Chelmsford Hylands Park 2008 (gig)

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Muse show
Venue Hylands Park[1]
Date 16th August 2008[2]
Location Chelmsford[2]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 17[3]
Support
  • Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maxïmo Park[4] »
  • Alanis Morissette, The Futureheads[4]
[source?]
Start (UTC+1) Unknown
Capacity Unknown
Price (GBP) 145.00 (camping), 125.00 (weekend), 70.00 (one day)[5]
Sold out? Unknown


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 spanned the hour before general sale, at 09:00 on the 7th of March.[6] Tickets went on sale the same day[2] at 10:00.[7]

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.[8]

Three days later, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis commented that he'd heard that Muse were playing V Festival.[9] In the comment, he appeared unsure - this belief may have derived from rumours started by the aforementioned claim.[8][9] Following Eavis' comment, eFestivals listed Muse as a "strong rumour".[10] However, on the 29th of January they removed Muse.[10] The next day, an eFestivals admin stated they had information that Muse were not going to play V Festival 2008.[11] 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]

Matthew Bellamy initially said in the June 2008 issue of Q Magazine that "a couple of new songs should be played",[source?] but later recanted during a July after-show party, wherein he stated that no new music would be played live this year.[12]

As previously hinted at,[source?] 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.[13]

A pro-video shot of Dead Star was released as a form of a Christmas gift.

Matt tossed his Chrome Bomber Manson across the stage at the end of Knights of Cydonia. After said song, Matt said "Thank you!" and Dom said "You guys rock, we love you... take care, see you again, cheers". Matt wore red, Chris wore black and white, and Dom wore a black shirt with blue trousers.

Setlist

References

  1. ↑ (2008-01). [Official information]. V Festival official website. Retrieved 2008-01-21 from vfestival.com.
  2. ↑ a b c d Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named mu20080212
  3. ↑ Tom/Plug In Amy. (2008-08-16). [Muselive post]. Muselive. Retrieved 2008-08-16 from muselive.com.
  4. ↑ a b (2008-03-04). [Official lineup]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  5. ↑ (2008-03-04). [Ticket information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  6. ↑ V Festival Pre-Sale! (2008-03-04). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from muse.mu.
  7. ↑ (2008). [Official information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-02-18 from www.vfestival.com.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ a b Four rumours ruled out of Glastonbury (2008-01-24). Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  10. ↑ a b judderman. (2008-01-30). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse board. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from board.muse.mu.
  11. ↑ eFestivals. (2008-01-30). [eFestivals forum post]. eFestivals forum. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from efestivals.co.uk.
  12. ↑ SOUSOUS. (2008-07-21). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse forum. Retrieved 2008-07-21 from board.muse.mu.
  13. ↑ World Entertainment News Network. (2008-08-12). Festival organisers ban Muse stunt. Yahoo News. Retrieved 2008-08-12 from uk.news.yahoo.com.

See also


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