Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig)

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Official line-up poster
Dominic Howard practising Screenager
Morgan Nicholls practising Darkshines
Muse show
Venue Little John's Farm[source?] (Reading Festival[1][2]—Main Stage[3])
Date 28th August 2011[1][2]
Location Richfield Avenue, Reading[1][2]
Country United Kingdom
Songs Unknown
Support Elbow et al.†[2]
Start (UTC+1) 21:30[3], 11:00[4] (doors)
Capacity Unknown
Price (GBP) 89.50–266.18‡[4][5]
Sold out? Yes[6][7]




Muse shall be performing for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011 as headliners.[1][2] Muse had originally intended to end the Resistance tour in 2010.[8] Upon being offered to headline Leeds and Reading festivals, however, the band decided to continue touring.[8] The first substantive rumours of Muse appearing at the festivals began in January with VirtualFestivals including Muse among its headliner predictions, while implicitly claiming inside knowledge.[9] Morgan Nicholls purportedly stated during the NME Awards that the band would be performing.[source?]

From the point of accepting the headline slot, the band didn't wish for the the festivals to be part of the Resistance tour.[8] After the band pondered how to differentiate the occasion, Matthew Bellamy recalled that it was the tenth anniversary of Origin of Symmetry's release, and suggested that the album be performed during the festivals.[8]

The Muse website in mid-March announced that Muse would be headlining the festivals, as a renaissance of sorts for Origin of Symmetry, including songs from across their "career[s] to date".[1] Whether pre-Showbiz works of the Muse repertoire are included within "career" remains to be seen. Said announcement also stated that a stage different from those used on the Resistance tour would be used.

Bellamy later said on his twitter account that the band will "probably play Origin in its entirety" at the two festivals.[10] In mid-August Christopher Wolstenholme confirmed that the entire album would be performed, while the band's intention was for it to be performed in order.[8] Wolstenholme claimed that five songs which hadn't been performed for a long time were causing the trio to worry, including Darkshines and Screenager.[8]

Two competitions were held for single pairs of tickets. The first asked for Muse t-shirt designs and the winning design was chosen by the band.[11][12][13] The second was a Muse forum popular poll for ideal Muse performance venues.[14] The former was for Reading Festival only,[11][12][13] while the latter was for either Reading or Leeds.[14]

Line-up

  • 21:30[3] – Muse
  • Elbow
  • Interpol
  • Friendly Fires
  • Enter Shikari
  • The View
  • Frank Turner
  • Taking Back Sunday
  • We Are the Ocean

Price details

Type Base price Booking fee Postage Total Sold out?
Day[4] 82.50 7.00 5.25 94.75 Yes[6]
Weekend[5] 192.50 204.75 Yes[7]
Weekend with early entry[5] 207.50 7.25 221.75

Media

BBC Three shall broadcast Muse's set, at least in part, from 22:20–00:30 on the night of the performance.[15]

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e Muse to Headline Reading and Leeds Festival (2011-03-21). Muse website. Retrieved 2011-03-22 from muse.mu.
  2. ↑ a b c d e (2011-03-21). [Carling Weekend line-up poster]. Live Nation website. Retrieved 2011-03-21 from media.livenation.co.uk. [verify]
  3. ↑ a b c (2011-08-22). [Artist Info]. Reading Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-22 from www.readingfestival.com.
  4. ↑ a b c (201?). [Sunday tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com.
  5. ↑ a b c (201?). [Weekend tickets order page]. Seetickets. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from www2.seetickets.com.
  6. ↑ a b Day tickets (2011). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  7. ↑ a b All weekend tickets for this year’s festival have sold out (2011-07-26). Reading Festival website. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Zane Lowe. (2011-08-09). [Interview with Christopher Wolstenholme]. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2011-08-10 from www.youtube.com. [verify]
  9. ↑ Chris Eustace. (2011-01-13). Updated: We predict the headliners of 2011. Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2011-01-28 from www.virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  10. ↑ Matthew Bellamy. (2011-03-28). Twitter / @Matt Bellamy: So we'll probably play Ori .... Twitter. Retrieved 2011-04-15 from twitter.com.
  11. ↑ a b Win VIP Reading Festival tickets (2011-07-29). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  12. ↑ a b T-shirt competition finalists revealed (2011-08-01). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  13. ↑ a b And the winner is... (2011-08-08). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  14. ↑ a b Fantasy Venue Competition (2011-08-15). Retrieved 2011-08-20 from muse.mu.
  15. ↑ BBC Three Programmes - Reading and Leeds Festival, 2011, Muse. BBC website. Retrieved 2011-08-20 from www.bbc.co.uk.

See also


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