Melbourne Flemington Racecourse 2010 (gig)

Big Day Out 2010 poster

Set times

Muse show
Venue	Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out—Blue Stage)
Date	26th January 2010
Location	Melbourne, VI
Country	Australia
Songs	16
Support	The Mars Volta et al.
Start (UTC+11)	20:40, 11:00 (doors)
Capacity	120.000
Price (AUD)	140.00
Sold out?	Yes

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Big Day Out (Sydney) - 23rd	←	Big Day Out (Melbourne)	→	Big Day Out (Adelaide)

Part of the Australasian leg of The Resistance Tour.

Information

Muse headlined the Big Day Out in Australia, including in Melbourne on the 26th of January, 2010. Tickets went on sale 9th of October, at midnight through the official website, and 9AM through other ticket outlets.

The backstage interview with Absolute Radio can be seen here.

The show

Nic Cester (of Jet) was called on again to "assist" Muse by singing their cover of AC/DC's Back in Black. This weren't Muse's only full performances of the song; In the Summer of 2010, Muse invited Cester to join them performing the song in full again at the San Siro Stadium gig, and, in 2017, the band were joined by Brian Johnson himself, performing the song at Reading Festival.

Bellamy played the Plug In Baby riff behind his head.

Speech

After Uprising	Bellamy	"Hey Melbourne! How're you doing, Melbourne?".
After Supermassive Black Hole		"Cheers."
	Howard	"Thank you very much, Melbourne."
After Undisclosed Desires	Bellamy	[In response to chant] "Water? You got a hosepipe? Yeah? How you guys doing down here, okay? Squirming about. [laughs] Getting up right close there.
After Hysteria		"Thank you very much, cheers."
After Starlight		"Oh yeah!"
After Unnatural Selection		"Thank you Melbourne, thank you!"
Before Back in Black	Howard	"Hey Melbourne! So, ah, seeing as it's Australia Day today, we'd like to do a cover song of our favourite Australian band, and invite our favourite Australian singer to come out and sing it with us. Put your hands together for Mr. Nic Cester!".
After Back in Black	Nic Cester	"Thank you Australia!"
After Knights of Cydonia	Bellamy	[In response to chant] "Thank you Melbourne, hope to see you again!"
	Howard	"Thank you, you guys rock! We love you Melbourne, see you again, cheers."

Setlist

1. Uprising (extended) [watch] (partial)
   ^{(Manson Mirror, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
2. Supermassive Black Hole [watch] (partial)
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. New Born + Ashamed riff + Headup riff [watch] (partial)
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, black finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. Undisclosed Desires (extended)
   ^{(Manson Keytarcaster, Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
5. Interlude + Hysteria [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Nishe (piano) [watch] (partial)
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. United States of Eurasia [watch] (partial)
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. Helsinki Jam [watch] (partial)
   ^{(Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
9. MK Ultra [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Starlight [watch] (partial)
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson Black Midi, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
12. Unnatural Selection [watch] (partial)
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, walnut Status The KingBass Mk-II)}

    Encore

13. Back in Black (feat. Nic Cester) [watch] (partial)
    ^{(Manson 007, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
14. Plug In Baby (extended) [watch] (partial)
    ^{(Manson Mirror, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
15. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
    ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}

See also

• Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

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