The 2nd Law Tour

Poster for the first announced gigs in France and poster for the first gig in the U.S.. The latter format was used for most posters of the 2013 gigs

Poster for all U.S. and Canada gigs

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The 2nd Law Tour or The 2nd Law World Tour was an indoor arena tour that took place in the space of one year, between late 2012 and late 2013, taking place in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia in support of The 2nd Law. The tour started in Montpellier in France and ended in Sydney, Australia.

Information

The tour and it's first gigs in Europe were announced in early Summer of 2012. The tour started in Europe, in Montpellier's Park&Suites Arena and spanned over three European legs in 2012, with the second one beginning in Olympiahalle Munich and the third one scheduled to begin in Oslo's Spektrum. The latter one had to be postponed due to Matt breaking his foot and started in Helsinki's Hartwall Arena instead.

The tour then went on to a short Japanese run in 2013, with two gigs at Saitama Super Arena before heading over to North America with three legs - The first one starting in San Diego, the second one in Fort Lauderdale and the third one in Charlotte. In the Summer of 2013, the indoor tour went on a break for The Unsustainable Tour to take place in Europe.

In October of 2013, the band went on a South American tour with leg one of the arena shows starting in Guadalajara's VFG Arena and ending in Mexico City's Palacio de los Deportes. After the South American gigs came the Australian leg which started in Perth and ended in Sydney.

Additionally, allthough not officially part of the tour, seven additional festival gigs took place in 2013. The production was similar to arena gigs.

In North America, Muse also had V.I.P. posters made, each one being unique for every gig, designed by local artists.

Support Bands

Support bands for The 2nd Law Tour included The Joy Formidable, who opened for Muse during the first leg of the tour between Montpellier and Manchester gigs, with the exception of night one in London, where, due to illness, fIN opened. Between the Dublin and the Łódź gigs, EverythingEverything opened for Muse and Deap Vally joined the support line up, performing between the Helsinki and Hamburg gigs. For the Amsterdam, Antwerpen and Strasbourg gigs, Andy Burrows opened for them.

For the North American legs, the support bands included Band of Skulls, Dead Sara, Biffy Clyro, We Are Wolves, Circa Survive, Cage the Elephant. We Are Wolves and Circa Survive each supported Muse once. Circa Survive opened in Montville while We Are Wolves opened in Québec City.

The Ruse supported them on the South American and Birds of Tokyo opened for Muse during the Australian leg.

Stage Setup

Stage Set-Up for The 2nd Law tour

Held above the centre of the stage was a giant upside down pyramid composed of many screens, which was revealed usually after the third song of the set. There were also screens lining the back and front of the stage. The screens displayed various different visuals during the concerts fitting with the themes of the individual songs.

During Undisclosed Desires Matt would walk up and down the barrier, shaking hands with fans.

After Plug In Baby the screens would display a falling white ball and a roulette with red and black tiles and also a single green tile. Stockholm Syndrome was printed on the black tiles and New Born on the red. Whichever one the ball landed on decided which song the band would play. However, this was for visual purposes only and the song they would play was always printed on the setlist. The ball would not land on the green tile until the North American leg of the tour.

Average Setlist

Falling Down returned to setlists for the first time in nearly 12 years, and part of Host returned for the first time in about 14 years. A new drum and bass jam was introduced to the setlists, dubbed "Monty Jam" by fans, after it was first performed in Montpellier.

• Unsustainable
• Supremacy
• Interlude + Hysteria / Map of the Problematique / Bliss
• Supermassive Black Hole
• Panic Station
• Resistance / Bliss (if not played earlier)
• Animals
• Riffs_and_jams#Montpellier_JamWMontpellier Jam + Explorers
• Falling Down / Sunburn
• Host (intro) + Time Is Running Out
• Liquid State / Save Me
• Madness
• Follow Me
• Undisclosed Desires
• Plug in Baby (extended outro)
• Stockholm Syndrome + Freedom riff / New Born + Headup riff

Encore 1

• Isolated System
• Uprising (extended outro)
• Survival / Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia

Encore 2

• Starlight
• Survival (if not played earlier) / Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia (if not played earlier)

Exceptions

• Supermassive Black Hole, Panic Station and Resistance often had their positions in the setlists swapped around with each other.
• Ruled By Secrecy was played instead of Sunburn / Falling Down at Glasgow and United States of Eurasia was played instead of them at the Riga gig.
• The gig at Strasbourg did not feature the Falling Down / Sunburn piano slot.
• Survival and Knights Of Cydonia were rotated for the first few gigs of the the tour, but eventually Survival became the sole closer.
• The Stockholm Syndrome / New Born rotation slot featured a roulette visual, complete with an empty "surprise" slot. The slot wasn't used until the U.S. leg. Since then, Dead Star, Micro Cuts, Unnatural Selection, Hyper Music and Agitated made appearances in the sets.
• Guiding Light and Blackout were added to the set in 2013, after being played during The Unsustainable Tour.
• Citizen Erased, Fury and Butterflies & Hurricanes made a few appearances on the set as the tour went on in 2013.

Japan

Muse played two consecutive nights in Saitama, Japan. The setlists were identical to those of the European leg of the tour. However, on the first night, Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) made its live debut, replacing Sunburn / Falling Down. This was the only time the song has been played live to date. During the song, a music video directed by Japanese comedian Tekken was displayed on the pyramid. Sunburn was played on the second night.

North America Leg 1

The setlists remained largely unchanged from the previous legs of the tour. However, there were a few notable changes. Falling Down and Host were both dropped from the setlists. Feeling Good returned to setlists for the first time since 2011. The second piano slot was removed, leaving Explorers, Sunburn, United States of Eurasia and Feeling Good to fight for a position in the setlist. Sign o' the Times was played once on the tour. Animals was not played at a lot of the gigs. Towards the end of the tour Dracula Mountain was played instead of Monty Jam. Mutations in the order of the setlist were not uncommon, but the general structure remained the same.

At the second New York gig the roulette landed on the green tile for the first time ever. Matt asked a member of the audience what song they wanted to be played, and Dead Star was subsequently performed. It also landed on green during the second Montréal gig, resulting in Muse playing Micro Cuts for the first time since 2011.

North America Leg 2 & Mexico

Some of the songs featured during The Unsustainable Tour and Asian festival dates were carried over into this leg of the tour. Neutron Star Collision and Unnatural Selection were played for the first time in 3 years in Nashville, with Unnatural Selection replacing Stockholm Syndrome and New Born for much of the leg, though they both made occasional appearances. Agitated was sometimes played after them. Citizen Erased returned to setlists for the first time since 2011. Blackout and Hyper Music were occasionally played at the start of the second encore. Guiding Light and Butterflies & Hurricanes also appeared. Fury was played at Pittsburgh for a fan's 100th Muse gig.

Australia

The Australian setlist was identical to the previous leg's. No new songs were introduced.

Stats

Album	# of songs	Songs played
Showbiz	2	Sunburn, Falling Down
Origin of Symmetry	8	New Born, Bliss, Hyper Music, Plug in Baby, Citizen Erased, Micro Cuts, Feeling Good, Futurism
Absolution	8	Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Interlude, Hysteria, Blackout, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Ruled By Secrecy, Fury
Black Holes and Revelations	4	Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia
The Resistance	7	Uprising, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, United States of Eurasia, Guiding Light, Unnatural Selection, Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)
The 2nd Law	11	Supremacy, Madness, Panic Station, Survival, Follow Me, Animals, Explorers, Save Me, Liquid State, The 2nd Law: Unsustainable, The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Other	9	Agitated, Yes Please, Dead Star, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Dracula Mountain, Neutron Star Collision, Monty Jam, Sign o' the Times, Lithium

Gigs

Date	Venue	Location
2014-04-19	Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 2)	Indio, CA, USA
2014-04-12	Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1)	Indio, CA, USA
2014-04-05	Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Lollapalooza Brasil)	São Paulo, Brazil
2014-04-03	Grand Metrópole	São Paulo, Brazil
2013-12-13	Allphones Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia
2013-12-10	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia
2013-12-07	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia
2013-12-06	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia
2013-12-04	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia
2013-11-30	Perth Arena	Perth, WA, Australia
2013-11-02	Du Arena (Formula 1 Grand Prix)	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2013-10-22	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
2013-10-20	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
2013-10-19	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
2013-10-18	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
2013-10-13	Estadio G.E.B.A. (Personal Fest)	Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013-10-11	Zilker Metropolitan Park (Austin City Limits Festival - Weekend 2)	Austin, TX, USA
2013-10-09	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico
2013-10-07	Arena V.F.G.	Guadalajara, Mexico
2013-10-04	Zilker Metropolitan Park (Austin City Limits Festival - Weekend 1)	Austin, TX, USA
2013-09-20	MGM Grand Garden Arena (iHeartRadio Music Festival)	Las Vegas, NV, USA
2013-09-19	EnergySolutions Arena	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2013-09-17	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA
2013-09-14	Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock (Rock in Rio)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013-09-11	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA
2013-09-09	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
2013-09-08	Consol Energy Center	Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2013-09-06	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, TN, USA
2013-09-04	Arena at Gwinnett Center	Atlanta, GA, USA
2013-09-03	Time Warner Cable Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA
2013-08-17	Seoul Olympic Stadium (Hyundai Card Super Concert 19 City Break)	Seoul, South Korea
2013-08-13	Zepp DiverCity	Tokyo, Japan
2013-08-11	ZOZO Marine Stadium (Summer Sonic Tokyo)	Chiba, Japan
2013-08-10	Maishima Sports Island (Summer Sonic Osaka)	Osaka, Japan
2013-05-22	Ricoh Arena	Coventry, UK
2013-04-26	Colisée Pepsi	Ville de Québec, QC, Canada
2013-04-24	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada
2013-04-23	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada
2013-04-21	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY, USA
2013-04-19	Izod Center	East Rutherford, NJ, USA
2013-04-16	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA
2013-04-15	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA
2013-04-13	Mohegan Sun Arena	Montville, CT, USA
2013-04-12	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA
2013-04-10	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada
2013-04-09	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada
2013-04-06	Centennial Olympic Park (NCAA Big Dance Concert)	Atlanta, GA, USA
2013-03-17	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA
2013-03-16	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA
2013-03-13	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA
2013-03-12	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA
2013-03-10	Bank of Oklahoma Center	Tulsa, OK, USA
2013-03-08	Chaifetz Arena	St. Louis, MO, USA
2013-03-07	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA
2013-03-05	Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH, USA
2013-03-04	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA
2013-03-02	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI, USA
2013-02-28	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH, USA
2013-02-27	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, OH, USA
2013-02-25	Amway Center	Orlando, FL, USA
2013-02-23	Tampa Bay Times Forum	Tampa, FL, USA
2013-02-22	BB&T Center	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
2013-02-20	The O2 Arena (The BRIT Awards)	London, UK
2013-02-06	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013-02-04	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada
2013-02-03	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada
2013-02-01	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA
2013-01-31	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA
2013-01-29	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, CA, USA
2013-01-28	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA
2013-01-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013-01-24	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013-01-23	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013-01-21	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA
2013-01-20	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA
2013-01-12	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
2013-01-11	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
2012-12-19	Zénith de Strasbourg	Strasbourg, France
2012-12-18	Sportpaleis	Antwerp, Belgium
2012-12-17	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
2012-12-15	O2 World Hamburg	Hamburg, HH, Germany
2012-12-14	Studios Rive Gauche (Le Grand Journal)	Paris, France
2012-12-13	Arena Riga	Rīga, Latvia
2012-12-11	Saku Suurhall	Tallinn, Estonia
2012-12-10	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland
2012-12-07	Malmö Arena	Malmö, Sweden
2012-12-06	Ericsson Globe	Stockholm, Sweden
2012-12-05	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway
2012-11-23	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
2012-11-22	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic
2012-11-20	Papp László Sportaréna	Budapest, BU, Hungary
2012-11-19	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria
2012-11-18	Centro di produzione RAI di Milano (Che Tempo Che Fa)	Milan, MI, Italy
2012-11-17	Adriatic Arena	Pesaro, PU, Italy
2012-11-16	Unipol Arena	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy
2012-11-14	St. Jakobshalle	Basel, BS, Switzerland
2012-11-12	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany
2012-11-11	Festhalle Frankfurt (MTV Europe Music Awards)	Frankfurt am Main, HE, Germany
2012-11-03	The O2	Dublin, Ireland
2012-11-01	Manchester Arena	Manchester, UK
2012-10-31	BBC Radio Theatre (Radio 2 In Concert)	London, UK
2012-10-30	LG Arena	Birmingham, UK
2012-10-27	The O2 Arena	London, UK
2012-10-26	The O2 Arena	London, UK
2012-10-25	The London Studios (The Jonathan Ross Show)	London, UK
2012-10-24	SECC	Glasgow, UK
2012-10-22	Zénith Nantes Métropole	Nantes, France
2012-10-20	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain
2012-10-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France
2012-10-16	Park&Suites Arena	Montpellier, France

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