Leeds Bramham Park 2011 (gig)

Undisclosed Desires

Photo pass

Flames during Megalomania

Flames during Megalomania

Programme and day wristband

Feeling Good

Official line-up poster

Eye balloons during Plug In Baby

Shortly before beginning

Queue outside the arena

Muse show
Venue	Bramham Park (Leeds Festival—Main Stage)
Date	26th August 2011
Location	Leeds
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	20[source?]
Support	Elbow et al.†
Start (UTC+1)	21:00
Capacity	Unknown
Price (GBP)	89.50–264.18[source?]
Sold out?	Unknown

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Muse performed for Leeds Festival 2011 as headliners. Muse had originally intended to end the Resistance tour in 2010. Upon being offered to headline Leeds and Reading festivals, however, the band decided to continue touring. 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. 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. 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.

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". However, Showbiz and pre-Showbiz works of the Muse repertoire were not included within their "career[s]".

Bellamy later said on his twitter account that the band will "probably play Origin in its entirety" at the two festivals. 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. Wolstenholme claimed that five songs which hadn't been performed for a long time were causing the trio to worry, including Darkshines and Screenager.

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

A competition for a single pair of tickets, either to Leeds or Reading, was held. The competition comprised a Muse forum popular vote for a Muse concert venue.

The Manson Santa 2.0 made a return with a DL-1 headstock after being smashed in Chicago.

Matt debuted a new version of the Manson Delorean guitar that featured a Fernandes Sustainer but no ZVex Fuzz Factory.

Matt threw his guitar into the air at the end of Space Dementia, and then smashed into Dominic's bass drum at the end of Stockholm Syndrome.

Matt played the piano intro to New Born for the first time since the beginning of The Resistance tour.

Chris sang the chorus in place of Matt during Hyper Music

The first "trumpet" solo in Darkshines was omitted.

Flame throwers were used only in the first chorus of Megalomania, and burnt a curtain off the front of the stage.

Line-up

• 21:00 – Muse
• 19:20 – Elbow
• 18:00 – Interpol
• 16:50 – Friendly Fires
• 15:45 – Enter Shikari
• 14:45 – The View
• 13:40 – Frank Turner
• 12:45 – Taking Back Sunday
• 12:00 – We Are the Ocean

Media

An audience recording was made by Richard 'supermassive_99', which can be obtained here[registration needed].

Setlist

• What's He Building? (intro music)[watch]

1. New Born [watch]
   ^{(Black Kawai, Manson Santa 2.0, walnut Status S2-Classic)}
2. Bliss (extended)
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
3. Space Dementia (guitar outro)
   ^{(Black Kawai, Manson DL-1 Delorean, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
4. Hyper Music
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, walnut Status S2-Classic)}
5. Plug In Baby
   ^{(Manson Mirror, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Citizen Erased
   ^{(Manson 7 String E Guitar, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
7. Micro Cuts [watch]
   ^{(Manson Mirror, Status Protype)}
8. Screenager (guitar)
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, sunburst Fender Jazz Bass)}
9. Darkshines [watch]
   ^{(Manson Ali Top, black Status S2-Classic)}
10. Feeling Good
    ^{(Black Kawai, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Megalomania (watch)
    ^{(Black Kawai, Status Prototype)}
    Protestors intro
    
12. Uprising (riff version)
    ^{(Manson Mirror, Status Graphite S2)}
13. Supermassive Black Hole
    ^{( Manson M1D1 Black, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
14. Interlude + Hysteria + Back in Black riff
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
15. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
16. Helsinki Jam
    ^{(black Status S2-Classic)}
17. Undisclosed Desires
    ^{(Manson Keytar, Status Prototype)}
18. Resistance
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, black-LED Status S2-Classic)}
19. Starlight
    ^{(Manson 007, black Status S2-Classic)}
20. Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion outro + Endless Nameless riff
    ^{(Manson DL-1 Delorean, walnut Status S2-Classic)}
21. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia
    ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, Status Prototype)}

Photograph gallery

• 

  Morgan Nicholls practising Darkshines

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  Dominic Howard practising Screenager

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  Stage test

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  Testing stage lights

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  Console before journey to Leeds

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  Matthew Bellamy

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  Christopher Wolstenholme

See also

• Bramham Park, Leeds
• MicroCuts photograph gallery
• Muse forum thread about the 2011 Leeds and Reading festivals
• Muselive forum thread about the 2011 Leeds and Reading festivals

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