Osaka Imperial Hall 2001 (gig)

A poster for the Japanese tour.

Matt on stage.

Muse show
Venue	Imperial Hall
Date	2nd December 2001
Location	Osaka
Country	Japan
Songs	17
Support	Unknown
Start (UTC+9)	Unknown
Capacity	Unknown
Price	Unknown
Sold out?	Unknown

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Information

This was the last known live performance of Agitated until Helsinki 2013, the last known live performance of Darkshines until Leeds Festival 2011 and the last known live performance of Unintended until Rockhal 2007.

During the soundcheck, the piano section from Butterflies & Hurricanes could be heard.

Media

A little documentary covering the band exploring and performing in Japan at the end of their Origin of Symmetry tour was made by the MTV. You can see the first part here and the second part here.

An audience recording in lossy (MP3) format can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

Speech

After Dead Star	Bellamy	"Arigato [en: Thanks]".
After Citizen Erased		"Thank you"
	Howard	"Cheers".
After Sunburn		"[?—Japanese] Thank you, Osaka... [?]"
After Darkshines	Bellamy	"Thank you Osaka!"
Before Showbiz		"This song is called, er, Showbiz".
After Agitated		[?—Japanese]
Before Screenager	Howard	"My ears are falling out".
After Feeling Good	Bellamy	"Thank you".
Before In Your World	Howard	[?—Japanese]
After New Born	Bellamy	"Thank you!".
After Plug In Baby		"Thank you, Osaka! Thanks very much".
	Howard	"Arigato! ... OK ... erm ... [?—Japanese] ... it's 23 ... Jesus ... [?—Japanese]".
	Bellamy	"Thanks so much, this is our last song, see you in Fuji Rock, hopefully!"

Setlist

Set list based on recording

• What's He Building? (intro music)

1. Dead Star
2. Micro Cuts
3. Citizen Erased
4. Étude Op. 25, No. 12 + Sunburn (keyboard)
5. Darkshines + riff
6. Showbiz + Ashamed outro
7. Jimmy Jam + Unintended
8. Hyper Music [watch]
9. Agitated + Township Rebellion outro
10. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 3, No. 2 + Screenager
11. Feeling Good [watch]
12. Space Dementia
13. In Your World
14. New Born
15. Muscle Museum
16. Plug In Baby [watch]
17. Bliss (extended) [watch]

See also

• Imperial Hall, Osaka

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