Ruled by Secrecy (live)
This page contains a list of all known performances of Ruled by Secrecy.
Analysis and Explanation
Ruled by Secrecy was not performed at any 2003 concerts and wasn't performed live until March 2004. Upon its debut, however, it was continually performed throughout the year at the majority of gigs. The vast majority of Ruled by Secrecy performances took place in 2004; so few performances outside of 2004 exist that only two post-2004 pro-shots have surfaced. It is believed that Ruled by Secrecy took Endlessly's setlist spot as Endlessly's last performance was the gig before Ruled by Secrecy's debut.
Returning for 2005, Ruled by Secrecy holds the unfortunate distinction of having no available 2005 performances. The only gigs recorded on the tour took place between 21 April 2005 and 30 April 2005, where Ruled by Secrecy was performed at no gigs (being performed often both before and after this time). Though not performed in 2006 or throughout most of 2007, Ruled by Secrecy would return for the Australian tour for a handful of dates. It would again resurface for a small amount of 2010 gigs and again at one gig in 2012. The 2012 performance is well-known for Matt belting the chorus vocals as he did on the album, which rarely took place live. Sadly, this has been the last performance of the song to date.
Up until the Drones era, Ruled by Secrecy had appeared on every tour since the Absolution tour. It is likely that it will be performed live again, however with the absence of piano songs on the Drones tour, it is likely that Ruled by Secrecy may not return until another album era.
The 2nd Law era
2012
# | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
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1 | 2012-10-24 | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | Glasgow, UK | Watch here |
The Resistance era
2010
# | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
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9 | 2010-10-26 | RBC Center | Raleigh, NC, USA | |
8 | 2010-10-12 | Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center | Columbus, OH, USA | |
7 | 2010-10-08 | Ford Center | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | |
6 | 2010-10-06 | Bradley Center | Milwaukee, WI, USA | Watch here |
5 | 2010-09-26 | Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
4 | 2010-09-22 | Viejas Arena | San Diego, CA, USA | |
3 | 2010-09-11 | Wembley Stadium | London, UK | Watch here |
2 | 2010-04-02 | KeyArena | Seattle, WA, USA | Watch here |
1 | 2010-03-29 | Rexall Place | Edmonton, AB, Canada | Watch here |
Black Holes and Revelations era
2007
# | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
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6 | 2007-12-09 | Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas) | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Watch here |
5 | 2007-11-25 | Westpac Arena | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
4 | 2007-11-23 | Trusts Stadium | Auckland, New Zealand | |
3 | 2007-11-21 | Riverstage | Brisbane, QL, Australia | |
2 | 2007-11-17 | Sydney Entertainment Centre | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Watch here |
1 | 2007-11-14 | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Adelaide, SA, Australia |
Absolution era
2005
# | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
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11 | 2005-05-05 | Cullum Auditorium | Houston, TX, USA | |
10 | 2005-05-01 | Uptown Theater | Kansas City, MO, USA | |
9 | 2005-04-19 | Jorgensen Auditorium | Mansfield, CT, USA | |
8 | 2005-04-17 | Peterson Fieldhouse | Providence, RI, USA | |
7 | 2005-04-16 | Cole Field House | College Park, MD, USA | |
6 | 2005-04-15 | Liacouras Center | Philadelphia, PA, USA | |
5 | 2005-04-13 | Disco Rodeo | Raleigh, NC, USA | |
4 | 2005-04-12 | Dale F. Halton Arena | Charlotte, NC, USA | |
3 | 2005-04-10 | Tabernacle | Atlanta, GA, USA | |
2 | 2005-04-09 | Plush | Jacksonville, FL, USA | |
1 | 2005-04-08 | Auditorium Field | Boca Raton, FL, USA |
2004
# | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
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73 | 2004-12-20 | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | London, UK | |
72 | 2004-12-19 | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | London, UK | |
71 | 2004-12-13 | City Limits | Tucson, AZ, USA | |
70 | 2004-12-12 | Marquee Theatre | Tempe, AZ, USA | |
69 | 2004-12-09 | Wiltern Theatre | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
68 | 2004-12-08 | Wiltern Theatre | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
67 | 2004-12-02 | House of Blues | Orlando, FL, USA | |
66 | 2004-11-30 | The Mercy Lounge | Nashville, TN, USA | |
65 | 2004-11-28 | Newport Music Hall | Columbus, OH, USA | |
64 | 2004-11-27 | Pageant Concert Nightclub | St. Louis, MO, USA | |
63 | 2004-11-15 | Quest Club | Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
62 | 2004-11-14 | Eagles Club | Milwaukee, WI, USA | |
61 | 2004-11-13 | Riviera Theatre | Chicago, IL, USA | |
60 | 2004-11-12 | Clutch Cargo's | Detroit, MI, USA | |
59 | 2004-11-10 | Mr. Smalls Theatre | Millvale, PA, USA | |
58 | 2004-11-09 | Webster Hall | New York City, NY, USA | |
57 | 2004-11-08 | Nightclub 9:30 | Washington, DC, USA | |
56 | 2004-11-06 | Electric Factory | Philadelphia, PA, USA | |
55 | 2004-11-05 | Avalon | Boston, MA, USA | |
54 | 2004-11-04 | Métropolis | Montréal, QC, Canada | |
53 | 2004-11-02 | Capital | Ottawa, ON, Canada | |
52 | 2004-11-01 | Kool Haus | Toronto, ON, Canada | |
51 | 2004-10-31 | The Drink | London, ON, Canada | |
50 | 2004-10-28 | Burton Cummings Theatre | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | |
49 | 2004-10-26 | Red's | Edmonton, AB, Canada | |
48 | 2004-10-25 | MacEwan Hall Ballroom | Calgary, AB, Canada | |
47 | 2004-10-22 | In the Venue | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | |
46 | 2004-10-21 | Fox Theatre | Boulder, CO, USA | |
45 | 2004-10-20 | Sunshine Theatre | Albuquerque, NM, USA | |
44 | 2004-09-26 | Bossanova Ballroom | Portland, OR, USA | |
43 | 2004-09-24 | Commodore Ballroom | Vancouver, BC, Canada | |
42 | 2004-09-21 | The Warfield | San Francisco, CA, USA | |
41 | 2004-09-14 | St. James Theatre | Auckland, New Zealand | |
40 | 2004-09-12 | Brisbane River Stage | Brisbane, QL, Australia | |
39 | 2004-09-10 | Hordern Pavilion | Sydney, NS, Australia | |
38 | 2004-09-08 | Festival Hall | Melbourne, VI, Australia | |
37 | 2004-09-07 | Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA, Australia | |
36 | 2004-09-05 | Metropolis City Concert Club | Perth, WA, Australia | |
35 | 2004-08-28 | Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine) | Saint-Cloud, France | |
34 | 2004-08-26 | Festivalgelände Wiesen (Two Days a Week) | Wiesen, Austria | |
33 | 2004-08-22 | Weston Park (V Festival) | Weston under Lizard, UK | |
32 | 2004-08-21 | Hylands Park (V Festival) | Chelmsford, UK | |
31 | 2004-07-25 | Site de Kerampuil (Vieilles Charrues Festival) | Carhaix-Plouguer, France | |
30 | 2004-07-23 | L'Asse (Paléo Festival - headline) | Nyon, VD, Switzerland | |
29 | 2004-07-22 | Arènes de Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes) | Nîmes, France | |
28 | 2004-07-21 | Amphitheatre | Vallauris, France | |
27 | 2004-07-19 | Festival les Nuits Bleues | Les Moutiers-en-Retz, France | |
26 | 2004-07-18 | Antic Arena | Vienne, France | |
25 | 2004-07-16 | Auditorio do Monte do Gozo (Xacobeo Festival) | Santiago de Compostela, GA, Spain | |
24 | 2004-07-11 | Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen) | Eadestown, Ireland | |
23 | 2004-07-10 | Balado Park (T in the Park) | Kinross, Scotland, UK | |
22 | 2004-07-04 | Roskilde fairgrounds (Roskilde Festival) | Roskilde, Denmark | |
21 | 2004-07-03 | Werchter Festival[venue?] | Werchter, Belgium | |
20 | 2004-07-02 | Festivalgeländ (Open Air Festival—headline) | St. Gallen, Switzerland | |
19 | 2004-06-27 | Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival - headline) | Pilton, UK | Watch |
18 | 2004-06-13 | Flippaut Festival[venue?] | Bologna, Italy | |
17 | 2004-06-12 | Tennis Stadium | Rome, Italy | |
16 | 2004-05-31 | Megaland (Pinkpop) | Landgraaf, LI, Netherlands | |
15 | 2004-05-10 | Richards on Richards | Vancouver, BC, Canada | |
14 | 2004-04-22 | Shelter | Detroit, MI, USA | |
13 | 2004-04-19 | Mod Club Theatre | Toronto, ON, Canada | |
12 | 2004-04-18 | Le Cabaret | Montréal, QC, Canada | |
11 | 2004-04-16 | The Call | Providence, RI, USA | |
10 | 2004-04-15 | Axis | Boston, MA, USA | |
9 | 2004-03-25 | Mazda Palace | Turin, TO, Italy | |
8 | 2004-03-24 | Le Summum | Grenoble, France | |
7 | 2004-03-22 | Le Zénith | Toulouse, France | |
6 | 2004-03-20 | Velódromo de Anoeta | Donostia-San Sebastián, SS, Spain | |
5 | 2004-03-19 | Palacio Vistalegre | Madrid, Spain | |
4 | 2004-03-18 | Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada | Granada, GR, Spain | |
3 | 2004-03-16 | Le Zénith | Clermont-Ferrand, France | |
2 | 2004-03-15 | Zénith d'Orléans | Orléans, France | |
1 | 2004-03-14 | Le Zénith | Rouen, France |
See also
This is a table of Absolution-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.
All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.
Last updated: April 15, 2022.
Song Title | Release | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '22 | '23 | # |
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Intro | Absolution | 0 | 40 | 89 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 269 |
Apocalypse Please | Absolution | 18 | 40 | 89 | 21 | 24 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 287 |
Time Is Running Out | Absolution | 0 | 53 | 131 | 23 | 90 | 101 | 17 | 48 | 94 | 15 | 29 | 91 | 3 | 59 | 81 | 32 | 13 | 61 | 20 | 54 | 1016 |
Sing for Absolution | Absolution | 0 | 41 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
Stockholm Syndrome | Absolution | 0 | 49 | 129 | 22 | 90 | 101 | 17 | 34 | 86 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 773 |
Falling Away With You | Absolution | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interlude | Absolution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 95 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 54 | 59 | 34 | 9 | 59 | 30 | 57 | 507 |
Hysteria | Absolution | 17 | 51 | 133 | 23 | 89 | 97 | 17 | 49 | 95 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 3 | 54 | 59 | 34 | 9 | 59 | 30 | 57 | 964 |
Blackout | Absolution | 0 | 45 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
Butterflies & Hurricanes | Absolution | 0 | 47 | 126 | 22 | 71 | 89 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 405 |
The Small Print | Absolution | 20 | 27 | 89 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
Fury | Absolution | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Endlessly | Absolution | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist | Absolution | 0 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
Ruled by Secrecy | Absolution | 0 | 0 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
The Groove | Time Is Running Out | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Eternally Missed | Hysteria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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