China Music Radar, a website dedicated to rock music in mainland China, reports that Muse may have signed a contract to play in the People's Republic.

The article links to a screenshot of a (now deleted) tweet from Matt, showing a document written in simplified Chinese. However it also describes some of the issues related to foreign acts playing in China, such as the extreme difficulty in obtaining performance licenses. It also cites the less-than-harmonious nature of some of the band's lyrics. During their 2010 concert in Hong Kong, screen footage of then-president Hu Jintao during United States of Eurasia led to a sharp intake of breath from some in the audience.


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Muse have released an interactive lyric video for Panic Station. Check it out over at wired.co.uk.

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Over on the Muse YouTube channel we've just aired a new lyric video for Panic Station. This is released alongside an interactive version which is currently being premiered on wired.co.uk

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Muse recently announced that they plan to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2014, hinting at a "little club show" to mark the occasion.

Dom Howard recently told XFM - "Hopefully we will do some special shows for it or something. It will be nice to celebrate and play some little club and go: "Jesus Christ, can't believe we're 20 years old as a band."".

The official music video for Muse's 4th single from The 2nd Law has been released. It features the band crawling on the streets of Tokyo, searching for 'Panic Station'. Enjoy!

The music video for Muse's new single, Panic Station, will be released on Monday, 22nd April.

Filmed a few months ago in Japan, you might expect it to be suitably off-the-wall! Check out Muse's Tumblr for a few sneak previews.

Zane Lowe has chosen Panic Station as the "Hottest Record in the World", for the week starting Wednesday 17th April, and announced on the show that it will be released on June 3rd. The release date was later confirmed on his blog, along with a Madeon remix of the track.

The blog states that the music video was shot in Japan and is expected to be released "soon".

The long expected fan made film about Muse has now been released. Some of you might be familiar with the trailer, uploaded almost 3 years ago.

It was a long production process, taking over 4 years to edit and produce! The movie was originally uploaded on takeabow19's YouTube channel at the end of 2012, however was soon-after taken down due to supposed copyright violations.

You can watch the first 24 minutes here.

The full movie (2h+), will be availible to download on MuseBootlegs.com (seeding starting today at 7pm UK time).

Don't forget to vote for Muse on MTV's Musical March Madness 2013. They are currently up against Ed Sheeran - click here to vote!