Spiral Static (live)

33%	MuseWiki ULD has 1/3 performances of this song.

Live information
Name	Spiral Static
Tours	Pre-Showbiz (3)
First performance	5th July 1997
Latest performance	15th December 1997
Pro-shots	None
Audience footage	None
Audio recordings	Plymouth (08/15/1997)
# of performances	3
Uno Live Database	33%

This page contains a list of all known performances of Spiral Static.

Analysis and Explanation

Spiral Static was played quite often during the band's demo stages, making appearances in three out of the four known setlists from 1997. It is quite possible that Spiral Static was played in excess of twenty times during the demo years, though a performance since 1997 has yet to be discovered. Live performances from 1997 are radically different, featuring different intros, lyrics, and tone. It is entirely possible that Spiral Static was performed live in 1998 or early 1999 at a gig where the setlist is unknown, though this cannot be backed up. When Matt was asked in a fan interview in 2000 whether or not Spiral Static was ever played live, Matt did not answer the question. This could indicate that Spiral Static has not been performed live in its final form. The band were considering performing it live during the Origin of Symmetry tour of October/November 2001 however, alongside the also considered Map of Your Head, Spiral Static was left off of setlists (Sober and Agitated, two other songs considered by the band for setlist inclusion, were performed). This is likely the last time it was rehearsed live or performed in soundchecks.

No footage is available of Spiral Static live. Though a rare song with very little chance of ever being performed live again, Spiral Static still has its fans who continue to hope for its return. 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 Spiral Static as the seventeenth most requested song to make a return to setlists.

Pre-Showbiz era

1997

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	1997-12-15	Cavern Club	Exeter, UK
2	1997-08-15	Plymouth Hoe (Soundwaves Festival)	Plymouth, UK	Listen here
1	1997-07-05	River Otter (Budstock Festival)	Budleigh Salterton, UK

See also

This is a table of Showbiz-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	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Sunburn	Showbiz	0	0	0	0	44	102	100	31	40	96	11	26	52	4	1	5	0	13	29	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	556
Muscle Museum	Showbiz	1	0	2	4	71	104	98	33	42	96	5	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	479
Fillip	Showbiz	0	0	1	0	52	79	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	185
Falling Down	Showbiz	0	0	0	0	38	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	115
Cave	Showbiz	0	0	3	4	69	93	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	270
Showbiz	Showbiz	0	0	0	2	56	101	100	4	3	4	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	1	292
Unintended	Showbiz	0	0	0	1	20	70	58	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	6	4	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	191
Uno	Showbiz	0	0	0	1	67	74	52	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	210
Sober	Showbiz	0	0	4	1	24	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
Spiral Static	Showbiz	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Escape	Showbiz	0	0	3	1	16	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
Overdue	Showbiz	0	0	2	2	24	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
Hate This & I'll Love You	Showbiz	0	0	2	0	2	7	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
Agitated	Uno	0	5	2	0	16	71	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	132
Forced In	Uno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	0	62	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	106
Twin	Cave	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Host	Cave	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	18
Coma	Cave	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Minimum	Muscle Museum	0	0	0	0	1	58	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	70
Do We Need This	Muscle Museum	0	0	1	0	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
Pink Ego Box	Muscle Museum	0	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Yes Please	Sunburn	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	31
Ashamed	Sunburn	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Recess	Unintended	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Nishe	Unintended	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	93	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	156

References

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