Take a Bow (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Take a Bow.

Analysis and Explanation

Take a Bow was played at many of the gigs during the Black Holes and Revelations tour, leading to a high number of performances. Unlike other non-single songs from the album, Take a Bow was played consistently often during 2006, 2007 and 2008 and skipped only at a few gigs. During The Resistance tour, the song was brought back in 2010 with a few scattered performances during the European tour and rare appearances in October and December. After only three performances in 2011, the song has yet to reappear in setlists, making no appearances during The 2nd Law era. Still, the song was performed more often than any non-single song off of Black Holes and Revelations, and more often than Invincible.

Matt hinted the song would make a reappearance in 2015 by answering a tweet asking whether the song would be played again, which he responded with "Yes". 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 Take a Bow as the sixth most requested song to make a return to setlists. On March 1st, 2016, the song was performed for the first time in five years at the fourth night of the Paris Bercy Arena gigs. It continued to make regular appearances until the end of the Drones World Tour, being dropped for festival gigs alongside Prelude, JFK and Reapers.

Drones era

2017

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
10	2017-11-14	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	Watch Here
9	2017-11-04	BlizzCon 2017	Anaheim, CA, USA	Watch here
8	2017-09-23	Life is Beautiful Festival	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
7	2017-09-20	USANA Amphitheatre	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch Here
6	2017-09-18	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
5	2017-09-16	Grant Park (KAABOO Del Mar)	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
4	2017-09-15	Shoreline Amphitheatre	San Francisco, CA, USA	Watch here
3	2017-08-27	Little John's Farm	Reading, England	Watch here
2	2017-08-25	Bramham Park	Leeds, England	Watch here
1	2017-08-23	Belfast Vital Festival	Belfast, North Ireland	Watch here

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
35	2016-06-21	Olimpiski	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
34	2016-06-17	Žalgirio Arena	Kaunas, Lithuania	Watch here
33	2016-06-16	Riga Arena	Riga, Latvia	Watch here
32	2016-06-14	Hartwall Arena	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here
31	2016-06-12	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway
30	2016-06-11	Ericsson Dome	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch here
29	2016-06-08	Forum	Copenhagen, Denmark
28	2016-06-04	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
27	2016-06-03	Mercedes Benz Arena	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
26	2016-05-21	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy
25	2016-05-18	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here
24	2016-05-17	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy
23	2016-05-14	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here
22	2016-05-12	Hallenstadion	Zurich, Switzerland	Watch here
21	2016-05-09	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
20	2016-05-05	Barclaycard Center	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
19	2016-05-02	MEO Arena	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
18	2016-04-18	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland	Watch here
17	2016-04-17	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland	Watch here
16	2016-04-15	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here
15	2016-04-12	O2 Arena	London, England
14	2016-04-08	Manchester Arena	Manchester, England	Watch here
13	2016-04-05	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here
12	2016-04-03	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here
11	2016-04-02	Barclayard Arena	Birmingham, England	Watch here
10	2016-03-31	Olympiahalle	Munich, Germany	Watch here
9	2016-03-16	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here
8	2016-03-15	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium
7	2016-03-13	Palais 12	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here
6	2016-03-10	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here
5	2016-03-07	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here
4	2016-03-06	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, Germany	Watch here
3	2016-03-04	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here
2	2016-03-03	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here
1	2016-03-01	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here

The Resistance era

2011

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	2011-05-24	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu	Kyiv, Ukraine	Watch here
2	2011-05-22	Olympic Stadium	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
1	2011-05-20	Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Watch here

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
13	2010-12-06	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here
12	2010-10-26	RBC Center	Raleigh, NC, USA	Watch here
11	2010-10-05	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Watch here
10	2010-10-02	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
9	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
8	2010-09-10	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
7	2010-09-04	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester, UK	Watch here
6	2010-06-19	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, GE, Netherlands	Watch here
5	2010-06-16	Estadio Vicente Calderón	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
4	2010-06-12	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
3	2010-06-11	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
2	2010-06-08	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza	Milan, MI, Italy	Watch here
1	2010-06-02	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch here

Black Holes and Revelations era

2008

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
14	2008-08-17	Weston Park (V Festival)	Weston under Lizard, UK	Watch here
13	2008-08-16	Hylands Park (V Festival)	Chelmsford, UK	Watch here
12	2008-08-13	Marlay Park	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here
11	2008-08-02	Estádio Mané Garrincha (Porão do Rock)	Brasília, Brazil	Watch here
10	2008-07-31	HSBC Brasil	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here
9	2008-07-30	Vivo Rio	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
8	2008-07-26	Teatro Caupolicán	Santiago, Chile	Watch here
7	2008-07-24	Teatro Gran Rex	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
6	2008-07-16	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Watch here
5	2008-06-06	Bela Vista Park (Rock in Rio)	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
4	2008-04-12	Royal Albert Hall (Teenage Cancer Trust event)	London, UK	Watch here
3	2008-03-24	Kenilworth Racecourse (My Coke Fest)	Cape Town, South Africa
2	2008-03-21	New Market Racecourse (My Coke Fest)	Johannesburg, South Africa
1	2008-03-08	Dubai Festival City (Dubai Desert Rock Festival)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
81	2007-12-09	Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
80	2007-11-25	Westpac Arena	Christchurch, New Zealand	Watch here
79	2007-11-23	Trusts Stadium	Auckland, New Zealand	Watch here
78	2007-11-21	Riverstage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here
77	2007-11-17	Sydney Entertainment Centre	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Watch here
76	2007-11-15	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
75	2007-11-14	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Watch here
74	2007-11-10	Supreme Court Gardens	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch here
73	2007-10-28	Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose)	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
72	2007-10-24	Forum Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch here
71	2007-10-23	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway	Watch here
70	2007-10-21	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch here
69	2007-10-20	Dødens Dal (UKA)	Trondheim, Norway
68	2007-10-19	New Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Watch here
67	2007-10-17	Jäähalli	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here
66	2007-10-15	DS Luzhniki	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
65	2007-10-13	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu	Kyiv, Ukraine	Watch here
64	2007-10-10	Budapest Sports Arena	Budapest, Hungary	Watch here
63	2007-10-09	Cibona Hall	Zagreb, Croatia	Watch here
62	2007-10-07	Belgrade Sports Hall	Belgrade, Serbia
61	2007-10-06	Arcul de Triumf	Bucharest, Romania	Watch here
60	2007-10-04	Terra Vibe	Athens, Greece	Watch here
59	2007-09-22	Coors Amphitheatre (Street Scene)	Chula Vista, CA, USA	Watch here
58	2007-09-21	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Irvine, CA, USA	Watch here
57	2007-09-20	Mesa Amphitheatre	Mesa, AZ, USA
56	2007-09-18	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
55	2007-09-16	Nokia Theater	Grand Prairie, TX, USA	Watch here
54	2007-09-15	Zilker Metropolitan Park (City Limits)	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here
53	2007-09-12	McKay Events Center	Orem, UT, USA	Watch here
52	2007-09-10	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA
51	2007-09-09	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here
50	2007-08-11	Agganis Arena	Boston, MA, USA	Watch here
49	2007-08-06	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
48	2007-08-04	Grant Park (Lollapalooza)	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
47	2007-08-02	Freedom Hill Amphitheatre	Sterling Heights, MI, USA	Watch here
46	2007-08-01	Arrow Hall	Mississauga, ON, Canada	Watch here
45	2007-07-29	Songdo Dae Woo Motors Field (Pentaport Rock Festival)	Incheon, South Korea	Watch here
44	2007-07-24	L'Asse (Paléo Festival)	Nyon, VD, Switzerland	Watch here
43	2007-07-22	Festival Internacional de Benicàssim	Benicàssim, VC, Spain	Watch here
42	2007-07-20	Valettes Garden (Garden Nef)	Angoulême, France	Watch here
41	2007-07-18	Nîmes Arena	Nîmes, France	Watch here
40	2007-07-16	Arena di Verona	Verona, Italy	Watch here
39	2007-07-14	Piazza Grande (Moon and Stars)	Locarno, Switzerland
38	2007-07-13	Aix-les-Bains (Musilac Festival)	Aix-les-Bains, France	Watch here
37	2007-07-12	Stade Louis II	Monaco	Watch here
36	2007-07-08	Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival)	Roskilde, Denmark	Watch here
35	2007-07-07	Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)	Punchestown, Ireland	Watch here
34	2007-07-02	Riga Arena	Riga, Latvia
33	2007-06-30	Babie Doły (Open'er Festival)	Gdynia, Poland	Watch here
32	2007-06-28	Rock Werchter	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
31	2007-06-23	Parc des Princes	Paris, France	Watch here
30	2007-06-17	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
29	2007-06-16	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
28	2007-06-09	Seaclose Park (Isle of Wight Festival)	Newport, UK
27	2007-05-26	Rockhal	Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg	Watch here
26	2007-05-05	Meadowlands Sports Complex (The Bamboozle)	East Rutherford, NJ, USA	Watch here
25	2007-04-25	Municipal Auditorium (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch here
24	2007-04-24	Gwinnett Arena (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Atlanta, GA, USA
23	2007-04-22	BankAtlantic Center (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA	Watch here
22	2007-04-19	St. Pete Times Forum (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Tampa, FL, USA
21	2007-04-12	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, DF, Mexico	Watch here
20	2007-04-10	The Forum	Inglewood, CA, USA	Watch here
19	2007-04-09	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	San Francisco, CA, USA	Watch here
18	2007-03-19	Nagoya Zepp	Nagoya, Japan
17	2007-03-18	Sendai Zepp	Sendai, Japan
16	2007-03-16	Fukuoka Zepp	Fukuoka, Japan
15	2007-03-15	Osaka Zepp	Osaka, Japan
14	2007-03-14	Osaka Zepp	Osaka, Japan
13	2007-03-12	International Forum	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
12	2007-03-10	Studio Coast	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
11	2007-03-07	Chamsil Gymnasium	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here
10	2007-03-03	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch here
9	2007-02-25	Stadium Negara	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Watch here (Incomplete)
8	2007-02-23	Gelora Bung Karno	Jakarta, Indonesia
7	2007-01-31	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here (Incomplete)
6	2007-01-30	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
5	2007-01-25	Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia
4	2007-01-24	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here
3	2007-01-23	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here
2	2007-01-21	Parklands (Big Day Out)	Gold Coast, QL, Australia	Watch here (Incomplete)
1	2007-01-19	Mt Smart Stadium (Big Day Out)	Auckland, New Zealand	Listen here

2006

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
79	2006-12-19	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here
78	2006-12-15	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
77	2006-12-14	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
76	2006-12-13	Philipshalle	Düsseldorf, Germany	Watch here
75	2006-12-11	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Watch here
74	2006-12-09	Zenith	Munich, Germany	Watch here (Incomplete)
73	2006-12-08	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Listen here
72	2006-12-06	Eishalle Deutweg	Winterthur, Switzerland
71	2006-12-05	Arena	Geneva, Switzerland	Watch here (Incomplete)
70	2006-12-04	DatchForum	Milan, Italy	Watch here
69	2006-12-02	PalaMalaguti	Bologna, Italy	Watch here
68	2006-12-01	PalaLottomatica	Rome, Italy	Watch here
67	2006-11-29	Sporthalle	Böblingen, Germany
66	2006-11-28	Brabanthallen	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Watch here
65	2006-11-26	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	Hamburg, Germany	Watch here
64	2006-11-25	Arena Treptow	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
63	2006-11-23	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Listen here
62	2006-11-22	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here
61	2006-11-21	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here
60	2006-11-19	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle, UK	Watch here [B]
59	2006-11-18	Hallam FM Arena	Sheffield, UK	Watch here [B]
58	2006-11-17	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Watch here [B]
57	2006-11-15	National Exhibition Centre	Birmingham, UK	Watch here [B] (Incomplete)
56	2006-11-14	National Exhibition Centre	Birmingham, UK	Watch here [B]
55	2006-11-12	International Arena	Cardiff, UK	Watch here [B]
54	2006-11-11	Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here [B] (Incomplete)
53	2006-11-10	Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here [B]
52	2006-11-07	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Arena	Glasgow, UK	Watch here [B]
51	2006-11-06	Press and Journal Arena	Aberdeen, UK	Watch here [B] (Incomplete)
50	2006-11-04	Odyssey Arena	Belfast, UK	Watch here [B]
49	2006-11-03	Point Theatre	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here [B]
48	2006-10-31	Patinoire Meriadeck	Bordeaux, France	Listen here [B]
47	2006-10-30	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Listen here [B]
46	2006-10-28	Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona	Badalona, Spain	Watch here [B]
45	2006-10-27	Palacio Deportes	Madrid, Spain	Listen here [B]
44	2006-10-26	Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here [B]
43	2006-10-24	Bilbao Exhibition Centre	Barakaldo, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
42	2006-10-04	Paramount Theater	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here [B]
41	2006-10-03	Roseland Theater	Portland, OR, USA	Watch here [B]
40	2006-09-30	Shoreline Amphitheatre (Download)	Mountain View, CA, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
39	2006-09-28	ARC Pavilion	Davis, CA, USA
38	2006-09-26	Saltair Pavilion	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
37	2006-09-21	The Joint	Las Vegas, NV, USA
36	2006-09-19	Nokia Theater	Grand Prairie, TX, USA	Watch here [B]
35	2006-09-18	Verizon Wireless Theater	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
34	2006-09-17	Zilker Metropolitan Park (City Limits)	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here [B]
33	2006-09-15	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
32	2006-09-14	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
31	2006-09-13	War Memorial Auditorium	Nashville, TN, USA	Listen here [B]
30	2006-09-11	Lifestyles Communities Pavilion	Columbus, OH, USA	Watch here [B]
29	2006-09-02	Hezarfen Airfield (Rock'n Coke)	İstanbul, Turkey	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
28	2006-08-27	Bramham Park (Carling Weekend)	Leeds, UK	Watch here [B]
27	2006-08-26	Little John's Farm (Carling Weekend)	Reading, UK	Watch here [B]
26	2006-08-24	Meadowbank Stadium (T on the Fringe)	Edinburgh, UK	Watch here [B]
25	2006-08-22	Eden Project	St Austell, UK	Watch here [B]
24	2006-08-20	Lowlands Festival	Biddinghuizen, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
23	2006-08-18	Open Air Festival	Gampel, Switzerland	Watch here [B]
22	2006-08-17	Salzburgring (Frequency Festival-headline)	Salzburg, Austria
21	2006-08-12	WTC Open Air Stadium (Summer Sonic Festival)	Osaka, Japan
20	2006-08-06	Tabernacle	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch here [B]
19	2006-08-04	Electric Factory	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
18	2006-08-03	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here [B]
17	2006-08-02	Bank of America Pavilion (formerly Fleet Pavillion)	Boston, USA
16	2006-07-31	Jacques Cartier Pier	Montreal, QC, Canada
15	2006-07-30	The Docks Concert Theatre	Toronto, ON, Canada
14	2006-07-28	State Theater	Detroit, USA
13	2006-07-27	Aragon Ballroom	Chicago, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
12	2006-07-26	State Theater	Minneapolis, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
11	2006-07-24	Fillmore Auditorium	Denver, CO, USA
10	2006-07-22	Celebrity Theatre	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here [B]
9	2006-07-21	Soma	San Diego, USA	Listen here [B]
8	2006-07-19	Greek Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
7	2006-07-18	The Concourse	San Francisco, CA, USA
6	2006-07-08	Quart Festival	Kristiansand, Norway	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
5	2006-07-07	Stockholms Olympiastadion (Supporting Depeche Mode)	Stockholm, Sweden
4	2006-07-03	Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)	Belfort, France	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
3	2006-07-01	Grande Place	Arras, France	Listen here [B]
2	2006-06-30	Werchter Festival	Werchter, Belgium
1	2006-06-28	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, UK	Watch here [B]

NOTE: A lot of the early 2006 footage is incomplete/of poor quality. Camera recording at concerts had not become as mainstream at this time. For the sake of quality, please do not select performances marked "incomplete" if you do not wish to see incomplete performances.

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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