Guiding Light (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Guiding Light.

Analysis and Explanation

The often-maligned Guiding Light appeared on both The Resistance and The 2nd Law tours. Unlike most other non-singles off of The Resistance, Guiding Light was performed several times on the 2011 tour. Though it was not played particularly often, Guiding Light returned for The Unsustainable Tour in 2013, most likely because it was Matt's girlfriend's at the time, Kate Hudson, favourite Muse song. Fans began to deride Guiding Light even more because of this tour and it has not been performed since, likely due to it being completely different from the theme of the Drones tour.

Guiding Light was soundchecked at a few early 2016 European gigs and, alongside Sing for Absolution, Defector and Aftermath, assumed to be up for setlist consideration. Despite this, Guiding Light was not performed live on the Drones tour.

The 2nd Law era

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	List
32	2013-12-13	Allphones Arena	Sydney, NS, Australia
31	2013-12-10	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia
30	2013-12-07	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia
29	2013-12-04	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia
28	2013-10-22	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
27	2013-10-19	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
26	2013-10-18	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico
25	2013-10-13	Estadio GEBA (Personal Fest)	Buenos Aires, Argentina
24	2013-10-09	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico
23	2013-10-07	Arena VFG	Guadalajara, Mexico
22	2013-09-11	Verizon Center	Washington, DC, USA
21	2013-09-09	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
20	2013-09-04	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA
19	2013-07-27	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland
18	2013-07-24	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway
17	2013-07-19	Brann Stadion	Bergen, Norway
16	2013-07-14	Waldbühne Berlin	Berlin, BE, Germany
15	2013-07-12	Freilichtbühne Loreley	Sankt Goarshausen, RP, Germany
14	2013-07-06	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, RM, Italy
13	2013-06-29	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy
12	2013-06-28	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy
11	2013-06-26	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Nice, France
10	2013-06-21	Stade de France	Paris, France
9	2013-06-18	Werchter Festival Site	Werchter, Belgium
8	2013-06-15	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland
7	2013-06-10	Estádio do Dragão	Porto, Portugal
6	2013-06-07	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Barcelona, Spain
5	2013-06-04	Amsterdam ArenA	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
4	2013-06-01	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, UK
3	2013-05-26	Emirates Stadium	London, UK
2	2013-05-25	Emirates Stadium	London, UK
1	2013-05-22	Ricoh Arena	Coventry, UK

The Resistance era

2011

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
5	2011-08-13	Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival)	San Francisco, CA, USA
4	2011-08-05	Grant Park (Lollapalooza)	Chicago, IL, USA
3	2011-08-03	Verizon Wireless Music Center	Noblesville, IN, USA
2	2011-05-24	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu	Kyiv, Ukraine
1	2011-05-22	Olympic Stadium	Moscow, Russia

2010

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
34	2010-12-19	Bassendean Oval	Perth, WA, Australia
33	2010-12-05	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia
32	2010-10-23	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY, USA
31	2010-10-21	Colisée Pepsi	Québec City, QC, Canada
30	2010-10-05	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA
29	2010-09-25	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA
28	2010-09-22	Viejas Arena	San Diego, CA, USA
27	2010-09-11	Wembley Stadium	London, UK
26	2010-09-10	Wembley Stadium	London, UK
25	2010-09-04	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester, UK
24	2010-08-27	Auditorio do Monte do Gozo (Xacobeo Festival)	Santiago de Compostela, GA, Spain
23	2010-08-21	Muzeum Lotnictwa (Coke Live Music Festival)	Kraków, MA, Poland
22	2010-06-26	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival)	Pilton, UK
21	2010-06-19	Goffertpark	Nijmegen, GE, Netherlands
20	2010-06-16	Estadio Vicente Calderón	Madrid, Spain
19	2010-06-12	Stade de France	Paris, France
18	2010-06-11	Stade de France	Paris, France
17	2010-06-08	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza	Milan, MI, Italy	[ Watch Here]
16	2010-06-02	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	[ Watch Here]
15	2010-04-09	US Airways Center	Phoenix, AZ, USA	[ Watch Here]
14	2010-04-03	Rose Garden	Portland, OR, USA	[ Watch Here]
13	2010-04-02	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	[ Watch Here]
12	2010-03-18	Toyota Center	Houston, TX, USA	[ Watch Here]
11	2010-03-12	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch Here
10	2010-03-10	Centre Bell	Montreal, QC, Canada	Watch Here (Incomplete)
9	2010-03-08	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch Here
8	2010-03-06	TD Garden	Boston, MA, USA	Watch Here
7	2010-03-05	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY, USA	Watch Here
6	2010-03-02	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch Here
5	2010-03-01	Patriot Center	Fairfax, VA, USA	Watch Here
4	2010-02-27	Gwinnett Arena	Atlanta, GA, USA	Watch Here
3	2010-02-06	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch Here (Incomplete)
2	2010-01-12	Nippon Budōkan	Tokyo, Japan	Watch Here (Audio Only)
1	2010-01-09	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Watch Here

2009

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
24	2009-12-13	Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch Here
23	2009-12-04	Torino Palasport Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch Here
22	2009-12-02	Zénith de Dijon	Dijon, France	Missing
21	2009-11-29	Pavilhão Atlântico	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch Here
20	2009-11-28	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch Here
19	2009-11-24	Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona, Spain	Watch Here (Needs Cut)
18	2009-11-21	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch Here
17	2009-11-17	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch Here
16	2009-11-13	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here
15	2009-11-12	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch Here
14	2009-11-10	National Indoor Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch Here (Incomplete)
13	2009-11-09	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch Here
12	2009-11-06	O2 Depot	Dublin, Ireland	Watch Here
11	2009-11-05	Echo Arena	Liverpool, UK	Watch Here
10	2009-11-04	Sheffield Arena	Sheffield, UK	Watch Here
9	2009-11-02	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch Here
8	2009-11-01	Galaxie Mega Hall	Amnéville-les-Thermes, France	Watch Here
7	2009-10-31	Stade Couvert Régional	Liévin, France	Watch Here (Incomplete)
6	2009-10-29	O2 World	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch Here
5	2009-10-28	Color Line Arena	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch Here
4	2009-10-26	Parken	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch Here (Incomplete)
3	2009-10-25	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo, Norway	Watch Here
2	2009-10-24	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch Here
1	2009-10-22	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch Here

See also

This is a table of The Resistance-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Uprising	The Resistance	55	95	18	30	93	3	59	82	33	14	61	25	57	625
Resistance	The Resistance	41	92	15	25	69	1	20	34	14	2	0	0	30	343
Undisclosed Desires	The Resistance	45	95	10	26	72	0	13	22	5	2	5	0	27	323
United States of Eurasia	The Resistance	45	94	13	1	27	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	194
Guiding Light	The Resistance	24	34	5	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
Unnatural Selection	The Resistance	43	63	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	123
MK ULTRA	The Resistance	17	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
I Belong to You	The Resistance	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Exogenesis: Symphony Part I	The Resistance	30	64	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
Exogenesis: Symphony Part II	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exogenesis: Symphony Part III	The Resistance	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Neutron Star Collision	Neutron Star Collision	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Popcorn	Uprising	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Prague	Resistance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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