Lisbon Bela Vista Park 2008 (gig)

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Matt Bellamy during Knights of Cydonia

Muse show
Venue	Bela Vista Park [en: Beautiful View Park] (Rock in Rio)
Date	6th June 2008
Location	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Songs	12
Support	Kaiser Chiefs, Orishas
Supported	Linkin Park, The Offspring
Start (UTC+1)	21:45
Capacity	90,000
Price (EUR)	53.00
Sold out?	Yes

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Information

The Rock in Rio website had Muse listed by the 2nd of April, while an official announcement through the Muse website was made on the 15th of April. Other headliners included bands like Metallica, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi or artists such as Amy Winehouse or Lenny Kravitz.

When musewire was set up, Sam Sparrow from Muse Management posted a message on the Muse forum about its usage. She then said that they'll give "some live updates from Rock In Rio". The first update was posted at 21:50, stating that the band were on stage playing Knights of Cydonia and giving two video webcast links, only working through a Portuguese proxy.

The show

A new solo was used for Supermassive Black Hole due to kaoss pad failure. A slightly different bass riff was used for Starlight, for the breakout before the last verse. Nishe was played for the first time since 2000 and Matthew Bellamy let the crowd sing the verse before the first chorus from Time Is Running Out. The balloons were released at the end of Plug In Baby.

The second Twitter item, posted after the gig had finished, had Bellamy explain that the strap fell of his guitar during New Born. This resulted in an extended break between the piano intro and the start of the guitar part. Both of the Twitter updates were posted using TwitterBerry on BlackBerry.

Speech

After Map of the Problematique	Bellamy	"Boa tarde, obrigado [en: Good afternoon, thank you].
	Howard	"Como vai Lisboa? [en: How're you doing Lisbon?] It's good to see you guys again.... Hey, hey".
After Supermassive Black Hole	Bellamy	"Thank you".
	Howard	"Obrigado [en: Thanks]".
After Ashamed outro		"Cheers, thank you very much. ... Someone take a [?] hah [?]"
During Feeling Good intro	Bellamy	"[?] Lovely, lovely".
After Feeling Good		"Thank You".
After Starlight		"Obrigado Portugal"
After Take a Bow
	Howard	"[?] everyone, cheers".

Times

• 18:45 – Orishas
• 20:15 - Kaiser Chiefs
• 21:45 – Muse
• 23:15 – The Offspring
• 01:00 – Linkin Park

Media

Pro-shot footage of nine songs can be found on MuseBootlegs here. Demuxed audio from this source is available here.

A not so good audience recording in lossless (FLAC) format of the first three songs, which were not part of the television broadcast, can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

You can watch some songs below or the full concert here

Setlist

1. Close Encounters riff + Knights of Cydonia
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, Rickenbacker 4003)}
2. Hysteria
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, Rickenbacker 4003)}
4. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
5. New Born + Headup riff + Ashamed outro [watch]
   ^{(White Kawai, Manson Red Glitter, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Feeling Good [watch]
   ^{(White Kawai, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. Riff + Starlight [watch]
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. Nishe
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
9. Time Is Running Out [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Plug In Baby [watch]
    ^{(Manson Mirror, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion riff + Endless Nameless riff [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
12. Take a Bow [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, red Fender Jazz Bass)}

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You can see the full gallery on Abelgalois' blog

See also

• Bela Vista Park, Lisbon
• Rock in Rio Lisbon website
• Interview with Christopher Wolstenholme before Rock in Rio

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