

Absolution era

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
36	2004-12-20	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Listen here [B]
35	2004-09-12	Brisbane River Stage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Listen here [B]
34	2004-09-10	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia
33	2004-09-08	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here [B]
32	2004-08-28	Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine)	Saint-Cloud, France	Watch here
31	2004-08-26	Festivalgelände Wiesen (Two Days a Week)	Wiesen, Austria
30	2004-08-22	Weston Park (V Festival)	Weston under Lizard, UK
29	2004-08-21	Hylands Park (V Festival)	Chelmsford, UK	Watch here (Incomplete)
28	2004-07-23	L'Asse (Paléo Festival - headline)	Nyon, VD, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
27	2004-07-22	Arènes de Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes)	Nîmes, France	Watch here [B]
26	2004-07-21	Amphitheatre	Vallauris, France
25	2004-07-19	Festival les Nuits Bleues	Les Moutiers-en-Retz, France
24	2004-07-18	Antic Arena	Vienne, France	Watch here
23	2004-07-10	Balado Park (T in the Park)	Kinross, Scotland, UK
22	2004-07-04	Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival)	Roskilde, Denmark
21	2004-07-03	Werchter Festival[venue?]	Werchter, Belgium
20	2004-07-02	Festivalgeländ (Open Air Festival—headline)	St. Gallen, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
19	2004-06-27	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival - headline)	Pilton, UK	Watch here [B]
18	2004-06-12	Tennis Stadium	Rome, Italy
17	2004-05-31	Megaland (Pinkpop)	Landgraaf, LI, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
16	2004-03-25	Mazda Palace	Turin, TO, Italy
15	2004-03-24	Le Summum	Grenoble, France
14	2004-03-22	Le Zénith	Toulouse, France	Listen here [B]
13	2004-03-20	Velódromo de Anoeta	Donostia-San Sebastián, SS, Spain	Listen here [B]
12	2004-03-19	Palacio Vistalegre	Madrid, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete)
11	2004-03-18	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	Granada, GR, Spain
10	2004-03-16	Le Zénith	Clermont-Ferrand, France
9	2004-03-15	Zénith d'Orléans	Orléans, France	Listen here [B]
8	2004-03-14	Le Zénith	Rouen, France	Listen here [B]
7	2004-02-23	Olympia Theatre	Dublin, Ireland
6	2004-02-22	Olympia Theatre	Dublin, Ireland
5	2004-02-11	Namba Hach	Osaka, Japan
4	2004-02-09	Diamond Hall	Nagoya, Japan
3	2004-02-07	Bay NK Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Watch here [B]
2	2004-01-27	Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom	Melbourne, VI, Australia
1	2004-01-19	Metro Theatre	Sydney, NS, Australia	Listen here

2003

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
45	2003-12-10	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík, Iceland	Listen here [B]
44	2003-12-07	Westpoint Arena	Clyst St Mary, UK	Listen here
43	2003-12-05	International Centre	Bournemouth, UK	Listen here [B]
42	2003-12-04	Brighton Centre	Brighton, UK
41	2003-12-03	NEC Arena	Birmingham, UK
40	2003-12-01	International Arena	Cardiff, UK
39	2003-11-29	Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here
38	2003-11-28	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Listen here [B]
37	2003-11-27	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Listen here [B]
36	2003-11-25	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK
35	2003-11-22	Le Rhenus	Strasbourg, France	Listen here
34	2003-11-21	E-Werk	Cologne, Germany
33	2003-11-20	Sportzcentrum Tagerhard	Wettingen, Switzerland
32	2003-11-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
31	2003-11-16	Palais Nikaia	Nice, France	Listen here
30	2003-11-14	La Riviera	Madrid, Spain	Listen here [B]
29	2003-11-13	Razzmatazz	Barcelona, Spain
28	2003-11-11	Marseille Dôme	Marseille, France	Listen here [B]
27	2003-11-10	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Listen here [B]
26	2003-11-08	Amphitheatre	Angers, France	Listen here [B]
25	2003-11-07	Forest National	Brussels, Belgium	Listen here
24	2003-11-06	Ahoy	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands	Watch here
23	2003-11-04	Zénith	Lille, France	Listen here
22	2003-11-03	Zénith	Nancy, France	Listen here
21	2003-11-02	Geneva Arena	Geneva, GE, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
20	2003-10-31	Sport Hall	Pordenone, PN, Italy
19	2003-10-30	Sporthall Piazza Azzarita	Bologna, BO, Italy	Listen here
18	2003-10-28	Sashall	Florence, FI, Italy
17	2003-10-27	Mazda Palace	Milan, MI, Italy
16	2003-10-24	Zenith	Munich, BY, Germany	Listen here [B]
15	2003-10-22	Stadthalle Offenbach	Offenbach am Main, HE, Germany
14	2003-10-21	Columbiahalle	Berlin, BE, Germany
13	2003-10-19	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
12	2003-10-18	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
11	2003-10-16	Vega	Copenhagen, Denmark
10	2003-10-15	Rockefeller Music Hall	Oslo, Norway
9	2003-10-14	Stockholm Cirkus	Stockholm, Sweden	Listen here [B]
8	2003-10-12	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland
7	2003-10-11	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland	Listen here [B]
6	2003-09-22	Carling Academy	London, UK	Watch here [B]
5	2003-09-15	MTV Studios (MTV Italy)	Milan, MI, Italy	Watch here [B]
4	2003-09-10	Trabendo	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
3	2003-09-07	Cologne	Cologne, NW, Germany
2	2003-09-05	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
1	2003-09-03	Melkweg	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Listen here [B]

See also

This is a table of Absolution-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.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Intro	Absolution	0	40	89	21	20	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	269
Apocalypse Please	Absolution	18	40	89	21	24	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	287
Time Is Running Out	Absolution	0	53	131	23	90	101	17	48	94	15	29	91	3	59	81	32	13	61	20	54	1016
Sing for Absolution	Absolution	0	41	76	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	137
Stockholm Syndrome	Absolution	0	49	129	22	90	101	17	34	86	15	17	52	3	28	22	21	10	57	10	10	773
Falling Away With You	Absolution	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interlude	Absolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	95	10	16	33	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	507
Hysteria	Absolution	17	51	133	23	89	97	17	49	95	12	16	60	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	964
Blackout	Absolution	0	45	36	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	103
Butterflies & Hurricanes	Absolution	0	47	126	22	71	89	16	1	7	4	0	6	2	0	5	6	0	0	0	3	405
The Small Print	Absolution	20	27	89	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
Fury	Absolution	3	0	11	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	34
Endlessly	Absolution	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist	Absolution	0	46	47	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
Ruled by Secrecy	Absolution	0	0	73	11	0	6	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
The Groove	Time Is Running Out	0	7	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	24
Eternally Missed	Hysteria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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