I captured some moments from the jaw-dropping intro and other songs in this short movie. Unfortunately, the smartphone camera is too weak for capturing those great laser beams...
Buddies: Sybille, Michael
Score: 4 out of 5
Merchandise: Cute Muse Guitar Picks, T-Shirt
Another Gig: Probably one is just right
Support: So Everything Everything is not only one of the better Underworld releases, but also a band from the UK. They play in a (literally) cool atmosphere, their best moments are when they sound a bit like Coldplay - but maybe with a bit too much falsetto. All in all, the difference to Muse could not be much bigger. They could do well in e.g. Arena.
Muse genuinely impress me from the very first moment. It is music for venues like this. A band of three fills the huge stage, everything fits perfectly, the dramatic and bombastic harmonies, the show, the lights, the stunning visuals, the live cameras, the frenetic crowd that is with the band from the very first second. Our view from far up behind is not bad at all, but you need binoculars to actually recognise the band. And yes, it is a band of three, although there is another guy behind the keyboards - but this one stands in the dark most of the time - that gives me a rather strange impression.
Well, while their entire performance is just stunning, the sound in Wiener Stadthalle isn't. But very creative visuals, all possible sound effects you can imagine, three songs with a piano, a strange all-metal guitar amp (I was not sure whether it actually worked). My major complaint (besides the hefty price tag) is that Matthew Bellamy's innovative guitar play has gotten less and less important through the years. The real question (similar to The Killers) is, whether Muse really goes more and more into electro. The evil-sounding bariton guitar lets me hope that this is not the case. But all in all, it is a great party. And when Muse closes with "Knights Of Cydonia", everything is just fine.
Here's the setlist, thanks to the Internet:
1. The 2nd Law - Unsustainable
2. Bliss
3. Panic Station
4. Resistance
5. Supermassive Black Hole
6. Animals
7. Monty Jam
8. Explorers
9. Sunburn
10. Time Is Running Out
11. Liquid State
12. Madness
13. Follow Me
14. Undisclosed Desires
15. Plug In Baby
16. Stockholm Syndrome
Encore:
17. The 2nd Law: Isolated System
18. Uprising
19. Survival
Encore 2:
20. Starlight
21. Knights of Cydonia
Yeah - and here is Knights of Cydonia :-)
Some nice photos are available here.
You always miss some of your favorites at concerts. For me this time "Map of Problematique" and "Hysteria", both of them on setlists of their most recent gigs. Besides that an all bombastic glittering pathetic evening. Rock-solide performance by professional entertainers. Sitting nearly under the roof we had a good overview but sound was weakish.
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