Psycho US Tour
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The Psycho US tour was the second tour of the Drones era, taking place in May of 2015. Both the UK and US Psycho tours combined are sometimes collectively reffered to as "Psycho Tour". The US tour consisted of four gigs. One was a festival performance, another one was a semi-promotional performance at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party and other two were medium-sized theatre gigs. The tour was first announced by the official Muse Twitter account on April 20th, 2015.[1]
Information
This tour was the first time Muse has played small venues in the States in about a decade, since the Absolution days.
The Groove was played for the first time in the US since 2004. Apocalypse Please was played for the first time since 2008. Mercy was premiered live for the first time at the iHeartRadio show and Drill Sergeant made it's debut also. Lastly, Hyper Music was played for the first time in the US ever.
Support Bands
For the Webster Hall gig, Bear Hands opened for Muse. Plague Vendor opened for the band at the Mayan Theatre. As the KROQ gig was part of a festival, eight acts played before Muse, including Of Monsters And Men, Awolnation and Panic! At The Disco. No opening acts were present at the iHeartRadio gig.
Stage Design and Production
As the tour was small, the stage set up was kept very simple and minimalistic. Apart from the KROQ gig, no backdrops or LED screens were used. Light shows were kept relatively simple too.
Morgan's light-show station from The 2nd Law era returned for the tour, as did the silver upright piano. The band got updated jumpsuits for this tour, which were all black, as opposed to red-accented jumpsuits, used during the Psycho UK Tour. The jumpsuits were also customised to look lighter and airier.
Typical setlist
Two main setlists were present during the four gigs; a longer 16-song one and a shorter 10-song one.
Short setlist:
- Drill Sergeant + Psycho
- Dead Inside
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Interlude + Hysteria
- Mercy / Resistance
- Uprising (extended outro)
- Plug in Baby (extended outro)
- Reapers
- Starlight
- Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia
Long setlist:
- Drill Sergeant + Psycho
- Dead Inside
- Supermassive Black Hole
- The Groove / Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses edit)
- Madness
- Apocalypse Please
- Interlude + Hysteria
- Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion riff + Execution Commentary riff + Endless Nameless riff
- Animals
- New Born
- Uprising (extended outro)
- Time Is Running Out
- Reapers
Encore
- Bliss (extended outro)
- Starlight
- Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia
Notes
- On the longer setlist, Hyper Music was added to the setlist after Uprising as an additional song at the Mayan Theatre gig after fan requests from the crowd.
Stats
| Album | # of songs | Songs played |
|---|---|---|
| Showbiz | - | - |
| Origin of Symmetry | 4 | New Born, Bliss, Hyper Music, Plug in Baby |
| Absolution | 5 | Apocalypse Please, Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Interlude, Hysteria |
| Black Holes and Revelations | 4 | Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Assassin, Knights of Cydonia |
| The Resistance | 2 | Uprising, Resistance |
| The 2nd Law | 2 | Madness, Animals |
| Drones | 5 | Dead Inside, [Drill Sergeant], Psycho, Mercy, Reapers |
| Other | 1 | The Groove |
Gigs
| Date | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-08 | Webster Hall | New York City, New York |
| 2015-05-09 | iHeartRadio Theater | New York City, New York |
| 2015-05-15 | Mayan Theatre | Los Angeles, California |
| 2015-05-16 | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Irvine, California |