Sydney Sydney Showground Stadium 2010 - 22nd (gig)

Big Day Out 2010 poster

Rehearsal with Nic Cester

Muse show
Venue	Sydney Showground Stadium (Big Day Out—Blue Stage)
Date	22nd January 2010
Location	Sydney, NS
Country	Australia
Songs	16
Support	The Mars Volta et al.†
Start (UTC+10)	21:10, 11:00 (doors)
Capacity	23.500
Price (AUD)	140.00
Sold out?	Yes

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Part of the Australasian leg of The Resistance Tour.

Information

Muse headlined Big Day Out 2010 in Australia, including their first of two Sydney shows, on the 22nd of January. Tickets went on sale 7th October, 2009, at midnight through the official website, and at 9AM through other ticket outlets.

The show

At the start of the encore, Nic Cester from the band Jet came on stage. He and Muse performed a cover of AC/DC's Back in Black, with Bellamy playing lead guitar, Morgan playing rhythm guitar and Chris playing bass. This happened again on January 23rd show. This weren't Muse's only full performances of the song; In 2017, the band were joined by Brian Johnson himself, performing the song at Reading Festival.

Schedule

• 21:10–22:30 – Muse
• 19:00–20:00 – The Mars Volta
• 17:00–18:00 – Dizzee Rascal
• 15:20–16:10 – Eskimo Joe
• 13:45–14:30 – Mastodon
• 12:15–13:00 – Bluejuice

Speech

During Unnatural Selection	Bellamy	"Get these people some fucking water!"
Before Back in Black	Howard	"We're gonna do a cover song now, from our favourite Australian band, who have never played at this festival incidentally...and to help us do that, we're gonna invite a special guest on stage, Mr. Nic Cester. Give him a big hand, come on".
After Back in Black	Bellamy	"Cheers".

Media

An interview from this gig is available here.

The show was filmed for TV. Pro-shots of Undisclosed Desires, United States of Eurasia and Starlight can be seen here. Pro-shot of Back in Black can be seen here or via the link in the setlist below.

Setlist

1. Uprising (extended)
   ^{(Manson Mirror, mahogany Status Original Series II)}
2. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. New Born + Headup riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Black Midi, black finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. Undisclosed Desires (extended) [watch]
   ^{(Manson Keytarcaster, Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
5. Interlude w/ People of the Sun riff + Hysteria [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Nishe (piano)
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. United States of Eurasia [watch]
   ^{(chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. Helsinki Jam [watch]
   ^{(Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
9. Resistance [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, Noah Guitars Excalibur)}
10. Starlight [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, chrome finish/maple fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Time Is Running Out
    ^{(Manson Black Midi, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
12. Unnatural Selection [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, walnut Status The KingBass Mk-II)}

    Encore

13. Back in Black (feat. Nic Cester) [watch]
    ^{(Manson 007, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
14. Plug In Baby (extended)
    ^{(Manson Mirror, candy tangerine/rosewood fretboard Fender Jazz Bass)}
15. Man With a Harmonica intro + Knights of Cydonia
    ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, sunburst Rickenbacker 4001)}

See also

• Sydney Showground

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