Sydney Showground 2004 - 23rd (gig)

Festival poster with both dates

Matthew Bellamy with his Manson Delorean during the New Born solo

Muse show
Venue	Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)
Date	23rd January 2004
Location	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, NS
Country	Australia
Songs	11
Support	Metallica, The Strokes, The Mars Volta
Start	Unknown
Capacity	40,000
Price	Unknown
Sold out?	Yes

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Sydney Metro Theatre	←	Big Day Out, Sydney – 23rd	→	Big Day Out, Sydney – 24th

Information

The most well-known of Muse's shows down under for the travelling Big Day Out Festival. Other bands on the tour included Metallica, The Strokes, The Mars Volta, Hoodoo Gurus, or Dandy Warhols. For this particular year, there were two Big Day Out events held in Sydney, with the same bands playing the same time slots on both days. It was stated that the reason for there being two dates was overwhelming demand for tickets in Australia's largest city. It was stated further that more tickets could be sold but it would get so squashed and crowded.[source?] The second day, Muse played the same songs, but in a different order. For example, "Stockholm Syndrome" was played last on the second day, and "Hysteria" was the set opener.[source?]

Speech

After Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy	"Thank you!"
After New Born		"Thank you".
Before Muscle Museum		"We'll play another song now".
After Hysteria		"Cheers".
After Bliss		"Thank you!"

Media

Most of Muse's set was broadcast by Channel V on Australian TV. The full broadcast can be found on MuseBootlegs here or viewed on YouTube here.

An audio rip in lossless (FLAC) format of the FM radio broadcast can be found on MuseBootlegs here. However, even though it is listed as Day 2 with the date of the 24th, the setlist is that of this performance and is likely just mislabeled.

Six songs from this day's performance were released as a bonus disc on an Australian only re-release of Absolution.

An interview from this gig is available here.

Trivia

The performance of Hysteria from this gig features a vocal impravisation by Matt during the first & second chorus.

Setlist

1. Stockholm Syndrome + Psycho riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean, Candy Red Pedulla Rapture RB4)}
2. New Born [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean, Roland MP9500, Candy Red Pedulla Rapture RB4)}
3. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist [watch]
   ^{(Manson 007, Zon Sonus Custom 4)}
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean, Roland MP9500, Candy Red Pedulla Rapture RB4)}
5. Citizen Erased [watch]
   ^{(Manson 7 String E Guitar, Roland MP9500, Candy Red Pedulla Rapture RB4)}
6. Piano interlude + Sunburn (keyboard) [watch]
   ^{(Roland MP9500, Black Pedulla RB4)}
7. Muscle Museum [watch]
   ^{(Manson Bomber, Candy Red Pedulla RB4)}
8. Hysteria [listen]
   ^{(Manson Bomber)}
9. Bliss
   ^{(Manson Bomber)}
10. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson Delorean)}
11. Plug In Baby
    ^{(Manson Delorean)}

See also

• Sydney Showground
• Big Day Out website

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