London Earls Court Exhibition Centre 2004 - 20th (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Earls Court Exhibition Centre[1][2] |
| Date | 20th December 2004[1][2] |
| Location | London[source?] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Songs | 19[source?] |
| Support | Secret Machines, The Zutons[source?] |
| Start (UTC) | 20:00[source?], 18:00[1][2] (doors) |
| Capacity | 19,000[source?] |
| Price (GBP) | 25.00[2] |
| Sold out? | Yes[source?] |
| Gig nav | ||||
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| Earls Court Exhibition Centre – 19th | ← | Earls Court Exhibition Centre – 20th | → | Auditorium Field |
The concert was announced on the 21st of October,[3] the reason citing "unbelievable" demand for the previous night's pre-sale.[3] General sale started on the 23rd October 2004 at 09:00.[3] More tickets were put on sale on the 19th of November at 09:00 through gigsandtours.com.[4]
This was the 'black jacket' gig and featured a set-list slightly different from the night before.
Dominic Howard and Christopher Wolstenholme opened up the gig, while Matthew Bellamy ran around backstage with a camera (as he did the previous night).[source?] However, this time Matthew Bellamy had a monkey hand puppet on which he danced around on camera.[source?]
After The Small Print, Bellamy broke the Ibanez guitar he was playing, picked it up, walked to the edge of the stage and threw his guitar into the audience.[source?] The Micro Cuts ending slowed down to an almost complete stop. Thomas Kirk said that Blackout "was fucking ace", in response to the question "how cool was blackout! ;)".[5]
Last performance of The Small Print in the UK.
Speech
| After Apocalypse Please | Bellamy | "Thank you [?]". |
| After Hysteria | "Thank you". | |
| After The Small Print | Howard | |
| After Sing for Absolution | "How's it going Earls Court? [crowd cheers] Nice to see you again". | |
| After Space Dementia | "Thank you". | |
| After New Born | Bellamy | "Thank you very much. Cheers". |
| After Butterflies & Hurricanes | "Thank you". | |
| After Plug In Baby | "Thank you!" | |
| After Time Is Running Out | "Cheers!" | |
| Before Blackout | Bellamy | "Thank you very much, cheers ... Ok, this next song, instead of getting your lighters out, everyone get out their mobile phones and switch their lights on". |
| Before Stockholm Syndrome | Bellamy | "Thank you very much Earls Court! Thank you very much for coming, it's been a fucking great pleasure to play for you. Means a lot coming home to a big crowd like this, so thanks very much for coming. This is uh, we'd like to say, a very merry Christmas and a happy new year". |
| Howard | "Merry Christmas. ... Cheers. We'll see you next time, this song is called Stockholm Syndrome". | |
| After Stockholm Syndrome | "Thank you very much Earls Court! You guys have been amazing". | |
| Wolstenholme | "Cheers". | |
| Howard | "Cheers, we'll see you next time". |
Media
The Small Print and Stockholm Syndrome feature on the Absolution Tour DVD.
Butterflies & Hurricanes and Ruled by Secrecy from this concert were the first videos released of the two nights, along with The Small Print from the day before - these were put on Muse.mu. XFM broadcast the gig[6][7] in its entirety aside from Glorious, which was replaced by a recording of Dead Star from the previous night. A recording of this broadcast can be found in Muselive.com's media section. This recording contains extensive artefacting and low lowpass. An audience bootleg was also made.
Setlist
- Dracula Mountain (instrumental)
- Intro + Apocalypse Please
- Hysteria
(Manson Bomber) - The Small Print [watch]
(Ibanez Destroyer, ?) - Sing for Absolution [watch]
(Manson 007) - Micro Cuts (extended outro) [watch]
(Manson Delorean, Pedulla ?) - Citizen Erased
- Take a Bow (instrumental)
- Space Dementia
- Ruled by Secrecy [watch]
- Piano interlude + Sunburn (keyboard)
- New Born
(Manson Delorean, Pedulla ?) - Butterflies & Hurricanes [watch]
(Manson 007, Pedulla ?) - Muscle Museum
(Manson Bomber, Pedulla ?) - Bliss
(Manson Bomber, Pedulla ?) [1] - Plug In Baby
(Manson Mirror, Pedulla ?)Encore 1
- Glorious
(Manson Bomber, Pedulla ?) - Time Is Running Out
(Manson Mirror, Pedulla ?)Encore 2
- Blackout
(Manson Delorean, ?) - Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion + Hyper Chondriac Music outro [watch]
(Manson 007, Pedulla ?)
References
- ↑ a b c [Standing ticket]. Retrieved 2006-11-22. [verify]
- ↑ a b c d [Seated ticket stub]. Retrieved 2006-11-22. [verify]
- ↑ a b c London Gig #2 (2004-10-22). MicroCuts. Retrieved 2007-11-26 from microcuts.net.
- ↑ More Muse tickets on sale from Friday (2004-11-17). MicroCuts. Retrieved 2007-11-26 from microcuts.net.
- ↑ Thomas Kirk. (2005-03-02). Tom Kirk Live Webcast. Muselive. Retrieved 2007-03-07 from www.muselive.com. [verify]
- ↑ Muse Earls Court gig on XFM (2004-12-14). MicroCuts/XFM. Retrieved 2007-11-24 from microcuts.net.
- ↑ X-clusive: Hear Muse Live From Earls Court on Xfm (2004-12-15). Xfm online. Retrieved 2007-11-24 from xfm.co.uk. [verify]