Unsustainable (live)

100%	MuseWiki ULD has 195/195 performances of this song.

Live information
Name	Unsustainable
Tours	Simulation Theory (65) Drones (17) The 2nd Law (113)
First performance	16th October 2012
Latest performance	15th October 2019
Pro-shots	None
Audience footage	2012: Strasbourg (12/19/2012) Antwerp (12/18/2012) Amsterdam (12/17/2012) Hamburg (12/15/2012) Riga (12/13/2012) Tallinn (12/11/2012) Helsinki (12/10/2012) Lodz (11/23/2012) Prague (11/22/2012) Budapest (11/20/2012) Vienna (11/19/2012) Pesaro (11/17/2012) Bologna (11/16/2012) Munchenstein (11/14/2012) Munich (11/12/2012) Dublin (11/03/2012) Manchester (11/01/2012) Birmingham (10/30/2012) London (10/27/2012) London (10/26/2012) Glasgow (10/24/2012) Nantes (10/22/2012) Madrid (10/20/2012) Paris (10/18/2012) Montpellier (10/16/2012)
Audio recordings	None
# of performances	195
Uno Live Database	100%

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

Analysis and Explanation

Unsustainable was a staple of The 2nd Law tour, usually being either the opener of the concert or the first song in the encore. During The Unsustainable Tour, the song also featured Charles the Robot on stage. It even made appearances at all three 2014 dates. The band played the song instrumentally with Matt performing no backing vocals.

The song made a few appearances in 2015 during the Festival Tour but was dropped before the Drones Arena Tour. These performances included additional drums played by Dom in the intro that do not feature on the album version (these additions would continue in its subsequent appearances). It returned 3 years later in 2018 and the Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao 2018 performance of this song became the first to feature Matt's vocals. It was included in the set during the Simulation Theory World Tour in 2019, being played midway through the set, though Matt returned to not singing the vocals. It has not been played live since the end of the Simulation Theory World Tour though it's fairly likely it'll return at some point.

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Simulation Theory era

2019

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
60	2019-10-15	Hipódromo de Monterrico	Lima, Peru	Watch here
59	2019-10-13	Pista Atlética Estadio Nacional	Santiago, Chile	Watch here
58	2019-10-11	Hipódromo de Palermo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
57	2019-10-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here
56	2019-10-06	Rock in Rio	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
55	2019-10-03	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
54	2019-10-02	Foro Sol	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
53	2019-09-21	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Singapore, Singapore	Watch here
52	2019-09-17	Arena Birmingham	Birmingham, England	Watch here
51	2019-09-15	The O2	London, England	Watch here
50	2019-09-14	The O2	London, England	Watch here
49	2019-09-12	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here
48	2019-09-10	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
47	2019-09-08	Royal Arena	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch here
46	2019-09-07	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway	Listen here (Incomplete)
45	2019-07-26	Estadio Wanda Metropolitano	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
44	2019-07-24	Passeio Maritimo de Algés	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
43	2019-07-20	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, Italy	Watch here
42	2019-07-16	Stade Matmut Atlantique	Bordeaux, France	Watch here
41	2019-07-13	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)	Milan, Italy	Watch here
40	2019-07-12	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)	Milan, Italy	Watch here
39	2019-07-09	Stade Orange Velodrom	Marseille, France	Watch here
38	2019-07-06	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
37	2019-07-05	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
36	2019-07-03	Hallenstadion	Zurich, Switzerland	Watch here
35	2019-06-30	Festivalpark (Rock Werchter Festival)	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
34	2019-06-29	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne, Germany	Watch here
33	2019-06-27	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, Netherlands	Watch here
32	2019-06-22	Tauron Arena	Krakow, Poland	Watch here
31	2019-06-18	Suvilahti Open Air	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here
30	2019-06-15	Luzhniki Stadium	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
29	2019-06-12	Arēna Rīga	Riga, Latvia	Watch here
28	2019-06-08	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, England	Watch here
27	2019-06-05	Ashton Gate Stadium	Bristol, England	Watch here
26	2019-06-01	London Stadium	London, England	Watch here
25	2019-05-29	Stadthalle Graz	Graz, Austria	Watch here (Incomplete)
24	2019-05-28	Papp László Sports Arena	Budapest, Hungary	Watch here
23	2019-05-26	Letňany Airport	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
22	2019-04-12	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
21	2019-04-10	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
20	2019-04-08	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY, USA	Watch here
19	2019-04-07	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here
18	2019-04-04	Little Caesars Arena	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here
17	2019-04-02	Capital One Arena	Washington, DC, USA	Watch here
16	2019-03-31	Videotron Centre	Québec City, Canada	Watch here
15	2019-03-30	Bell Centre	Montreal, Canada	Watch here
14	2019-03-28	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Canada	Watch here
13	2019-03-26	State Farm Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch here
12	2019-03-24	BB&T Center	Sunrise, FL, USA	Watch here
11	2019-03-23	Austin 360Amphitheater	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
10	2019-03-11	The Forum	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
9	2019-03-09	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here
8	2019-03-07	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch here
7	2019-03-05	Pechanga Arena	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
6	2019-03-02	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
5	2019-02-28	Vivint Smart Home Arena	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here
4	2019-02-26	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here
3	2019-02-24	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA	Watch here
2	2019-02-22	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here
1	2019-02-09	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here

2018

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2018-12-09	Aragon Ballroom	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
4	2018-12-06	Brooklyn Barclays Center	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
3	2018-12-03	Royal Albert Hall	London, UK	Watch here
2	2018-11-03	Estadio San Mamés	Bilbao, Spain	Watch here
1	2018-09-21	Reeperbahn Festival	Hamburg, Germany	Watch here

Drones era

2018

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2018-06-23	Rock in Rio Lisboa	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
4	2018-06-08	Great Stage Park (Bonnaroo)	Manchester, TN, USA	Watch here or here (Reversed)
3	2018-06-03	Zeppelinfeld (Rock Im Park)	Nuremberg, Germany	Watch here
2	2018-06-02	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, Germany	Watch here
1	2018-05-25	Bottlerock Napa Valley	Napa, CA, USA	Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
12	2015-11-21	Corona Capital Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
11	2015-10-27	Parque Deportivo 222	Bogotá, Colombia	Watch here
10	2015-10-24	Allianz Arena	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here
9	2015-10-22	HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
8	2015-10-19	Orfeo Superdomo	Córdoba, Argentina	Watch here
7	2015-10-17	Complejo Al Rio	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
6	2015-10-15	Movistar Arena	Santiago, Chile	Watch here
5	2015-09-30	Seoul Olympic Gymnastic Arena	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here
4	2015-09-28	Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong	Watch here
3	2015-09-26	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Singapore, Singapore	Watch here
2	2015-09-23	Bangkok Impact Arena	Bangkok, Thailand	Watch here
1	2015-09-21	Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena	Shanghai, China	Watch here

The 2nd Law era

2014

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
3	2014-04-19	Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Weekend 2)	Indio, CA, USA	Watch here
2	2014-04-12	Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Weekend 1)	Indio, CA, USA	Listen here
1	2014-04-05	Autodromo Interlagos (Lollapolooza)	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
85	2013-12-13	Allphones Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here
84	2013-12-10	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here
83	2013-12-07	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
82	2013-12-06	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
81	2013-12-04	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Watch here
80	2013-11-30	Perth Arena	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch here
79	2013-11-02	Du Arena (F1 Post-Race Concerts)	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Watch here
78	2013-10-22	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
77	2013-10-20	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
76	2013-10-19	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
75	2013-10-18	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
74	2013-10-13	Estadio GEBA (Personal Fest)	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
73	2013-10-11	Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival: Weekend 2)	Austin, TX, USA	Watch here
72	2013-10-09	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Watch here
71	2013-10-07	Arena VFG	Guadalajara, Mexico	Watch here
70	2013-09-19	EnergySolutions Arena	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here
69	2013-09-17	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
68	2013-09-11	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA	Watch here
66/67	2013-09-09	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	(66) and (67)
65	2013-09-08	Consol Energy Center	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Watch here
64	2013-09-06	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, TN, USA	Watch here
63	2013-09-04	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch here
62	2013-09-03	Time Warner Cable Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA	Watch here
61	2013-08-17	Olympic Stadium (Hyundai Card Super Concert 19 City Break)	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here
60	2013-08-11	Marine Stadium (Summer Sonic Festival)	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
59	2013-08-10	Maishima (Summer Sonic Festival)	Osaka, Japan	Watch here
58	2013-07-27	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here (Incomplete)
57	2013-07-24	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway	Watch here
56	2013-07-19	Brann Stadion	Bergen, Norway	Watch here
55	2013-07-14	Waldbühne Berlin	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch here
54	2013-07-12	Freilichtbühne Loreley	Sankt Goarshausen, RP, Germany	Watch here
53	2013-07-06	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, RM, Italy	Watch here
52	2013-06-29	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
51	2013-06-28	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
50	2013-06-26	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Nice, France	Watch here
49	2013-06-22	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
48	2013-06-21	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
47	2013-06-18	Werchter Festival Site	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
46	2013-06-15	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch here
45	2013-06-10	Estádio do Dragão	Porto, Portugal	Watch here
44	2013-06-07	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Barcelona, Spain	Watch here
43	2013-06-04	Amsterdam ArenA	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here
42	2013-06-01	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, UK	Watch here
41	2013-05-26	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
40	2013-05-25	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
39	2013-05-22	Ricoh Arena	Coventry, UK	Watch here
38	2013-04-26	Colisée Pepsi	Ville de Québec, QC, Canada	Watch here
37	2013-04-24	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Watch here
36	2013-04-23	Centre Bell	Montréal, QC, Canada	Watch here
35	2013-04-19	Izod Center	East Rutherford, NJ, USA	Watch here
34	2013-04-16	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
33	2013-04-15	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
32	2013-04-13	Mohegan Sun Arena	Montville, CT, USA	Watch here
31	2013-04-12	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch here
30	2013-04-10	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here
29	2013-04-09	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here
28	2013-03-17	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Watch here
27	2013-03-16	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here
26	2013-03-13	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA	Watch here
25	2013-03-12	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	Watch here
24	2013-03-10	Bank of Oklahoma Center	Tulsa, OK, USA	Watch here
23	2013-03-08	Chaifetz Arena	St. Louis, MO, USA	Watch here
22	2013-03-07	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Watch here
21	2013-03-05	Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH, USA	Watch here (Incomplete)
20	2013-03-04	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
19	2013-03-02	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI, USA	Watch here
18	2013-02-28	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH, USA	Watch here
17	2013-02-27	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, OH, USA	Watch here
16	2013-02-25	Amway Center	Orlando, FL, USA	Watch here
15	2013-02-23	Tampa Bay Times Forum	Tampa, FL, USA	Watch here
14	2013-02-22	BB&T Center	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA	Watch here
13	2013-02-06	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Watch here
12	2013-02-04	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada	Watch here
11	2013-02-03	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada	Watch here
10	2013-02-01	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here
9	2013-01-31	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA	Watch here
8	2013-01-29	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, CA, USA	Watch here
7	2013-01-28	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here
6	2013-01-26	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
5	2013-01-24	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
4	2013-01-23	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
3	2013-01-21	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
2	2013-01-12	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	Listen here
1	2013-01-11	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	Watch here

2012

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
25	2012-12-19	Zénith de Strasbourg	Strasbourg, France	Watch here
24	2012-12-18	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here
23	2012-12-17	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here
22	2012-12-15	O2 World	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch here
21	2012-12-13	Arēna Rīga	Rīga, Latvia	Watch here
20	2012-12-11	Saku Suurhall Arena	Tallinn, Estonia	Watch here
19	2012-12-10	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch here
18	2012-11-23	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland	Watch here
17	2012-11-22	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
16	2012-11-20	Papp László Budapest Sportaréna	Budapest, BU, Hungary	Watch here
15	2012-11-19	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
14	2012-11-17	ADRIATIC Arena	Pesaro, PU, Italy	Watch here
13	2012-11-16	Unipol Arena	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch here
12	2012-11-14	St. Jakobshalle	Münchenstein, BS, Switzerland	Watch here
11	2012-11-12	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch here
10	2012-11-03	The O2	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here
9	2012-11-01	Manchester Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here
8	2012-10-30	LG Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch here
7	2012-10-27	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
6	2012-10-26	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
5	2012-10-24	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch here
4	2012-10-22	Zénith Nantes Métropole	Nantes, France	Watch here
3	2012-10-20	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
2	2012-10-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
1	2012-10-16	Park&Suites Arena	Montpellier, France	Watch here

See also

This is a table of The 2nd Law-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Supremacy	The 2nd Law	30	90	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	133
Madness	The 2nd Law	38	93	3	41	80	32	11	61	18	56	433
Panic Station	The 2nd Law	32	91	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	125
Prelude	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	14	65	3	0	58	31	56	228
Survival	The 2nd Law	29	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	118
Follow Me	The 2nd Law	33	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
Animals	The 2nd Law	29	49	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
Explorers	The 2nd Law	26	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
Big Freeze	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Save Me	The 2nd Law	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Liquid State	The 2nd Law	20	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101
Unsustainable	The 2nd Law	25	85	3	12	0	0	10	60	0	0	195
Isolated System	The 2nd Law	25	87	3	13	79	33	9	0	0	52	301

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