Weston under Lizard Weston Park 2008 (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Weston Park[1] |
| Date | 17th August 2008[1] |
| Location | Weston under Lizard[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Songs | 17[source?] |
| Support |
|
| Start (UTC+1) | Unknown |
| Capacity | Unknown |
| Price (GBP) | 145.00 (camping), 125.00 (weekend), 70.00 (one day)[4][source?] |
| Sold out? | Yes (camping, day,[5] weekend[6])[source?] |
A user of Drowning in Sound claimed on the 21st of January that a "reliable industry source" indicated that Muse would be headlining V Festival 2008.[7]
Three days later, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis commented that he'd heard that Muse were playing V Festival.[8] In the comment, he appeared unsure - this belief may have derived from rumours started by the aforementioned claim.[7][8] Following Eavis' comment, eFestivals listed Muse as a "strong rumour".[9] However, on the 29th of January they removed Muse.[9] The next day, an eFestivals admin stated they had information that Muse were not going to play V Festival 2008.[10] This information proved to be false, as on the 12th of February, the official Muse website announced Muse would be playing V Festival 2008.[2]
The first pre-sale took place on the 3rd of March, for customers of Virgin Media or Virgin Mobile services only. A second pre-sale took place during the hour before general sale, at 09:00 on the 7th of March.[11] General sale started the same day[2] at 10:00.[12] Weekend with camping and day tickets sold out on that day,[5] weekend without camping tickets sold out sometime over the next nine days.[6]
Matthew Bellamy initially said in the June 2008 issue of Q Magazine that "a couple of new songs should be played",[13] but later recanted during a July after-show party, wherein he stated that no new music would be played live this year.[14]
As previously hinted at,[13] the band submitted a plan to the festival's health and safety personnel, for a "stunt" involving a model UFO approaching the stage. This plan was rejected.[15]
Once the gig had finished, Who Knows Who was played back instead of the usual 'Come Fly With Me' by Frank Sinatra.
Speech
| After Map of the Problematique | Bellamy | "Hi, Stafford! How're you guys doing? Sorry about the piss!" |
| After Supermassive Black Hole | Howard | "How's it going, Stafford? Good to see you guys again. |
| Bellamy | "This next track is known for the mosh pit..." | |
| Howard | "This is one for a big pool in mud...[?]..." | |
| After Dead Star | Bellamy | "Cheers." |
| After Hysteria | "Thank you very much." | |
| Howard | "Nice cock to the man with the white flag...There he is" | |
| After Butterflies & Hurricanes | Bellamy | "Cheers!" |
| After Feeling Good | "Thank you very much." | |
| After Invincible | "Thanks a lot." | |
| Howard | "Thank you Stafford. You guys all rock." | |
| Bellamy | "[?]" | |
| Howard | "Yes. [laugh]" | |
| Before Starlight | "Thank you Staford, you guys fucking awesome!" | |
| Bellamy | "Thanks for sticking by us through this weather. Even with the weather you managed to be better than Chelmsford, so you must be doing something right. [?] called Starlight." | |
| After Knights of Cydonia | "Thank you Stafford!" | |
| Howard | "You guys rock Stafford! You guys [?]. Thank you very much, cheers. We see you guys again next year with the new music. Take care, cheers." |
Media
Petrock2000 recorded the concert, and his full recording is available in FLAC format here.
Setlist
- Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff
(Seattle Manson, Rickenbacker 4003) - Supermassive Black Hole
(Glitterati Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass) - Dead Star
(Seattle Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass) - New Born + Headup riff + Ashamed outro
(Glitterati Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass) - Hysteria
(Silver Bomber Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass) - Butterflies & Hurricanes
(Mirror Manson, ?) - Feeling Good
(Black Kawai Grand, ?) - Space Dementia
(Black Kawai Grand, red Fender Jazz Bass) - Drum and Bass
(Black 5 String Fender Jazz Bass) - Invincible
(Kaoss Manson, ?) - Jimmy Jam + Time Is Running Out
(Glitterati Manson, ?) - Riff + Stockholm Syndrome
- Take a Bow
(Glitterati Manson, ?)
Encore 1 - Starlight
(Seattle Manson, ?) - Plug In Baby
(Mirror Manson, ?)
Encore 2 - Man With a Harmonica
(Silver Bomber Manson, Harmonica) - Knights of Cydonia
(Silver Bomber Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)
References
- ↑ a b (2008-01). [Official information]. V Festival official website. Retrieved 2008-01-21 from vfestival.com.
- ↑ a b c Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmu20080212 - ↑ (2008-03-04). [Official lineup]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
- ↑ (2008-03-04). [Ticket information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
- ↑ a b (2008-03-07). [Venue listing page]. Ticketmaster. Retrieved from www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
- ↑ a b (2008-03). [Venue listing page]. Ticketmaster. Retrieved 2008-03-16 from www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
- ↑ a b Kev Kharas. (2008-01-21). Muse and the Verve headlining V Festival, apparently. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from drownedinsound.com.
- ↑ a b Four rumours ruled out of Glastonbury (2008-01-24). Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
- ↑ a b judderman. (2008-01-30). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse board. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from board.muse.mu.
- ↑ eFestivals. (2008-01-30). [eFestivals forum post]. eFestivals forum. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from efestivals.co.uk.
- ↑ V Festival Pre-Sale! (2008-03-04). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from muse.mu.
- ↑ (2008). [Official information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-02-18 from www.vfestival.com.
- ↑ a b Reference needed!
- ↑ SOUSOUS. (2008-07-21). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse forum. Retrieved 2008-07-21 from board.muse.mu.
- ↑ World Entertainment News Network. (2008-08-12). Festival organisers ban Muse stunt. Yahoo News. Retrieved 2008-08-12 from uk.news.yahoo.com.