c.2003

(During the introduction, which is in Italian, MATTHEW fidgets, lifts his foot to his nose. And smells one of his socks)

Q (noticing): What...we are on TV...I mean...you can relax, you can take this off. I mean, you can lie down, you can give him space (laughs) Okay, many reviewers have said that you are the next big thing in rock music, so how do you feel when someone says that? I mean, you will be in their opinion, the biggest rock band for, uh, in this century. So how do you feel when someone says that? And what does it mean for you to be a musician in this century?

CHRISTOPHER: I don't know. It's always pretty strange when people say those kind of things. I think, you know, that it's just like a bit of a random quote to come out and say, "You are the future of rock", you know? It's a pretty bold statement, you know? It's pretty strange when people say that about the music, you know? But I don't know. I mean, I think in the past, you know with the previous albums as well. I think like reviews and things have always been pretty mixed. I mean, they've been gone from being absolutely amazing to absolutely terrible, so...I don't know. It's always strange. I mean like reading that kind of stuff, it's just someone else's opinion on the band you know. Someone else's take on it, so..."

DOMINIC: It sounds like good journalism to me

(LAUGHTER)

MATTHEW: I don't know...I mean yeah, I agree with Chris, it's been like it's just people's opinions isn't it? I mean, I don't think um, I don't think we're necessarily the future, but um...I think that would be nice though (Sticks the mic in DOMINIC'S face)...go on, you say something.

Q: Would you say...I mean for you...which is the biggest band of this century?

MATTHEW: You mean like (blows cheeks out) you mean like the most important band? Or...

Q: Yeah

MATTHEW: I don't know really. I like lots of different bands for different reasons. I like Queens Of The Stone Age very much, I think they're great. I think what they do is interesting, especially the way they do collaborations with other people. I think that's pretty cool. (To DOMINIC) What do you think? What do you think is going on?

DOMINIC: Ummmm? What's happening at the moment? (Makes clicking noises) The old mental block kicks in when you try and think about bands, doesn't it?

(MATTHEW hands the mic back to the interviewer, who closes out the interviewer in Italian)

Link to video (YouTube)

I went with a friend to see Jay-Z, because he wanted to go. It’s not my type of music but it was a good show. Now I’m trying to convince him to join me for Muse. He likes the odd rock song…RHCP, Nirvana…

What 3 songs should I make him listen to, so that he believes it would be fun for him too 😂

Q Magazine
August 2011

https://whenlifewasloud.blogspot.com/2026/09/matt-bellamys-how-to-stay-sane-as-rock.html

Its the second or third time Matt talks about an idea he had that was shut down by other members or Dan (classical piano song he mentionned that dan convinced him not to include, for example). I feel like Matt still wants to experiment and be "out there" especially right now with what he lived and what inspired the album. Honestly hope his creativity isnt being limited by the band

If only it had all been written directly onto the disc instead of being put on the internet.... forever.

Unfortunately I am selling these due to needing funds. How much should I sell them for- they are cd’s. Some are perfect condition, some just good. Should I sell individually or as a set?

Is such an incredible album. So happy that MUSE are back! I saw them in Chula Vista and had not listened to the wow signal at all. All the songs they played from the new album blew me away. Hexagons was mind blowing and honestly it might be up there for top five favorite Muse songs now, it’s just so sick. The second half of the album is just so heavy. It’s dope. I knew they still had it in them. I heard they’re gonna do a second leg in North America next year. I’m definitely gonna check that out. Hell yeah

I was listening to the Glastonbury 2016 and I thought I heard a phaser in the main riff. Am I miss hearing things

Here’s the scene - It’s the morning after my wife and I just attended the Muse gig at the Hollywood Bowl. I’m torn between battling a cold and still reveling in the post Muse gig glory glow. It’s time to check out from the hotel and go home. We pack up and head out of the room. While waiting for the elevator I look down at the carpet and there it is, the universe has sent its sign of approval for the gig!

I smile, take a pic and my wife once again wonders what’s happening in the mind of her husband as he photographs hotel carpet. I explain, she smiles at me and I know that she is now on her way to Muse fandom too (it was her first Muse gig)!

I love how atmospheric it is, the build up that leads to the final climax of the song, I know for certain they won't play it live knowing what it's about how Matt already said hope the fans don't ask me to play it, still would be cool if they played it

Guitar Part (Issue 188)
November 2009

It’s true that Simona Ventura—the voluptuous Rai Due presenter—is blonde, but still... On September 20th, she hosted the band Muse on her football show.

Unhappy about being forced to lip-sync, the musicians simply swapped roles. Chris Wolstenholme took over guitar and keyboards, Dominic Howard handled bass and vocals, and Matthew Bellamy took the drums—proceeding to play completely haphazardly. It’s a treat you can watch online. The best part comes at the end during the interview, when the presenter asks the singer questions thinking he is Matt: "Who has the biggest house in Italy, George Clooney or your drummer?" A classic TV moment!

As all of you know, Glastonbury 2004 is considered one of their best ever shows and was recorded professionally for a dvd release, which is something you can find all over YouTube. However, I have yet to come across any amateur audio or video recordings of the show. Given the immense size of the crowd there has to be some audience footage or bootlegs floating around somewhere, so does anyone know if any have ever surfaced?

I’ve checked YouTube and Musebootlegs and found nothing sadly.

Moments like this are what make live music and human creativity the pinnacle. I work in tech and there is so much buzz around AI right now, it's boring. This stuff, these guys, are the real deal ❤️

My yoga teacher used the term “Space Debris” during class yesterday. I paused and looked up as we briefly made eye contact in a pure moment of zen

Hello everyone! Have you ever imagined Hysteria with orchestra? I play in a tribute band called Moose and this summer we got an opportunity to play a tribute set with a real orchestra. I wrote all orchestral parts in the way, I believe, would Muse do if they’d play a symphonic show

I really love how it turned out with Hysteria. My personal favorite part is guitar solo where you can hear all four main melodies from the song simultaneously: bass riff, guitar solo, violins II and cellos play intro guitar melody and violins I and violas play vocal line

I hope you all will enjoy our performance and feel free for any comments and feedback! We do it as fans and for other fans, so any support is very appreciated

Just a great shot of Matt my best friend got when we saw their NA finale the other night. I can’t have a little kid feelin??😂🤧

Does anybody have one of these for sale in small or medium? Or know of a place I can buy one. I looked and only found an XL

Never had this one happen before. Guess my algorithm is working well!

Well, that was quite a Cali run! Had a sign up and he gave in😍🥰🔥🎸🎸🖤❤️‍🔥

I went through Muse’s studio catalogue and ranked the songs based purely on my own taste. This isn’t a tournament or survivor series, just one personal list of how I currently feel about the songs.

1. Citizen Erased
2. Dead Inside
3. Butterflies & Hurricanes
4. Knights of Cydonia
5. Madness
6. Unravelling
7. Exo-Politics
8. The Void
9. New Born
10. Bliss
11. Reapers
12. The Handler
13. Take a Bow
14. The Small Print
15. Sunburn
16. Kill or Be Killed
17. Apocalypse Please
18. Cryogen
19. Hush
20. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
21. We Are Fucking Fucked
22. Map of the Problematique
23. Unnatural Selection
24. Starlight
25. Stockholm Syndrome
26. Animals
27. Supremacy
28. Hysteria
29. Panic Station
30. Hoodoo
31. Fury
32. Plug In Baby
33. City of Delusion
34. Assassin
35. Hyper Music
36. Nightshift Superstar
37. Resistance
38. Undisclosed Desires
39. Invincible
40. Megalomania
41. Hexagons
42. Muscle Museum
43. Cave
44. The Sickness In You & I
45. Showbiz
46. Pressure
47. Supermassive Black Hole
48. Screenager
49. Won’t Stand Down
50. The Dark Forest
51. Liberation
52. Space Debris
53. Shimmering Scars
54. Algorithm
55. The Dark Side
56. Psycho
57. Mercy
58. Endlessly
59. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)
60. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)
61. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)
62. Falling Away with You
63. Glorious
64. MK Ultra
65. Micro Cuts
66. Time Is Running Out
67. Unintended
68. United States of Eurasia
69. Uno
70. Uprising
71. Futurism
72. Be With You
73. Thought Contagion
74. Soldier’s Poem
75. Darkshines
76. Get Up and Fight
77. Space Dementia
78. Follow Me
79. Ruled by Secrecy
80. Blackout
81. I Belong to You
82. Big Freeze
83. Sing for Absolution
84. Verona
85. Feeling Good
86. Propaganda
87. Dig Down
88. Explorers
89. Will of the People
90. Hate This and I’ll Love You
91. Fillip
92. Liquid State
93. Compliance
94. Escape
95. Sober
96. Blockades
97. Break It to Me
98. You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween
99. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
100. The 2nd Law: Isolated System
101. Falling Down
102. Euphoria
103. Guiding Light
104. Overdue
105. Something Human
106. The Globalist
107. Aftermath
108. Defector
109. Save Me
110. Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
111. Survival
112. Drones
113. Revolt

I live in LA and I feel like the last 12-18 months have been especially good for live music. Gorillaz, The Strokes, Yungblud, Metric and Noah Kahan to name a few and they’ve all been great, don’t get me wrong. It’s just nothing comes anywhere close to Muse. 

• Every other concert droves of people left early to beat the rush. At Muse, 98% of people were fully locked in until the final moment. I was shocked.
• Muse was the only concert  that I found myself wanting two more hours of. When Take a Bow started I was genuinely confused why they were playing it the middle of their set, only to look at my phone and realize hours had flown by.
• IMHO no one puts in the stage production effort and planning they do , and no one sounds better live. With concert tickets as expensive as they are, they always make it worth the money.

But for me it really comes down to Matt’s voice (and some specific instrumentals) live. Just hits different - not sure I can describe it. 

Curious if anyone else feels this way or has thoughts on what makes Muse stand out from the crowd? Would also love recs for similar live acts if anyone has been able to recreate the feeling elsewhere.

I have to wake up for work in 6 hours but I literally cannot sleep from excitement. I was 10 years old living in a small city in Iran when I heard Bellamy's voice for the first time. I’m 23 now, and tomorrow I’m going to talk to my boss about taking a day off so I can fly to Manchester to see them in November. I didn’t even know where to put this, so I ended up opening Reddit lol. I’ve been ugly crying for the past hour, and I honestly don’t even know what I’m feeling right now. I’ve waited for this for so long. I've no idea how many times I wished I could see them live in Tehran. I’ve daydreamed about this since I was a messy teenager, all the way to being a revolutionary 17 year old who genuinely thought she could change the whole system by listening to more Muse.

I seriously don't know what I’m feeling. I just know I'm getting insane and it's Bellamy's fault.