Ruled by Secrecy (live)

39%	MuseWiki ULD has 39/100 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Ruled by Secrecy
Tours	The 2nd Law (1) The Resistance (9) Black Holes and Revelations (6) Absolution (84)
First performance	14th March 2004
Latest performance	24th October 2012
Pro-shots	2010: Seattle (04/02/2010) 2007: Los Angeles (12/09/2007) 2004: London (12/20/2004) Pilton (06/27/2004) Landgraaf (05/31/2004)
Audience footage	2012: Glasgow (10/24/2012) 2010: Raleigh (10/26/2010) Columbus (10/12/2010) Oklahoma City (10/08/2010) Milwaukee (10/06/2010) Los Angeles (09/26/2010) San Diego (09/22/2010) London (09/11/2010) Edmonton (03/29/2010) 2007: Auckland (11/23/2007) Brisbane (11/21/2007) Sydney (11/17/2007) Adelaide (11/14/2007) 2004: London (12/19/2004) Auckland (09/14/2004) Melbourne (09/08/2004) St. Cloud (08/28/2004) Vallauris (07/21/2004) Vienne (07/18/2004)
Audio recordings	2004: Los Angeles (12/09/2004) Los Angeles (12/08/2004) Nashville (11/30/2004) Brisbane (09/12/2004) Perth (09/05/2004) Carhaix (07/25/2004) Nyon (07/23/2004) Nimes (07/22/2004) Eadestown (07/11/2004) Werchter (07/03/2004) Rome (06/12/2004) Toronto (04/19/2004) Toulouse (03/22/2004) Orleans (03/15/2004) Rouen (03/14/2004)
# of performances	100
Uno Live Database	39% (missing 61/100 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Ruled by Secrecy.

Analysis and Explanation

Ruled by Secrecy was one of the last songs off of Absolution to make it's live debut, not appearing live until March 2004. Upon its debut, however, it was played at the majority of gigs for the rest of the year. It is believed that Ruled by Secrecy took Endlessly's setlist spot as Endlessly's last performance was the gig before Ruled by Secrecy's debut. The song continued to be played semi-regularly in 2005 but was dropped at the end of the year.

After making no appearances in 2006, the song made a handful of appearances in late-2007 for the Australian/New Zealand leg of the Black Holes and Revelations Tour, along with a further performance that year in North America. It returned again for 9 gigs during The Resistance Tour in 2010 and also made one appearance in 2012. The 2012 performance is notable for featuring Matt belting the final chorus vocals as he did on the album, which he rarely does live.

The song hasn't been played since 2012 and it doesn't look too likely that it will return anytime soon. However, it was a setlist option at the 2017 Shepherd's Bush Empire by request gig, indicating that band haven't given up on the song yet.

Please submit dead links/issues here.

The 2nd Law era

2012

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2012-10-24	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch here[B]

The Resistance era

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
9	2010-10-26	RBC Center	Raleigh, NC, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
8	2010-10-12	Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
7	2010-10-08	Ford Center	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
6	2010-10-06	Bradley Center	Milwaukee, WI, USA	Watch here [B]
5	2010-09-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
4	2010-09-22	Viejas Arena	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
3	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here[B]
2	2010-04-02	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here[B]
1	2010-03-29	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada	Watch here [B]

BONUS: this soundcheck from Manchester, 09/04/2010, where it was not performed.

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
6	2007-12-09	Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
5	2007-11-25	Westpac Arena	Christchurch, New Zealand
4	2007-11-23	Trusts Stadium	Auckland, New Zealand	Watch here (Incomplete) or Listen here
3	2007-11-21	Riverstage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here[B]
2	2007-11-17	Sydney Entertainment Centre	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Watch here[B]
1	2007-11-14	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Watch here [B]

Absolution era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
11	2005-05-05	Cullum Auditorium	Houston, TX, USA
10	2005-05-01	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
9	2005-04-19	Jorgensen Auditorium	Mansfield, CT, USA
8	2005-04-17	Peterson Fieldhouse	Providence, RI, USA
7	2005-04-16	Cole Field House	College Park, MD, USA
6	2005-04-15	Liacouras Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
5	2005-04-13	Disco Rodeo	Raleigh, NC, USA
4	2005-04-12	Dale F. Halton Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA
3	2005-04-10	Tabernacle	Atlanta, GA, USA
2	2005-04-09	Plush	Jacksonville, FL, USA
1	2005-04-08	Auditorium Field	Boca Raton, FL, USA

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
73	2004-12-20	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here
72	2004-12-19	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here [B]
71	2004-12-13	City Limits	Tucson, AZ, USA
70	2004-12-12	Marquee Theatre	Tempe, AZ, USA
69	2004-12-09	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here [B]
68	2004-12-08	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here [B]
67	2004-12-02	House of Blues	Orlando, FL, USA
66	2004-11-30	The Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN, USA	Listen here [B]
65	2004-11-28	Newport Music Hall	Columbus, OH, USA
64	2004-11-27	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
63	2004-11-15	Quest Club	Minneapolis, MN, USA
62	2004-11-14	Eagles Club	Milwaukee, WI, USA
61	2004-11-13	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA
60	2004-11-12	Clutch Cargo's	Detroit, MI, USA
59	2004-11-10	Mr. Smalls Theatre	Millvale, PA, USA
58	2004-11-09	Webster Hall	New York City, NY, USA
57	2004-11-08	Nightclub 9:30	Washington, DC, USA
56	2004-11-06	Electric Factory	Philadelphia, PA, USA
55	2004-11-05	Avalon	Boston, MA, USA
54	2004-11-04	Métropolis	Montréal, QC, Canada
53	2004-11-02	Capital	Ottawa, ON, Canada
52	2004-11-01	Kool Haus	Toronto, ON, Canada
51	2004-10-31	The Drink	London, ON, Canada
50	2004-10-28	Burton Cummings Theatre	Winnipeg, MB, Canada
49	2004-10-26	Red's	Edmonton, AB, Canada
48	2004-10-25	MacEwan Hall Ballroom	Calgary, AB, Canada
47	2004-10-22	In the Venue	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
46	2004-10-21	Fox Theatre	Boulder, CO, USA
45	2004-10-20	Sunshine Theatre	Albuquerque, NM, USA
44	2004-09-26	Bossanova Ballroom	Portland, OR, USA
43	2004-09-24	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver, BC, Canada
42	2004-09-21	The Warfield	San Francisco, CA, USA
41	2004-09-14	St. James Theatre	Auckland, New Zealand	Watch here [B] (Incomplete)
40	2004-09-12	Brisbane River Stage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Listen here [B]
39	2004-09-10	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia
38	2004-09-08	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here [B]
37	2004-09-07	Thebarton Theatre	Adelaide, SA, Australia
36	2004-09-05	Metropolis City Concert Club	Perth, WA, Australia	Listen here [B]
35	2004-08-28	Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine)	Saint-Cloud, France	Watch here
34	2004-08-26	Festivalgelände Wiesen (Two Days a Week)	Wiesen, Austria
33	2004-08-22	Weston Park (V Festival)	Weston under Lizard, UK
32	2004-08-21	Hylands Park (V Festival)	Chelmsford, UK
31	2004-07-25	Site de Kerampuil (Vieilles Charrues Festival)	Carhaix-Plouguer, France	Listen here
30	2004-07-23	L'Asse (Paléo Festival - headline)	Nyon, VD, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
29	2004-07-22	Arènes de Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes)	Nîmes, France	Listen here [B]
28	2004-07-21	Amphitheatre	Vallauris, France	Watch here (Incomplete)
27	2004-07-19	Festival les Nuits Bleues	Les Moutiers-en-Retz, France
26	2004-07-18	Antic Arena	Vienne, France	Watch here
25	2004-07-16	Auditorio do Monte do Gozo (Xacobeo Festival)	Santiago de Compostela, GA, Spain
24	2004-07-11	Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)	Eadestown, Ireland	Listen here [B]
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	Listen here [B]
20	2004-07-02	Festivalgeländ (Open Air Festival—headline)	St. Gallen, Switzerland
19	2004-06-27	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival - headline)	Pilton, UK	Watch here [B]
18	2004-06-13	Flippaut Festival[venue?]	Bologna, Italy
17	2004-06-12	Tennis Stadium	Rome, Italy	Listen here (Incomplete)
16	2004-05-31	Megaland (Pinkpop)	Landgraaf, LI, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
15	2004-05-10	Richards on Richards	Vancouver, BC, Canada
14	2004-04-22	Shelter	Detroit, MI, USA
13	2004-04-19	Mod Club Theatre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Listen here [B]
12	2004-04-18	Le Cabaret	Montréal, QC, Canada
11	2004-04-16	The Call	Providence, RI, USA
10	2004-04-15	Axis	Boston, MA, USA
9	2004-03-25	Mazda Palace	Turin, TO, Italy
8	2004-03-24	Le Summum	Grenoble, France
7	2004-03-22	Le Zénith	Toulouse, France	Listen here [B]
6	2004-03-20	Velódromo de Anoeta	Donostia-San Sebastián, SS, Spain
5	2004-03-19	Palacio Vistalegre	Madrid, Spain
4	2004-03-18	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	Granada, GR, Spain
3	2004-03-16	Le Zénith	Clermont-Ferrand, France
2	2004-03-15	Zénith d'Orléans	Orléans, France	Listen here [B]
1	2004-03-14	Le Zénith	Rouen, France	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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