Muse, whose music is being used in Paramount's "World War Z", will perform for 15,000 fans after the premiere of the film on June 2 in London.

In an unprecedented marriage of a full-scale concert and a film premiere, Muse will perform at Horse Guards Parade Ground, St. James’s Park, after the film screens in London’s Leicester Square. Tickets for the live performance will be available May 28 at http://www.worldwarz.co.uk/MUSE.

The filmmakers are using about 14 minutes of Muse music in the film, mostly the song "Isolated System." Their music will also be used in trailers on all platforms.

"It made the movie feel and sound really cool," Paramount Pictures president of motion pictures music Randy Spendlove says. "After we layered in the music, we reached out to their management in the U.S. (Q Prime) and the U.K. (Anthony Addis) to see how we could reach beyond the movie. We wanted (the relationship) to be bigger than that."

Paramount will film the concert and expects to make footage available soon.

As you probably all know by now, Muse's stadium tour kicks off this evening at Coventry's Ricoh Arena. We'll be posting live updates as the event unfolks, so stay tuned! For those of you that don't want any spoilers, all of the action will be posted past the break (i.e. you must click 'more' to actually see it), so relaxxxx.

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A few weeks ago we asked you for any questions you might like to ask the band. With just one day to go until they embark on their largest stadium tour to date, we're happy to publish a selection of their answers. Keep an eye out in the tour programme for the rest .

Many thanks to those of you that submitted questions, and to the folks at Brontone for giving us the opportunity.


MATT


There's a lot of debate surrounding the lyrics to Madness. Is it 'I need YOUR love' or 'I need TO love'?

- I need your love.


What did you write on the orange during the making of T2L?

- Probably something encouraging Dom to dig a little bit deeper to get that hi hat sound just right. He needs a little motivation occasionally.


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Muse have released a short video containing the message, 'There Will Be No Warning'. The font used for the letter 'Z' is the same as that used for the upcoming WWZ film, hinting at possible ties with the soundtrack.

The video can be found here, or just below.

Update

Muse will be performing a special concert after the premier of WWZ on the 2nd June in London. We'll keep you updated.

Ricoh Arena is NOT on fire. Muse earlier today caused a flurry of panic on Twitter after onlookers posted photos seemingly showing the arena ablaze. The West Midlands Fire Service responded:

WMFS

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A band is doing sound and lighting checks involving a smoke machine

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Ricoh Arena

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Just to confirm there is no fire here at the Ricoh Arena. They are just testing everything ready for Wednesday night's Muse concert.

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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."".