Sydney Showground 2004 - 23rd (gig)

Matthew Bellamy in Sydney

Muse show
Venue	Royal Sydney Showgrounds[source?]
Date	23rd January 2004
Location	Homebush Bay, Sydney, NS[source?]
Country	Australia
Songs	11
Support	Unknown
Start	Unknown
Capacity	40,000[source?]
Price	Unknown
Sold out?	Unknown

The most well-known of Muse's shows down under for the travelling Big Day Out Festival. Other bands on the tour included Metallica, The Strokes, The Mars Volta, Hoodoo Gurus, or Dandy Warhols. For this particular year, there were two Big Day Out events held in Sydney, with the same bands playing the same time slots on both days. It was stated that the reason for there being two dates was overwhelming demand for tickets in Australia's largest city. It was stated further that more tickets could be sold but it would get so squashed and crowded.[source?] The second day, Muse played basically the same songs, but in a different order. For example, "Stockholm Syndrome" was played last on the second day, and "Hysteria" was the set opener.[source?]

Media

Bootlegs and TV broadcasts can be found here and here. Six songs from this day's performance were released as a bonus disc on an Australian only re-release of Absolution.

Speech

After Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy	"Thank you!"
After New Born		"Thank you".
Before Muscle Museum		"We'll play another song now".
After Hysteria		"Cheers".
After Bliss		"Thank you!"

Set list

1. Stockholm Syndrome
2. New Born
3. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes
5. Citizen Erased
6. Sunburn (piano)
7. Muscle Museum
8. Hysteria
9. Bliss
10. Time Is Running Out
11. Plug In Baby

See also

• Showground, Sydney
• Official Big Day Out website

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