JFK (live)

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

Analysis and Explanation

It is played as an intro before songs. Technically the oldest song on the album, the band played JFK live on the 2007 tour as an intro to the concert/encore, usually before Knights of Cydonia or Take a Bow. Fans hated JFK on the 2007 tour as it was much longer than the later album version, often lasting well over a minute before Muse would take/return to the stage.

Some variation occasionally took place. For example, at Rock A Field 2015, two extra notes were hit before the Defector synths came on. The summer 2015 performances differ from later performances, being more synth-oriented. The most radically different version was performed at Lollapalooza, which featured a combo of the synth version and the album version. After AB Brussels the album-esque version was performed live, except for some dates where just the speech was read with no backing instrumentation, such as the second Mexico City 2015 gig. The Portland Moda Center version is especially interesting as it was literally just the album track, the only date so far to do this.

Due to the fact that the song is mostly a spacer between songs, there exists less footage of this song than most others off of Drones. Most of the concerts during the Drones Festivals Tour, Uprising was played after JFK. It was then played before Defector's only performance yet on September 16th, 2015. It was skipped in certain areas such as Russia and the Asian/South American leg of the tour. After 2 months, JFK made its return for The Drones World Tour 2015/16. Up until the 2nd night in Los Angeles, Revolt was played after it. Reapers was played after, during the rest of the North American leg of the tour, except for the 2nd night in Montréal, where Revolt came back. Since the start of the European leg, Reapers and Revolt are played in rotation after JFK. Stockholm Syndrome and Interlude + Hysteria, both songs from Absolution, were added in that rotation in the 2nd night in Amsterdam and 3rd night in Brussels, in March 2016.

Drones era

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Intro of	Link
28	2016-03-16	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Interlude + Hysteria	Watch here
27	2016-03-15	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium		Watch here
26	2016-03-13	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Reapers	Watch here
25	2016-03-12	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Revolt	Watch here
24	2016-03-10	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Reapers	Watch here
23	2016-03-09	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Stockholm Syndrome	Watch here
22	2016-03-07	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Revolt	Watch here
21	2016-03-06	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, Germany	Reapers	Watch here
20	2016-03-04	Bercy Arena	Paris, France		Watch here
19	2016-03-03	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Revolt	Watch here
18	2016-03-01	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Reapers	Watch here
17	2016-02-29	Bercy Arena	Paris, France		Watch here
16	2016-02-27	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Revolt	Watch here
15	2016-02-26	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Reapers	Watch here
14	2016-02-01	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA
13	2016-01-31	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA		Watch here
12	2016-01-29	Prudential Center	Newark, NJ, USA		Watch here
11	2016-01-27	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, NY, USA		Watch here
10	2016-01-25	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA		Watch here
9	2016-01-23	Centre Vidéotron	Quebec City, QC, Canada
8	2016-01-21	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Revolt
7	2016-01-20	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Reapers	Watch here
6	2016-01-18	Centre Vidéotron	Québec City, QC, Canada		Watch here
5	2016-01-16	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada		Watch here
4	2016-01-14	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI, USA		Watch here
3	2016-01-13	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA		Watch here
2	2016-01-09	Mandalay Bay	Las Vegas, NV, USA		Watch here
1	2016-01-07	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA		Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Intro of	Link
31	2015-12-19	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Reapers	Watch here
30	2015-12-18	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Revolt	Watch here
29	2015-12-15	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA		Watch here
28	2015-12-13	Moda Center	Portland, OR, USA		Listen here
27	2015-12-12	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA		Watch here
26	2015-12-10	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada
25	2015-12-05	Gila River Arena	Phoenix, AZ, USA		Watch here
24	2015-12-02	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA		Watch here
23	2015-12-01	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA		Watch here
22	2015-11-21	Corona Capital Festival	Mexico City, Mexico
21	2015-11-20	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico		Watch here
20	2015-11-18	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico		Watch here
19	2015-11-17	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico		Watch here
18	2015-09-16	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Belgium	Defector	Watch here
17	2015-09-13	Lollapalooza Berlin	Berlin, Germany	Uprising	Watch here
16	2015-07-13	Musilac Music Festival	Aix-les-Bains, France		Watch here
15	2015-07-11	Bilbao BBK Live	Bilbao, Spain		Watch here
14	2015-07-09	NOS Alive! Festival	Lisbon, Portugal		Watch here
13	2015-07-05	Rock-A-Field	Roeser, Luxembourg		Watch here
12	2015-07-04	Main Square Festival	Arras, France		Watch here
11	2015-07-02	Roskilde Festival	Roskilde, Denmark		Watch here
10	2015-06-28	Rock Werchter Festival	Werchter, Belgium		Watch here
9	2015-06-26	Bravalla Festival	Norrköping, Sweden
8	2015-06-24	Provinssirock Festival	Seinäjoki, Finland
7	2015-06-14	Orange Festival	Warsaw, Poland		Watch here
6	2015-06-13	Download Festival	Derby, England		Watch here
5	2015-06-12	Pinkpop Festival	Landgraaf, Netherlands		Watch here
4	2015-06-06	Sonisphere	Biel, Switzerland		Watch here
3	2015-06-05	Rock in Vienna Festival	Vienna, Austria		Watch here
2	2015-05-30	Rock im Revier Festival	Gelsenkirchen, Germany		Watch here
1	2015-05-29	Rockavaria Festival	Munich, Germany		Watch here

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Intro of	Link
14	2007-09-22	Coors Amphitheatre (Street Scene)	Chula Vista, CA, USA	Take a Bow
13	2007-09-21	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Irvine, CA, USA		Watch here
12	2007-09-20	Mesa Amphitheatre	Mesa, AZ, USA		Watch here
11	2007-09-18	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Denver, CO, USA
10	2007-09-16	Nokia Theater	Grand Prairie, TX, USA		Watch here
9	2007-09-15	Zilker Metropolitan Park (City Limits)	Austin, TX, USA		Watch here
8	2007-09-12	McKay Events Center	Orem, UT, USA
7	2007-09-10	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA		Watch here
6	2007-09-09	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA		Watch here
5	2007-08-11	Agganis Arena	Boston, MA, USA	Knights of Cydonia	Watch here
4	2007-08-10	Festival Pier	Philadelphia, PA, USA		Watch here
3	2007-08-09	The Patriot Center	Fairfax, VA, USA		Watch here
2	2007-08-06	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA		Watch here
1	2007-08-04	Chicago Grant Park (Lollapalooza)	Chicago, IL, USA	Take a Bow	Watch here

Summary

Summary of JFK as an intro for each song.

Song Title	Plays	Appearance
Take a Bow	10	August 4th, 2007, September 9th, 2007 - September 22nd, 2007
Knights of Cydonia	4	August 6th, 2007 - August 11th, 2007
Uprising	17	May 29th, 2015 - September 13th, 2015
Defector	1	September 16th, 2015
Revolt	17	November 17th, 2015 - December 18th, 2015, January 21st, 2016, February 27th, 2016 - current
Reapers	20	December 19th, 2015 - current
Stockholm Syndrome	1	March 9th, 2016 - current
Interlude + Hysteria	2	March 15th, 2016 - current

Last updated: March 16, 2016

See also

This is a table of Drones-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2007	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Dead Inside	Drones	0	58	81	23	0	0	0	0	162
Drill Sergeant	Drones	0	43	23	34	12	61	28	56	257
Psycho	Drones	0	66	82	34	14	61	28	56	341
Mercy	Drones	0	57	82	33	8	59	0	0	239
Reapers	Drones	0	60	60	0	2	57	0	0	179
The Handler	Drones	0	41	79	11	5	57	0	0	192
JFK *	Drones	14	31	67	0	0	0	0	52	164
Defector	Drones	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	9
Revolt	Drones	0	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	22
Aftermath	Drones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Globalist	Drones	0	13	80	17	0	0	0	0	110
Drones **	Drones	0	25	143	17	0	0	0	0	185

* JFK was played at a small amount of gigs in 2007 as intro music.

** Drones was played twice at every performance from its debut with three exceptions as of the last update. The actual total of gigs is highly inflated in comparison with other songs as a result. It has not been performed twice at festival dates, however, since the end of the 360 Tour in 2016.

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