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'''The Unsustainable Tour''', also known as '2013 Summer Stadium Tour', was Muse's second largest tour up to this day, followed only by the [[Simulation Theory World Tour]] in 2019. It included various production elements, from a giant robot patrolling the stage to a floating light bulb, to big fire balls bursting out of the stage's very own "chimneys". The tour took place during Summer of 2013.
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'''The Unsustainable Tour''', also known as the '''2013 Summer Stadium Tour''', was Muse's second largest tour to this day, followed by the [[Simulation Theory World Tour]] in 2019. It included various production elements, from a giant robot patrolling the stage, to a floating light bulb, to big fire balls bursting out of the stage's very own chimneys. The tour took place during Summer of 2013.


== Information ==
== Information ==
[[File:UnsTourDesign.jpg|thumb|right|Stage design]]
[[File:CharlesTheRobot.jpg|thumb|right|Charles the Robot]]
[[File:LightbulbActors.jpg|thumb|right|Lightbulb acrobat and the actors]]
[[File:Musos.jpg|thumb|right|Muso and Muse Dollar]]
The first gigs of the tour were announced in November of 2012. The tour started with four gigs in the UK before going on to mainland Europe and finishing in Helsinki. Allthough some teaser photos were posted, not much has been known about the production and what was to come up until the very first gig. Because of that, when Muse held production rehearsals at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, testin fire cannons on top of the stage, people living nearby thought the arena caught on fire.


The first gigs of the tour were announced in November of 2012. The tour started with four gigs in the UK before going on to mainland Europe and finishing in Helsinki. Not much has been known about the production and what was to come up until the very first gig.
The tour featured [[Dracula Mountain (song)|Dracula Mountain]] becoming the set staple as one of the two drum and bass jams. The shows featured an intro piece called the [[Intro_music#The_2nd_Law_of_Thermodynamics|The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics]] or the ''Bomb Intro'', as it was called on the setlists, which segwayed into [[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]]'s elongated intro. Both of these elements were exclusive to this tour. The last show of the tour also featured debuts of [[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]], being played for the first time since 2000 and [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]], played for the first time since 2001. The first and only tour which featured Starlight as a closer.


The tour featured [[Dracula Mountain (song)|Dracula Mountain]] becoming the set staple. The shows featured an intro called the [[Intro_music#The_2nd_Law_of_Thermodynamics|The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics]] or the ''Bomb Intro'', as it was called on the setlists, which segwayed into [[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]]'s elongated intro. Both of these elements were exclusive to this tour. The last show of the tour also featured debuts of [[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]], being played for the first time since 2000 and [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]], played for the first time since 2001. This was also the first time that Starlight closed all the sets of the tour.
Matt ditched the guitar on Starlight and, like the arena tour, shook hands of the audience during Undislosed Desires, joined by Dom and Chris in doing so after leaving the B-Stage.
 
Matt ditched the guitar on Starlight and, like the arena tour, shook hands of the audience during Undislosed Desires, also joined by Dom and Chris after leaving the B-Stage.


== Support Bands ==
== Support Bands ==


There was a wide rage of support bands for the tour. The UK shows featured support acts by [[Dizzee Rascal]] and [[The 1975]] , joined by [[Bastille]], who also went on to open for the band in mainland Europe with [[Biffy Clyro]], You Don't Know Me, L.A., [[We Are The Ocean]], [[Arcane Roots]], [[SX]], [[Balthazar]], [[Fun]], Polly Money and [[Paramore]]. [[Dizzee Rascal]] also returned for the second Paris night. [[Skip The Use]], [[Calibro 35]], [[Datarock]], [[Deaf Havana]], [[French Films]] and [[Mew]] were also part of the support act line-up for the tour.
There was a wide rage of support bands for the tour. The UK shows featured support acts by [[Dizzee Rascal]] and [[The 1975]], joined by [[Bastille]], who also went on to open for the band in mainland Europe with [[Biffy Clyro]], You Don't Know Me, L.A., [[We Are The Ocean]], [[Arcane Roots]], [[SX]], [[Balthazar]], [[Fun]], Polly Money and [[Paramore]]. [[Dizzee Rascal]] also returned for the second Paris night. [[Skip The Use]], [[Calibro 35]], [[Datarock]], [[Deaf Havana]], [[French Films]] and [[Mew]] were also part of the support act line-up for the tour.


== Stage Setup and Production ==
== Stage Setup and Production ==
[[File:UnsustainableTour_StageDesign.jpg | thumb | right | Stage Set-Up for The Unsustainable Tour]]


=== Stage Design ===
=== Stage Design ===


The stage for the stadium tour was completely different to that of the arena tour and was reminiscent to that of the H.A.R.P. tour, with long wings and a long cat-walk, connecting the B-Stage to the main stage. Compared to the arena tour, there was no physical moving 3D pyramid present, however, the LED screens behind the band were designed to project the pyramids' visuals onto them, vaguely mimicking the pyramid being there. The LED screen half-circle behind the band however did remain, and with it the roulette and all other elements which were projected on it during the arena tour.
Designed to represent a power house, the stage for the stadium tour was completely different to that of the arena tour and was reminiscent to that of the H.A.R.P. tour, with long wings and a long cat-walk, connecting the B-Stage to the main stage. Compared to the arena tour, there was no physical moving 3D pyramid present, however, the LED screens behind the band were designed to project the pyramids' visuals onto them, vaguely mimicking the pyramid being there. The LED screen half-circle behind the band however did remain, as did the roulette and all other elements which were projected on it during the arena tour.


The stage also featured six large chimneys lined at the back of the stage on top of the trussing, releasing big balls of fire and smoke at various points of the gig.
Keeping with the theme of the power house, the stage featured six large illuminated "chimneys" on top of the trussing, releasing big balls of fire and smoke at various points of the gig.


=== Charles The Robot ===
=== Charles The Robot ===


One of the main attractions of the tour was Charles the Robot, a large, approx. 3 metre tall robot with light-up eyes and mouth, who patrolled the stage during Unsustainable and sometimes came out in the audience before the show. The robot was operated remotely by crew members. More on Charles [[Charles the Robot|here]].
One of the main attractions of the tour was Charles the Robot, a large, approximately 3-metre tall robot with red lit-up eyes and mouth, who patrolled the stage during Unsustainable and sometimes came out in the audience before the show. The robot was operated remotely by the crew of Cirque Bijou, a collection of performers who Muse previously worked with on both the H.A.A.R.P. and The Resistance stadium tours. More on Charles [[Charles the Robot|here]].


=== Floating Light Bulb ===
=== Floating Light Bulb ===


During Blackout, a large floating light bulb appeared above the audience, housing an acrobat, who, when the solo kicked in, jumped out of the bottom, released some confetti and performed aerial stunts while held on ropes attached to the bulb. The act was similar to that of the floating Hullabaloon act during the H.A.A.R.P. tour. {{YT|KNJYBOj7Cfc}}
Also from Cirque Bijou,a large floating light bulb appeared above the audience during Blackout, housing an acrobat, who, when the solo kicked in, jumped out of the bottom, released some confetti and performed aerial stunts while held on ropes attached to the bulb. The act was the same to that of the floating Hullabaloon act during the H.A.A.R.P. tour, and the UFO during The Resistance stadium tour.


=== Muso Confetti ===
=== Muso Confetti ===


Special confetti were to be used during Animals - The Muso. The band used a 20 Muso note, which was designed to resemble a 50 Euro bill, the most widely circulated Euro denomination. The banknotes were inspired by the Foo Fighters dollar confetti, which the band liked, so they contacted Lee Martin and Morning Breath to design their own confetti money.
Special confetti were used during Animals - an Euro copy, known as "The Muso". The band used a 20 Muso note, which was designed to resemble a 50 Euro bill, the most widely circulated Euro denomination. The banknotes were inspired by the Foo Fighters dollar confetti, which the band liked, so they contacted Lee Martin and Morning Breath to design their own confetti money.


The Euro-inspired confetti were replaced by the Dollar-inspired ones for the Coachella gigs in 2014.
The Euro-inspired confetti were replaced by the Dollar-inspired ones for the [[Indio Empire Polo Field 2014 - 12th (gig)|Coachella gigs]] in 2014. These gigs weren't part of the tour however.


=== The actors ===
=== The actors ===


This was the first tour to feature actors performing during certain songs. Two actors were present, one during Feeling Good and the other during Animals. The actress during Feeling Good represented an office worker who was stressed out by the job which resulted in her drinking and dying by drinking gasoline. The actor during Animals represented a "filthy" banker (who was also present in the visuals for the song during both arena and stadium shows), who went on stage during the last part and started throwing Musos in the audience, before, at the end, when confetti was released, being completely engulfed in money, resulting in a heart-attack and his death. Both characters were placed into coffins below the catwalk during Undisclosed Desires, allowing Matt and the camera to go in and show the audience the two being dead.
This was the first tour to feature actors performing during certain songs. Two actors were present, one during Feeling Good and the other during Animals. The actress during Feeling Good represented an office worker who was stressed out by the job which resulted in her drinking and dying by drinking gasoline. The actor during Animals represented a "filthy" banker (who was also present in the visuals for the song during both arena and stadium shows), who went on stage during the last part and started throwing Musos in the audience, before, at the end, when confetti was released, being completely engulfed in money, resulting in a heart-attack and his death. Both characters were placed into coffins below the catwalk during Undisclosed Desires, allowing Matt and the camera to go in and show the audience the two being dead.
== Live at Rome Olympic Stadium ==
Muse's fourth ever live DVD, titled ''Live at Rome Olympic Stadium'', was filmed in Rome, showcasing the tour. This was their first 4K live film, which was premiered on November 29th, 2013 as a special one-off screening across various movie theatres across 20 cities worldwide and 40 other locations the next day. The band attended the premiere at La Géode in Paris, France. The movie was directed by the same director who directed the H.A.A.R.P. DVD. It was released in DVD and CD formats, with audio being mixed by Chris Lord-Alge.
More on the DVD [[Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (live)|here]].


== Typical Setlist ==
== Typical Setlist ==


The setlist structure was similar to that of the arena tour, albeit longer and with a slow section played on the B-stage.
The setlist structure was similar to that of the arena tour, albeit longer and with a slow section played on the B-stage.  At certain gigs, the setlists were shortened and modified to fit the setting of the stage (such as at the Waldbuhne gig in Berlin) but overall, the tour featured one of the longest setlists to date.


Blackout returned to setlists for the first time since 2007 and [[Unintended (song)|Unintended]] for the first time since 2010. Guiding Light also made a return.  
Blackout returned to setlists for the first time since 2007 and [[Unintended (song)|Unintended]] for the first time since 2010. Guiding Light also made a return.  


*Supremacy
*{{Bomb Intro}}
*Supermassive Black Hole
*[[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]] ''(extended intro)''
*Panic Station
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
*Bliss / Map of the Problematique
*[[Panic Station (song)|Panic Station]]
*Resistance / Interlude + Hysteria
*[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]] ''(extended outro)'' / [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
*Animals
*[[Resistance (song)|Resistance]] / {{Interlude}} + [[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]]
*Knights of Cydonia
*[[Animals (song)|Animals]]
*Montpellier Jam + Sunburn / United States of Eurasia
*{{Man With a Harmonica}} + [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
*Butterflies & Hurricanes / Dead Star
*[[Riffs_and_jams#Montpellier_Jam|Montpellier Jam]] + [[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]] / [[United States of Eurasia (song)|United States of Eurasia]]
*Dracula Mountain + Feeling Good
*[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]] / [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]]
*Follow Me
*[[Dracula Mountain (song)|Dracula Mountain]] + [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]]
*Liquid State
*[[Follow Me (song)|Follow Me]]
*Madness
*[[Liquid State (song)|Liquid State]]
*Time is Running Out
*[[Madness (song)|Madness]]
*Stockholm Syndrome / New Born
*[[Time is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]]
{{encore|1 (b-stage)}}
*[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]] + [[Riffs_and_jams#Freedom|Freedom]] outro / [[New Born (song)|New Born]] + [[Riffs_and_jams#Headup|Headup]] riff
*Unintended
'''Encore 1 (B-Stage)'''
*Blackout
*[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
*Guiding Light
*[[Blackout (song)|Blackout]]
*Undisclosed Desires
*[[Guiding Light (song)|Guiding Light]]
{{encore|2}}
*[[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]]
*Unsustainable
'''Encore 2'''
*Plug in Baby
*[[Unsustainable (song)|Unsustainable]]
*Survival
*[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] ''(extended outro)''
*[[Survival (song)|Survival]]
{{encore|3}}  
{{encore|3}}  
*Isolated System
*[[Isolated System (song)|Isolated System]]
*Uprising
*[[Uprising (song)|Uprising]] ''(extended outro)''
*Starlight
*[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]


====Variation====
=== Exceptions ===


*Explorers was played instead of Sunburn / United States Of Eurasia on two occasions, both in Italy.
*[[Explorers (song)|Explorers]] was played instead of Sunburn / United States Of Eurasia on two occasions, both in Italy.
*Near the middle of the tour, Butterflies & Hurricanes / Dead Star were replaced with Map of the Problematique / Interlude + Hysteria, however Butterflies & Hurricanes and Dead Star both made one more appearance in this slot.  
*Near the middle of the tour, Butterflies & Hurricanes / Dead Star were replaced with Map of the Problematique / Interlude + Hysteria, however Butterflies & Hurricanes and Dead Star both made one more appearance in this slot.  
*During the [[Paris_Stade_de_France_2013_-_22nd_(gig)|second night at Paris]] the roulette was used twice. On the first run, the ball landed in the green slot, but unlike previous gigs, Matt did not ask the crowd what song to play. Instead, Dead Star was already printed on screen and Micro Cuts was seen alongside as alternate options. On the second run, the usual Stockholm Syndrome / New Born roulette was shown. This extra song being played in the main set resulted in Guiding Light being dropped later on.
*During the [[Paris_Stade_de_France_2013_-_22nd_(gig)|second night at Paris]] the roulette was used twice. On the first run, the ball landed in the green slot, but unlike previous gigs, Matt did not ask the crowd what song to play. Instead, Dead Star was already printed on screen and [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]] was seen alongside as an alternate option. On the second run, the usual Stockholm Syndrome / New Born roulette was shown. This extra song being played in the main set resulted in Guiding Light being dropped later on.
*During the final gig of the tour in [[Helsinki_Olympiastadion_2013_(gig)|Helsinki]], Bliss was on the setlist but wasn't played. However, after Stockholm Syndrome Muse spontaneously played Agitated and [[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]. This was their first time being played since 2001/2000.
*During the final gig of the tour in [[Helsinki_Olympiastadion_2013_(gig)|Helsinki]], Bliss was on the setlist but wasn't played. However, after Stockholm Syndrome Muse spontaneously played [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] and [[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]. This was their first time being played since 2001/2000.
 
=== Stats ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Album
! # of songs
! Songs played
|-
| style="background: #42E1E3;" |'''[[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz]]'''
| 2
| Sunburn, Unintended
|-
| style="background: #FFDB12;" |'''[[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry]]'''
| 4
| New Born, Bliss, Plug in Baby, Feeling Good
|-
| style="background: #D7D7D7;" |'''[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]]'''
| 6
| Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Interlude, Hysteria, Blackout, Butterflies and Hurricanes
|-
| style="background: #F59C1C;" |'''[[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations]]'''
| 4
| Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia
|-
| style="background: #42E1E3;" |'''[[The Resistance (album) | The Resistance]]'''
| 5
| Uprising, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, United States of Eurasia, Guiding Light
|-
| style="background: #000000;" |'''[[The 2nd Law (album) | The 2nd Law]]'''
| 10
| Supremacy, Madness, Panic Station, Survival, Follow Me, Animals, Explorers, Liquid State, The 2nd Law: Unsustainable, The 2nd Law: Isolated System
|-
| '''Other'''
| 5
| Agitated, Yes Please, Dead Star, Dracula Mountain, Monty Jam
|-
|}
 
== Production Rehearsals Gallery ==
Gallery from the production rehearsals at Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Source: [https://www.muse.mu/gallery/unsustainable-tour-rehearsals-coventry-2013-262581 muse.mu]
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== Gigs ==
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
! Date || Venue || Location
|-
| 2013-07-27 || [[Helsinki Olympiastadion 2013 (gig) | Olympiastadion]] || Helsinki, Finland
|-
| 2013-07-24 || [[Oslo Telenor Arena 2013 (gig) | Telenor Arena]] || Oslo, Norway
|-
| 2013-07-19 || [[Bergen Brann Stadion 2013 (gig) | Brann Stadion]] || Bergen, Norway
|-
| 2013-07-14 || [[Berlin Waldbühne 2013 (gig) | Waldbühne]] || Berlin, BE, Germany
|-
| 2013-07-12 || [[Sankt Goarshausen Freilichtbühne Loreley 2013 (gig) | Freilichtbühne Loreley]] || Sankt Goarshausen, RP, Germany
|-
| 2013-07-06 || [[Rome Stadio Olimpico 2013 (gig) | Stadio Olimpico]] || Rome, RM, Italy
|-
| 2013-06-29 || [[Turin Stadio Olimpico 2013 - 29th (gig) | Stadio Olimpico di Torino]] || Turin, TO, Italy
|-
| 2013-06-28 || [[Turin Stadio Olimpico 2013 - 28th (gig) | Stadio Olimpico di Torino]] || Turin, TO, Italy
|-
| 2013-06-26 || [[Nice Stade Charles-Ehrmann 2013 (gig) | Stade Charles-Ehrmann]] || Nice, France
|-
| 2013-06-22 || [[Paris Stade de France 2013 - 22nd (gig) | Stade de France]] || Paris, France
|-
| 2013-06-21 || [[Paris Stade de France 2013 - 21st (gig) | Stade de France]] || Paris, France
|-
| 2013-06-18 || [[Werchter Festivalpark Werchter 2013 (gig) | Festivalpark Werchter]] (Werchter Boutique) || Werchter, Belgium
|-
| 2013-06-15 || [[Bern Stade de Suisse 2013 (gig) | Stade de Suisse]] || Bern, BE, Switzerland
|-
| 2013-06-10 || [[Porto Estádio do Dragão 2013 (gig) | Estádio do Dragão]] || Porto, Portugal
|-
| 2013-06-07 || [[Barcelona Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 2013 (gig) | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys]] || Barcelona, Spain
|-
| 2013-06-04 || [[Amsterdam Amsterdam Arena 2013 (gig) | Amsterdam ArenA]] || Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
|-
| 2013-06-01 || [[Manchester Etihad Stadium 2013 (gig) | Etihad Stadium]] || Manchester, UK
|-
| 2013-05-26 || [[London Emirates Stadium 2013 - 26th (gig) | Emirates Stadium]] || London, UK
|-
| 2013-05-25 || [[London Emirates Stadium 2013 - 25th (gig) | Emirates Stadium]] || London, UK
|-
| 2013-05-22 || [[Coventry Ricoh Arena 2013 (gig) | Ricoh Arena]] || Coventry, UK
|}


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Official promotional poster for the first leg of the tour in UK



The Unsustainable Tour, also known as the 2013 Summer Stadium Tour, was Muse's second largest tour to this day, followed by the Simulation Theory World Tour in 2019. It included various production elements, from a giant robot patrolling the stage, to a floating light bulb, to big fire balls bursting out of the stage's very own chimneys. The tour took place during Summer of 2013.

Information

Stage design
Charles the Robot
Lightbulb acrobat and the actors
Muso and Muse Dollar

The first gigs of the tour were announced in November of 2012. The tour started with four gigs in the UK before going on to mainland Europe and finishing in Helsinki. Allthough some teaser photos were posted, not much has been known about the production and what was to come up until the very first gig. Because of that, when Muse held production rehearsals at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, testin fire cannons on top of the stage, people living nearby thought the arena caught on fire.

The tour featured Dracula Mountain becoming the set staple as one of the two drum and bass jams. The shows featured an intro piece called the The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics or the Bomb Intro, as it was called on the setlists, which segwayed into Supremacy's elongated intro. Both of these elements were exclusive to this tour. The last show of the tour also featured debuts of Yes Please, being played for the first time since 2000 and Agitated, played for the first time since 2001. The first and only tour which featured Starlight as a closer.

Matt ditched the guitar on Starlight and, like the arena tour, shook hands of the audience during Undislosed Desires, joined by Dom and Chris in doing so after leaving the B-Stage.

Support Bands

There was a wide rage of support bands for the tour. The UK shows featured support acts by Dizzee Rascal and The 1975, joined by Bastille, who also went on to open for the band in mainland Europe with Biffy Clyro, You Don't Know Me, L.A., We Are The Ocean, Arcane Roots, SX, Balthazar, Fun, Polly Money and Paramore. Dizzee Rascal also returned for the second Paris night. Skip The Use, Calibro 35, Datarock, Deaf Havana, French Films and Mew were also part of the support act line-up for the tour.

Stage Setup and Production

Stage Design

Designed to represent a power house, the stage for the stadium tour was completely different to that of the arena tour and was reminiscent to that of the H.A.R.P. tour, with long wings and a long cat-walk, connecting the B-Stage to the main stage. Compared to the arena tour, there was no physical moving 3D pyramid present, however, the LED screens behind the band were designed to project the pyramids' visuals onto them, vaguely mimicking the pyramid being there. The LED screen half-circle behind the band however did remain, as did the roulette and all other elements which were projected on it during the arena tour.

Keeping with the theme of the power house, the stage featured six large illuminated "chimneys" on top of the trussing, releasing big balls of fire and smoke at various points of the gig.

Charles The Robot

One of the main attractions of the tour was Charles the Robot, a large, approximately 3-metre tall robot with red lit-up eyes and mouth, who patrolled the stage during Unsustainable and sometimes came out in the audience before the show. The robot was operated remotely by the crew of Cirque Bijou, a collection of performers who Muse previously worked with on both the H.A.A.R.P. and The Resistance stadium tours. More on Charles here.

Floating Light Bulb

Also from Cirque Bijou,a large floating light bulb appeared above the audience during Blackout, housing an acrobat, who, when the solo kicked in, jumped out of the bottom, released some confetti and performed aerial stunts while held on ropes attached to the bulb. The act was the same to that of the floating Hullabaloon act during the H.A.A.R.P. tour, and the UFO during The Resistance stadium tour.

Muso Confetti

Special confetti were used during Animals - an Euro copy, known as "The Muso". The band used a 20 Muso note, which was designed to resemble a 50 Euro bill, the most widely circulated Euro denomination. The banknotes were inspired by the Foo Fighters dollar confetti, which the band liked, so they contacted Lee Martin and Morning Breath to design their own confetti money.

The Euro-inspired confetti were replaced by the Dollar-inspired ones for the Coachella gigs in 2014. These gigs weren't part of the tour however.

The actors

This was the first tour to feature actors performing during certain songs. Two actors were present, one during Feeling Good and the other during Animals. The actress during Feeling Good represented an office worker who was stressed out by the job which resulted in her drinking and dying by drinking gasoline. The actor during Animals represented a "filthy" banker (who was also present in the visuals for the song during both arena and stadium shows), who went on stage during the last part and started throwing Musos in the audience, before, at the end, when confetti was released, being completely engulfed in money, resulting in a heart-attack and his death. Both characters were placed into coffins below the catwalk during Undisclosed Desires, allowing Matt and the camera to go in and show the audience the two being dead.

Live at Rome Olympic Stadium

Muse's fourth ever live DVD, titled Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, was filmed in Rome, showcasing the tour. This was their first 4K live film, which was premiered on November 29th, 2013 as a special one-off screening across various movie theatres across 20 cities worldwide and 40 other locations the next day. The band attended the premiere at La Géode in Paris, France. The movie was directed by the same director who directed the H.A.A.R.P. DVD. It was released in DVD and CD formats, with audio being mixed by Chris Lord-Alge.

More on the DVD here.

Typical Setlist

The setlist structure was similar to that of the arena tour, albeit longer and with a slow section played on the B-stage. At certain gigs, the setlists were shortened and modified to fit the setting of the stage (such as at the Waldbuhne gig in Berlin) but overall, the tour featured one of the longest setlists to date.

Blackout returned to setlists for the first time since 2007 and Unintended for the first time since 2010. Guiding Light also made a return.

Encore 1 (B-Stage)

Encore 2

Encore 3

Exceptions

  • Explorers was played instead of Sunburn / United States Of Eurasia on two occasions, both in Italy.
  • Near the middle of the tour, Butterflies & Hurricanes / Dead Star were replaced with Map of the Problematique / Interlude + Hysteria, however Butterflies & Hurricanes and Dead Star both made one more appearance in this slot.
  • During the second night at Paris the roulette was used twice. On the first run, the ball landed in the green slot, but unlike previous gigs, Matt did not ask the crowd what song to play. Instead, Dead Star was already printed on screen and Micro Cuts was seen alongside as an alternate option. On the second run, the usual Stockholm Syndrome / New Born roulette was shown. This extra song being played in the main set resulted in Guiding Light being dropped later on.
  • During the final gig of the tour in Helsinki, Bliss was on the setlist but wasn't played. However, after Stockholm Syndrome Muse spontaneously played Agitated and Yes Please. This was their first time being played since 2001/2000.

Stats

Album # of songs Songs played
Showbiz 2 Sunburn, Unintended
Origin of Symmetry 4 New Born, Bliss, Plug in Baby, Feeling Good
Absolution 6 Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Interlude, Hysteria, Blackout, Butterflies and Hurricanes
Black Holes and Revelations 4 Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia
The Resistance 5 Uprising, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, United States of Eurasia, Guiding Light
The 2nd Law 10 Supremacy, Madness, Panic Station, Survival, Follow Me, Animals, Explorers, Liquid State, The 2nd Law: Unsustainable, The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Other 5 Agitated, Yes Please, Dead Star, Dracula Mountain, Monty Jam

Production Rehearsals Gallery

Gallery from the production rehearsals at Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Source: muse.mu

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Gigs

Date Venue Location
2013-07-27 Olympiastadion Helsinki, Finland
2013-07-24 Telenor Arena Oslo, Norway
2013-07-19 Brann Stadion Bergen, Norway
2013-07-14 Waldbühne Berlin, BE, Germany
2013-07-12 Freilichtbühne Loreley Sankt Goarshausen, RP, Germany
2013-07-06 Stadio Olimpico Rome, RM, Italy
2013-06-29 Stadio Olimpico di Torino Turin, TO, Italy
2013-06-28 Stadio Olimpico di Torino Turin, TO, Italy
2013-06-26 Stade Charles-Ehrmann Nice, France
2013-06-22 Stade de France Paris, France
2013-06-21 Stade de France Paris, France
2013-06-18 Festivalpark Werchter (Werchter Boutique) Werchter, Belgium
2013-06-15 Stade de Suisse Bern, BE, Switzerland
2013-06-10 Estádio do Dragão Porto, Portugal
2013-06-07 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Barcelona, Spain
2013-06-04 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
2013-06-01 Etihad Stadium Manchester, UK
2013-05-26 Emirates Stadium London, UK
2013-05-25 Emirates Stadium London, UK
2013-05-22 Ricoh Arena Coventry, UK


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