Megalomania (live)

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

Analysis and Explanation

The song was first played in 2001 on the Origin of Symmetry Tour with it continuing to make regular appearances throughout 2001. It got a few plays the following year before getting dropped in May 2002. It wasn't played again for 6 years until the 2008 Royal Albert Hall gig where it was played on the massive organ featured in the hall. It was played a handful of times in 2011, the most notable at the Reading and Leeds gigs where the band played Origin of Symmetry start to finish, before getting dropped yet again.

It's unknown why the song has been dropped from setlists, but the most likely is the difficulty of playing it live and how different the sound is in contrast to the main Muse sound. And considering the small amount of piano songs being played on the recent tour, it's unlikely the song will return.

The Resistance era

2011

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2011-08-28	Little John's Farm (Reading Festival)	Reading, UK	Watch Here [B]
4	2011-08-26	Bramham Park (Leeds Festival)	Leeds, UK	Watch Here [B]
3	2011-05-24	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu	Kyiv, Ukraine	Watch Here [B]
2	2011-05-22	Olympic Stadium	Moscow, Russia	Watch Here [B]
1	2011-05-20	Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Watch Here [B]

Black Holes and Revelations era

2008

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2008-04-12	Royal Albert Hall (Teenage Cancer Trust event)	London, UK	Watch Here [B]

Origin of Symmetry era

2002

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
8	2002-05-05	Dublin Castle (Heineken Green Energy Festival)	Dublin, Ireland
7	2002-04-21	Aula Magna	Lisbon, Portugal
6	2002-04-19	Hard Club	Porto, Portugal
5	2002-04-14	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland
4	2002-04-11	Arena	Stockholm, Sweden
3	2002-04-10	Rockefeller Music Hall	Oslo, Norway
2	2002-04-09	Store Vage	Copenhagen, Denmark
1	2002-04-07	Maslak Venue	İstanbul, Turkey

2001

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
31	2001-11-28	Zepp	Tokyo, Japan
30	2001-11-13	London Arena	London, UK
29	2001-11-11	Civic Hall	Wolverhampton, UK
28	2001-11-10	Doncaster Dome	Doncaster, UK
27	2001-11-09	Newport	Newport, UK
26	2001-11-05	Corn Exchange	Edinburgh, UK
25	2001-11-03	Apollo	Manchester, UK
24	2001-11-02	Apollo	Manchester, UK
23	2001-11-01	De Montfort Hall	Leicester, UK
22	2001-10-29	Zénith	Paris, France
21	2001-10-28	Zénith	Paris, France
20	2001-10-26	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, Germany
19	2001-10-24	E-Werk	Cologne, NW, Germany
18	2001-10-23	Colosseum	Munich, BY, Germany
17	2001-10-22	Berlin Columbiahalle	Berlin, Germany
16	2001-10-21	Pepsi Music Club	Vienna, Austria
15	2001-10-19	PalaVobis	Milan, Italy
14	2001-10-17	Zénith	Montpellier, France
13	2001-10-16	Médoquine	Bordeaux, France
12	2001-10-15	La Riviera	Madrid, Spain
11	2001-10-14	Polar Session	Radio Station, Spain
10	2001-10-13	Razzmatazz	Barcelona, Spain
9	2001-10-12	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France
8	2001-10-11	Nancy Jazz Pulsations	Nancy, France
7	2001-10-09	Heineken Music Hall (MTV Five-Night Stand)	Amsterdam, Netherlands
6	2001-10-07	Brielpoort	Deinze, Belgium
5	2001-10-05	Guildhall	Portsmouth, UK
4	2001-10-04	Pavilions	Plymouth, UK
3	2001-05-28	Maida Vale Studios (Evening Session)	London, UK
2	2001-04-13	TMF Café	Bussum, Netherlands
1	2001-04-12	3FM Studios (Denk aan Henk)	Hilversum, NH, Netherlands

See also

This is a table of Origin of Symmetry-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: May 14, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'96	'97	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
New Born	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	49	100	33	48	126	22	81	93	17	36	94	2	11	21	1	8	0	2	3	57	6	3	792
Bliss	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	7	100	33	48	114	23	76	22	3	0	17	3	6	20	2	16	23	6	1	8	2	19	548
Space Dementia	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	0	34	33	40	26	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	152
Hyper Music	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	9	93	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	147
Plug In Baby	Origin of Symmetry	1	0	0	83	105	34	48	108	18	90	89	17	43	94	15	27	58	2	49	50	28	11	59	29	56	1114
Citizen Erased	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	0	96	33	46	108	11	23	21	2	0	15	10	0	4	0	22	25	1	1	0	11	5	434
Micro Cuts	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	2	94	32	18	10	4	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	181
Screenager	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	35	77	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
Darkshines	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	11	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
Feeling Good	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	1	65	101	29	30	1	0	33	78	16	19	58	4	0	32	0	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	490
Futurism	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Megalomania	Origin of Symmetry	0	0	0	0	31	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45
Nature_1	Plug In Baby	0	3	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Execution Commentary	Plug In Baby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bedroom Acoustics	Plug In Baby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shrinking Universe	New Born	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Map of Your Head	New Born	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Gallery	Bliss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	4	36
Hyper Chondriac Music	Bliss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dead Star	In Your World	0	0	0	0	28	33	0	22	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	9	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	108
In Your World	In Your World	0	0	0	0	28	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
Can't Take My Eyes Off You	In Your World	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

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