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Last show of 2011 and final The Resistance-era gig.


== Information ==
== Information ==

Latest revision as of 10:50, 27 May 2024

Official line-up poster
Schedule sheet
Day ticket
Guest day ticket
Set-list sheet
Curtain before New Born
Matt during New Born
Matt during New Born
Citizen Erased
Citizen Erased
Stockholm Syndrome
Muse show
Venue Little John's Farm[1] (Reading Festival[2][3]—Main Stage[4])
Date 28th August 2011[2][3]
Location Richfield Avenue, Reading[2][3]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 20[5]
Support Elbow et al.†[3]
Start (UTC+1) 21:30[4], 10:00[6] (doors)
Capacity 87,000 [1]
Price (GBP) 89.50–266.18‡[7][8]
Sold out? Yes[9][10]




Last show of 2011 and final The Resistance-era gig.

Information

Muse performed for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011 as headliners.[2][3] Muse had originally intended to end the Resistance tour in 2010.[11] Upon being offered to headline Leeds and Reading festivals, however, the band decided to continue touring.[11] The first substantive rumours of Muse appearing at the festivals began in January, with VirtualFestivals including Muse among its headliner predictions, while implicitly claiming inside knowledge.[12] Morgan Nicholls purportedly stated during the NME Awards that the band would be performing.[source?]

From the point of accepting the headline slot, the band didn't wish for the the festivals to be part of the Resistance tour.[11] After the band pondered how to differentiate the occasion, Matthew Bellamy recalled that it was the tenth anniversary of Origin of Symmetry's release, and suggested that the album be performed during the festivals.[11]

The Muse website in mid-March announced, that Muse would be headlining the festivals, as a renaissance of sorts for Origin of Symmetry, including songs from across their "career[s] to date".[2] Showbiz and pre-Showbiz works of the Muse repertoire were not included within "career". Said announcement also stated that a stage, different from those used on the Resistance tour, would be used.

Bellamy later said on his twitter account that the band will "probably play Origin in its entirety" at the two festivals.[13] In mid-August Christopher Wolstenholme confirmed that the entire album would be performed, while the band's intention was for it to be performed in order.[11] Wolstenholme claimed that five songs which hadn't been performed for a long time were causing the trio to worry, including Darkshines and Screenager.[11]

From the 15th of August,[14][note 1] Muse rented LH2 Studios[15][16] on Concord Road, London, in order to rehearse and test the stage design.[14][15][16][note 2] Photographs from their time there were uploaded by various members of Muse's touring crew, some of which unveiled the stage design publicly[17][18] for the first time. The stage and equipment were packed by the 24th, ready for transfer to the Leeds[19] Festival site in Bramham Park.[note 3]

Two competitions were held for single pairs of tickets. The first asked for Muse t-shirt designs and the winning design was chosen by the band.[20][21][22] The second was a Muse forum popular poll for ideal Muse performance venues.[23] The former was for Reading Festival only,[20][21][22] while the latter was for either Reading or Leeds.[23]

The Show

"What's He Building" was used as an intro for the first time since the Origin of Symmetry tour in 2002. A single curtain was lowered several minutes before the intro, and during it flashes of light behind band members revealed their shadows on the curtain, visible to the crowd and relayed on the side-screens. These flashes were synchronised to sounds in the intro track.

Once What's He Building had finished, Bellamy began the piano intro to New Born.[24] After said intro, he rose and walked to the stage-front, at which point the curtain was raised and his finger pointed upward in standard New Born teaser fashion.[24] For the beginning of Bliss, Bellamy triggered a synthesiser intro via his integrated Kaoss Pad, rather than playing the arpeggios on guitar like usual. The synthesiser intro appeared on the album and had been performed for some Absolution-era gigs[note 4] and Leeds Festival, while the latter had been used for both the Black Holes and Revelations and The Resistance tours gigs.

Space Dementia featured a guitar outro, which had previously been used in 2006 as an outro to Knights of Cydonia. An example of such use as an outro can be found on the BBC television recording of Reading Festival 2006. For Hyper Music, Wolstenholme sang the choruses in place of Bellamy, though with vocal effects applied to sound more similar to the latter. Hullaballoons were released during Plug In Baby,[5] which were mostly blown to the stage's right side by the wind.[note 5]

For Micro Cuts, lasers were used.[5] Before the descending riff, Bellamy breifly sang the falsetto harmony vocals, but came the time he stepped away from his microphone and neglected to sing them. Darkshines was played half-a-step down, likely due to the song's difficult vocals, and was shortened (first guitar solo was skipped and the second chorus was halved in length).

As was the case at Leeds Festival, flamethrowers in the shape of a hand, named "flame fingers" on the set-list,[5] were used during Megalomania.[5] The flame-throwers were visibly shorter than at Leeds, however, due to portions of the stage having been melted by them.[25][26] [26] They were also used during Stockholme Syndrome.[5]

Fireworks were set off at the end of Knights of Cydonia. Howard proceeded to thank the crowd afterwards and tell them that they were "fucking amazing" as usual, but did so in a more enthusiastic and lengthy manner (possibly due to the gig being the last Resistance era show).

The gig featured the last performances of Screenager, Darkshines, and Megalomania to date. Also the last performance of Undisclosed Desires with Matt on keytar, and the last performance of Helsinki Jam until 2018.

Line-up

Speech

After New Born Bellamy "Good evening Reading Festival!"[24]
After Micro Cuts "Thank you very much!"[35]
Before Megalomania "Thanks very much for listening to us, we've had a really good time here. It's been a long time since we've played some of these songs. [Clears throat] Here we go".[36]
After Uprising Howard "Thank you!"[37]
After Hysteria "Thank you.[38] How're you guys doing Reading? Are you feeling good? Good to see you guys. [It's] always a pleasure. Who saw Deftones? I heard they played, good band".[39]
After Starlight Bellamy "Thank you. You guys have been amazing!"[40]
After Knights of Cydonia "Thank you Reading! See you again next year[unsure]".[41]
Howard "You guys rock, Reading. We love you guys. Thank you so much, you guys are fucking amazing. Cheers, thank you. We'll see you again. Cheers".[41]

Price details

Type Base price Booking fee Postage Total Sold out?
Day[7] 82.50 7.00 5.25 94.75 Yes[9]
Weekend[8] 192.50 204.75 Yes[10]
Weekend with early entry[8] 207.50 7.25 221.75

Media

BBC Three broadcast Muse's set, from 22:20–00:30 on the night of the performance.[42] However, the broadcast only included 3 out of the 11 songs from Origin of Symmetry (New Born, Bliss, and Plug in Baby), with the rest edited out. In response to multiple fans complaining online over this decision, the BBC claimed that Muse only permitted them to show certain songs because they were not comfortable performing many songs from Origin of Symmetry.[43][44][45][46][47]

Muse would later release the full performance of all 11 songs off Origin of Symmetry from the show via the Muse 360 app in 2012, though the app has since been delisted. They also released a high-quality audio version of the performance in 2019 as part of the Origin of Muse boxset.

Despite official means of watching the performance being limited, numerous fans have compiled the full performance using a combination of footage from the BBC broadcast, the 360 app, and fan video recordings. An example of this, by Muse Citizens, can be watched here. Sp@ceH also made a recording, which can be obtained here[registration needed].

Setlist

  1. New Born [watch]
    (Black Kawai Grand, Manson Red Glitter 2.0, walnut Status S2-Classic)
  2. Bliss (extended) [watch]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  3. Space Dementia (guitar outro) [watch—1080p]
    (Black Kawai Grand, Manson DL-1 Delorean, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  4. Hyper Music [watch—1080p]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, walnut Status S2-Classic)
  5. Plug In Baby [watch]
    (Manson Mirror, candy tangerine/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)
  6. Citizen Erased [watch—720p]
    (Manson 7 String E Guitar, black Kawai Grand, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  7. Micro Cuts [watch—720p]
    (Manson Mirror, Status Super-Vintage GP)
  8. Screenager (guitar) [watch—720p]
    (Manson Chrome Bomber, sunburst 77' Fender Jazz Bass)
  9. Darkshines [watch—1080p]
    (Manson Ali Top, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  10. Feeling Good [watch—720p]
    (Black Kawai Grand, candy tangerine/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)
  11. Megalomania [watch—1080p]
    (Black Kawai Grand, Status Super-Vintage GP)
    Encore
    Stadium Siren / We Are the Universe (intro music)
  12. Uprising (riff version) [watch]
    (Manson Mirror, mahogany Status Original Series II)
  13. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  14. Interlude + Hysteria + Sweet Child O' Mine riff + Back in Black riff [watch]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  15. Bored riff + My Own Summer (Shove It) riff + Stockholm Syndrome + Negative Creep riff + Endless Nameless riff [watch]
    (Manson DL-1 Delorean, walnut Status S2-Classic)
  16. Helsinki Jam
    (graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  17. Undisclosed Desires [watch]
    (Manson Keytar, Status Super-Vintage GP)
  18. Adagio for Strings snippet[48] + Resistance [watch]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  19. Starlight [watch]
    (Manson 007, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)
  20. House of the Rising Sun riff + Time Is Running Out + Power of Soul riff [watch]
    (Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish blue-LED Status S2-Classic)
  21. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
    (Manson Chrome Bomber, Status Super-Vintage GP)

Preparations gallery

  • Morgan Nicholls practising Darkshines

  • Dominic Howard practising Screenager

  • Stage test

  • Testing stage lights

  • Console before journey to Leeds

  • Set-list from 22nd August LH2 rehearsal

  • Stage blue-print

Notes

  1. ↑ Assuming that the crew went straight to LH2 after arriving in London.
  2. ↑ By induction—it is unlikely that the LH2 would have been rented and then not used for the whole two weeks, in favour of using another venue.
  3. ↑ Assuming that the crew went straight from LH2 to Bramham Park.
  4. ↑ Need to specify which of both.
  5. ↑ I guess, given that, as best I can recall, the wind was blowing towards the band.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-2011
  2. ↑ a b c d e Muse to Headline Reading and Leeds Festival (2011-03-21). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-03-22 from muse.mu.
  3. ↑ a b c d e (2011-03-21). [Carling Weekend line-up poster]. Live Nation website. Retrieved 2011-03-21 from media.livenation.co.uk. [verify]
  4. ↑ a b c (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f [Set-list sheet]. Retrieved 2011-08-28. [verify]
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g (2011-09-18). [Photograph of schedule sheet]. Amazon Web Services. Retrieved 2011-09-21 from s3.amazonaws.com. [verify]
  7. ↑ a b (201?). [Sunday tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com[dead link].
  8. ↑ a b c (201?). [Weekend tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com[dead link].
  9. ↑ a b Day tickets (2011). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  10. ↑ a b All weekend tickets for this year’s festival have sold out (2011-07-26). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Zane Lowe. (2011-08-09). [Interview with Christopher Wolstenholme]. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2011-08-10 from www.youtube.com. [verify]
  12. ↑ Chris Eustace. (2011-01-13). Updated: We predict the headliners of 2011. Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2011-01-28 from www.virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  13. ↑ Matthew Bellamy. (2011-03-28). So we'll probably play Ori .... Twitter. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from twitter.com.
  14. ↑ a b Thomas Kirk. (2011-08-14). @dragonflydi10 Yeah back t .... Twitter. Retrieved 2011-08-15 from twitter.com.
  15. ↑ a b muse set list from rehearsals at lh2 from lead singer (2011-09-07). eBay. Retrieved 2011-09-09 from www.ebay.co.uk.
  16. ↑ a b muse stage plan blue print of all lights (2011-09-15). eBay. Retrieved 2011-09-16 from www.ebay.co.uk.
  17. ↑ Preview of the muse stage ... (2011-08-25). Twitter. Retrieved 2011-08-26 from twitter.com. [verify]
  18. ↑ Well the lights are workin ... (2011-08-25). Twitter. Retrieved 2011-08-26 from twitter.com. [verify]
  19. ↑ Thomas Kirk. (2011-08-24). Farewell dear console. See .... Twitter. Retrieved 2011-08-25 from twitter.com. [verify]
  20. ↑ a b Win VIP Reading Festival tickets (2011-07-29). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  21. ↑ a b T-shirt competition finalists revealed (2011-08-01). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  22. ↑ a b And the winner is... (2011-08-08). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  23. ↑ a b Fantasy Venue Competition (2011-08-15). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  24. ↑ a b c BBC & xxnishexx. (2011-08-28). Muse @ Reading Festival - What's He Building? + New Born - 28/08/2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-09-23 from www.youtube.com.
  25. ↑ Marc 'astrataz'. (2011-08-29). MUSE Reading 2011 Megalomania(HD 1080p). YouTube. Retrieved 2011-09-22 from www.youtube.com.
  26. ↑ a b kate15099. (2011-08-27). Megalomania - Muse - Leeds Festival 2011 - FULL!. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-09-22 from www.youtube.com.
  27. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
  28. ↑ (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from readingfestival.com.
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  36. ↑ Marc 'astrataz'. (2011-08-29). MUSE Reading 2011 Megalomania(HD 1080p). YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-30 from www.youtube.com.
  37. ↑ DeeThreeDee. (2011-08-30). Muse - Protester Intro + Uprising (Extended) - Live @ Reading 2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.
  38. ↑ secretclown. (2011-08-29). Muse - Hysteria Live Reading Festival 28/08/2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.
  39. ↑ DeeThreeDee. (2011-08-30). Muse - Stockholm Syndrome - Live @ Reading 2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.
  40. ↑ DeeThreeDee. (2011-08-31). Muse - Starlight - Live @ Reading 2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.
  41. ↑ a b DeeThreeDee. (2011-08-31). Muse - Man With A Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia - Live @ Reading 2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.
  42. ↑ BBC Three Programmes - Reading and Leeds Festival, 2011, Muse. BBC website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from www.bbc.co.uk.
  43. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/WeDemandTheOoSfootage
  44. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/2982011-The-day-Musers-proclaimed-war-on-the-BBC/153381448081400
  45. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dear-BBC3-were-coming-for-you-Sincerely-the-Muse-army/148726335214230?sk=wall
  46. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/pages/BBC-is-not-pwoper/116900461744931
  47. ↑ http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=84458&page=24
  48. ↑ xxnishexx. (2011-08-29). Muse @ Reading Festival - Resistance - 28/08/2011. YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-31 from www.youtube.com.

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