Prelude (live)

94%	MuseWiki ULD has 132/140 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Prelude
Tours	Simulation Theory (58) Drones (82)
First performance	27th October 2015
Latest performance	-
Pro-shots	2017: Reading (08/27/2017)
Audience footage	2017: Leeds (08/25/2017) Belfast (08/23/2017) 2016: Moscow (06/21/2016) Kaunas (06/17/2016) Riga (06/16/2016) Helsinki (06/14/2016) Oslo (06/12/2016) Stockholm (06/11/2016) Prague (06/04/2016) Berlin (06/03/2016) Milan (05/21/2016) Milan (05/20/2016) Milan (05/18/2016) Milan (05/17/2016) Milan (05/15/2016) Milan (05/14/2016) Zurich (05/12/2016) Zurich (05/11/2016) Vienna (05/09/2016) Madrid (05/06/2016) Madrid (05/05/2016) Lisbon (05/03/2016) Lisbon (05/02/2016) Glasgow (04/18/2016) Glasgow (04/17/2016) London (04/15/2016) London (04/14/2016) London (04/12/2016) London (04/11/2016) Manchester (04/09/2016) Manchester (04/08/2016) Belfast (04/06/2016) Dublin (04/05/2016) London (04/03/2016) Birmingham (04/02/2016) Munich (03/31/2016) Brussels (03/16/2016) Brussels (03/15/2016) Brussels (03/13/2016) Brussels (03/12/2016) Amsterdam (03/10/2016) Amsterdam (03/09/2016) Amsterdam (03/07/2016) Cologne (03/06/2016) Paris (03/04/2016) Paris (03/03/2016) Paris (03/01/2016) Paris (02/29/2016) Paris (02/27/2016) Paris (02/26/2016) Washington (02/01/2016) Philadelphia (01/31/2016) Newark (01/29/2016) Brooklyn (01/27/2016) Boston (01/25/2016) Quebec City (01/23/2016) Montreal (01/21/2016) Montreal (01/20/2016) Quebec City (01/18/2016) Toronto (01/16/2016) Detroit (01/14/2016) Chicago (01/13/2016) Las Vegas (01/09/2016) San Diego (01/07/2016) 2015: Los Angeles (12/19/2015) Los Angeles (12/18/2015) Oakland (12/15/2015) Portland (12/13/2015) Seattle (12/12/2015) Vancouver (12/10/2015) Phoenix (12/05/2015) Dallas (12/02/2015) Houston (12/01/2015) Mexico City (11/21/2015) Mexico City (11/20/2015) Mexico City (11/18/2015) Mexico City (11/17/2015) Bogota (10/27/2015)
Audio recordings	2016: Copenhagen (06/09/2016) Copenhagen (06/08/2016)
# of performances	140
Uno Live Database	94%

This page contains a list of all known performances of Prelude.

Analysis and Explanation

Played live from tape as an intro, Prelude on The 2nd Law album precedes Survival, however it precedes Starlight when played live. It was skipped during The 2nd Law tour before making a surprise debut at the start of the Drones World Tour in November 2015, and continued to be played at every date of the tour until the end of the arena tour in June 2016.

It is unknown why it was not attempted during The 2nd Law tour, making its sudden addition to setlists even more strange. Dom plays the drums and cymbals during this song, unlike other intro/outro songs such as Drones and JFK, in which the band do not/rarely play any instruments during. When the Arena Tour ended, Prelude was dropped from setlists and wasn't performed at the remaining festival dates that year. In 2017, it made a return for the 3 UK festivals gigs, but it wasn't played outside of those 3 shows.

After making no appearances in 2018, Prelude made another return for the Simulation Theory World Tour in 2019, preceding Starlight at every gig that year. The song has continued to be used as an intro to Starlight at all main shows in 2022 and 2023, with these shows onwards featuring Matt playing the piano parts of the song live.

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Will of the People era

2023

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
9	2023-03-03	Dickies Arena	Fort Worth, TX, USA
8	2023-03-02	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here
7	2023-02-28	Moody Center	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here
6	2023-02-26	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA
5	2023-02-25	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA
4	2023-01-23	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
3	2023-01-22	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
2	2023-01-20	Arena V.F.G.	Guadalajara, Mexico	Watch here
1	2023-01-18	Estadio Banorte	Monterrey, Mexico	Watch here

2022

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
31	2022-12-03	Fort Lauderdale Beach (Audacy Beach Festival)	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA	Watch here
30	2022-10-28	Admiralspalast	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
29	2022-10-26	Alcatraz	Milan, Italy	Watch here
28	2022-10-25	Salle Pleyel	Paris, France	Watch here
27	2022-10-23	Royal Theatre Carré	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here
26	2022-10-16	Beacon Theatre	New York, NY, USA	Watch here
25	2022-10-14	History	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here
24	2022-10-11	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
23	2022-10-09	Discovery Park (Aftershock Festival)	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch here
22	2022-10-08	Jim Beam Welcome Sessions	Clermont, KY, USA
21	2022-10-04	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
20	2022-09-10	Sacaba Beach (Andalucía Big Festival)	Málaga, Spain
19	2022-09-08	Estadio de Balaídos (Xacobeo Festival)	Vigo, Spain
18	2022-07-10	Chateau d'Aubiry (Les Déferlantes Festival)	Céret, France
17	2022-07-08	Espacio Mad Cool (Mad Cool Festival)	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
16	2022-07-06	Chateau de Beauregard (Festival Beauregard)	Cellettes, France	Watch here
15	2022-07-03	Lac de Malsaucy (Les Eurockéennes de Belfort)	Malsaucy, France	Watch here
14	2022-07-02	Festivalgeländ (OpenAir St. Gallen)	St. Gallen, Switzerland	Listen here
13	2022-06-29	Athens OAKA (Ejekt Festival)	Athens, Greece	Watch here
12	2022-06-26	Antiguo Aquapark (Mallorca Live Festival)	Calvià, Spain
11	2022-06-24	Tusindårsskoven (Tinderbox Festival)	Odense, Denmark
10	2022-06-21	Löver Camping (VOLT Festival)	Sopron, Hungary	Watch here
9	2022-06-19	Seaclose Park (Isle of Wight Festival)	Newport, UK	Watch here
8	2022-06-18	Parque da Bela Vista (Rock in Rio Lisboa)	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
7	2022-06-17	Visarno Arena (Firenze Rocks)	Florence, Italy	Watch here
6	2022-06-11	Flughafen Tempelhof (Tempelhof Sounds)	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
5	2022-06-09	Pannonia Fields II (Nova Rock Festival)	Nickelsdorf, Austria	Watch here
4	2022-06-05	Zeppelinfeld (Rock im Park)	Nuremberg, Germany
3	2022-06-04	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, Germany	Watch here
2	2022-05-10	Eventim Apollo (The Big Issue Charity Gig)	London, UK	Watch here
1	2022-05-09	Eventim Apollo (War Child & Médecins Sans Frontières Charity Gig)	London, UK	Watch here

Simulation Theory era

2019

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
58	2019-10-15	Hipódromo de Monterrico	Lima, Peru	Watch here
57	2019-10-13	Pista Atlética Estadio Nacional	Santiago, Chile	Watch here (Incomplete)
56	2019-10-11	Hipódromo de Palermo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
55	2019-10-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here
54	2019-10-06	Rock in Rio	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
53	2019-10-03	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
52	2019-10-02	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
51	2019-09-17	Arena Birmingham	Birmingham, England	Watch here
50	2019-09-15	The O2	London, England	Watch here
49	2019-09-14	The O2	London, England	Watch here
48	2019-09-12	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here
47	2019-09-10	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
46	2019-09-08	Royal Arena	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch here
45	2019-09-07	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway
44	2019-07-26	Estadio Wanda Metropolitano	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
43	2019-07-24	Passeio Maritimo de Algés	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
42	2019-07-20	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, Italy	Watch here
41	2019-07-16	Stade Matmut Atlantique	Bordeaux, France
40	2019-07-13	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)	Milan, Italy
39	2019-07-12	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)	Milan, Italy	Watch here
38	2019-07-09	Stade Orange Velodrom	Marseille, France	Watch here
37	2019-07-06	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
36	2019-07-05	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
35	2019-07-03	Hallenstadion	Zurich, Switzerland
34	2019-06-30	Festivalpark (Rock Werchter Festival)	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
33	2019-06-29	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne, Germany	Watch here
32	2019-06-27	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, Netherlands	Watch here
31	2019-06-22	Tauron Arena	Krakow, Poland	Watch here
30	2019-06-18	Suvilahti Open Air	Helsinki, Finland
29	2019-06-15	Luzhniki Stadium	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
28	2019-06-12	Arēna Rīga	Riga, Latvia	Watch here
27	2019-06-08	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, England	Watch here
26	2019-06-05	Ashton Gate Stadium	Bristol, England	Listen here
25	2019-06-01	London Stadium	London, England	Watch here
24	2019-05-29	Stadthalle Graz	Graz, Austria
23	2019-05-28	Papp László Sports Arena	Budapest, Hungary	Watch here
22	2019-05-26	Letňany Airport	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
21	2019-04-12	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here (Very incomplete)
20	2019-04-10	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA
19	2019-04-08	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY, USA	Watch here
18	2019-04-07	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here
17	2019-04-04	Little Caesars Arena	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here
16	2019-04-02	Capital One Arena	Washington, DC, USA	Watch here
15	2019-03-31	Videotron Centre	Québec City, Canada
14	2019-03-30	Bell Centre	Montreal, Canada	Watch here (Very incomplete)
13	2019-03-28	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Canada	Watch here
12	2019-03-26	State Farm Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch here
11	2019-03-24	BB&T Center	Sunrise, FL, USA	Watch here
10	2019-03-23	Austin 360Amphitheater	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here
9	2019-03-11	The Forum	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
8	2019-03-09	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here
7	2019-03-07	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch here
6	2019-03-05	Pechanga Arena	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
5	2019-03-02	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
4	2019-02-28	Vivint Smart Home Arena	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here
3	2019-02-26	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here
2	2019-02-24	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA	Watch here
1	2019-02-22	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here

Drones era

2017

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	2017-08-27	Reading Festival	Reading, UK	Watch here [B]
2	2017-08-25	Bramham Park	Leeds, England	Watch here [B]
1	2017-08-23	Belfast Vital Festival	Belfast, North Ireland	Watch here [B]

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
65	2016-06-21	Olimpiski	Moscow, Russia	Watch here [B]
64	2016-06-17	Žalgirio Arena	Kaunas, Lithuania	Watch here [B]
63	2016-06-16	Riga Arena	Riga, Latvia	Watch here [B]
62	2016-06-14	Hartwall Arena	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here [B]
61	2016-06-12	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway	Watch here (Incomplete)
60	2016-06-11	Ericsson Dome	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch here [B]
59	2016-06-09	Forum	Copenhagen, Denmark	Listen here [B]
58	2016-06-08	Forum	Copenhagen, Denmark	Listen here [B]
57	2016-06-06	Barclaycard Arena	Hamburg, Germany	Watch here
56	2016-06-04	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here [B]
55	2016-06-03	Mercedes Benz Arena	Berlin, Germany	Watch here [B]
54	2016-05-21	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
53	2016-05-20	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
52	2016-05-18	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
51	2016-05-17	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
50	2016-05-15	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
49	2016-05-14	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here [B]
48	2016-05-12	Hallenstadion	Zurich, Switzerland	Watch here [B]
47	2016-05-11	Hallenstadion	Zurich, Switzerland	Watch here [B]
46	2016-05-09	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Watch here [B]
45	2016-05-06	Barclaycard Center	Madrid, Spain	Watch here [B]
44	2016-05-05	Barclaycard Center	Madrid, Spain	Watch here [B]
43	2016-05-03	MEO Arena	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here [B]
42	2016-05-02	MEO Arena	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here [B]
41	2016-04-18	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland	Watch here [B]
40	2016-04-17	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland	Watch here [B]
39	2016-04-15	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here [B]
38	2016-04-14	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here [B]
37	2016-04-12	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here [B]
36	2016-04-11	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here [B]
35	2016-04-09	Manchester Arena	Manchester, England	Watch here [B]
34	2016-04-08	Manchester Arena	Manchester, England	Watch here [B]
33	2016-04-06	The SSE Arena	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Watch here
32	2016-04-05	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here [B]
31	2016-04-03	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here [B]
30	2016-04-02	Barclayard Arena	Birmingham, England	Watch here [B]
29	2016-03-31	Olympiahalle	Munich, Germany	Watch here [B]
28	2016-03-16	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
27	2016-03-15	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
26	2016-03-13	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
25	2016-03-12	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
24	2016-03-10	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
23	2016-03-09	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
22	2016-03-07	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
21	2016-03-06	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, Germany	Watch here [B]
20	2016-03-04	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
19	2016-03-03	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
18	2016-03-01	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
17	2016-02-29	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
16	2016-02-27	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
15	2016-02-26	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
14	2016-02-01	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA	Watch here [B]
13	2016-01-31	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here [B]
12	2016-01-29	Prudential Center	Newark, NJ, USA	Watch here [B]
11	2016-01-27	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, NY, USA	Watch here [B]
10	2016-01-25	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch here [B]
9	2016-01-23	Centre Vidéotron	Quebec City, QC, Canada	Watch here [B]
8	2016-01-21	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Watch here [B]
7	2016-01-20	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Watch here [B]
6	2016-01-18	Centre Vidéotron	Québec City, QC, Canada	Watch here [B]
5	2016-01-16	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here [B]
4	2016-01-14	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here [B]
3	2016-01-13	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here [B]
2	2016-01-09	Mandalay Bay	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here [B]
1	2016-01-07	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here [B]

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
14	2015-12-19	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
13	2015-12-18	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
12	2015-12-15	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
11	2015-12-13	Moda Center	Portland, OR, USA	Watch here [B]
10	2015-12-12	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here [B]
9	2015-12-10	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Watch here [B]
8	2015-12-05	Gila River Arena	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here [B]
7	2015-12-02	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA	Watch here [B]
6	2015-12-01	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here [B]
5	2015-11-21	Corona Capital Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
4	2015-11-20	Palacio de los Deportes - 20th	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
3	2015-11-18	Palacio de los Deportes - 18th	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
2	2015-11-17	Palacio de los Deportes - 17th	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here [B]
1	2015-10-27	Parque Deportivo 222	Bogotá, Colombia	Watch here [B]

See also

This is a table of The 2nd Law-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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Supremacy	The 2nd Law	30	90	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	133
Madness	The 2nd Law	38	93	3	41	80	32	11	61	18	56	433
Panic Station	The 2nd Law	32	91	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	125
Prelude	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	14	65	3	0	58	31	56	228
Survival	The 2nd Law	29	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	118
Follow Me	The 2nd Law	33	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
Animals	The 2nd Law	29	49	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
Explorers	The 2nd Law	26	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
Big Freeze	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Save Me	The 2nd Law	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Liquid State	The 2nd Law	20	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101
Unsustainable	The 2nd Law	25	85	3	12	0	0	10	60	0	0	195
Isolated System	The 2nd Law	25	87	3	13	79	33	9	0	0	52	301

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