Pilton Worthy Farm 2010 (gig)

Glastonbury 2010 poster

Matt performing at Glastonbury 2010

Muse with U2's The Edge

A happy Matt with The Edge

Muse show
Venue	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts—Pyramid stage)
Date	26th June 2010
Location	Pilton
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	19
Support	Scissor Sisters et al.
Start (GMT)	22:15
Capacity	90.000
Price
Sold out?	Yes

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A festival show, part of The Resistance Tour. Muse returned to Glastonbury for the first time since their legendary performance in 2004. A special night. With Muse at the peak of their popularity, the band performed in front of a very loud & lively Glastonbury crowd.

Information

Glastonbury creator Michael Eavis first mentioned the "Next in line to Queen's throne" headliner, via his Twitter feed, on the 2nd of December, 2009. Two months to the day later, Eavis stated, during the Event Production Show, that it would be Muse who would headline Glastonbury's 40th edition, on the 26th of June, 2010.

The show

Matthew Bellamy told NME Radio that "We're hoping to do something a bit unusual there. A little collaboration with someone, maybe get Bono to come and sing a song. I'm not sure if he'll be hanging around for that, but I'll ask him anyway." U2 were to headline on 25th June, the night before Muse perform, but were forced to withdraw after Bono suffered a back injury, making way for Gorillaz in the Friday night slot. It was later rumored that U2 guitarist The Edge would perform with Muse. This turned out to be true, as he sang and played guitar during an one-off cover of Where the Streets Have No Name, with Matt playing guitar and singing, Chris on bass, Morgan playing synth, and The Edge playing guitar and providing backing vocals.

The most voted songs on the official setlist polls were Citizen Erased, Assassin, The Small Print, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist and Darkshines, the first of which was played at the gig.

The gig saw the debut of the Manson Keytar, aswell as the graphite finish Status S2-Classic bass.

An early version of the main riff to Isolated System can be heard after the second verse of Undisclosed Desires.

Tom Kirk said in an interview that this gig was probably his favourite of The Resistance tour.

According to a 2010 tour schedule diary for crew, an orchestra and choir was planned to be involved with the show to some extent. The diary lists 4 days of “orchestra rehearsal” during the week leading up to the show, from Monday the 21st to Thursday the 24th of June. A staff contact page for “Glastonbury Orchestra” also details conductors, music transcribers and contractors for strings players and a choir. When or why this plan was scrapped remains unknown.

Set times

• 22:15 - Muse
• 20:15 - Scissor Sisters
• 18:45 - Shakira
• 17:00 - The Dead Weather
• 15:30 - Seasick Steve
• 13:50 - Jackson Browne
• 12:20 - The Lighting Seeds
• 11:00 - Tinchy Stryder

Speech

After Uprising	Bellamy	"Thank you Glastonbury!"
After Supermassive Black Hole		"Merci beaucoup!" ("Thank you!").
After New Born	Howard	"Thank you very much ... you guys are looking very nice out there. Lovely flags."
After Map of the Problematique	Bellamy	"Thanks very much. Cheers. You guys are fantastic!"
Before Feeling Good		"It's fucking sunny at last... at Glastonbury! Jesus Christ! Been waiting for 15 fucking years for the sun! Happy 40th anniversary by the way. Big cheer for Mr. Eavis ... and his daughter!"
Before Starlight		"Glastonbury!"
After Where the Streets Have No Names		"Give a big hand to The Edge!"
After Knights of Cydonia		"Thank you Glastonbury! You guys have been amazing tonight! Thank you!"
	Howard	"You guys have a great weekend! Enjoy! Enjoy that sunshine. You guys are wicked! Have fun! Thank you very much. We love you guys! See ya. Thank you!"

Media

The show was broadcast live by BBC. The full pro-shot can be seen here, while individual song pro-shots can be seen via the links in the setlist below.

Pics from the official muse.mu gallery of the gig can be seen here.

Setlist

1. Uprising (extended) [watch]
   ^{(Manson Mirror, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
2. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, walnut Status S2-Classic)}
3. New Born + School riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
4. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}
5. Guiding Light [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
6. Citizen Erased [watch]
   ^{(Manson E7, walnut Status S2-Classic)}
7. Nishe (piano) [watch]
   ^{(graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
8. United States of Eurasia [watch]
   ^{(graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
9. Feeling Good [watch]
   ^{(candy tangerine/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Undisclosed Desires (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Keytar, walnut Status The KingBass Mk-II)}
11. Adagio in G minor + Resistance [watch]
    ^{(Manson Doubleneck, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
12. Interlude + Hysteria + Back in Black riff [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
13. House of the Rising Sun riff + Time Is Running Out + Power of Soul riff [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
14. Starlight [watch]
    ^{(Manson 007, chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
15. Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion riff + Endless Nameless riff [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, walnut Status S2-Classic)}

    Encore

16. Where the Streets Have No Name (ft. The Edge) [watch]
    ^{(Manson 007, graphite finish Status S2-Classic)}
17. Plug In Baby (extended) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Mirror, candy tangerine/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
18. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
    ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}

Gallery

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See also

• Worthy Farm, Pilton

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