Buenos Aires Teatro Gran Rex 2008 - 24th (gig)

Both night's gig poster

Matt Bellamy

The setlist

Matt Bellamy

Muse show
Venue	Teatro Gran Rex
Date	24th July 2008
Location	Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
Songs	16
Support	None
Start (UTC-3)	21:30
Capacity	3,300
Price (ARS)	60.00–300.00 » 280.00 (silverplates from row 1 to 15) 250.00 (silverplates from row 16 to 20) 220.00 (silverplates from row 21 - 25) 210.00 (silverplates from row 26 - 28) 210.00 (super pullman row 1 to 4) 180.00 (super pullman row 5 to 10) 150.00 (pullman row 1 to 7) 120.00 (pullman row 8 to 13) 90.00 (pullman row 14 to 19)
Sold out?	Yes (except the 280 ARS tickets)

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Teatro Gran Rex – 23rd	←	Teatro Gran Rex – 24th	→	Teatro Caupolicán

Information

Matthew Bellamy first mentioned two possible South American concerts in an interview with Virgin Radio host Ben Jones, broadcast 2008-02-18. This concert was announced first via a Muse website news post. Pre-sale started on the day of announcement, the 23rd of May at 14:00, while general sale started on the 26th of May.

The Show

This was the last known performance of Apocalypse Please until 2015, at Webster Hall, in New York.

Space Dementia was not on the original setlist. This song was played after that a man in the crowd had shouted "Space Dementia !".

Invincible was played half a step down.

Speech

After Knights of Cydonia	Bellamy	"Buenas noches Buenos Aires"
After Hysteria		"Gracias!"
	Howard	"Buenas noches. It's great to be here... again"
	Bellamy	(after Howard drums along to the crowd's chants) "We should just watch you"
After Maggie's Farm	Howard	"Yes!"
After Supermassive Black Hole		"Muchas gracias"
	Bellamy	"Thank you very much"
After Fury
After Apocalypse Please	Crowd man	"Space Dementia !"
	Bellamy	"Want that?"
	Crowd	(Shouting)
	Bellamy	"Oh, alright we'll play that"
After Invincible		"Thank you very much"
After Starlight
Before Stockholm Syndrome	Howard	"Argentina, [speaks in Spanish]"
After Take a Bow	Bellamy	"Gracias Buenos Aires!"
	Howard	"You guys rock Buenos Aires! You guys are fucking cool! See you next time, cheers"

Media

The full show was partially profesionally recorded and fully fan-recorded, can be watched here, or song by song on the links below.

Setlist

• Dance of the Knights (intro music)

1. Knights of Cydonia [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, Rickenbacker 4003)}
2. Hysteria [watch]
   ^{(Manson Chrome Bomber, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
3. Map of the Problematique + Maggie's Farm outro [watch]
   ^{(Manson Black Midi)}
4. Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
5. Fury [watch]
   ^{(Manson Black Midi)}
6. New Born + Headup riff + Ashamed outro [watch]
   ^{(Manson Red Glitter)}
7. Butterflies & Hurricanes [watch]
   ^{(Manson Mirror)}
8. Intro + Apocalypse Please [watch]
9. Space Dementia [watch]
10. Osaka Jam [watch]
11. Invincible [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black)}
12. Starlight [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
13. Burning Bridges + Time Is Running Out [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
14. Plug In Baby
    ^{(Manson Mirror, red Fender Jazz Bass)}

    Encore

15. Reapers riff intro + Stockholm Syndrome + Township Rebellion riff + Psycho riff + Low Tune riff [watch]
    ^{(Manson Red Glitter)}
16. Take a Bow [watch]
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Black)}

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You can see the entire gallery on Abelgalois' blog.

See also

• Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires

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