Explorers (live)

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

Analysis and Explanation

Explorers was one of the rarer songs from The 2nd Law during the tour, despite making an appearance on every non-promotional date between the 10/26/2012 gig and 01/23/2013. From that point on, it was performed semi-regularly until the 04/26/2013 gig. After this point Explorers was dropped from setlists with five exceptions throughout the year. It appeared that, just as Overdue, Endlessly, Exo-Politics and I Belong to You before it, Muse simply lost interest in performing Explorers live later on in the tour.

Given that many songs from The 2nd Law have yet to make a reappearance in the Drones Tour, it is unlikely that we will see another performance of Explorers anytime soon.

The 2nd Law era

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
33	2013-12-13	Allphones Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here
32	2013-12-06	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
31	2013-10-22	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
30	2013-07-06	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, RM, Italy	Watch here
29	2013-06-28	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
28	2013-04-26	Colisée Pepsi	Ville de Québec, QC, Canada	Watch here
27	2013-04-23	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Watch here
26	2013-04-19	Izod Center	East Rutherford, NJ, USA	Watch here
25	2013-04-15	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
24	2013-04-12	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch here
23	2013-04-09	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here
22	2013-03-17	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
21	2013-03-16	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here
20	2013-03-13	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA
19	2013-03-12	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here
18	2013-03-10	Bank of Oklahoma Center	Tulsa, OK, USA	Watch here
17	2013-03-08	Chaifetz Arena	St. Louis, MO, USA	Watch here
16	2013-03-05	Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH, USA	Watch here
15	2013-03-04	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
14	2013-03-02	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here
13	2013-02-28	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH, USA
12	2013-02-25	Amway Center	Orlando, FL, USA	Watch here
11	2013-02-22	BB&T Center	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
10	2013-02-18	Shepherds Bush Empire (War Child Brits Show)	London, UK	Watch here
9	2013-02-06	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada
8	2013-02-04	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada
7	2013-02-01	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here
6	2013-01-29	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch here
5	2013-01-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
4	2013-01-23	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
3	2013-01-21	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
2	2013-01-12	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
1	2013-01-11	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	Watch here

2012

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
26	2012-12-19	Zénith de Strasbourg	Strasbourg, France	Watch here
25	2012-12-18	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here
24	2012-12-17	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here
23	2012-12-15	O2 World	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch here
22	2012-12-13	Arēna Rīga	Rīga, Latvia	Watch here
21	2012-12-11	Saku Suurhall Arena	Tallinn, Estonia	Watch here - Incomplete
20	2012-12-10	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch here
19	2012-11-23	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland	Watch here
18	2012-11-22	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
17	2012-11-20	Papp László Budapest Sportaréna	Budapest, BU, Hungary	Watch here
16	2012-11-19	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
15	2012-11-17	ADRIATIC Arena	Pesaro, PU, Italy	Watch here
14	2012-11-16	Unipol Arena	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch here
13	2012-11-14	St. Jakobshalle	Münchenstein, BS, Switzerland	Watch here
12	2012-11-12	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch here
11	2012-11-03	The O2	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here
10	2012-11-01	Manchester Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here
9	2012-10-31	BBC Radio Theatre (Radio 2 in Concert)	London, UK	Watch here
8	2012-10-30	LG Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch here
7	2012-10-27	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
6	2012-10-26	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
5	2012-10-24	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch here - Incomplete
4	2012-10-22	Zénith Nantes Métropole	Nantes, France	Watch here
3	2012-10-20	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
2	2012-10-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
1	2012-10-16	Park&Suites Arena	Montpellier, France	Watch here

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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