Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture) (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture).

Analysis and Explanation

The Exogenesis: Symphony is one of Muse's most complex works and because of this made it difficult to perform. It has never been attempted in full due to Matt being frightened that it wouldn't turn out well. For that reason alone Parts II and III were never performed during The Resistance tour, and Part II has never been performed at all.

Overture is the only part of the Exogenesis: Symphony to have been performed more than once. It was performed relatively often during The Resistance tour, usually the intro to the concert. After 2011 though, the song was permanently dropped from setlists. This is likely due to the song's complexity as well as its lack of significance to the theme of The 2nd Law and the Drones tours.

Fans do not seem to mind it being dropped that much, however, as 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 Overture as the twenty-fifth most requested song to make a return to setlists.

The Resistance era

2011

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2011-08-03	Verizon Wireless Music Center	Noblesville, IN, USA
4	2011-07-30	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (L.A. Rising)	Los Angeles, CA, USA
3	2011-05-24	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu	Kyiv, Ukraine
2	2011-05-22	Olympic Stadium	Moscow, Russia
1	2011-05-20	Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex	Saint Petersburg, Russia

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
64	2010-12-19	Bassendean Oval	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch Here
63	2010-12-15	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia
62	2010-12-14	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch Here
61	2010-12-10	Acer Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch Here
60	2010-12-09	Acer Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch Here
59	2010-12-06	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch Here
58	2010-12-05	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch Here
57	2010-10-27	John Paul Jones Arena	Charlottesville, VA, USA	Watch Here
56	2010-10-26	RBC Center	Raleigh, NC, USA	Watch Here
55	2010-10-24	Prudential Center	Newark, NJ, USA	Watch Here
54	2010-10-23	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY, USA	Missing
53	2010-10-21	Colisée Pepsi	Québec City, QC, Canada	Watch Here (Incomplete)
52	2010-10-12	Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH, USA	Watch Here
51	2010-10-11	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, OH , USA	Watch Here
50	2010-10-08	Ford Center	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	Watch Here
49	2010-10-06	Bradley Center	Milwaukee, WI, USA	Watch Here
48	2010-10-05	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Watch Here
47	2010-10-02	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA	Watch Here
46	2010-10-01	Santa Ana Star Center	Río Rancho, NM, USA	Watch Here
45	2010-09-28	Arco Arena	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch Here
44	2010-09-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch Here
43	2010-09-25	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch Here
42	2010-09-23	Honda Center	Anaheim, CA, USA	Watch Here
41	2010-09-22	Viejas Arena	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch Here
40	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch Here
39	2010-09-10	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch Here
38	2010-09-04	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester, UK	Watch Here
37	2010-08-01	Jisan Forest Ski Resort (Jisan Valley Rock Festival)	Icheon City, South Korea	Watch Here (Incomplete)
36	2010-07-30	Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)	Yuzawa-machi, Japan
35	2010-07-23	Bergenhus festning	Bergen, Norway	Watch Here
34	2010-07-19	Kaisaniemen puisto	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch Here
33	2010-06-16	Estadio Vicente Calderón	Madrid, Spain	Watch Here
32	2010-06-12	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch Here
31	2010-06-11	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch Here
30	2010-06-08	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza	Milan, MI, Italy	Watch Here
29	2010-06-05	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, RP, Germany	Watch Here
28	2010-06-02	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch Here
27	2010-04-20	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch Here
26	2010-04-14	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch Here
25	2010-04-10	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch Here
24	2010-04-09	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch Here
23	2010-04-05	E Center	West Valley City, UT, USA	Watch Here
22	2010-04-03	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA	Watch Here
21	2010-04-02	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch Here
20	2010-04-01	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Watch Here
19	2010-03-30	Pengrowth Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada	Watch Here
18	2010-03-29	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada	Watch Here
17	2010-03-18	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch Here
16	2010-03-17	Fort Worth Convention Center	Fort Worth, TX, USA	Watch Here
15	2010-03-15	Sommet Center	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch Here
14	2010-03-13	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch Here
13	2010-03-12	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch Here
12	2010-03-10	Centre Bell	Montreal, QC, Canada	Watch Here
11	2010-03-08	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch Here
10	2010-03-06	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch Here
9	2010-03-05	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch Here
8	2010-03-03	1st Mariner Arena	Baltimore, MD, USA	Watch Here
7	2010-03-02	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch Here
6	2010-03-01	Patriot Center	Fairfax, VA, USA	Watch Here
5	2010-02-27	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch Here
4	2010-02-06	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch Here
3	2010-02-03	Singapore Indoor Stadium (Big Night Out)	Singapore	Watch Here
2	2010-01-12	Nippon Budōkan	Tokyo, Japan	Missing
1	2010-01-09	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Missing

2009

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
30	2009-12-04	Torino Palasport Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch Here
29	2009-12-02	Zénith de Dijon	Dijon, France	Watch Here
28	2009-12-01	Zénith	Limoges, France	Watch Here
27	2009-11-29	Pavilhão Atlântico	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch Here
26	2009-11-28	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch Here
25	2009-11-25	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Watch Here
24	2009-11-24	Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona, Spain	Watch Here
23	2009-11-22	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Watch Here
22	2009-11-21	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch Here
21	2009-11-20	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch Here
20	2009-11-18	Hallenstadion	Zürich, ZH, Switzerland	Watch Here
19	2009-11-17	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch Here
18	2009-11-16	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, NW, Germany	Watch Here
17	2009-11-14	Ahoy Rotterdam	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands	Watch Here
16	2009-11-13	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here
15	2009-11-12	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here
14	2009-11-10	National Indoor Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch Here
13	2009-11-09	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch Here
12	2009-11-06	O2 Depot	Dublin, Ireland	Watch Here
11	2009-11-05	Echo Arena	Liverpool, UK	Watch Here
10	2009-11-04	Sheffield Arena	Sheffield, UK	Watch Here
9	2009-11-02	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch Here
8	2009-11-01	Galaxie Mega Hall	Amnéville-les-Thermes, France	Watch Here
7	2009-10-31	Stade Couvert Régional	Liévin, France	Watch Here
6	2009-10-29	O2 World	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch Here
5	2009-10-28	Color Line Arena	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch Here
4	2009-10-26	Parken	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch Here
3	2009-10-25	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway	Watch Here
2	2009-10-24	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch Here
1	2009-10-22	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch Here

See also

This is a table of The Resistance-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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Uprising	The Resistance	55	95	18	30	93	3	59	82	33	14	61	25	57	625
Resistance	The Resistance	41	92	15	25	69	1	20	34	14	2	0	0	30	343
Undisclosed Desires	The Resistance	45	95	10	26	72	0	13	22	5	2	5	0	27	323
United States of Eurasia	The Resistance	45	94	13	1	27	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	194
Guiding Light	The Resistance	24	34	5	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
Unnatural Selection	The Resistance	43	63	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	123
MK ULTRA	The Resistance	17	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
I Belong to You	The Resistance	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Exogenesis: Symphony Part I	The Resistance	30	64	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
Exogenesis: Symphony Part II	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exogenesis: Symphony Part III	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Neutron Star Collision	Neutron Star Collision	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Popcorn	Uprising	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Prague	Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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