Assassin (live)

65%	MuseWiki ULD has 55/84 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Assassin
Tours	Drones (10) Black Holes and Revelations (54) Absolution (20)
First performance	8th April 2005
Latest performance	23rd August 2017
Pro-shots	2015: Los Angeles (05/15/2015) 2007: Inglewood (04/10/2007) 2006: Devore (09/23/2006) London (06/28/2006)
Audience footage	2017: Belfast (08/23/2017) London (08/19/2017) 2016: Krakow (08/21/2016) Nimes (07/18/2006) Kiev (07/08/2016) Montreux (07/02/2016) London (04/14/2016) 2015: Cologne (06/30/2015) Newport (03/19/2015) 2007: Riga (07/02/2007) Newport (06/09/2007) Mexico City (04/12/2007) San Francisco (04/09/2007) Osaka (03/14/2007) Seoul (03/07/2007) Hong Kong (03/03/2007) Kuala Lumpur (02/25/2007) Melbourne (01/30/2007) Sydney (01/24/2007) 2006: Antwerp (12/19/2006) Geneva (12/05/2006) Rome (12/01/2006) London (11/22/2006) London (11/21/2006) Newcastle (11/19/2006) Nottingham (11/17/2006) Birmingham (11/14/2006) Cardiff (11/12/2006) Manchester (11/10/2006) Glasgow (11/07/2006) Dublin (11/03/2006) Toulouse (10/30/2006) Salt Lake City (09/26/2006) Cleveland (09/10/2006) Phoenix (07/22/2006) San Diego (07/21/2006) Belfort (07/03/2006) Werchter (06/30/2006) 2005: College Park (04/16/2005)
Audio recordings	2007: Tokyo (03/12/2007) Tokyo (03/11/2007) 2006: Lille (12/18/2006) Portland (10/03/2006) Grand Prairie (09/19/2006) Arras (07/01/2006) 2005: Louisville (04/30/2005) Columbus (04/27/2005) St. Louis (04/26/2005) East Lansing (04/23/2005) Buffalo (04/21/2005)
# of performances	84
Uno Live Database	65% (missing 29/84 performances)

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

Analysis and Explanation

Assassin, alongside Exo-Politics, made its debut on the 2005 Campus Invasion Tour, where it was performed at all but two gigs, sometimes as the opener. These 2005 performances are treasured and the only time live that Matt has sung the Grand Omega Bosses Edit. By 2007 the band had played the song a moderate number of times before dropping it from setlists after July 2, 2007. There are notably fewer 2007 performances as perhaps the band grew tired of the song by then. During The Resistance Tour in which the band asked fans to select songs they wanted to hear, Assassin made the top five most requested songs during at least nine gigs. Muse did not play Assassin during The Resistance Tour or The 2nd Law Tour.

On the first date of the Psycho UK Tour some fans barraged the band with outpouring demands to hear Assassin, though the band didn't rehearse it beforehand and Matt couldn't play more than a few riffs from the song. It was finally played again for the first time in eight years in the following week. Assassin made rare appearances afterwards including a famous performance at the Mayan Theatre though it was never a setlist staple. For 2016 and 2017 the song has been performed a handful of times mostly due to fan demand.

Drones era

2017

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2017-08-23	Belfast Vital Festival	Belfast, North Ireland	Watch here
1	2017-08-19	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, England	Watch here

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2016-08-21	Krakow Live	Krakow, Poland	Watch here
4	2016-07-18	Nîmes Festival	Nîmes, France	Watch here
3	2016-07-08	U-Park Festival	Kyiv, Ukraine	Watch here
2	2016-07-02	Auditorium Stravinski (Montreux Jazz Festival)	Montreux, Switzerland	Watch here
1	2016-04-14	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	2015-06-30	Gloria Theater	Cologne, Germany	Watch here
2	2015-05-15	The Mayan	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
1	2015-03-19	Newport Centre	Newport, Wales	Watch here

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
16	2007-07-02	Riga Arena	Riga, Latvia	Watch here
15	2007-06-09	Seaclose Park (Isle of Wight Festival)	Newport, UK	Watch here
14	2007-04-25	Municipal Auditorium (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Nashville, TN, USA
13	2007-04-12	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, DF, Mexico	Watch here
12	2007-04-10	The Forum	Inglewood, CA, USA	Watch here
11	2007-04-09	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	San Francisco, CA, USA	Watch here
10	2007-03-14	Osaka Zepp	Osaka, Japan	Watch here (Incomplete)
9	2007-03-12	International Forum	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
8	2007-03-11	Studio Coast	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
7	2007-03-07	Chamsil Gymnasium	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here (Incomplete)
6	2007-03-03	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch here
5	2007-02-25	Stadium Negara	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Watch here (Incomplete)
4	2007-02-23	Gelora Bung Karno	Jakarta, Indonesia
3	2007-01-30	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here (Incomplete)
2	2007-01-28	Princes Park South (Big Day Out)	Melbourne, VI, Australia
1	2007-01-24	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here

BONUS: this soundcheck from 2007-11-10, Perth, where it was not performed live.

2006

NOTE: A lot of the early 2006 footage is incomplete/of poor quality. Camera recording at concerts had not become as mainstream at this time.
To ensure quality, it is recommended to avoid incomplete links.

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
38	2006-12-19	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here
37	2006-12-18	Zénith	Lille, France	Listen here
36	2006-12-05	Arena	Geneva, Switzerland	Watch here (Incomplete)
35	2006-12-01	PalaLottomatica	Rome, Italy	Watch here
34	2006-11-29	Sporthalle	Böblingen, Germany
33	2006-11-22	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here
32	2006-11-21	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here
31	2006-11-19	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle, UK	Watch here [B]
30	2006-11-17	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Watch here [B]
29	2006-11-14	National Exhibition Centre	Birmingham, UK	Watch here [B]
28	2006-11-12	International Arena	Cardiff, UK	Watch here [B]
27	2006-11-10	Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here [B]
26	2006-11-07	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Arena	Glasgow, UK	Watch here [B]
25	2006-11-03	Point Theatre	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here [B]
24	2006-10-30	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Watch here [B]
23	2006-10-24	Bilbao Exhibition Centre	Barakaldo, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete)
22	2006-10-03	Roseland Theater	Portland, OR, USA	Listen here [B]
21	2006-09-26	Saltair Pavilion	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here [B]
20	2006-09-24	Tucson Electric Park (KFMA Fall Ball)	Tucson, AZ, USA
19	2006-09-23	Hyundai Pavilion (KROQ Inland Invasion)	Devore, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
18	2006-09-21	The Joint	Las Vegas, NV, USA
17	2006-09-19	Nokia Theater	Grand Prairie, TX, USA	Listen here [B]
16	2006-09-18	Verizon Wireless Theater	Houston, TX, USA
15	2006-09-15	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
14	2006-09-14	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
13	2006-09-10	Agora Theatre	Cleveland, OH, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
12	2006-07-28	State Theater	Detroit, USA
11	2006-07-26	State Theater	Minneapolis, USA
10	2006-07-24	Fillmore Auditorium	Denver, CO, USA
9	2006-07-22	Celebrity Theatre	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here [B]
8	2006-07-21	Soma	San Diego, USA	Watch here [B]
7	2006-07-08	Quart Festival	Kristiansand, Norway
6	2006-07-03	Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)	Belfort, France	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
5	2006-07-01	Grande Place	Arras, France	Listen here [B]
4	2006-06-30	Werchter Festival	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here [B]
3	2006-06-28	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, UK	Watch here [B]
2	2006-06-24	Southside Festival	Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
1	2006-06-07	Rolling Stone	Milan, Italy

BONUS: This soundcheck from 2006-09-11, Columbus, where it was not performed live as well as this soundcheck from 2006-11-28, Den Bosch, where it was not performed live.

Absolution era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
20	2005-05-07	Austin Music Hall	Austin, TX, USA
19	2005-05-05	Cullum Auditorium	Houston, TX, USA
18	2005-05-04	Gypsy Tea Room and Ballroom	Dallas, TX, USA
17	2005-05-03	Sunset Station	San Antonio, TX, USA
16	2005-05-01	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
15	2005-04-30	Jillian's	Louisville, KY, USA	Listen here [B]
14	2005-04-27	PromoWest Pavilion	Columbus, OH, USA	Listen here [B]
13	2005-04-26	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA	Listen here [B]
12	2005-04-24	Emens Auditorium	Muncie, IN, USA
11	2005-04-23	Breslin Student Events Center	East Lansing, MI, USA	Listen here [B]
10	2005-04-21	Sphere Entertainment Complex	Buffalo, NY, USA	Listen here [B]
9	2005-04-20	Curry Hicks Cage	Amherst, MA, USA
8	2005-04-19	Jorgensen Auditorium	Mansfield, CT, USA
7	2005-04-17	Peterson Fieldhouse	Providence, RI, USA
6	2005-04-16	Cole Field House	College Park, MD, USA	Watch here [B]
5	2005-04-15	Liacouras Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
4	2005-04-13	Disco Rodeo	Raleigh, NC, USA
3	2005-04-12	Dale F. Halton Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA
2	2005-04-09	Plush	Jacksonville, FL, USA
1	2005-04-08	Auditorium Field	Boca Raton, FL, USA

BONUS: this soundcheck from 04/19/2004 of an unidentified song which bears a resemblance to Assassin.

See also

This is a table of Black Holes and Revelations-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	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Take a Bow	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	79	81	14	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	35	12	7	52	0	0	296
Starlight	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	101	17	50	95	17	31	93	3	59	82	33	13	61	32	57	840
Supermassive Black Hole	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	98	17	48	95	13	29	91	0	62	82	33	14	61	33	57	829
Map of the Problematique	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	95	97	17	36	62	8	11	31	0	5	43	6	1	0	10	11	433
Soldier's Poem	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	41	51	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Invincible	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	71	85	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	170
Assassin	Black Holes & Revelations	0	20	38	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	1	57	11	1	154
Exo-Politics	Black Holes & Revelations	0	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
City of Delusion	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	30	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
Hoodoo	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	35	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63
Knights of Cydonia	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	97	101	17	44	95	17	28	90	3	62	82	34	13	60	33	56	832
Glorious	Black Holes & Revelations	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Crying Shame	Supermassive Black Hole	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Easily	Starlight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Man of Mystery	The Supermassive Selection	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21

References

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