Dublin Marlay Park 2008 (gig)

Lasers during Take a Bow

The unused Blackout heliospheres

Muse show
Venue	Marlay Park
Date	13th August 2008
Location	Dublin[source?]
Country	Ireland
Songs	18[source?]
Support	Kasabian, Glasvegas[source?]
Start (UTC+1)	Unknown
Capacity	Unknown
Price (EUR)	69.50
Sold out?	Unknown

A member of the official Muse board reported that Dublin radio channel Phantom FM had claimed Muse were going to perform at Marlay Park sometime in 2008. Muse had purportedly said this during the Meteor Awards night. Later, on the 18^th of February Matthew Bellamy mentioned possible concerts in both Dublin and Belfast, during his interview with Virgin Radio host Ben Jones.

A member of the Muselive received informal confirmation from Phantom FM on the 21^st of February that Muse would be performing in Ireland sometime during 2008. This was a response to an E-mail inquiry sent a few days earlier. Phantom FM implied in this response that they would announce the concert and broadcast or otherwise publish an interview with the band. Matthew Bellamy mentioned again gigs in both Dublin and Belfast, during the NME awards on the 28th of the same month. At the NME awards, Bellamy expressed a desire on the part of the band to have Glasvegas, who had won the Philip Hall Radar Award, as support for the Belfast and Dublin gigs. He said Muse needed a "good" band to play with.

State magazine printed in their 4^th April issue that tickets would go on sale 11^th April and that the concert would take place on the 13^th of August. Official confirmation was given on the 14^th of April, tickets will in fact go on general sale 19^th of April at 09:00 through Ticketmaster. The pre-sale spanned from the 09:00 on the 18^th of April to 08:00 the following day. The concert was promoted by MCD Productions.

The first support act revealed was Kasabian, with the official gig announcement. The second was Glasvegas, through the Glasvegas MySpace profile on May 1^st.

Blackout was on the set list, but was not played. The 'Heliospheres' presented at the Wembley Stadium and Parc des Princes gigs could be seen in the backstage area by the crowd. They were inflated but were not used, due to the weather conditions. The lasers used at the 2006 MTV EMA awards were used during Dead Star and Take a Bow. Matthew Bellamy played along with the opening riff of Hysteria, similarly to when the song was first preformed in 2002. The balloons were released during Plug In Baby. Christopher Wolstenholme, playing the harmonica, began a cover of Ennio Morricone's Man with a Harmonica in the form of an intro to Knights of Cydonia.

Before Dead Star, Bellamy said, "This is an old song..."

Set list

Setlist

1. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff
   ^{(Seattle Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)}
2. Supermassive Black Hole
   ^{(Red Glitter Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. Dead Star
   ^{(Black Midi Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. New Born + Headup riff + Ashamed outro
   ^{(Glitterati Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
5. Riff + Hysteria
   ^{(Chrome Bomber Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Butterflies & Hurricanes
   ^{(Mirror Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. Feeling Good
   ^{(Black Kawai grand, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. Space Dementia
   ^{(Black Kawai grand, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
9. Drum and Bass
   ^{(Black 5 String Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Invincible
    ^{(Black Midi Manson, black 5 String Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Bliss (extended)
    ^{(Chrome Bomber Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
12. Riff + Asturias + Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Glitterati Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
13. Riff + Stockholm Syndrome
    ^{(Black Midi Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
14. Take a Bow
    ^{(Red Glitter Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
    Encore 1
15. Starlight
    ^{(Black Midi Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass Maple)}
16. Plug In Baby
    ^{(Mirror Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
    Encore 2
17. Man With a Harmonica
    ^{(Chrome Bomber Manson, Harmonica)}
18. Knights of Cydonia
    ^{(Chrome Bomber Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)}

See also

• Marlay Park, Dublin

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