Bilbao San Mamés 2018 (gig)

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Muse in Bilbao

Matt in Bilbao

Muse show
Venue	Estadio San Mamés [en: San Mamés Stadium] (MTV World Stage)
Date	3rd November 2018
Location	Bilbao
Country	Spain
Songs	15
Support	Crystal Fighters, Berri Txarrak
Start (UTC+1)	17.30 (doors), 19.30 (Berri Txarrak), 20.30 (Crystal FIghters), 21.30 (Muse)
Capacity	53.289
Price (EUR)	5
Sold out?	Yes

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Part of the Simulation Theory Promo Shows.

Information

Announced on 5th October, Muse played at the MTV World Stage, closing the MTV Music Week.

Pressure, The Dark Side, Plug in Baby, Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Madness, Thought Contagion, Mercy, Uprising, & Knights of Cydonia were soundchecked the day before the show. Pressure, Mercy, & Uprising were soundchecked again on the gig's day.

The Show

The first live performance of The 2nd Law: Unsustainable to feature Matt providing vocals during the bridge as heard on the album, and first non-promotional performance of Pressure (Matt fell over on stage during the song). Matt didn't play guitar during Mercy for the first time - Morgan played it instead.

Last performance of the album version of Dig Down to date.

Set Times

• 5:30PM - Doors

• 7:30PM - Berri Txarrak

• 8:30PM - Crystal Fighters

• 9:30PM - Muse

Media

The concert was part of the 2018 MTV EMAs, which was suposedly to be broadcasted live on Sunday 4 November, but it wasn't. The concert was partially aired on 22nd December. You can watch most of the songs below (Time is Running Out and Mercy are missing), or download them from MuseBootlegs.

The performance of Pressure was shown at the 2018 EMA Awards the day after the show. Muse didn't win an award (they were nominated under Best Rock and Best Live categories), but this gig did however bring them an award at the 2019 EMA Awards when they won in the Best World Stage category.

Setlist

1. Drill Sergeant + Psycho [watch]
   ^{(Manson Matt Black FR, woven chrome tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
2. Pressure [watch]
   ^{(Manson TronCaster, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
3. The Dark Side [watch]
   ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
4. Plug in Baby (extended) [watch]
   ^{(Manson Mirror 2.0, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
5. Unsustainable (with vocals) [watch]
   ^{(Manson TronCaster, graphite finish green-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
6. Madness [watch]
   ^{(Manson TronCaster, Status Kitara Doubleneck Bass Mk2)}
7. Thought Contagion [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome FR, sunburst 77´ Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
9. Isolated System (shortened) [watch]
10. Dig Down [watch]
    ^{(Manson TronCaster, Status Kitara Doubleneck Bass)}
11. Starlight [watch]
    ^{(graphite finish red-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
12. Time is Running Out
    ^{(Manson TronCaster, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
13. Mercy
    ^{(aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Encore

14. Uprising (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Alert, red finish red-LED custom Status Original Series II)}
15. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
    ^{(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

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If you want to see the full gallery, you can look at them on Abelgaloismuse's blog.

References

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