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Revision as of 10:39, 31 August 2011

Citizen Erased
Set-list sheet
Curtain before New Born
Official line-up poster
Day ticket
Guest day ticket
Muse show
Venue Little John's Farm[source?] (Reading Festival[1][2]—Main Stage[3])
Date 28th August 2011[1][2]
Location Richfield Avenue, Reading[1][2]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 20[4]
Support Elbow et al.†[2]
Start (UTC+1) 21:30[3], 11:00[5] (doors)
Capacity Unknown
Price (GBP) 89.50–266.18‡[5][6]
Sold out? Yes[7][8]




Muse performed for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011 as headliners.[1][2] Muse had originally intended to end the Resistance tour in 2010.[9] Upon being offered to headline Leeds and Reading festivals, however, the band decided to continue touring.[9] The first substantive rumours of Muse appearing at the festivals began in January with VirtualFestivals including Muse among its headliner predictions, while implicitly claiming inside knowledge.[10] Morgan Nicholls purportedly stated during the NME Awards that the band would be performing.[source?]

From the point of accepting the headline slot, the band didn't wish for the the festivals to be part of the Resistance tour.[9] After the band pondered how to differentiate the occasion, Matthew Bellamy recalled that it was the tenth anniversary of Origin of Symmetry's release, and suggested that the album be performed during the festivals.[9]

The Muse website in mid-March announced that Muse would be headlining the festivals, as a renaissance of sorts for Origin of Symmetry, including songs from across their "career[s] to date".[1] Showbiz and pre-Showbiz works of the Muse repertoire were not included within "career". Said announcement also stated that a stage different from those used on the Resistance tour would be used.

Bellamy later said on his twitter account that the band will "probably play Origin in its entirety" at the two festivals.[11] In mid-August Christopher Wolstenholme confirmed that the entire album would be performed, while the band's intention was for it to be performed in order.[9] Wolstenholme claimed that five songs which hadn't been performed for a long time were causing the trio to worry, including Darkshines and Screenager.[9]

Two competitions were held for single pairs of tickets. The first asked for Muse t-shirt designs and the winning design was chosen by the band.[12][13][14] The second was a Muse forum popular poll for ideal Muse performance venues.[15] The former was for Reading Festival only,[12][13][14] while the latter was for either Reading or Leeds.[15]

The 'What's He Building' intro was used.

Matt played the New Born piano intro for only the second time since the start of The Resistance Tour.

The rare guitar outro for Space Dementia was played.

Chris sang the chorus to Hyper Music in place of Matt.

Eye balloons were released during Plug In Baby.

Lasers were used for Micro Cuts.

Screenager was played on the guitar, and Dark Shines was transposed a semitone down.

Flame throwers were used during Megalomania and Stockholm Syndrome.

There was a fireworks display at the end of Knights of Cydonia.

Line-up

Price details

Type Base price Booking fee Postage Total Sold out?
Day[5] 82.50 7.00 5.25 94.75 Yes[7]
Weekend[6] 192.50 204.75 Yes[8]
Weekend with early entry[6] 207.50 7.25 221.75

Media

BBC Three broadcast Muse's set partially, from 22:20–00:30 on the night of the performance.[24]

A fan-led coalition began on Facebook in protest against the BBC only airing 3 of the 11 songs from Origin of Symmetry.[25][26][27][28] However, the BBC claimed that Muse only permitted them to broadcast certain songs because they were not comfortable with the rare songs from Origin of Symmetry.[29]

Setlist

Preparations gallery

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e Muse to Headline Reading and Leeds Festival (2011-03-21). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-03-22 from muse.mu.
  2. ↑ a b c d e (2011-03-21). [Carling Weekend line-up poster]. Live Nation website. Retrieved 2011-03-21 from media.livenation.co.uk. [verify]
  3. ↑ a b c (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  4. ↑ [Set-list sheet]. Retrieved 2011-08-28. [verify]
  5. ↑ a b c (201?). [Sunday tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com.
  6. ↑ a b c (201?). [Weekend tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com.
  7. ↑ a b Day tickets (2011). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  8. ↑ a b All weekend tickets for this year’s festival have sold out (2011-07-26). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f Zane Lowe. (2011-08-09). [Interview with Christopher Wolstenholme]. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2011-08-10 from www.youtube.com. [verify]
  10. ↑ Chris Eustace. (2011-01-13). Updated: We predict the headliners of 2011. Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2011-01-28 from www.virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  11. ↑ Matthew Bellamy. (2011-03-28). Twitter / @Matt Bellamy: So we'll probably play Ori .... Twitter. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from twitter.com.
  12. ↑ a b Win VIP Reading Festival tickets (2011-07-29). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  13. ↑ a b T-shirt competition finalists revealed (2011-08-01). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  14. ↑ a b And the winner is... (2011-08-08). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  15. ↑ a b Fantasy Venue Competition (2011-08-15). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  16. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  17. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  18. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  19. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  20. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  21. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  22. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  23. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  24. ↑ BBC Three Programmes - Reading and Leeds Festival, 2011, Muse. BBC website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from www.bbc.co.uk.
  25. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/WeDemandTheOoSfootage
  26. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/2982011-The-day-Musers-proclaimed-war-on-the-BBC/153381448081400
  27. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dear-BBC3-were-coming-for-you-Sincerely-the-Muse-army/148726335214230?sk=wall
  28. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/BBC-is-not-pwoper/116900461744931
  29. ↑ http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=84458&page=24

See also


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