Exo-Politics (live)

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36% MuseWiki ULD has 10/28 performances of this song.
This is a list of missing performances.
Live information
Name Exo-Politics
Tours Black Holes and Revelations (7)
Absolution (21)
First performance 8th April 2005
Latest performance 22nd November 2006
Pro-shots None
Audience footage
2006:
London (11/22/2006)
Nottingham (11/17/2006)
Aberdeen (11/06/2006)
Belfast (11/04/2006)
Nashville (09/13/2006)
Columbus (09/11/2006)
2005:
Boca Raton (04/08/2005)
Audio recordings 2005:
St. Louis (04/26/2005)
East Lansing (04/23/2005)
Buffalo (04/21/2005)
# of performances 28
Uno Live Database 36%, missing 18/28 performances




This page contains a list of all known performances of Exo-Politics.

Analysis and Explanation

Exo-Politics was played at nearly every US Campus Invasion Tour gig, with the sole exception being the April 20th gig, leading to a high number of early performances. Early versions are incredibly hard to find, but many fans believe them to be superior than the finished version (something early Assassin performances also have in common). For whatever reason, the finished version was rarely played at all, making three appearances in September 2006 and four in November. Interestingly the last two performances of the song were in a run through of the entire album, and not the band's unique selection of the song. The band may have not been satisfied with the finished product, and for that reason avoided playing it. It was the only album track not to make an appearance in 2007. The changing beliefs of Matt Bellamy may also prevent this song from returning to setlists again, with its themes of hidden alien invasion and alien cooperation with governments being beliefs Matt no longer follows. Matt famously laughed at these themes in an interview at one time. Interestingly, the song was never played outside of USA and the UK.

In a poll of 500 fans conducted in November 2015, out of a total thirty songs that had not been played since The Resistance era, fans voted Exo-Politics as the twelfth most requested song to make a return to setlists.[1]

Black Holes and Revelations era

2006

# Date Venue Location Link
7 2006-11-22 Wembley Arena London, UK Watch here [B]
6 2006-11-17 National Ice Centre Arena Nottingham, UK Watch here [B]
5 2006-11-06 Press and Journal Arena Aberdeen, UK Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
4 2006-11-04 Odyssey Arena Belfast, UK Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
3 2006-09-13 War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN, USA Watch here [B]
2 2006-09-11 Lifestyles Communities Pavilion Columbus, OH, USA Watch here [B]
1 2006-09-10 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH, USA

Absolution era

2005

# Date Venue Location Link
21 2005-05-07 Austin Music Hall Austin, TX, USA
20 2005-05-05 Cullum Auditorium Houston, TX, USA
19 2005-05-04 Gypsy Tea Room and Ballroom Dallas, TX, USA
18 2005-05-03 Sunset Station San Antonio, TX, USA
17 2005-05-01 Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO, USA
16 2005-04-30 Jillian's Louisville, KY, USA
15 2005-04-28 Manchester Field Kent, OH, USA
14 2005-04-27 PromoWest Pavilion Columbus, OH, USA FIND AUDIO
13 2005-04-26 Pageant Concert Nightclub St. Louis, MO, USA Listen here [B]
12 2005-04-24 Emens Auditorium Muncie, IN, USA
11 2005-04-23 Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI, USA Listen here [B]
10 2005-04-21 Sphere Entertainment Complex Buffalo, NY, USA Listen here [B]
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 Watch here [B]

See also

This is a table of Black Holes and Revelations-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 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '22 '23 #
Take a Bow Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 79 81 14 0 13 3 0 0 0 0 35 12 7 52 0 0 296
Starlight Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 96 101 17 50 95 17 31 93 3 59 82 33 13 61 32 57 840
Supermassive Black Hole Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 96 98 17 48 95 13 29 91 0 62 82 33 14 61 33 57 829
Map of the Problematique Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 95 97 17 36 62 8 11 31 0 5 43 6 1 0 10 11 433
Soldier's Poem Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 41 51 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Invincible Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 71 85 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170
Assassin Black Holes & Revelations 0 20 38 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 1 57 11 1 154
Exo-Politics Black Holes & Revelations 0 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
City of Delusion Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 30 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
Hoodoo Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 35 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
Knights of Cydonia Black Holes & Revelations 0 0 97 101 17 44 95 17 28 90 3 62 82 34 13 60 33 56 832
Glorious Black Holes & Revelations 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
Crying Shame Supermassive Black Hole 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Easily Starlight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Man of Mystery The Supermassive Selection 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

References

  1. ↑ [1]

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