London Earls Court Exhibition Centre 2004 - 19th (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Earls Court Exhibition Centre[1][2] |
| Date | 19th December 2004[1][2] |
| Location | London[source?] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Songs | 19[2] |
| Support | Soulwax,[3] The Zutons[1][4][source?] |
| Start (UTC) | 20:00[source?], 18:00[note 1] (doors) |
| Capacity | 19,000[source?] |
| Price (GBP) | 25.00[note 1] |
| Sold out? | Yes[source?] |
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The concert was announced on the 18th October 2004.[1] Pre-sale was from 09:00 on the 20th October through Seetickets,[1] while general sale started on the 23th October at 09:00.[1] Further tickets were put on sale on the 19th of November at 09:00 through gigsandtours.com.[5]
This was the 'red jacket' gig, with the Mexican wave. This was their first gig back home after a long USA tour.
Dominic Howard and Christopher Wolstenholme opened up the gig, while Matthew Bellamy ran around backstage with a camera which was linked to the big screens on stage.[source?] He ran up to (and embarrassed) security guards and made 'rock' gestures with his hand in front of the lens.[source?] Finally, he ran in front of the audience, many of whom had their faces on the big screens, before handing the camera to a stage-hand and starting Hysteria.[source?]
After The Small Print ended, Bellamy threw around his guitar, picked it up, walked to the stage's edge in front of audience, and threw his guitar into the audience, a video of this can be found. The Micro Cuts ending slowed down to an almost complete stop.[source?] Crying Shame was performed live for the first time, and for the only time in the UK.[source?] Bellamy commented in the XFM interview preceding the next day's concert that the new song went down "like a tonne of bricks".[source?]
Thomas Kirk commented that the new songs, Crying Shame included along with Dead Star and Micro Cuts, were his favourite moments at the Earls Court gigs.[6]
Speech
| After Hysteria | Bellamy | "Thanks very much! It's good to be home!" |
| Before Stockholm Syndrome | "Thank you very much for coming today! We're home, this is our home, it's great to be back. We're called Muse by the way. And er, what can I say? Merry Christmas!" |
Media
A video recording of Hysteria [watch], made by Thomas Kirk was made available to the fans via the website as a 'Christmas Present from Muse' in December 2005. Dead Star was broadcast instead of Glorious on XFM the following night. An audience audio recording can be found on MuseBootlegs here.
Setlist
- Dracula Mountain (instrumental) [watch]
(Manson Bomber, Zon Sonus Custom 4) - Hysteria [watch]
(Manson Bomber, Zon Sonus Custom 4) - Butterflies & Hurricanes
- New Born
- Sing for Absolution
- Crying Shame [watch]
- Muscle Museum
- Citizen Erased
- Ruled by Secrecy
- Piano interlude + Sunburn (keyboard)
- Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
- Riff + The Small Print + Township Rebellion riff [watch]
(Ibanez Destroyer, black Pedulla Rapture RB5) - Heartbreaker riff + Time Is Running Out
(Manson Laser) - Plug In Baby
- Bliss (extended)
Encore 1
- Dead Star
- Micro Cuts (extended outro)
Encore 2
- Intro + Apocalypse Please
- Stockholm Syndrome + riff + Hyper Chondriac Music outro
Notes
References
- ↑ a b c d e f London gig announced (2004-10-19). MicroCuts. Retrieved 2007-11-26 from microcuts.net.
- ↑ a b c Earl's Court setlist (2004-12-20). MicroCuts. Retrieved 2007-11-24 from microcuts.net.
- ↑ Tom Wilson. (2004-11-02). Soulwax to support Muse on the 19th!. Retrieved 2007-11-24 from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ [Promotional poster]. Retrieved 2007-01-07. [verify]
- ↑ 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]