Dundee Camperdown Park 2006 (gig)

Camperdown Park 2006

Dominic Howard

Matthew Bellamy

Christopher Wolstenholme

Matthew Bellamy

Muse show
Venue	Camperdown Park[source?]
Date	13th May 2006[source?]
Location	Dundee[source?]
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	7[source?]
Support	Unknown
Supported	Primal Scream[source?]
Start	Unknown
Capacity	Unknown
Price (GBP)	100.00 (Dundee college sale), free (competitions)[source?]
Sold out?	Yes[source?]

A performance for the One Big Weekend festival organised by the BBC. Muse's first show since they recorded the new album and their first UK gig since Earls Court, 2004.

Matthew Bellamy, speaking a day before the gig: "We're a little bit rusty obviously, but we'll give it our best shot. We are looking forward to playing, it's good to do a gig after such a long break. It sort of kicks our arse back into gear and eh yeah I'm looking forward to it. We'll probably play a few new tracks there, and obviously a couple of old ones as well, and yeah - I'm looking forward to it."

Starlight was played for the first time, however out of the previously unheard songs the BBC Radio 1 broadcast only included Knights Of Cydonia, perhaps this being an indicator that Knights Of Cydonia was to be the second single. At the request of Muse's management, one of the major fan sites initially refused to host downloads of the gig.

Videos of Supermassive Black Hole, Time Is Running Out, Sunburn and Bliss were shown on the Radio 1 webcast and on BBCi.

Bellamy used the Kaoss Manson for the first time at the show, on a number of songs, while Dominic Howard used a new set of see-through acrylic drums.

A new version of Sunburn was debuted in which Bellamy played guitar notes with Morgan Nicholls playing the keyboard part, as with the studio version. This hasn't been played since.

The band also sported a slightly different image to that of Absolution. Bellamy returned to his jet black hair whilst Christopher Wolstenholme wore a very different haircut, significantly longer with a lighter colour. Howard had also grown his hair much longer.

Speech

After Hysteria	Bellamy	"Thank you Dundee".
	Howard	[?]
After Supermassive Black Hole	Bellamy	"Cheers".
After Sunburn	Bellamy	"Thank you"
After Starlight
After Time Is Running Out		"Cheers".
After Knights of Cydonia		"Thank you Dundee! See you at T on the Fringe".
	Howard	"Cheers, goodnight, see you later".

Setlist

1. Hysteria (watch)
   ^{(Silver Bomber Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
2. Riff + Supermassive Black Hole (watch)
   ^{(Kaoss Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. Starlight (watch)
   ^{(Black Manson, white Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. Sunburn (guitar+piano) (watch)
   ^{(Kaoss Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
5. Bliss (watch)
   ^{(Silver Bomber Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Time Is Running Out (watch)
   ^{(Mirror Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. Bedroom Acoustics intro + Knights of Cydonia (watch)
   ^{(Silver Bomber Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)}

See also

• Jo Whiley interview, 12th May 2006
• Jo Whiley interview, 13th May 2006
• One Big Weekend audio download
• NME review

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