London Royal Albert Hall 2018 (gig)

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Muse at Royal Albert Hall

Muse at Royal Albert Hall

The setlist

Muse show
Venue	Royal Albert Hall (The Prince's Trust Benefit)
Date	3rd December 2018
Location	London
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	20
Support	YUNGBLUD
Start (GMT)	18:30 (doors), 19.30 (Yungblud), 20.30 (Muse)
Capacity	5.544
Price (GBP)	55 - 150 (without fees)
Sold out?	Yes

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Information

Muse have performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London in support of The Prince’s Trust charity on Monday 3 December. The gig was announced by the band on 3rd October. Tickets were on sale the 12th October. Tickets were limited to two per person. Ticket resale was limited through Twickets, a fan-to-fan ticket resale platform.

Omaze were holding a sweepstakes competition for The Prince's Trust charity where you could win VIP tickets to the concert, which included the band dedicating a song just to the winner, private tour of the venue and taking a photo together. Flights and 4-star hotel were included. The dedicated song was Uprising.

The Show

This concert marked the first live performances of Algorithm, Break It to Me, and the Heavy Rock Songs Medley (better known as the Metal Medley) that the band talked about performing a few times in some previous interviews. The medley consisted of shortened versions of numerous heavier Muse songs. The medley's debut marked the first performance of Reapers since 2016 to go beyond the intro/outro, and the only performance of the medley to contain Dead Star and Micro Cuts. Also the last performance of Isolated System until 2023.

The crowd, at Matt's request, sang "Happy Birthday" to Chris before Showbiz. Matt threw his guitar completely through one of his Marshall Silver Jubilee cabinets at the end of the Metal Medley.

Algorithm was soundchecked.

Speech

(Incomplete)

Before Showbiz	Bellamy	"We're really happy to be here London! It was a...Chris had an amazing weekend by the way (???). Will you sing "happy birthday" to Chris please?"
Before Showbiz		"This is the oldest song were playing tonight."
Before Metal Medley	Bellamy	"Okay, it's time for 15 minutes of metal."
After Knights of Cydonia		""Thank you guys so much for coming! We'll see you next year at London Stadium! And of course, Bristol.
After Knights of Cydonia	Howard	"Thank you London, you were awesome, as always. It's such a pleasure to be here and play for you in this beautiful place. Thank you, cheers, have a good night."

Media

The concert was streamed on Instagram, and a bootleg is available on MuseBootlegs (partial due to the bad stream conditions). There was also a radio broadcast of the gig on 13th December on Absolute Radio. Songs that were broadcast are The Dark Side, Uprising, Supermassive Black Hole, Plug in Baby, Thought Contagion, Time is Running Out, Starlight and Knights of Cydonia. Alternatively, Muse France made a multicamera edit of the gig with pro audio. Which is available here.

Setlist

1. Algorithm
   ^{(sunburst 77´ Fender Jazz Bass)}
2. Drill Sergeant + Psycho
   ^{(Manson Matt Black FR, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
3. Showbiz
   ^{(Manson Holoflake, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
4. Break It to Me
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, graphite finish green-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
5. The Dark Side
   ^{(Manson Matt Black Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
6. Uprising (extended)
   ^{(Manson Red Alert, red finish red-LED custom Status Original Series II)}
7. Unsustainable (with vocals)
   ^{(Manson TronCaster, graphite finish green-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
8. Pressure
   ^{(Manson TronCaster, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
9. Plug In Baby (extended)
   ^{(Manson Mirror, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
10. Close Encounters intro + Supermassive Black Hole + Wild Thing riff
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
11. Isolated System (shortened)
12. Thought Contagion
    ^{(Manson Chrome FR, sunburst 77´ Fender Jazz Bass)}
13. Time is Running Out
    ^{(Manson TronCaster, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Metal medley

14. Stockholm Syndrome (shortened)
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string)}
15. Assassin (intro) + Reapers (shortened)
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string, green finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
16. The Handler (shortened)
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
17. Dead Star (shortened) + Micro Cuts outro (with vocals)
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
18. New Born (shortened) + Ashamed outro
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Encore

19. Starlight
    ^{(stealth finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
20. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia
    ^{(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

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An official photo gallery is available on muse.mu. Which can be found here, or in Abelgalois' blog.

References

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