Glorious (live)

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

Analysis and Explanation

Glorious was the first song to be performed from the Black Holes and Revelations era and the first to be dropped from setlists. Glorious was performed at several October and November dates during the 2004 Absolution tour before being skipped until the Earls Court performance in December. From there it was played once more in 2005, but never again after that. It is assumed that, had the song made the international release of the album, it would have been performed far more often. The only performances of the song are early performances that lack many parts of the song that would see the final release including the piano.

The likelihood of Glorious being played live again is limited due to its status as a b-side. Few songs from the Black Holes and Revelations era are played live today, further limiting the possibility of a return. Still, in a poll of 500 fans conducted in November 2015, out of a total thirty songs that had not been played since The Resistance era, fans voted Glorious as the most requested song to make a return to setlists. Dom revealed in a 2016 interview that he would like to see the song performed live again, but also disclosed that Matt has responded with "Fuck off".

Absolution era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2005-04-10	Tabernacle	Atlanta, GA, USA

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
9	2004-12-20	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here
8	2004-11-05	Avalon	Boston, MA, USA
7	2004-11-04	Métropolis	Montréal, QC, Canada
6	2004-11-02	Capital	Ottawa, ON, Canada	Watch here
5	2004-11-01	Kool Haus	Toronto, ON, Canada
4	2004-10-31	The Drink	London, ON, Canada	Listen here
3	2004-10-26	Red's	Edmonton, AB, Canada
2	2004-10-25	MacEwan Hall Ballroom	Calgary, AB, Canada
1	2004-10-22	In the Venue	Salt Lake City, UT, USA

See also

This is a table of Black Holes and Revelations-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.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Take a Bow	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	79	81	14	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	35	12	7	52	0	0	296
Starlight	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	101	17	50	95	17	31	93	3	59	82	33	13	61	32	57	840
Supermassive Black Hole	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	98	17	48	95	13	29	91	0	62	82	33	14	61	33	57	829
Map of the Problematique	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	95	97	17	36	62	8	11	31	0	5	43	6	1	0	10	11	433
Soldier's Poem	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	41	51	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Invincible	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	71	85	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	170
Assassin	Black Holes & Revelations	0	20	38	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	1	57	11	1	154
Exo-Politics	Black Holes & Revelations	0	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
City of Delusion	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	30	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
Hoodoo	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	35	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63
Knights of Cydonia	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	97	101	17	44	95	17	28	90	3	62	82	34	13	60	33	56	832
Glorious	Black Holes & Revelations	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Crying Shame	Supermassive Black Hole	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Easily	Starlight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Man of Mystery	The Supermassive Selection	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21

References

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