Sober (live)

49%	MuseWiki ULD has 41/84 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Sober
Tours	Origin of Symmetry (2) Showbiz (78) Pre-Showbiz (4)
First performance	31st March 1997
Latest performance	13th November 2001
Pro-shots	2000: Belfort (07/07/2000) Roskilde (07/02/2000) Pilton (06/25/2000) London (06/07/2000) Brussels (01/07/2000) 1999: Dusseldorf (12/18/1999) Paris (11/10/1999)
Audience footage	2000: New York (04/20/2000) Bristol (02/13/2000) Marseille (01/13/2000) Amsterdam (01/06/2000)
Audio recordings	2000: Melbourne (10/20/2000) Tokyo (10/14/2000) Osaka (10/12/2000) Osaka (10/11/2000) Reading (08/25/2000) Lyon (07/28/2000) Chateau A. (07/19/2000) St. Nolff (07/14/2000) Paris (07/08/2000) Maubeuge (06/28/2000) Landgraaf (06/12/2000) Clermont (05/26/2000) Grenoble (05/25/2000) Stuttgart (05/23/2000) Munich (05/22/2000) Strasbourg (05/17/2000) Lille (05/16/2000) Manchester (02/21/2000) Paris (01/18/2000) Bordeaux (01/14/2000) Paris (01/11/2000) Rouen (01/08/2000) 1999: Toulouse (11/09/1999) Nantes (11/07/1999) Paris (11/06/1999) St. Malo (08/14/1999) Paris (07/12/1999) London (04/10/1999) 1997: Plymouth (08/15/1997)
# of performances	84
Uno Live Database	49%, missing 43/84 performances

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

Analysis and Explanation

Sober was performed very often in 1997 and 1998, appearing in four out of the five known setlists from these years. Sober continued to make semi-occasional appearances throughout 1999 and 2000. At this time Sober appeared at the majority of gigs but was still very often skipped live. The song was popular enough to continue to be performed up until the end of the Showbiz tour, though the band thought the song wasn't good enough to continue playing live for the Origin of Symmetry tour.

After making no appearances throughout 2001, the band brought back Sober for the Origin of Symmetry tour in October/November. Muse considered many songs such as Map of Your Head and Spiral Static to perform live but landed on Sober to bring back. Sober was only performed one further time, though, and neither 2001 performance has an available recording. It is unknown what 2001 Sober sounds like today.

It is highly unlikely that Sober will ever be performed live again and given it wasn't an option at the 2017 by request gig, this further suggests this assumption.

Please submit dead links/issues here.

Origin of Symmetry era

2001

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2001-11-13	London Arena	London, UK
1	2001-10-04	Pavilions	Plymouth, UK

Showbiz era

2000

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
55	2000-11-04	Vega	Copenhagen, Denmark
54	2000-10-31	Tavastia Club	Helsinki, ES, Finland
53	2000-10-30	Olympia Theatre (Pet Sounds)	Dublin, Ireland
52	2000-10-20	The Palace	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Listen here
51	2000-10-14	Blitz	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here [B]
50	2000-10-12	Bayside Jenny	Osaka, Japan	Listen here [B]
49	2000-10-11	Club Quattro	Osaka, Japan	Listen here
48	2000-10-10	Club Quattro	Nagoya, Japan
47	2000-08-25	Little John's Farm (Carling Weekend)	Reading, UK	Listen here [B]
46	2000-07-28	Théâtres Romains de Fourvière (Nuits de Fourvière)	Lyon, France	Listen here [B]
45	2000-07-21	Doctor Music Festival	Llanera, Spain
44	2000-07-19	Chateau-Arnoux Amphithéatre	Chateau-Arnoux, France	Listen here [B]
43	2000-07-14	St. Nolff Festival	St. Nolff, France	Listen here
42	2000-07-09	T In The Park	Kinross, UK
41	2000-07-08	Solidays Festival	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
40	2000-07-07	Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)	Belfort, France	Watch here [B]
39	2000-07-04	Quart Festival	Kristiansand, Norway
38	2000-07-02	Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival)	Roskilde, Denmark	Watch here [B]
37	2000-06-28	La Luna	Maubeuge, France	Listen here [B]
36	2000-06-25	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival)	Pilton, UK	Watch here [B]
35	2000-06-12	Megaland (Pinkpop)	Landgraaf, Netherlands	Listen here [B]
34	2000-06-11	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, Germany
33	2000-06-07	Astoria	London, UK	Watch here [B]
32	2000-06-06	Astoria	London, UK	Listen here [B]
31	2000-06-03	The Leadmill	Sheffield, UK
30	2000-06-02	The Garage	Glasgow, UK
29	2000-05-31	Newcastle University	Newcastle, UK
28	2000-05-29	Portsmouth Pyramids Centre	Portsmouth, UK
27	2000-05-27	La Vapeur	Dijon, France
26	2000-05-26	Coopérative de Mai	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Listen here [B]
25	2000-05-25	Le Summum	Grenoble, France	Listen here [B]
24	2000-05-23	Rohre	Stuttgart, Germany	Listen here [B]
23	2000-05-22	Elserhalle	Munich, Germany	Listen here [B]
22	2000-05-21	Columbia Fritz	Berlin, Germany
21	2000-05-19	Grünspan	Hamburg, Germany
20	2000-05-17	La Laiterie	Strasbourg, France	Listen here [B]
19	2000-05-16	Le Aéronef	Lille, France	Listen here [B]
18	2000-05-14	Cannes Canal (Festival de Cannes)	Cannes, France
17	2000-04-21	Tradewinds	Sea Bright, NJ, USA
16	2000-04-20	Brownies	New York, NY, USA	Watch here [B]
15	2000-03-01	On Air West	Tokyo, Japan
14	2000-02-25	University of London Union	London, UK
13	2000-02-24	The Princess Charlotte	Leicester, UK
12	2000-02-21	Manchester Academy	Manchester, UK	Listen here [B]
11	2000-02-17	Venue	Edinburgh, UK
10	2000-02-13	Fleece & Firkin	Bristol, UK	Watch here [B]
9	2000-01-26	Columbiahalle (supporting Bush)	Berlin, Germany
8	2000-01-24	Freiheit 36 (supporting Bush)	Hamburg, Germany
7	2000-01-18	Bataclan	Paris, France	Listen here
6	2000-01-14	Krakatoa	Bordeaux, France	Listen here [B]
5	2000-01-13	Espace Julien	Marseille, France	Watch here [B]
4	2000-01-11	Elysée Montmartre	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
3	2000-01-08	Exo 7	Rouen, France	Listen here
2	2000-01-07	Le Botanique	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium	Watch here [B]
1	2000-01-06	Paradiso	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here [B]

1999

Note: Due to years prior to 2000 having many incomplete setlists, performances will not be numbered.

Date	Venue	Location	Link
1999-12-18	Philipshalle (Christmas Special)	Düsseldorf, Germany	Watch here [B]
1999-12-15	Columbiahalle (supporting Live)	Berlin, Germany
1999-12-08	Brixton Academy (supporting Live)	London, UK
1999-12-01	Statenhal (supporting Live)	The Hague, Netherlands
1999-11-10	MCM Café (Les Inrockuptibles)	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
1999-11-09	Bikini (Les Inrockuptibles)	Toulouse, France	Listen here [B]
1999-11-07	Olympic (Les Inrockuptibles)	Nantes, France	Listen here [B]
1999-11-06	La Cigale (Les Inrockuptibles)	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
1999-11-05	Aéronef (Les Inrockuptibles)	Lille, France
1999-09-01	The Stage	Stoke-on-Trent, UK
1999-08-21	Visions Aftershow Party	Cologne, Germany
1999-08-18	The Borderline	London, UK
1999-08-14	Le Fort de Saint-Père (La Route du Rock)	Saint-Malo, France	Listen here [B]
1999-07-12	New Morning	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
1999-07-08	100 Club	London, UK
1999-06-19	Roadhouse	Manchester, UK
1999-06-18	Joiners Arms	Southampton, UK
1999-05-18	Barfly (Radio 1 Evening Session Tour)	London, UK
1999-04-10	London Astoria (supporting Gene)	London, UK	Listen here [B]
1999-02-27	Anson Rooms, Bristol University (supporting Gene)	Bristol, UK
1999-02-21	The Junction (supporting Gene)	Cambridge, UK
1999-01-25	The Cavern Club	Exeter, UK
1999-01-15	The Forum	Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

Pre-Showbiz era

1998

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	1998-12-09	Astoria 2	London, UK

1997

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	1997-08-15	Plymouth Hoe (Soundwaves Festival)	Plymouth, UK	Listen here [B]
2	1997-07-05	River Otter (Budstock Festival)	Budleigh Salterton, UK
1	1997-03-31	Cavern Club	Exeter, 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

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