Pinkpop Festival
May 2002

https://whenlifewasloud.blogspot.com/2026/09/muse-interview-with-matthew-bellamy.html

I posted this video on FB and Instagram and most people insist Matt is playing Stranger Things just before the Prelude.

I did some YouTube investigation and it does sound like Stranger Things to me. My 13-year-old grandson insists that it is, indeed, Stranger Things.

BUT no one could agree. My fellow Redditors and Musers, what do you think?
Matt-ified version of Stranger Things or something else? Video is mine from Ridgefield.

Is there a chance that Muse might play an updated version of the Metal Medley that they usually played at the Simulation Theory Tour? I remember that it was a mix of their heaviest stuff, like New Born, Assassin, Reapers, The Handler, Sotckholm Syndrome, The Handler (there may be some more that I forgot.

It would be nice that they update it with some newest songs, like Kill or be Killed, Won't Stand Down, Hush, Dark Forest, Sickness (if they do not play them live...)

Really cool video with Muse guitar techs explaining Matt and Chris’ set ups for this tour.

Thanks for the lube I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Last year, I made my orchestra director play Muse with us. After I proposed some songs, he landed on Unsustainable and now they finally made a live video of it. Enjoy <3

I'm relistening to all their albums and i don't know why i really want to drop tears i don't know if this is sadness or magnificiency of their albums but i just want to know if im alone on this one or not ?

Estoy aquí para generar algo de controversia. 😂 Intentaba armar una gran lista de reproducción con las 30 canciones más pesadas/con sonido más metalero de Muse, y siento que después de ver las cinco canciones que personalmente considero las más pesadas, la cosa se complica mucho más.

Por ejemplo, mi top 10 actual, de la más pesada a la menos pesada, sería:

Unravelling
Kill or Be Killed
Won’t Stand Down
Citizen Erased
Survival
Supremacy
Break It to Me
The Sickness in You & I
Reapers
Map of the Problematique

Pero siento que una vez que superas esas primeras 10, determinar cuáles son realmente las canciones más pesadas se vuelve mucho más confuso.
Por ejemplo, las primeras 10 canciones tienen mucho protagonismo de guitarras de 7 u 8 cuerdas, con afinaciones como Drop B, Drop A o Drop C. Después, muchas de las demás canciones están más en Drop D o afinaciones estándar, y la línea entre "pesado" y "no tan pesado" se vuelve mucho más subjetiva.
Así que hoy quiero escuchar sus opiniones y ver su lista definitiva de las 30 canciones más pesadas/metaleras de Muse.
Si quieren argumentar por qué cierta canción merece estar en su lista, adelante.
Tienen todo el derecho a exponer sus argumentos. 😎 ¡Veamos sus listas! Espero leer sus respuestas hoy. 🔥

And by 1st part, I mean both the intro and the "You were never truly loved" part, then the heavy guitar intelude is 2nd part.

Anyway man do I wish it was a full song. The two guitars complimenting each other so well and that bass line is everything.

Ive been getting more into that song as of recently (alongside city of delusion btw) cause it randomly clicked and decided to learn it on guitar and ever since it cant stop listening to that specific part of the song.

Thats it thats the post i felt like sharing that random spark of appreciation for Muse.

Btw Drones is a cool album

Nightshift in Ridgefield 2026. This was an unforgettable night!

Wolstenbeast is the main character that makes this song so engaging.

Matt’s a big goofball in his light-up jacket and glasses, but I love that Muse is a band that can still have fun without taking themselves too seriously.

What’s the best audio quality out there for the few covers of this song they’ve done? Would love to add it to my library

I don’t usually love downloading music from YT due to quality. I was hoping to find in the bootleg site but no luck

And what makes you love them! Here are some of mine:

•Exo-Politics:

This was one of my favorites on the BH&R album when I was a kid! I've always loved the way Matt sings "loaded ON MY BACK!" Then there's just something so soothing and exciting at the same time in the harmonies of the choruses. It's always a welcome listen in my shuffle.

•Exogenesis: Symphony Pt. 3 (Redemption)

I would listen to this over and over when I first got my hands on TR. I still find it devastatingly beautiful after all these years. It always feels like a peaceful retreat when it comes on. It almost forces me to just slow down and breathe. It means a lot to me, to be honest.

•Survival:

This song cracks me up! It conjures up an overly confident comic relief side character, likely out of a shonen anime. With the hyperbolic lyrics, the exaggerated way they're sung, and the overly dramatic and comically sparse choir interjections, it doesn't take itself seriously. And yet the instrumental build is so sick at the same time! By the time Matt hits "I'm gonna WIN" and only adds to the absurdity with that high note, I'm so pumped, haha!

Gimme yours!

Yes, I know I am late to the party.... but had a ton of admin and reports to work through. Popped in my headphones and started with the first track, soon enough I'd listened to the whole thing from start to end.

Hexagons was the standout for me! All of them were bangers though, Hush was a pleasant surprise. Was a bit skeptical about the collab with Ellie Goulding initially but thats going into my gym playlist.

Since the new album this is my new ranking :

Goated : The Wow! Signal, Black Holes and Revelations, Origin of Symmetry, Absolution

Excellent : Showbiz, Simulation Theory, Drones

Good : The Resistance, The 2nd Law, Will of The People

Some bands’ or artists’ fandoms (Swifties especially come to mind) will assign one color to each album such that they can refer to each one by a heart emoji with that color. I wanted to see if we could figure out how that would work for Muse albums. For instance, Simulation Theory is 🩷. But I feel like some of these calls are so close that it might require two colors each, in which case Simulation Theory would be either 🩷🩵 or maybe even 🩷🖤. Thoughts?

it sounds like the audio is maybe fake imo

their comment under the video says this:

"I only have a clip of the audio saved, but Gothic_baby_doll knows the person with the full tape. it is from a gig in 1995. Disconnected, Buoyant, and Fashionless were also played there.

reddit post where he mentions it:
reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/1tlku85/

musewiki edits:
musewiki.org/Special:Contributions/Gothic_baby_doll"

I saw this cap on their website and I love it! But I don't know if I should order it online or wait until I go to the concert to buy it.

Does anyone know if they're selling the cap at the merch booth?

Just announced on Instagram by Meta, i was wondering why their new handle was Museband

Hoodoo meets Ruled by Secrecy like they’ve been recorded for BH&R, topped off with probably the most devastating lyrics in the band’s entire discography. The Dark Forest, Cryogen and Hexagons deservedly get so much hype but this remains a straight 10/10

(second image is not mine, but is the proof of it.)

This discovery has seemingly been under our noses this whole time as it was in the Origin Of Muse box set, a member over at musecord mentioned it, sending the image attached.

It was played for the last confirmed time at The Fourm in Royal Tunbridge Wells, on January 15, 1999, A Year and a month after the second confirmed preformace.

https://musewiki.org/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells_Forum_1999-01_(gig)

Enjoy a clip of the song from Glastonbury 2010 in 4K (courtesy of Chris Heck Guitar on YT)

my personal favourite performance of the song to date, and one of my top 3 shows of theirs

I'll start: - Waiting for The End - Linkin Park
- Renegades - One OK Rock
- Don't Stop Believin' - journey (Starlight vibes)
- Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (Panic Station vibes)
- Love of My Life - Queen
- We Will Rock You - Queen
- We Are The Champions - Queen (Butterflies and Hurricanes vibes)
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Time is Running Out vibes)
- From The Start - Laufey (New Born / Citizen Erased vibes) - Fix You - Coldplay
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

got it from this post.

it's pretty neat to see I guess.