Sydney Showground 2004 - 23rd (gig)

Matthew Bellamy with his Manson Delorean during the New Born solo

Muse show
Venue	Sydney Showground[source?] (Big Day Out[source?])
Date	23rd January 2004
Location	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, NS[source?]
Country	Australia
Songs	11
Support	Unknown
Start	Unknown
Capacity	40,000[source?]
Price	Unknown
Sold out?	Unknown

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The most well-known of Muse's shows down under for the travelling Big Day Out Festival. Other bands on the tour included Metallica, The Strokes, The Mars Volta, Hoodoo Gurus, or Dandy Warhols. For this particular year, there were two Big Day Out events held in Sydney, with the same bands playing the same time slots on both days. It was stated that the reason for there being two dates was overwhelming demand for tickets in Australia's largest city. It was stated further that more tickets could be sold but it would get so squashed and crowded.[source?] The second day, Muse played basically the same songs, but in a different order. For example, "Stockholm Syndrome" was played last on the second day, and "Hysteria" was the set opener.[source?]

Speech

After Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy	"Thank you!"
After New Born		"Thank you".
Before Muscle Museum		"We'll play another song now".
After Hysteria		"Cheers".
After Bliss		"Thank you!"

Media

Bootlegs and TV broadcasts can be found on Microcuts.net and Muselive.com. Six songs from this day's performance were released as a bonus disc on an Australian only re-release of Absolution.

An interview of this gig is available here.

Setlist

1. Stockholm Syndrome + riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean)}
2. New Born [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean)}
3. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist [watch]
   ^{(Manson 007)}
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes [watch]
   ^{(Manson Delorean)}
5. Citizen Erased [watch]
   ^{(Manson 7 String E Guitar)}
6. Piano interlude + Sunburn (keyboard) [watch]
   ^{(Yamaha P90)}
7. Muscle Museum [watch]
   ^{(Manson Bomber)}
8. Hysteria
   ^{(Manson Bomber)}
9. Bliss
   ^{(Manson Bomber)}
10. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson Delorean)}
11. Plug In Baby
    ^{(Manson Delorean)}

See also

• Sydney Showground
• Big Day Out website

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