Tokyo International Forum 2007 (gig)

Set-list and Matthew Bellamy's plectrum

Muse show
Venue	International Forum (Hall A)[source?]
Date	12th March 2007
Location	Tokyo[source?]
Country	Japan
Songs	23
Support	Unknown
Start (UTC+9)	19:00, 18:00 (doors)[source?]
Capacity	5,012 (max seated)
Price (JPY)	6,800
Sold out?	Yes[source?]

Tickets went on sale 3rd December. The concert was sponsored by J-Wave and MTV Japan.

This was the longest set list ever played by Muse, and lasted almost two hours, not including encore breaks and so on. Sing for Absolution was played on piano and for the first time after 2 years. Citizen Erased wasn't preceded by a percussion intro. The balloons were released during Bliss.

Speech

After Hysteria	Bellamy	"Thank you Tokyo. How are you?"
After Map of the Problematique		"Thank you",
	Howard	"Tokyo".
After Assassin		"Thank you very much".
After Citizen Erased	Bellamy	"Arigato. [Thank you.]"
	Howard	"Genki Desuka? [How are you?]"
After Hoodoo	Bellamy	[Audience silence] "That's the end".
After Sunburn	Howard	"Thank you very much! Tokyo ... And the next lecture this evening, is Starlight".
After Starlight	Bellamy	"Thank you".
Before Soldier's Poem	Howard	"You better get your lighters out".
After Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy	"Arigato! [Thank you!]"
Before City of Delusion	Howard	"Yes, we're going to play more songs. A few more. Why not".
	Bellamy	[?]
After Knights of Cydonia		"Tokyo, thank you"

Media

The entire concert was recorded, and is available in mp3 format here.

Setlist

1. Take a Bow
2. Hysteria
3. Map of the Problematique + Maggie's Farm outro
4. Guitar interlude + Butterflies & Hurricanes
5. Debase riff + Assassin (piano)
6. Sing for Absolution
7. Citizen Erased
8. Hoodoo (piano)
9. Piano interlude + Apocalypse Please (short)
10. Feeling Good
11. Étude Op. 10, No. 1 + Sunburn (piano)
12. Starlight
13. Asturias riff + Time Is Running Out
14. New Born
15. Forced In (instrumental)
16. Bliss (extended)

    Encore 1

17. Soldier's Poem
18. Invincible
19. Supermassive Black Hole
20. Riff + Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion outro + Endless Nameless riff

    Encore 2

21. City of Delusion
22. Plug In Baby
23. Riff + Knights of Cydonia

See also

• International Forum, Tokyo
• Muse - Creativeman (Japanese promoter)

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