Best concert of your life?

it was pretty awesome, but I was more starstruck by Coldplay to be honest. O.o

 

Muse aren't very talkative... haha. Chris just makes the concert feel so personal, and Matt doesn't say a word.

 

But it was friggin' mindblowing musically. O.o

awesome :dance:

 

 

did u take pics?

it was pretty awesome, but I was more starstruck by Coldplay to be honest. O.o

 

Muse aren't very talkative... haha. Chris just makes the concert feel so personal, and Matt doesn't say a word.

 

But it was friggin' mindblowing musically. O.o

 

At first thats how I felt after the concert, I was disappointed that they weren't as talky with the crowd. I guess you have to look at in a different perspective.. I was thinking about it, and I actually prefer them to not talk so much, more playing time:D Maybe if Chris didn't talk so damn much, they could fit another song in..:laugh4: Kidding, but you do see a band live to watch the music, not be talked to, so don't be too disappointed.:wink: I'm glad you had fun though!!!!!

 

And being more starstruck by Coldplay is understandable, when I saw Muse, I wasn't choking on excitement and shock like I was Coldplay, I think it may be because we've liked them longer.. Who knows.

 

But the setlist for last night was amazing!!!!!!

Your a lucky duck.:D

Heh, yeah. I'm kinda mad at myself cuz I can't remember anything! GR.

 

My sister's boyfriend took pix so I'll try to get those to you guys soon. :D

Heh, yeah. I'm kinda mad at myself cuz I can't remember anything! GR.

 

My sister's boyfriend took pix so I'll try to get those to you guys soon. :D

 

:dance:

Heh, yeah. I'm kinda mad at myself cuz I can't remember anything! GR.

 

My sister's boyfriend took pix so I'll try to get those to you guys soon. :D

 

 

cool :dance:

:dead:

 

Dude my ears are ringing like crazy. That was awesome. O.o :stunned:

 

Sunburn, Feeling Good and CE! :) The whole show was awesome (and a little deafening). I think Matt couldn't hear himself sometimes though, because he was totally off pitch playing/singing sometimes. Like the Invincible solo--totally off. Though, still, FUCKING AWESOME. :D And... not to mention... the band looked friggin' hot too I might add. :D Everyone pulled out cellphones during Soldier's Poem just like people do during Fix You, hehe.

 

God, the parking sucked. So did the acoustics in The Forum. And so did the people around me--the people to my left were really dull, the people in front of me were smoking pot, and the people on our right were high. Okay, the dull people didn't bother me that much. Ugh. That kinda ruined a bit--but nothing can completely ruin a Muse concert... right? Heh.

 

We got two free shirts though--we found them on the floor while walking out. Way to save $60. :D

 

Anyone know who Atreyu is? Well, we saw the drummer walk by us... I didn't say hi or anything, haha.

 

Anyway, I could write more, but I've got school in a few hours... so nighty night.

 

im so stunned

Doesn't the drummer sing in the band too?

Im gonna see them :dance:

 

The blossoming of English art-metal rose Muse is the sensation no one saw coming.

 

Sure, maybe holdouts at Warner Bros., the trio's label (and distributor during its Maverick days earlier this decade), still had faith after four albums. "Somehow," someone must have thought, "these guys are going to break here. Their fans will come in time."

 

So they stuck by the band, taking cautious delight when 2003's "Absolution" yielded a modest hit – the irresistible apocalyptic groove "Time Is Running Out" – and eventually went gold. And "Black Holes and Revelations," last year's follow-up and the strongest Muse record to date, showed even more promising signs of imminent success. It helped, of course, to launch with a single, "Starlight," with as much appeal to Coldplay lovers as Tool-heads hungry for a different sort of heavy sound.

 

Lo and behold, the album debuted in Billboard's Top 10 – yet, like so much other stirring music these days, the disc has had zero commercial staying power, receiving only steady (never oversaturated) airplay from KROQ and negligible attention from video outlets.

 

What, then, can explain how Muse managed to sell out the Forum on Tuesday night?

 

Easy: word-of-mouth reaction to its concerts, still among the most powerful tools in music promotion.

 

Muse has built its reputation stateside – and in Southern California in particular – in the same manner as Radiohead and Tool, comparably enigmatic forebears whose tremendous shows solidified a following no amount of weird clips aired in the wee hours on MTV ever could. An amalgam that in the past year or so has finally carved out its own identity from a wealth of instantly detected influences, Muse is proof that old-fashioned marketing – relentless touring combined with tenacious spirit – can still work.

 

And when it does, it can result in rabidly devoted fans.

 

So it is that virtually every song Muse played Tuesday night – including anything off its mostly neglected 1999 debut, "Showbiz" – was greeted with the sort of bellowing roar one hears when Rush kicks off "Tom Sawyer." Partly that eruption came as a release after such a long wait: The outfit's remarkable performance at September's Inland Invasion in Devore, where it upstaged a late and long-in-the-tooth Guns N' Roses, was a breakout moment that had attendees craving more and absentees buzzing with anticipation for another sighting.

 

The Forum gig, then – one of only two North American headlining dates from Muse before the band joins My Chemical Romance on tour – is really the first chance recent SoCal converts have had to experience the group's mighty bombast. And what a sonic blast it was: Where Radiohead amazes with experimental chemistry, Muse dazzles with tightly collaborative virtuosity.

 

Bassist Chris Wolstenholme can be as forceful yet nimble as the Who's John Entwistle, while drummer Dominic Howard deftly teeters between meter-shifting chops-flashing and firmly anchoring grooves (Muse may be the only art-metal outfit you can dance to).

 

But soaring vocalist Matthew Bellamy is the band's double threat, a super-skilled fretman adept at both classically arpeggiated solos and chugging Nirvana riffs who from time to time will sit down at the piano and make like a rock Rachmaninoff.

 

If it all sounds incredibly over the top, well, it is. Take Queen, Maynard James Keenan, Thom Yorke, bits of Metallica, Depeche Mode (noticeable on "Map of the Problematique"), a dash of Gothic noir and plenty of the unabashed grandeur of Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, puree it all and add heady lyrics about theology, alien life, conspiracy theories and the end of the world – and out pours Muse.

 

It would all be disastrous if Bellamy and Co. were absurdly dramatic about their presentation, but instead, like Tool, they just hunker down and play, relying on trippy visuals and the occasional plume of smoke to compensate for their static nature. Yet that's exactly the sort of concert that gets people coming back for more: You may not have heard of Muse now, but once you encounter it live, if it's your cup o' tea, you'll take to it like a heroin addict takes to methadone.

 

That fan fervency is what will keep Muse afloat for many years to come, while other flavors (the Killers, say, whose own brand of propulsive rock paled in comparison the night before at Staples Center) seem apt to fade quickly. Killers fans may prove fickle; Muse fans will only grow stauncher.

 

And mark my words: By 2010, it'll be one of the main attractions at Coachella.

 

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/music/concertreviews/article_1649249.php

thank you Ian

Ah, it turns out my sis's boyfriend didn't take pics. :( He took vids though... hm...

YES! My sister's boyfriend didn't take pics, but I found some on icecreamman.com. :D

 

http://www.icecreamman.com/site_draft/new/index_frame.html?http://www.icecreamman.com/music/article_1641.shtml&1

what a massive must that been

hehe, it was awesome. :D

 

here's the shirt I made right before the concert.

 

 

:D

 

 

my sis made her shirt too. :D

hehe, it was awesome. :D

 

here's the shirt I made right before the concert.

 

 

:D

 

 

my sis made her shirt too. :D

 

That is awesome!!!

 

I really want to make my own shirt before wembley, how did you do yours?

Thanks! :D I just painted mine with acrylic paint... hehe.

 

 

Apparently, Muse is being well received by My Chemical Romance fans...

 

Last night was pretty much the best night of my life ever! MCR weren't amazing but hey I know they wouldn't. Studio albums = awesome, Live = not so good - but getting a shit load better. It was still awesome to see them though, I've loved them for a long time now.

 

But Muse. Muse were incredible. I can't say anymore just because I can't explain how amazing it all was. It was so good that I didn't even mind pints of beer being thrown all over the place. Heck, it was fun getting soaked in beer.

 

We stood around for about 30 minutes before Muse stepped on stage and began playing,

a beautiful display of stobe lights followed thier music.

They were suprisingly amazing and for some odd reason the way the light shined on the singer and the way some air blew his hair around, also the way he sang, he just seemed so angelic, it was wierd.

The bassist had a lovley voice too, it was all just perfect.

I really want to go buy thier newest album now.

They eventually left the stage without really saying anything to the crowd during the whole show but they were still amazing.

 

" Muse F***ing Rocked MAn"

 

"They were amazing =]

 

"I'm totally gonna get flamed for this but WOAH! I've been looking forward to seeing MCR live for so long, and when I finally go, I enjoy the support band just as much!

 

My friends thought they were pretty good - better than most support bands - but couldn't believe I thought they were in the same league as My Chemical Romance. Who else loved these guys?! Gerard et al sure have good taste!"

It's good to know those MCR fans like Muse too. :)

 

I hope being in this tour with MCR will really give something positive & worthy to Muse.

I don't know the exact reason why they're willing to do this, but whatever it is hopefully they achieve it.

So they won't be remembered only as the opening act for MCR.

 

So Matt didn't talk much, huh? :D

I went to see Muse last February here in Jakarta and the one who talked more to the crowd was Dom.

He even said something quite long at the end of the show, but he was talking so fast and the crowd was so noisy that I could barely hear what he said.

But the last sentence was : We hope to see you again soon!

And I was screaming : What about tomorrow?

:laugh3: I don't think he heard it though.

 

At first I was afraid the reason they didn't talk much here is because they thought we won't understand a word. :( :D

But when I read all this experience that they did the same on other places, well...it made me feel so relieved. :laugh3:

 

It was a great night.

And I'm glad you had a great night too, alyssa! :)

Nice shirt, btw! :wink:

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mcr suck,they are crap

 

 

 

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hehe, it was awesome. :D

 

here's the shirt I made right before the concert.

 

 

:D

 

Alyssa, I've already seen the pic in the other thread but I had to praise it over here too! :P I think it looks great, I thought that the Muse sign was imprinted on it!!! :o

 

 

Anyway, I gotta tell you that I start getting into Muse... not that I haven't known them before, but Glorious is great and I'll listen to more Muse from now on! :happy:

Thanks! :D I just painted mine with acrylic paint... hehe.

 

 

Apparently, Muse is being well received by My Chemical Romance fans...

 

Hopefully they will develop real musical taste now, and like Matt said " They will be taken to a higher level" :laugh4:

thanks for the compliments! :D

 

Haha, a lot of MCR fans are really impressed by Muse. :laugh3: I mean... how could you not be...?

 

Man, this lucky duck won a contest and gets to paintball/bowl/play billiards with Muse...

 

I hope he chooses paintball--it's friggin' fun. :D

 

And Muse have gone paintballing before...

 

I would love to play paintball with Muse. :laugh3: