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== Analysis and Explanation ==
== 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. At Austin City Limits 2010, Matt dedicated this song to Alex Jones.
MK Ultra was one of the last Resistance songs to make its live debut, and when it finally did in November 2009 it was played half a step down. It made regular appearances until the end of the year after its debut, and was played fairly regularly in 2010 though appearances were more sporadic. It was dropped at the end of the year and has made no appearances since.


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.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20151126224641/http://strawpoll.me/6086378/r]</ref>
It looks very unlikely the song will be played live again, probably due to its difficulty. It also wasn't an option at the [[London Shepherds Bush_Empire 2017 (gig)|2017 Shepherd's Bush Empire]] by request gig, which suggests that band have no intention of playing it live anytime soon.
 
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== The Resistance era ==
== The Resistance era ==

Latest revision as of 14:19, 12 April 2021

100% MuseWiki ULD has 46/46 performances of this song.
Live information
Name MK Ultra
Tours The Resistance (46)
First performance 10th November 2009
Latest performance 6th December 2010
Pro-shots 2010:
Austin (10/09/2010)
Nurburg (06/05/2010)
2009:
Turin (12/04/2009)
Audience footage
2010:
Brisbane (12/06/2010)
New Orleans (10/29/2010)
Los Angeles (09/25/2010)
London (09/11/2010)
Sankt Polten (08/19/2010)
Carhaix (07/15/2010)
Hradec (07/05/2010)
Arendal (06/29/2010)
Nijmegen (06/19/2010)
Paris (06/11/2010)
Nuremburg (06/06/2010)
Lisbon (05/27/2010)
Paris (05/25/2010)
Mexico City (04/20/2010)
Oakland (04/14/2010)
Calgary (03/30/2010)
Fort Worth (03/17/2010)
Nashville (03/15/2010)
Detroit (03/13/2010)
New York (03/05/2010)
Baltimore (03/03/2010)
Atlanta (02/27/2010)
Singapore (02/03/2010)
Melbourne (01/26/2010)
Sydney (01/23/2010)
Seoul (01/07/2010)
2009:
Seattle (12/15/2009)
Las Vegas (12/12/2009)
Limoges (12/01/2009)
Lisbon (11/29/2009)
Madrid (11/28/2009)
Toulouse (11/25/2009)
Barcelona (11/24/2009)
Lyon (11/22/2009)
Bologna (11/21/2009)
Munich (11/20/2009)
Zurich (11/18/2009)
Paris (11/17/2009)
Cologne (11/16/2009)
Rotterdam (11/14/2009)
London (11/13/2009)
Barcelona (11/10/2009)
Audio recordings 2010:
Nagoya (01/11/2010)
# of performances 46
Uno Live Database 100%, missing 0/46 performances




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

Analysis and Explanation

MK Ultra was one of the last Resistance songs to make its live debut, and when it finally did in November 2009 it was played half a step down. It made regular appearances until the end of the year after its debut, and was played fairly regularly in 2010 though appearances were more sporadic. It was dropped at the end of the year and has made no appearances since.

It looks very unlikely the song will be played live again, probably due to its difficulty. It also wasn't an option at the 2017 Shepherd's Bush Empire by request gig, which suggests that band have no intention of playing it live anytime soon.

Please submit dead links/issues here.

The Resistance era

2010

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

2009

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

References


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