Sing for Absolution (live)

55%	MuseWiki ULD has 76/137 performances of this song.

Live information
Name	Sing for Absolution
Tours	Drones (1) Black Holes and Revelations (19) Absolution (117)
First performance	3rd September 2003
Latest performance	19th August 2017
Pro-shots	2004: Chelmsford (08/21/2004) Kinross (07/10/2004) Werchter (07/03/2004) Pilton (06/27/2004) Landgraaf (05/31/2004) 2003: London (09/20/2003) Brussels (09/05/2003)
Audience footage	2007: San Francisco (04/09/2007) 2004: London (12/20/2004) London (12/19/2004) Brisbane (09/12/2004) Staffordshire (08/22/2004) Vallauris (07/21/2004) Vienne (07/18/2004) Rome (06/12/2004) Grenoble (03/24/2004) Donostia (03/20/2004) Madrid (03/19/2004) Tokyo (02/07/2004) 2003: Rotterdam (11/06/2003)
Audio recordings	2007: Tokyo (03/12/2007) 2004: Los Angeles (12/09/2004) Los Angeles (12/08/2004) Nashville (11/30/2004) Sydney (09/10/2004) St. Cloud (08/28/2004) Carhaix (07/25/2004) Nyon (07/23/2004) Nimes (07/22/2004) Eadestown (07/11/2004) Seattle (05/09/2004) Los Angeles (05/05/2004) Rochester (04/21/2004) Toronto (04/19/2004) Toulouse (03/22/2004) Orleans (03/15/2004) Rouen (03/14/2004) Sydney (01/19/2004) 2003: London (12/22/2003) Exeter (12/07/2003) Cardiff (12/01/2003) Manchester (11/29/2003) 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) Vienna (10/25/2003) Munich (10/24/2003) Helsinki (10/11/2003) Paris (09/10/2003) Potsdam (09/09/2003) Amsterdam (09/03/2003)
# of performances	137
Uno Live Database	55% (missing 61/137 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Sing for Absolution.

Analysis and Explanation

Sing for Absolution was commonly played during the Absolution Tour in 2003 and 2004, appearing at more than half of the shows before being dropped at the end of the year, making no appearances in 2005. Performances during the Absolution Tour had Matt playing the piano part of the song on guitar.

The song returned 3 years later during the Black Holes & Revelations Tour in 2007 and made occasional appearances until the end of the year before being dropped again afterwards. Performances from here onwards featured touring member Morgan Nicholls playing the piano part as well as providing additional synths during the chorus, thus performances sounded more akin to the album version. It was also played half a step down.

It would finally reappear at the 2017 Shepherd's Bush Empire by-request gig, 10 years after its last performance. Matt stated that he was "surprise(d)" that the song made the top 10. It also made the Top 10 of the votes for the 2018 La Cigale by-request gig but for unknown reasons it wasn't played. It looks unlikely the song will be played again anytime soon unless requested.

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Drones era

2017

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2017-08-19	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, England	Watch here

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
19	2007-10-24	Forum Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch here
18	2007-10-23	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway	Watch here
17	2007-10-21	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch here
16	2007-10-19	New Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15	2007-10-17	Jäähalli	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here
14	2007-10-15	Luzhniki Palace of Sports	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
13	2007-10-06	Arcul de Triumf	Bucharest, Romania	Watch here
12	2007-10-04	Terra Vibe	Athens, Greece	Watch here
11	2007-09-21	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Irvine, CA, USA	Watch here
10	2007-09-20	Mesa Amphitheatre	Mesa, AZ, USA	Watch here
9	2007-09-18	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
8	2007-06-17	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
7	2007-04-12	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, DF, Mexico	Watch here
6	2007-04-10	The Forum	Inglewood, CA, USA	Watch here
5	2007-04-09	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	San Francisco, CA, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
4	2007-03-19	Nagoya Zepp	Nagoya, Japan
3	2007-03-18	Sendai Zepp	Sendai, Japan
2	2007-03-16	Fukuoka Zepp	Fukuoka, Japan
1	2007-03-12	International Forum	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here

Absolution Era

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
76	2004-12-20	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here
75	2004-12-19	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here
74	2004-12-09	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
73	2004-12-08	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
72	2004-12-02	House of Blues	Orlando, FL, USA
71	2004-11-30	The Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN, USA	Listen here
70	2004-11-28	Newport Music Hall	Columbus, OH, USA
69	2004-11-27	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
68	2004-11-15	Quest Club	Minneapolis, MN, USA
67	2004-11-14	Eagles Club	Milwaukee, WI, USA
66	2004-11-13	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA
65	2004-11-12	Clutch Cargo's	Detroit, MI, USA
64	2004-11-10	Mr. Smalls Theatre	Millvale, PA, USA
63	2004-11-08	Nightclub 9:30	Washington, DC, USA
62	2004-11-06	Electric Factory	Philadelphia, PA, USA
61	2004-10-26	Red's	Edmonton, AB, Canada
60	2004-09-26	Bossanova Ballroom	Portland, OR, USA
59	2004-09-25	White River Amphitheatre (ENDfest)	Auburn, WA, USA
58	2004-09-24	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver, BC, Canada
57	2004-09-22	Freeborn Hall	Davis, CA, USA
56	2004-09-21	The Warfield	San Francisco, CA, USA
55	2004-09-12	Brisbane River Stage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here
54	2004-09-10	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Listen here
53	2004-08-28	Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine)	Saint-Cloud, France	Listen here
52	2004-08-26	Festivalgelände Wiesen (Two Days a Week)	Wiesen, Austria
51	2004-08-22	Weston Park (V Festival)	Weston under Lizard, UK	Watch here (Incomplete)
50	2004-08-21	Hylands Park (V Festival)	Chelmsford, UK	Watch here
49	2004-07-25	Site de Kerampuil (Vieilles Charrues Festival)	Carhaix-Plouguer, France	Listen here
48	2004-07-23	L'Asse (Paléo Festival - headline)	Nyon, VD, Switzerland	Listen here
47	2004-07-22	Arènes de Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes)	Nîmes, France	Listen here
46	2004-07-21	Amphitheatre	Vallauris, France	Watch here (Fragment)
45	2004-07-19	Festival les Nuits Bleues	Les Moutiers-en-Retz, France
44	2004-07-18	Antic Arena	Vienne, France	Watch here
43	2004-07-16	Auditorio do Monte do Gozo (Xacobeo Festival)	Santiago de Compostela, GA, Spain
42	2004-07-11	Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)	Eadestown, Ireland	Listen here
41	2004-07-10	Balado Park (T in the Park)	Kinross, Scotland, UK	Watch here
40	2004-07-04	Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival)	Roskilde, Denmark
39	2004-07-03	Werchter Festival[venue?]	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
38	2004-07-02	Festivalgeländ (Open Air Festival—headline)	St. Gallen, Switzerland
37	2004-06-27	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival - headline)	Pilton, UK	Watch here
36	2004-06-13	Flippaut Festival[venue?]	Bologna, Italy
35	2004-06-12	Tennis Stadium	Rome, Italy	Watch here
34	2004-05-31	Megaland (Pinkpop)	Landgraaf, LI, Netherlands	Watch here
33	2004-05-22	BBC Radio 2 Studios	London, England	Listen here
32	2004-05-10	Richards on Richards	Vancouver, BC, Canada
31	2004-05-09	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA	Listen here
30	2004-05-08	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA
29	2004-05-06	Popscene	San Francisco, CA, USA
28	2004-05-05	Mayan Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
27	2004-05-04	Empire Events Center	Sacramento, CA, USA
26	2004-05-03	Brick by Brick	San Diego, CA, USA
25	2004-04-29	Club Sound	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
24	2004-04-24	Top Cats	Cincinnati, OH, USA
23	2004-04-23	Metro	Chicago, IL, USA
22	2004-04-22	Shelter	Detroit, MI, USA
21	2004-04-21	Water Street Music Hall	Rochester, NY, USA	Listen here
20	2004-04-19	Mod Club Theatre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Listen here
19	2004-04-19	BBC Radio 1[venue?]	Cardiff, UK
18	2004-04-18	Le Cabaret	Montréal, QC, Canada
17	2004-04-16	The Call	Providence, RI, USA
16	2004-04-15	Axis	Boston, MA, USA
15	2004-04-14	The Bowery Ballroom	New York City, NY, USA
14	2004-03-25	Mazda Palace	Turin, TO, Italy
13	2004-03-24	Le Summum	Grenoble, France	Watch here (Incomplete)
12	2004-03-22	Le Zénith	Toulouse, France	Listen here
11	2004-03-20	Velódromo de Anoeta	Donostia-San Sebastián, SS, Spain	Watch here
10	2004-03-19	Palacio Vistalegre	Madrid, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete)
9	2004-03-18	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	Granada, GR, Spain
8	2004-03-16	Le Zénith	Clermont-Ferrand, France
7	2004-03-15	Zénith d'Orléans	Orléans, France	Listen here
6	2004-03-14	Le Zénith	Rouen, France	Listen here
5	2004-02-21	Ulster Hall	Belfast, UK
4	2004-02-07	Bay NK Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Watch here
3	2004-01-27	Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom	Melbourne, VI, Australia
2	2004-01-19	Metro Theatre	Sydney, NS, Australia	Listen here
1	2004-01-16	Ericsson Stadium (Big Day Out)	Auckland, New Zealand	Listen here

2003

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

BONUS: also see this CD:UK mime performance from 09/20/2003.

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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