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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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:

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

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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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A 94 minute video has recently surfaced on Youtube, showing one of Muse's performance in Tokyo (Saitama Super Arena). The full set (minus a few tracks and some slightly wonky audio) is available to watch here (or just below this!).

Seems like a great gig!

Muse have uploaded a high definition recording (alongside some images) of their intimate Shepherd's Bush gig, which took place in partnership with War Child last week.

Click here to watch it on YouTube, or just head on past the break!

LIVE SETLIST:
1. Supremacy
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. Panic Station
4. Dead Star
5. Animals
6. Follow Me
7. Knights of Cydonia
8. Explorers
9. Sunburn
10. United States of Eurasia
11. Save Me
12. Madness
13. Plug in Baby
14. Time is Running Out
15. Uprising
16. Starlight
17. Survival

A quick reminder that Muse will be performing at London's iconinc Shepherd's Bush Empire tonight, in support of War Child and in partnership with the BRIT Awards.

The show will be streamed live on YouTube here. We'll also attempt to include the livestream in this news post when it becomes available.

Before the gig, Muse will be answering fans' questions live on Twitter, using hashcodes #askmuse and #warchildmuse. This will be starting at 18:30 GMT and can be accessed using most Twitter clients, or Muse's own mini-site, here.

We'll be covering the gig (that is, if we don't get too carried away) in realtime, so keep checking back for more updates.

We're very excited to announce that Dizzee Rascal will be joining Muse as the Very Special Guest at the band's four UK stadium shows this summer.

The dates that Dizzee will perform at are as follows:

22.05 Ricoh Stadium, Coventry
25.05 Emirates Stadium, London
26.05 Emirates Stadium, London
01.06 Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Tickets for these dates are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com.

More line up information for the UK and Europe will be announced very soon!

For more info on Dizzee Rascal, check out his website here: www.dizzeerascal.co.uk

Muse's forthcoming show at Shepherd's Bush Empire will be streamed live on Youtube for all to see!

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Shepherd's Bush Empire in aid of War Child will be streamed live on YouTube!

The show is due to start at 21:30 UK time and you'll be able to watch it at youtube.com/warchildmuse plus we'll be embedding it here on muse.mu.

Check out the trailer, complete with band ping pong below...

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Muse will be playing a one-off intimate show at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Monday, 18th February, in support of War Child.

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We're extremely pleased to announce that Muse will be playing this year's War Child BRITs Show at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Monday 18th February, continuing over a decade of support for the charity.

Tickets go on general sale at 09:00 on Friday 1st February and will be £50 each plus booking fee. All proceeds from the gig go directly to War Child.

There will be a muse.mu member pre-sale from 09:00 on Thursday 31st January for all those signed up to the website prior to this announcement (17:30 GMT Tuesday 29th January). See the MEMBERS area for more details.

This year marks War Child's 20th Anniversary and will see the BRIT Awards pay tribute to the charity's amazing work with the first Special Recognition Award at the ceremony on February 20th.

More information about this show, including supports will be announced very soon... http://bit.ly/WCmuse

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Muse have revealed that they will be performing their track Supremacy with a full orchestra and choir at this year's Brit Awards.

The rock trio, who have been nominated for Best British Group and Best Live Act, will perform the first track from their sixth studio album, 'The 2nd Law', at the ceremony live from London's O2 on February 20.

Speaking to Radio.com, front man Matt Bellamy said: "We're going to perform there hopefully with a full orchestra and choir to do a full rendition of 'Supremacy', which is the first song on the album. It'll be nice to perform with an orchestra."

Bellamy and co will join Mumford and Sons, Beyonce, One Direction and Robbie Williams on the line up of performers at the ceremony which will once again be presented by James Corden.

The nominations for this year's awards were announced earlier this month with Alt-J, Mumford And Sons and Muse and all picking up multiple nods.

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I thought this deserved its own news post; Muse recently performed Exogenesis Pt. III: Redemption (for the first time ever) in Japan. The video is available to watch on YouTube here.

The visuals we can see are by Japanese anime artist, Tekken, and were announced by Muse back in October (link).

Muse are offering 4 'ultimate' backstage tickets for a show at The Staples Centre in LA later this month! If that doesn't whet your appetite, how about a signed guitar?

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Enjoy 4 tickets to see Muse live at The Staples Center in Los Angeles and take home a signed guitar.

Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances and their fusion of many music genres, including space rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, classical music and electronica.

The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, keyboards, keytar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesisers, sampling).

Terms: Valid for 4 people on January 26, 2013. In condition as donated. Cannot be returned or exchanged. Additional shipping charges may apply based upon the location of the winner. Travel and accommodations are not included.

Shipping and Handling: The minimum shipping, handling and applicable insurance for this item is .95. Additional shipping charges may apply based upon the location of the winner. Hard copies of tickets, travel certificates and merchandise are shipped via FedEx or professional shipping service. Detailed redemption information for non-tangible items will be emailed to the winning bidder.

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Muse have annnounced they will be performing at the world famous festival, Rock in Rio, in 2013.

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We are very pleased to announce that Muse will be headlining the fantastic Rock in Rio, Brazil on the 14th September 2013. Muse haven't played in Rio de Janeiro since 2008 so it should be a spectacular return!

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Muse will return to Germany next year as part of their summer tour! The dates are as follows:

12.07.13 Freilichtbühne Lorely, Sankt Goarshausen, DE
14.07.13 Waldbühne, Berlin, DE

Tickets go on general sale on Saturday 8th December at 10:00 (local time) plus there will be a muse.mu member pre-sale from 10:00 (local time) on Thursday 6th December.

In a rare post on Twitter last night, Matt revealed that he had unfortunately broken his foot. The band posted the following message shortly after.

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We're very sorry to announce that Muse's live shows in Oslo, Stockholm and Malmo have been cancelled because Matt has broken his foot. The remaining dates on the tour are still scheduled to go ahead as planned, but we'll keep you updated on Matt's progress here and on muse.mu...

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According to the BBC website and Muse.mu, Muse will be performing at the following UK stadiums:

22 May - Ricoh Arena, Coventry
25 and 26 May - Emirates Stadium, London
1 June - Ethiad Stadium, Manchester

Tickets are due to go on sale within the next few weeks, with a fan pre-sale expected shortly.

Muse have announced new European stadium dates, scheduled to take place in summer 2013.

Currently known and confirmed dates are for:

04.06.13 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18.06.13 Werchter Festival Site, Rotselaar, Belgium
21.06.13 Stade De France, Paris, France
22.06.13 Stade De France, Paris, France
26.06.13 Stade Charles Ehrmann, Nice, France
28.06.13 Stadio Olimpico, Turin, Italy
06.07.13 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Tickets for these dates go on sale from Friday 23rd November with muse.mu member pre-sales from Wednesday 21st November. Check your muse.mu profile for the pre-sale code and other information.

We can expect more dates to be announced shortly for the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Muse have also released a video showcasing three tracks from their 2010 stadium shows. Check out Muse.mu for more details.

Tonight at 9PM CET (8PM GMT), Muse will be playing live at the 2012 MTV EMA awards ceremony in Frankfurt.

You can watch the livestream on your local MTV channel or click here to watch it on your computer.

Muse have been nominated in two categories - Best Rock Act and Best Live Act.

UPDATE: Unfortunately Muse lost out on the Best Live Act to Taylor Swift, and lost out on Best Rock Act to Linkin Park.

Just a quick reminder that Muse will be performing a special gig tonight at BBC's Broadcasting House. The performance will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, Online and via the Red Button (between 20:00 and 21:30 tonight).

Click here for details on how to watch.

Muse are performing at The O2 in London tonight, in the first of two dates on their arena tour from The 2nd Law. You can follow along with the gig live here! We will be updating this page with setlist updates and pictures - so if you're avoiding the setlists, look away!

The gig starts at 2100 BST, so join us then!

SETLIST:
1. THE 2ND LAW: UNSUSTAINABLE
2. SUPREMACY (image)
3. HYSTERIA
4. RESISTANCE
5. SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE (video)
6. PANIC STATION
7. ANIMALS
8. (+Montpellier Jam) EXPLORERS
9. SUNBURN
10. (+Host) TIME IS RUNNING OUT
11. SAVE ME
12. MADNESS
13. FOLLOW ME
14. UNDISCLOSED DESIRES
15. PLUG IN BABY (video)
16. STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
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17. THE 2ND LAW: ISOLATED SYSTEM
18. UPRISING
19. KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
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20. STARLIGHT
21. SURVIVAL

Muse will be performing on The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday 27th October.

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On The Jonathan Ross Show this week, Jonathan welcomes the hilarious, Russell Howard; action man, Bear Grylls and Australian superstar, Kylie Minogue. One of the biggest bands on the planet, Muse, perform live in the studio.

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Muse play their first 'official' gig of The 2nd Law tour tonight, in Montpellier, France.

NME Magazine have posted a picture of Muse's stage design for the upcoming 2nd Law Tour via their Facebook page (warning: spoilers!) - click here if you dare!

Keep checking back for updates - we'll let you know how the gig unfolds. @musesetlist will be tweeting the setlist in realtime.

Read an interview with the band about their plans for this evening.

1. UNSUSTAINABLE
2. SUPREMACY
3. HYSTERIA
4. SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
5. RESISTANCE
6. PANIC STATION
7. ANIMALS
8. EXPLORERS
9. FALLING DOWN (!)
10. TIME IS RUNNING OUT
11. LIQUID STATE
12. MADNESS
13. FOLLOW ME
14. UNDISCLOSED DESIRES
15. PLUG IN BABY
16. NEW BORN
17. THE 2ND LAW: ISOLATED SYSTEM
18. UPRISING
19. SURVIVAL
20. STARLIGHT
21. KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA

Muse have revealed North American tour dates for their upcoming tour:

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We're very pleased to announce that Muse will be playing live across North America in early 2013.

February 3 | Edmonton, Alberta | Rexall Place | On sale 10/12 at 10am
February 4 | Calgary, Alberta | Scotiabank Saddledome | On sale 10/12 at 10am
February 6 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Rogers Arena | On sale 10/12 at 10am
March 2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | On sale 10/12 at 12pm
April 9 | Toronto, Ontario | Air Canada Centre | On sale 10/13 at 10am
April 15 | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | On sale 10/12 at 9am
April 19 | E. Rutherford, New Jersey | IZOD Center | On sale 10/12 at 9am
April 23 | Montreal, Quebec | Bell Centre | On sale 10/13 at 12pm
April 26 | Quebec City, Quebec | Colisée Pepsi | On sale 10/13 at 12pm

All on sale times are local. Stay tuned for additional tour announcements.

In order to make sure that muse.mu members get the first and fairest access to tickets for these dates, we will have a ticket presale next week. To be eligible, you must be a member prior to Monday, October 8th. Please log into your member profile on Monday for further details on the presale.

For more information on each date, including ticket prices, on sale times and disabled customer information, check out the individual dates in the TOUR DATES section.

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Canadian radio station x929 made a concert announcement this morning, stating that Muse would be playing the Pengrowth Saddledome on February 4th. Tickets go on sale Friday October 12th, with a Muse presale hopefully planned.

A quick reminder that Muse are performing at the iTunes Festival this evening at 8:45pm.

Details of how to watch online can be found on the official website.

Muse performed live on Jools Holland last night, performing Panic Station and Madness. At least one more track was recorded (perhaps Follow Me?), which will be broadcast on Friday night's extended edition.

According to Seetickets, The Joy Formidable will be supporting Muse on their UK tour.

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The Joy Formidable are a Welsh alternative rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales and currently located in London, England. The band consists of Ritzy Bryan (lead vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums, percussion).

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Muse have announced a couple of extra dates for their 'The 2nd Law' tour, including Dublin and Strasbourg.

As well as a few new gigs, Muse have also released extra tickets for their existing dates.

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We're very pleased to announce two new live dates for Muse's forthcoming European tour.

03.11.12 O2, Dublin, Ireland
19.12.12 Zenith, Strasbourg, France

Tickets for these dates will go on sale at 10:00 (local time) this Friday (28.09) with muse.mu member pre-sales at 10:00 (local time) on Thursday (27.09). For more information on each date, click on the links below.

Not only this, but now that the band's new production has been finalised we are releasing additional tickets for a number of the forthcoming European live shows. These tickets will also go on general sale at 10:00 this Friday with muse.mu member pre-sales at 10:00 on Thursday. The dates that will have tickets and pre-sales available are detailed below.

Please note that types and amounts of tickets will vary across the dates.

Full pre-sale information will be posted here on muse.mu later this week.

18.10 Bercy, Paris, France
Pre-Sale 10:00 27th September, On-Sale 10:00 28th September

20.10 Palacio De Deportes, Madrid, Spain
Pre-Sale 10:00 27th September (Muse Member pre-sale ONLY)

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Twitter user, @The_2nd_Law, has kindly remastered several of the recordings from Thursday night's gig in Cologne (listen to them below). For more recordings, take a look in our forums or visit our media library.

Muse - Follow me (live) by The2ndLaw

MUSE - Animals (live) by The2ndLaw

MUSE - Panic Station (live) by The2ndLaw

MUSE - Supremacy live (remastered) by The2ndLaw

Just a quick reminder - Muse will be performing their first (promotional) gig of The 2nd Law tonight in Cologne, at the intimate E-Werk venue. The gig will be recorded and broadcast next week on Thursday 27th September.

Our friends on the ground will be keeping us up to date as the gig progresses, so keep checking back for updates.

All times in BST

19:35 -- MUSE ARE ON STAGE
19:37 -- SUPREMACY
19:40 -- INTERLUDE + HYSTERIA
19:44 -- PANIC STATION
19:48 -- RESISTANCE
19:53 -- SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
19:59 -- ANIMALS

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TIME IS RUNNING OUT
SAVE ME
MADNESS
UPRISING
FOLLOW ME
PLUG IN BABY
KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
STARLIGHT

Recording for the French TV show, Taratata, commenced this evening with Muse taking centre stage. Reports from twitter users who were at the recording have confirmed that 3 tracks were performed; Madness, Sign of the Times (Prince cover) and Follow Me (which reportedly sounds a bit like Dead Star).

The show is due to be broadcast on the 28th September. Mobile devices were reportedly confiscated within the venue, so bootlegs will be scarce.

Another performance to add to their growing list -- Muse have just announced they will be performing at The Olympia, Paris, on 2nd October. Tickets will be released in two phases, accompanied by an exclusive competition on Muse.mu

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Muse will be playing live in Paris to mark the release of The 2nd Law! The gig will take place at The Olympia on Tuesday 2nd October.

Tickets will be available to buy in two waves. The first wave will be available from 10:00 on Tuesday 25th September via http://www.myticket.fr. Customers will be able to purchase 2 tickets, but will need to provide the names for each ticket when they purchase. Please note that you will need to be registered with myticket to purchase which you can do in advance of the on-sale here.

The second wave of tickets will be available from 10:00 on Thursday 27th September via http://www.olympiahall.com. Customers will only be able to purchase 1 ticket in this sale and will need to provide the name for this ticket when they purchase.

Please note that customers will only be able to buy tickets in ONE of these sales. Those fans who buy tickets from myticket will not be able to also buy tickets from The Olympia.

All attendees must bring both their confirmation email and photo ID to the Olympia box office from 10:00 on Tuesday October 2nd where they will be given their ticket and a wristband for entry to the show.

Tickets will be priced at €55 and €60.5. For more information, including info for disabled customers check out the muse.mu tour date entry below.

Plus we have 10 pairs of tickets to give away here on muse.mu! To enter, simply email us your name, date of birth and address at competitions@muse.mu with the subject OLYMPIA TICKET COMPETITION. Winners will be contacted by email on Monday 24th September. Good luck!

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Following previous Live Lounge specials from the likes of Adele, Florence & The Machine and Usher, UK rockers Muse are set to take over Radio 1′s esteemed Maida Vale studios to play an exclusive ‘special’ Live Lounge session.

Taking place on the 28th September, the event falls a few days before the release of the band’s sixth studio album, The 2nd Law. Expect a smattering of new tracks and old favourites.

Muse have been confirmed to appear on a German breakfast TV show (SAT 1 Frühstücksfernsehen), on Friday, 28th September.

As with their previous appearance on Skavlan, we should expect to see a short interview followed by a live performance of Madness.

Update - watch their performance online here or below.

Muse are set to perform on the popular Norwegian/Swedish TV show, Skavlan, on Friday September 14th.

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Author of the erotic bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey", E L James, meets the critically acclaimed band Muse. Also, Norwegian investor and billionaire Øystein Stray Spetalen, ex-Liverpool football player Glenn Hysén and his son Anton, the worlds only openly gay elite footballer and Swedish top politician Margot Wallström looks back at 30 years in the spotlight.

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Muse have announced they'll be playing an intimate show in Cologne on the 20th September. Tickets will cost €50, however there will be 10 pairs of tickets available to win from muse.mu.

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We're very excited to announce that the first live show for Muse in 2012 will be at E Werk in Cologne on Thursday 20th September!

Tickets will be €50 and go on sale at 10:00 CET on Tuesday September 11th.

We've got ten pairs of tickets to give away here on muse.mu. To be in with a chance of winning send us an email at competitions@muse.mu with the title E WERK TICKET COMPETITION plus your full name, address and date of birth. Winners will be picked at random and contacted on Friday 14th September.

The gig will then be broadcast on Radio 1Live from 21:00-22:00 on Thursday September 27th.

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Muse have been confirmed to play at the iTunes Festival (Camden Roundhouse) on September 30th, a day before their 6th studio album, The 2nd Law, is released.

Tickets are available to competition winners only - to be in with a chance, enter here.

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Muse bring their live spectacle to the Roundhouse on 30 September, the final day of the iTunes Festival. New single “Madness” was just released last week and their sixth album The 2nd Law will be available on 1 October.
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Assuming you haven't been living under a rock for the past week or so, this is probably old news to you. Muse have confirmed they will be performing at tomorrow night's Olympic closing ceremony, joined by acts including The Who, Ed Sheeran and George Michael.

Tune into the live broadcast on BBC 1 or BBC 1 HD from 9PM BST. The ceremony is expected to last a stonking 3 hours, so we'll keep you posted here as soon as we have any updates.

A recently discovered listing on Celebration! Cinema reveals that Muse will be performing at Battersea Power Station on the 16th September, the day before The 2nd Law is released.

At an estimated 100 minutes running time, the gig is to be broadcast at cinemas across the country. We'll update you as soon as we hear more details.

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NCM Fathom, Warner Music Group and Omniverse Vision are partnering to present Muse Live from London. The performance will launch Muse's 6th Studio album, The 2nd Law, and feature tracks from the new album as well as classics from their 16 year career. Broadcasting from one of London's most iconic landmarks, Battersea Power Station, the event will be a theatrical spectacle with dramatic flair that has made Muse so successful with fans - including a shoot with helicopters amid the full backdrop of the impressive London landscape.

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Muse 360, the latest app from the folks at Warner, has landed in the iTunes app store.

The app offers you the opportunity to download the band's entire set from Reading 2011. If that wasn't enough, it also gives you complete control over the footage, with full 360 degree views from 5 separate cameras.

Each track will cost just 69p, with the full gig setting you back a mighty £4.99.

Download it now!

The popular industry magazine, Music Week, have confirmed that Muse will be performing at the London 2012 Olympic closing ceremony on August 12th.

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Christian Tattersfield of Warner Music and Richard Manners of Warner/Chappell have responded with delight to Muse's song Survival being selected as the Official Song of the London 2012 Games.

The two Warner companies own both the recording and publishing contract of the UK rock band who have been selected to write and perform the song.

Their new track Survival will be used internationally by broadcasters covering the games, when athletes enter the Olympic Stadium and in the lead-up to medal ceremonies. The song will also headline a programme of music called London 2012 Rock The Games.

Tattersfield, CEO, Warner Music UK, said: “This tremendous honour is testament to the international appeal of Muse and the quality of this great song. The Olympic Games are watched by billions of viewers from around the world and this unique opportunity provides a global platform for Muse to showcase their extraordinary music.”

Manners, managing director, Warner/Chappell UK, said, “The Olympics are a once in a lifetime event for London. ‘Survival’ resonates with the excitement and majesty of the occasion, and is sure to enhance the already electric atmosphere of the Games.”

Muse will also perform at the Olympic closing ceremony on August 12 and their upcoming album The 2nd Law, will be released on September 17 in the UK.

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If you weren't already aware, tickets for Muse's upcoming tour were sold this morning in what felt like the most intense hammering of F5 the world had seen since Apple announced the iPhone.

Standing tickets for each night of the UK tour sold out within minutes, with priority seating not far behind.

For those of you who were unable to secure tickets, we urge you not to succumb to the draw of the touts. Avoid 'professional' touting sites such as Getmein, Viagogo and Seatwave, and instead focus your attention on ethical ticket exchanges such as Scarlet Mist and Musebay (on our forums and Muse.mu).

Let us know in the comments if you were successful. Let us know if you weren't, too, and get that moaning out of your system.

A gentle reminder for fans who have been living under a rock that tickets for the upcoming European muse tour go on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00am.

Tickets are available from the following websites:

Ticketmaster
Seetickets
Stargreen
Aloud
Ticketline
Gigsandtours

Viagogo, Seatwave, eBay and Getmein are not recommended - use them only as a last resort.

Know any other ticket vendors we've missed out? Post them in the comments and we'll add them as soon as we can. Good luck everyone!

The official tickets website for Muse's upcoming tour has been updated, stating that fans who applied in the pre-sale will find out later today if they have been successful, rather than tomorrow as previously announced.

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We have been overwhelmed with the response. All applicants will be notified by email on Tuesday 12th June.

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Muse have announced upcoming tour dates for the end of 2012. Tickets will go on sale on June 14, with fans needing to pre-register their interest for tickets here, which is not on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will cost £65.

Tour dates are as follows:

16.10 Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier, France
18.10 Bercy, Paris, France
20.10 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain
22.10 Zenith, Nantes, France
24.10 SECC, Glasgow, UK
26.10 O2 Arena, London, UK
27.10 O2 Arena, London, UK
30.10 LG Arena, Birmingham, UK
01.11 MEN Arena, Manchester, UK
12.11 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
14.11 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
16.11 Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
17.11 Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy
19.11 Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria
20.11 Arena, Budapest, Hungary
22.11 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
23.11 Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
05.12 Spektrum Arena, Oslo, Norway
06.12 Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
07.12 Arena, Malmo, Sweden
10.12 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
11.12 Saku Arena, Talinn, Estonia
13.12 Arena, Riga, Latvia
15.12 O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
17.12 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18.12 Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

Just in case you weren't already aware, Muse will be headlining the fantastic Reading Festival tonight, bringing an Origin of Symmetry themed stage and set to the sleepy English town.

We'll be there, live, and tweeting away the latest happenings like there's no tomorrow. These tweets will show up in the nifty widget below .

Get involved by tweeting using the #muselive hashtag!

The Beeb will be broadcasting Muse's headline show at Reading Festival next weekend. Tune in to see Origin of Symmetry played live in its entirety

Sunday, 28th August -- 10.20pm-12.30am

Muse at Reading Festival 2011 - Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates introduce the final headline act Muse from the main stage as the Devonian threesome return to the headline spot on the main stage to bring Reading Festival 2011 to a rousing conclusion.

Dominic Howard announced today that he will be playing the first Vicky Cryer gig on July 15th live at the Satellite in Los Angeles.

To celebrate Muse headlining Reading and Leeds festivals in August we have a great competition. To enter, get creative and design a limited edition Muse t-shirt and if you win your design will be sold online to fans across the world. The lucky winner will also receive 2x VIP tickets to Reading Festival to watch Muse headline, and receive the first print of their t-shirt signed by the band.

Entries must be received by 29th July, the shortlist will be announced on 1st August where they will be shown here on muse.mu. The winner will be picked by the band and announced on 8th August.

To enter send your design, name and phone number to muse@firebrandlive.com by 29th July.

Click here to read the terms and conditions.

This competition is run in conjunction with The Mirror and Firebrand.

Selling over 10m albums worldwide and critically acclaimed as one of the best live music acts ever, Muse’s 2007 H.A.A.R.P. tour has been crowned Wembley’s Greatest Event (1923 – 2010) as part of an online vote, which saw over 55,000 fans re-live their favourite moments from the stadium's 88 year history at wembleystadium.com.

Facing heavyweight competition from the likes of the late Henry Cooper, Muse secured victory over Live Aid, England’s historic 1966 World Cup victory, Foo Fighters, the 1994 Rugby Challenge Cup Final, Queen’s 1986 Magic tour and the Michael Jackson Bad Tour. Wembley Stadium has been the setting for so many great events, not forgetting last month’s FA Cup Final and Champions League finale. Now Muse’s Greatest Event victory will be marked with a permanent installation at Wembley Stadium which sport and music fans can enjoy for many years to come.

Muse said: “We were honoured to be the first band to play at the new Wembley and now for our performance to have been chosen as the greatest is an amazing accolade, especially when you consider the sporting and music legends we were up against. We'll be back at Wembley again in the future and would like to thank all our fans for voting!"

Melvin Benn Chairman of Wembley Stadium, said: “Some of the greatest events over the last 50 years have taken place at Wembley Stadium. Now the Greatest Event campaign has allowed fans to look back and remember some of the most memorable moments of the past and celebrate them alongside some of our more recent moments in sport and music entertainment.

Whilst all Wembley’s events have been special, Muse are very deserving winners for their 2007 Wembley concerts which were nothing short of spectacular. For me it is fitting that a band widely acknowledged for being one of the best live acts in the world has now been recognised for putting on the Greatest Event at Wembley Stadium, one of the best live entertainment venues in the world.”

Wembley Greatest Event top 5 (1923 – 2010)

1. 2007 Muse (H.A.A.R.P Tour)

2. 1988 Michael Jackson (Bad Tour)

3. 1986 Queen Live at Wembley)

4. 2009 Take That (Circus Tour)

5. 1966 World Cup – England v Germany

Muse to play in Indianapolis this August and there's an exclusive pre-sale!

We are happy to announce that Muse will be playing Verizon Wireless Music Center in Indianapolis on 3rd August, they will be joined by Cage the Elephant and Middle Class Rut. And we have an exclusive pre-sale for muse.mu visitors!

So if you want to be there don’t miss the pre-sale starting TODAY at 1pm (Indianapolis time) – 2 days earlier than the general release. Tickets will be available from the link below from 1pm today to 6pm on May 13th. Then they will be on general sale on May 14th at 10am.

On July 30th, 2011 Muse, RATM, Rise Against, and more are to perform at the LA Coliseum. Local radio station KROQ is putting on the one day gig entitled 'L.A. Rising'

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Wembley has hosted some of the world's most iconic events. Be part of history and vote for the greatest Wembley event of all time and win the chance to celebrate with a Club Wembley Box Experience.

Muse's H.A.A.R.P concerts of 2007 have been nominated alongside 24 other iconic events to have taken place on Wembley soil.

Here is your chance to vote for your iconic Wembley moment with the possibility of winning a fantastic Club Wembley prize.

More details available here

As previously rumoured, Muse have been confirmed as one of the headliners for Lollapalooza

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Lollapalooza festival, which is set to go down August 5-7 in Chicago's Grant Park. The fest just unveiled this year's lineup, and it's certainly jam-packed enough to fit the occasion. Headliners Coldplay, Eminem, Muse, and Foo Fighters are joined by My Morning Jacket, Beirut, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Death From Above 1979, Lykke Li, Sleigh Bells, Cults, Best Coast, Atmosphere, the Kills, Local Natives, the Mountain Goats, Smith Westerns, Explosions in the Sky, Cee-Lo, Big Audio Dynamite, the Drums, Black Lips, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Dom, Friendly Fires, Tennis, Wye Oak, Modeselektor, Jay Electronica, Titus Andronicus, Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, and many more.

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Muse will be playing at the brand new festival Kanrocksas in Kansas City this August. The band will be headlining the Saturday night (6 August).

Click here for details of how to get tickets and more info about the festival.

Muse will be headlining the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, CA on August 13th.

Matt Bellamy confirmed on his Twitter account that Muse will "probably play Origin of Symmetry" in its entirety.

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So we'll probably play Origin in it's entirety (as well other songs) at Reading/Leeds as it will be 10 years since it came out.

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Muse have said they are likely to play some songs from their 'Origin Of Symmetry' album for the "last time" at this year's Reading And Leeds Festivals.

The band were speaking in the new issue of NME, on UK newsstands tomorrow (March 23) or available digitally. They are joining My Chemical Romance in headlining the August events, while The Strokes and Pulp will play co-headline slots.

Frontman Matt Bellamy said that the band want to mark the 10-year anniversary of 'Origin Of Symmetry''s release in some way at the shows.

"It's probably the last time some of these songs will ever be played live again," he said of the 2001 album. He explained that the shows would see the band "drawing a line under one phase of our career".

He added: "It was on the second album ['Origin...'] that things really started happening for the band, and when we focused on the live side of things much more. So it'll be like coming full circle: we've gone off on one a little bit, and now it feels like the right time to pull it back and remind ourselves of what we were doing 10 years ago."

Get the new issue of NME for the full interview with Muse, as well as chats with the other major players heading for the festivals.

The Reading And Leeds Festivals take place on August 26–28. Muse headline the Friday night (26) at Leeds and the Sunday night (28th) at Reading.

We're very pleased to announce that Muse will be headlining this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. The band will close the main stage on Friday August 26th in Leeds and on Sunday August 28th in Reading.

At the festival, to celebrate 10 years since the release of Origin Of Symmetry, Muse will be playing songs from this album alongside others spanning their career to date. Not only this, but they'll also be bringing a whole new stage production that will only be used for these two performances.

Update: Zane Lowe has confirmed Muse will headline Reading & Leeds 2011!

According to strong sources, Muse have been confirmed to headline the Reading and Leeds festivals in 2011.

The official line-up is due to be announced at 1945 GMT. We'll update you as we receive more details.

Muse man joins Bipolar Empire on stage in Dublin

Hot Press got to speak to Chris Wolstenholme after his Workman's Club guest appearance.

We were gagging to tell you beforehand but, hey, we were sworn to secrecy! Dublin band Bipolar Empire were joined on stage on Monday night at The Workman’s Club by Muse bass-player and sometime Dublin resident Chris Wolstenholme who performed the last two songs with the chaps.


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Muse will be performing in Russia in May, as announced on their website earlier today.

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We're delighted to announce that Muse will be returning to Russia and Ukraine this summer for three live shows.

The dates are as follows:

20.05.11: SKK Arena, St. Peterbsurg, Russia
22.05.11: Olympiski Arena, Moscow, Russia
24.05.11: Sport Palace, Kiev, Ukraine

Ticket orders for these dates will be taken from 10:00 TOMORROW (Friday 4th March) with physical sales taking place on Monday 7th March (for Kiev and Moscow) and Wednesday 9th March (for St. Petersburg). For more information on each date, including links to buy tickets, check out muse.mu tour dates on the links below.

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You can now purchase and download the audio of Muse's performance of Uprising at the 2011 Grammys Awards for 99p.

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According to the LA Times, Muse will be headlining this year's Lollapalooaza, alongside Eminem, Foo Fighters and 3 yet-to-be announced acts.

Muse have been added to the list of Grammy Performers for the 2011 Award Ceremony on February 13th.

Muse have won two awards for their festival tour throughout Europe in 2010.

Muse won the Best Headliner award and Uprsing was voted best festival anthem.

Both awards were voted for by more than 350,000 fans.

Muse's Christmas present is available here!

This year it features an interactive, 360 degrees camera, allowing you to make your own pro shot of Uprising and Citizen Erased, live from Wembley Stadium earlier this year.

Feel free to upload your finished proshot edits to our Media Centre

Muse are said to be supporting U2 again in both Brazil and Argentina, starting in March 2011, according to U2's website this morning. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 7th.

Muse's stadium tour is on the cover of this month's Lighting & Sound International magazine.

Click here to view the digital edition of the magazine

At 10:00 PM (central time), the ACL website will stream Muse's performance from last night.

Click here for more details!

At the Live UK Music Business Awards last night, Muse took home gongs for Best Live Spectacle (for Glastonbury 2010) and Best Festival Performance (for T in the Park 2010).

Meanwhile team Muse picked up a further three awards making it a total tally of five!

Muse will be performing tonight and tomorrow at Wembley Stadium. We'll keep you updated as the action unfolds!

Listen this week to win your way into KROQ's Private Muse Soundcheck Performance at Staples Center. Imagine you and few other KROQ listeners all alone in Staples Center watching one of the biggest bands in the world.
And, as if that's not enough, Matt will be giving his guitar to one lucky person at the soundcheck. He'll autograph it and hand it to you from the stage.

Also, Enter now to win tickets to Muse September 26th at Staples Center. Everyone that enters also qualifies for the grand prize, an autographed set list from that night's show.

We're very pleased to announce that Biffy Clyro and Dead Letter Circus will be supporting Muse in Australia this December.

Biffy will join the band at their shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth while Dead Letter Circus will support Muse in Brisbane.

We're extremely pleased to announce that Muse have added a second live date at Los Angeles' Staples Center for this September. The band will now play:

25th September 2010: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
26th September 2010: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA ** EXTRA DATE ADDED **

Tickets for this new date go on general sale this Saturday 17th July at 10:00 PST, but muse.mu readers can get their hands on them early in the pre-sale that starts tomorrow (Tuesday 13th July) at 10:00 PST.

Muse played the Irish rock festival Oxegen But opened with Plug in baby instead of Uprising!!!!!

Setlist;

Plug In Baby
Supermassive Black Hole
Unnatural Selection
Interlude
Hysteria
Citizen Erased
Nishe
United States Of Eurasia
Undisclosed Desires
Uprising
Bliss
Resistance
Time Is Running Out
Stockholm Syndrome
Encore:
Starlight
Knights of Cydonia

We're very pleased to announce an addition to Muse's festival calendar this summer!

The band will be playing Festival Xacobeo in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Friday 27th August. Tickets are €30 in advance / €40 on the door and go on sale on Monday 12th July.

For more information check out the festival website or the muse.mu tour date on the links below.

Festival Xacobeo

Muse will be headlining the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans this October.

The festival takes place on the weekend of 29th-31st October.

Tickets are available here: link.

Muse will be performing at the Stade de France tonight, with their performance due to kickoff at 2100 local time (2000 BST). Virgin Radio (Fr) will supposedly be broadcasting the concert live - click here to tune into their stream.

Tracks heard during Muse's soundtrack include Exogenesis Part 3, I Belong To You, Soaked and Apocalypse Please.

UPDATE: There was no gig played by the radio station on it's online stream, however, there are some users reporting that the gig was broadcast on satellite radio. No reason was given for the online stream absence.

RTL will be broadcasting Muse's gig tonight at the San Siro Stadium. Click here to listen live! The gig is due to start at 2100 local time (2000 BST)

Muse kicked off their stadium tour today at the Stade de Suisse in spectacular style. Fans will not be disappointing by the new production, which offers a number of new surprises!

Despite the poll posted by Muse several months ago, we are receiving reports that none of the top songs (including Citizen Erased) were performed.

Click here to read and discuss the gig in detail (contains spoilers)

According to "20 min", Muse are looking for 70 volunteers for the opening of their stadium gig at Stade de Suisse on Wednesday 2 June.

According to the Swiss news website, the 'demonstrators' will be staging a 'mass protest' to kick off the show.

Volunteers must be at least 18 yrs old and can apply by e-mailing promotion@goodnews.ch

The gig at Stade de Suisse will kick off Muse's stadium tour.

Muse will be returning to tour Australia this December, at the following dates and venues listed below.

05.12.10 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
09.12.10 Sydney ACER Arena
14.12.10 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
19.12.10 Perth Bassendean Oval

Tickets are priced between AUS0 - AUS1 (inc. GST) + booking fee and go on general sale on Monday 7th June from the link below. There will be a muse.mu fan pre-sale on Friday 4th June, more information on this coming soon…

http://www.ticketek.com.au

Due to the forthcoming arrival of a new member of the Muse family (baby Wolstenholme number 5 [Editor: congratulations Chris!]), Muse are having to cancel 2 of their autumn US tour dates and reschedule two others.

Regrettably, the Kansas City show on November 2nd and the St. Louis show on November 3rd will no longer be taking place. The Columbus show on November 5th will move forward to October 12th and the Cincinatti show on November 6th will now be happening on October 11th.

Tickets bought for the latter two shows will be valid for these new dates. For those of you that can no longer attend, refunds will be available from point of purchase. Refunds for the two cancelled shows will be credited automatically for internet and telephone orders and will be available from point of purchase for outlet or box office purchases.

The band would like to assure their fans in Kansas City and St. Louis that they haven't forgotten them and that they fully intend to make up these cancelled shows on a future tour.

Manchester Lancashire Cricket Ground - 4th September

Editors
The Temper Trap
Pulled Apart By Horses

Wembley Stadium - Friday 10th September

Lily Allen
The Big Pink
White Rabbits

Wembley Stadium - Saturday 11th September

Biffy Clyro
White Lies
I Am Arrows

A recent article from Gigwise reports that Muse have some big plans for Glastonbury, including possible collaborations with other artists.

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Muse have promised to do "something a little bit special" when they headline the Glastonbury festival next month.

Drummer Dom Howard said the band were currently planning their set, which he revealed could feature special guests.

"It's going to be great", Howard told XFM.

"We're playing Saturday night and we'll be doing something a little bit special for that show and doing something we've never done before, possibly incorporating some other musicians, which is going to be really fun."

As well as Glastonbury, Howard said Muse were also thinking about their two concerts at Wembley Stadium in September.

He said the gigs would feature old material and something that they have "never done before".

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Chris was interviewed by Lauren Laverne and revealed the following:

* The band is going to rehearse with a 'huge orchestra' next week.

* They will play full Exogenesis.

* They will arrange other songs with orchestra.

* They will finish this year in Australia and continue the tour in 2011, then take a break before making a new album.

You can listen to the show on BBC iPlayer. The interview starts at 02:26
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00scdgy/Lauren_Laverne_14_05_2010/

As we announced a couple of weeks ago, Muse will be playing a super intimate show in Paris this month! We can now confirm that the gig will take place at the Casino de Paris on Tuesday 25th May.

No tickets will be sold for this show so to get your hands on a pair you'll need to enter the competitions running now on orange.fr and nrj.fr or come back to muse.mu next week where we will also be holding a competition for 225 pairs of tickets!

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Comme annoncé il y a quelques semaines, Muse sera à Paris en Mai pour un show super intime ! Nous pouvons confirmer que ce concert se déroulera au Casino de Paris le 25 Mai prochain.

Il n’y aura pas de billets mis en vente, la seule manière d’obtenir une paire de billets sera de jouer sur orange.fr et nrj.fr ou revenir sur muse.mu la semaine prochaine où nous proposerons un concours pour gagner 225 paires de billets !

We're pleased to confirm the *almost* full line-ups for Muse's summer European stadium shows.

Friendly Fires, The Big Pink, White Lies, Ghinzu, Calibro 35, I Am Arrows and Devotchka will be joining the already announced Editors (who will now also be main support in Madrid) and Kasabian. The line-up for each show is below...

STADE DE SUISSE 2nd JUNE
Muse
Editors
The Big Pink

SAN SIRO 8th JUNE
Muse
Kasabian
Friendly Fires
Calibro 35

STADE DE FRANCE 11th JUNE
Muse
Editors
The Big Pink
I Am Arrows

STADE DE FRANCE 12th JUNE
Muse
Kasabian
White Lies
Devotchka

ESTADIO VICENTE CALDERON 16th JUNE
Muse
Editors
The Big Pink

GOFFERTPARK 19th JUNE
Muse
Special Guests - TBA
Ghinzu

UK and Scandinavia announcements coming soon... Watch this space!

Muse will headline the Rock for People festival in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic on Monday 5th July!

Tickets are on-sale now from here. For more information, check out their website on the link below.
Rock for People Festival

Muse will be returning to Latvia this summer! The band will headline the Positivus Festival in Salacgriva on Saturday 17th July.

Tickets are on-sale now from here. For more information, check out their website on the link below.
Positivus Festival

We're pleased to announce four more dates for Muse's forthcoming tour of the US and Canada. The band will play the following shows:

28th September: Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
23rd October: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
24th October: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
26th October: RBC Center, Raleigh, NC

Newark and Uniondale will be going on general sale on 30th April while Sacramento and Raleigh go on sale on 1st May. The Muse fan pre-sale for all four of these dates will be on 28th April from here. The pre-sale for NY, NJ and NC will commence at 10:00 EST while the CA pre-sale will commence at 10:00 PST.

As reported by us in previous weeks, Muse will be performing a secret gig in Paris. Le Louvre is one of the rumored veneus for this gig.

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Muse will be coming to Paris in May to play a very special intimate show!

Tickets for this show will not be available to buy. The only way you'll be able to get your hands on them will be through competitions on muse.mu, orange.fr and nrj.fr.

Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

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Tune in to dabbl tonight (Thursday 22nd April) from 19:00-20:00 GMT to hear Muse's awesome live set from last November's concert at Palacio de Deportes in Madrid.

From tomorrow (Friday 23rd April), the show will then be available to listen to on demand on the Absolute Radio website.

Click on the link below for more info.

Absolute Radio Website

We're very pleased to announce the first of Muse's forthcoming US & Canada autumn tour dates. All the dates listed below will go on general sale on Saturday 24th April APART FROM Charlottesville and St. Louis. These two dates will go on sale one day earlier on Friday 23rd April.

A Muse fan pre-sale will be available for all these dates on Wednesday 21st April. Link coming very soon!

Please note on-sale times for these dates vary so please make sure you check the extra information for each date by going to the tour dates section or the individual date using the links below.

More dates coming soon. Stay tuned...!

US & CANADA TOUR AUTUMN 2010

22nd September: Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA
23rd September: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
25th September: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA


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For your chance to win tickets to see Muse in Paris, complete with travel and accomodation simply tune into Xfm between 7am and 7pm next week and listen out for two Muse tracks played back to back.

When you hear the tracks, text us on 83936 !

One lucky texter will be picked at random and asked a simple general knowledge question. If the answer to the question is correct, the lucky listener will be heading off to Paris! If they get it wrong it will go to the next randomly selected caller.

Vote for MUSE as the 'Greatest Live Band Ever' as part of a new NME poll.

Vote here

The time has come, Ladies and Gentlemen, to influence Muse's setlist!

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Choose the Summer Setlists!

Muse are set to play 27 live shows in the UK and Europe this summer and rather than pick the whole set for each show themselves, they'd like to know what songs you want to hear!

Simply click on the link below, choose the show you're going to and pick the three songs you'd most like Muse to play. The band will endeavour to include at least one from the top five in the setlist at each show!

The polls will be live for the month of April so get your votes in quick!

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Muse will play the Sziget Festival this summer. The festival will take place from August 11th to August 16th in Budapest, Hungary.

Tickets are already on sale on the festival's website

Other acts include Enter Shikari, Gorillaz Sound System, Iron Maiden and Kasabian

Muse's "secret" performance at SXSW has become available to view on Muse's Myspace page! Stockholm Syndrome and Knights of Cydonia are available to watch, with a pre-interview with Muse fans who have travelled to see the wonderful event!

Muse's myspace

This summer, Muse will play the Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Icheon, Korea. The festival takes place from Friday 30th July to Sunday 1st August. Muse will headline the Sunday night.

Early bird tickets go on sale on March 23rd from here. For more information, keep checking the festival website on the link below.

Jisan Valley Rock Festival

Muse will return to Austria this summer to headline the Frequency Festival. The festival takes place in St. Poelten and tickets are on sale now!

We're pleased to confirm that Muse will headline Fuji Rock this summer on Friday 30th July. The festival takes place at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, Japan at the end of July and tickets are available now.

For more information, click on the Muse tour date below or the link to Fuji Rock's website.

Fuji Rock website

We're pleased to announce that Muse will be headlining the Vieilles Charrues festival in Carhaix, France on Thursday 15th July 2010!

Tickets for the festival go on sale at 11:00 (local time) on March 4th. For more information check out the muse.mu tour date or the festival website here

Muse to play Oxegen festival along with Eminem, Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Florence and the Machine and more. The festival takes place from Friday the 9th of July to Sunday the 11th at Punchestown Racecourse.

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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for as we can now reveal the first acts for OXEGEN 2010! We asked you to choose who you most wanted to see at this year’s OXEGEN and now we reveal a line-up crammed with your favourites!

Muse are one of the great live bands and were voted by Q as ‘The Best Band In The World Today’. Latest album, ‘The Resistance’ reached No.1 in 19 countries and spawned the huge single ‘Uprising’.

Tickets will go on general release on Friday 12th March 2010 at 8am nationwide. Prices remain unchanged since 2008 with a 3 day camping ticket costing €224.50 (incl booking fee).

The OXEGEN campsite will open on Thursday with fantastic entertainment on The Thursday Night Live Stage. To start the party early, for an extra €20 you can purchase a 4 day including camping ticket.

Secure your ticket first by registering at www.oxegen.ie/register Registered users gain exclusive access to a priority pre-sale from Tuesday 23rd February 2010. To qualify for this offer, you’ll need to register at http://www.oxegen.ie/register before 18.00hrs on Sunday 7th March 2010.

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From Friday 9th to Sunday 11th July, Radio 1 will be returning to Kinross-shire for Scotland's premier music festival - T in The Park.

T in the Park consistently brings an outstanding line-up of musical talent to Scotland from across the planet and 2010 promises more stunning performances in an atmosphere continuously cited by you as second to none.

Headliners for this year are Muse, Eminem and Kasabian - if that is not enough check the names below!

Trust Radio 1 to bring you the best live music highlights, interviews and back stage gossip from some of the UK's biggest musical festivals.

BBC Introducing will also be returning and hosting a stage for a second year

If you're loving the Tiesto remix of Resistance you might like to check out the video that team Tiesto have put together of him playing the track at his recent show in Mexico City..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz33oSn9It8&feature=player_embedded

Muse are looking for a few lucky fans to sit in on the final dress rehearsal for the show on Friday February 26. As amazing as that may be, it gets better. Muse recently hit the road in Australia, performing a cover with Nic Cester of Jet each night of one of their favorite songs, AC/DC's 'Back in Black'. Now they want to do that song with you. Yes, its live band karaoke with the biggest band in the world backing you up.

Interested? Of course you are. Here's what you gotta do:

1. Record a video of you singing 'Back in Black'. Creativity is encouraged but not necessary.

2. Upload the video to YouTube and send the link to contests@99X.com with 'MUSE' in the subject. Deadline for videos is 12noon on Wednesday February 24th.

3. We'll select ten finalists. Thursday the 25th the finalists will head to Wild Wing Cafe Alpharetta, where we'll have a live band backing you up as you try to impress our music professional judges with your rendition. One grand prize winner will be rocking out Friday night with Muse as their backup band. If you don't get picked as a finalist, we will pull a few people from the WWC crowd to give it a shot too.

So, get out your Handy Cams, warm up them pipes, and get a move on and YOU could be singin with Muse.

Muse were interviewed by BBC 6Music during the Music Producers Guild Awards event, and releaved interesting plans for their performance at Glastonbury:

"Hopefully we'll get Eavis onstage. Get him to sing Imagine by John Lennon. It's 30 years since he died or something so we are going to try and put all those things together and get the wise farmer to sing some very wise words." - Matt.

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You can download or listen to the interview here: Click

We're pleased to announce that Muse will be playing the Hove Festival in Norway this summer. The band will headline the main stage on Tuesday 29th June.

Tickets are on sale now. Click on the festival's website below for more information.

Hove Website

Muse have released a live version of Supermassive Black Hole on their Youtube channel. Watch the chaos unfold, here

Michael Eavis has confirmed that Muse will be headlining Glastonbury on Saturday 26th June.

Event Magazine Website

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Muse will return to Spain this summer to play Athletico Madrid's stadium, Vicente Calderon! The show will take place on Wednesday 16th June.

Tickets go on general sale on Thursday 11th February, with a Muse fan pre-sale on Monday 8th February. In addition there will be a pre-sale for Servicaixa customers and Myspace users on Tuesday 9th February.

Links for the Muse fan pre-sale will be posted in the tour dates section soon, meanwhile for more information on the pre-sales, ticket prices, venue location etc, click on the tour date link below or check out the Stadium's website...

Estadio Vicente Calderon Website

Muse covered AC/DC's famous 'Back In Black' at Sydney's Big Day Out last night, featuring vocals by Nic Cester (Jet).



The performance was recorded professionally and should be aired today on Channel V

Muse to play Coachella Festival

We're pleased to confirm that Muse will be playing Coachella Festival this year. The festival takes place from 16th - 18th April at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California. Muse will headline the main stage on Saturday April 17th.

Tickets go on general sale on Friday 22nd January at 10:00 (PST) and cost 1.00 for a 3 day pass.

A limited number of tickets are available for a Muse fan pre-sale from TOMORROW (Wednesday January 20th) at 10:00 (PST) from here.

For more information on the festival, check out their website on the link below.

Coachella Website

We're pleased to announce that Muse will be playing a show at Switzerland's Stade de Suisse this summer!

The show will take place on Wednesday 2nd June. Tickets go on general sale at 08:00 this Friday (22nd January). There will also be a Muse fan ticket pre-sale from 08:00 - 17:30 this Wednesday (20th January)

Following on from the 6 dates we announced last week, we're very pleased to add the following shows to Muse's forthcoming US & Canada tour! All tickets go on general sale on Saturday 19th December aside from Chicago which goes on sale on Monday 21st December.

Muse fan pre-sales will be running for all these shows this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday starting at 13:00 (local venue time). The pre-sale start day is next to each date and the link for all pre-sales is below. For more information click on the individual tour date at the bottom of the page.

2nd March 2010 - Wachovia Center, Philadelphia - Tuesday pre-sale
8th March 2010 - Air Canada Center, Toronto - Tuesday pre-sale
10th March 2010 - Bell Centre, Montreal - Tuesday pre-sale
12th March 2010 - United Center, Chicago - Thursday pre-sale
15th March 2010 - Sommet Center, Nashville - Tuesday pre-sale
17th March 2010 - Fort Worth Convention Center, Dallas - Tuesday pre-sale
18th March 2010 - Toyota Center, Houston - Tuesday pre-sale
29th March 2010 - Rexall Place, Edmonton - Tuesday pre-sale
30th March 2010 - Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary - Tuesday pre-sale
1st April 2010 - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver - Tuesday pre-sale
3rd April 2010 - Rose Garden Arena, Portland - Wednesday pre-sale
6th April 2010 - Odeum Colorado, Denver - Tuesday pre-sale
9th April 2010 - US Airways Center, Phoenix - Tuesday pre-sale
14th April 2010 - Oracle Arena, San Francisco - Tuesday pre-sale

US and Canada Presale

The lineups for the Christmas and New Year Top Of The Pops specials have been announced.

Radio 1 duo Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates will host the shows, which will be screened on BBC One on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.

The Christmas Day episode, which will air at 2pm, will include performances from Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian, La Roux, Sugababes, Lily Allen, Florence & The Machine, Muse, Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and X Factor stars JLS and Alexandra Burke.

Meanwhile, the New Year's Eve show, which kicks off at 6.30pm, will feature a review of the year with guests including Robbie Williams, Shakira, Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and Calvin Harris.

"Top Of The Pops this Christmas and New Year is going to be excellent," said Cotton. "It's my fave show to be part of, especially with the lineup this year! It's going to be huge and massively festive."

Yates added: "I'm so excited that Top Of The Pops is returning to our screens this Christmas. A silly jumper, too much lunch and TOTP make the perfect Christmas."

Muse will be returning to the USA in early 2010! The 6 shows that have been confirmed so far are below:

27th February 2010 - Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
1st March 2010 - Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA
5th March 2010 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
6th March 2010 - TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
13th March 2010 - Palace Of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
5th April 2010 - The E Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Silversun Pickups will be supporting the band on these shows.

Tickets go on sale on general sale on Saturday 12th December. There will be a muse.mu pre-sale commencing at 10:00 (local time) on Wednesday 9th December on the link below.

MUSE.MU PRESALE

Muse have been confirmed as a headliner for Rock Werchter 2010 on the 1st of July.

More and info and tickets are available here

Several more US tour dates have been posted on the US Ticketmaster website and Muse.mu's tour dates page. In addition to the previously posted shows in Georgia and Virginia, Muse will be playing:

March 5 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
March 6 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
March 13 - Auburn Hills (Detroit), MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills

Muse.mu have yet to make an official announcement of all North American dates.

Muse have been confirmed as a headlining act for the Roskilde Festival, the biggest festival in Scandinavia from 1-4 July 2010.

For tickets, visit http://www.Roskilde-festival.dk

It was announced today that Muse will headline on May 27th, 2010 at Rock In Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal.

Muse will be headlining at the Rock Am Ring festival on Saturday 5th June and at Rock Im Park on Sunday 6th June.

Muse will be performing on the French TV show, Le Grand Journal on December 7th. The show is broadcast on Canal+.

The program is split up in two parts:
- 7.05pm to 7.55pm
- 8.10pm to 8.50pm

Muse will most likely appear on the first part of the show.

11 June 2010 — Stade de France, Paris, France.Tickets on sale 10:00 (local) on Thursday 3rd December from the following websites / phone lines:

http://www.ticketnet.fr
http://www.fnacspectacles.com
http://www.digitick.com
http://www.avosbillets.com

FNAC: 0 892 683 622 (0,34€/min) / international calls: +33 1 41 57 32 28
Stade de France: 0 892 700 900 (0,34€/min) / international calls: +33 1 46 91 57 62

Disabled Tickets: 0 892 700 900 (0,34€/min)

Maximum 4 tickets per purchase.

We're pleased to announce that Muse will be appearing on Saturday Night Live! The band will be performing on the pre-Christmas show recorded live from New York's Rockefeller Centre on Saturday 19th December.

For more information check out the Saturday Night Live website on the link below.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/

On the 27th of November, MTV will be showing Muse's gig on 'World Stage' at 11:00pm on MTV2.

For more information, click here

Three more stadium shows across Europe are confirmed for 2010, including the previously unconfirmed show at Stade de France. Muse will play the following shows next June:

8th June 2010 - San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy
12th June 2010 - Stade de France, Paris, France
19th June 2010 - Goffertpark, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Tickets go on sale on 27th November (28th November for Goffertpark). For full information on buying tickets including websites and phone lines, click on the individual dates above.

Keep an eye on Muse.mu for pre-sale information coming early next week!

Muse are extremely pleased to announce a second date at Wembley Stadium next September! Due to the amazing demand for tickets the band will now also be playing on Friday 10th September.

Tickets are on sale now from the link below...

GIGS & TOURS

As reported earlier last week, Muse will be playing KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre on December 13th

Muse are extremely pleased to announce two UK stadium shows for September 2010.

Saturday 4th September 2010
Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Ground

Saturday 11th September 2010
London Wembley Stadium

Tickets go on general sale at 09:00 Friday 20th November and will be priced at £45.00 plus booking fee. In addition, level 2 seating at Wembley will be available at £65.00 plus booking fee.

For full ticket purchase details click on the dates below. Maximum 6 tickets per applicant. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult. Please be aware of unofficial sites selling tickets. If in doubt, please only buy tickets from websites linked to from muse.mu.

Muse will be returning to Korea in January! The band will be playing the Olympic Park in Seoul on Thursday 7th January 2010. Tickets go on sale on Thursday 19th November. Click on the tour date below for more information and ticket links.

Olympic Park website

Muse will be performing a UK stadium tour in 2010. Seetickets will be selling tickets from 09:00, 18th November! Details of the tour will be posted when they become available

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Pre-sale begins 09:00 Wednesday 18th November. Muse.mu members, make sure you check your member profile for your unique passcode.

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Muse will be performing on 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross,' Friday 27th November, 10.35pm, BBC1. Other guests include Peter Kay, Jeremy Clarkson and Laurence Fishburne.

Muse have been booked to play Live 105's 'Not So Silent Night' in Nottingham (USA) on the 11th December, alongside AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend and Metric.

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Muse are due to perform in Liverpool on the 5th November. The Liverpool Echo managed to catch up with them and have a chat about their new album and forthcoming live shows!

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IT’S been a decade since Muse first burst onto the music scene, proudly picking up the prog rock mantle where ELO left off.

With bright, space age sounds and orchestral rock configurations, they bagged a clutch of gongs – five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, six NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards.
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Muse are one of the acts to be taking part in a concert organised by Gary Barlow for Children In Need. The gig will take place on 12th Nov at the Royal Albert Hall and will also include Leona Lewis, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Cheryl Cole, Paolo Nutini, Snow Patrol, Mika, Katherine Jenkins, Dame Shirley Bassy and Sir Paul McCartney.

Registration is open now at http://www.seetickets.com/childreninneed and will be open until noon on 20th Oct. Tickets start from £50 for Gallery Standing.

The concert will be show on BBC1 that weekend and repeated on BBC3

It looks like Muse's trek west doesn't stop in Texas with U2. The band is slowly inching over to Los Angeles starting off by headlining Xtreme 107.5's Holiday Havoc taking place on Saturday, December 12th at The Joint in Las Vegas. Also joining them on the bill are Cage The Elephant, Paper Tongues and Afghan Raiders.

Tickets for this event go on sale this Saturday, October 17th at noon via Ticketmaster but you can buy presale tickets Wednesday, October 14th at Dollar Loan Center in Las Vegas if you're in the area for $35.00 a ticket. There will also be an online ticket presale this Thursday and Friday for those who sign up for Xtreme 107.5's email mailing list. If you don't get tickets Scenestar readers, we'll be crossing our fingers for you hoping the next Christmas show Muse adds will be KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas.

December 12th: Holiday Havoc 2009 w/ Muse, Cage The Elephant & More at The Joint (Las Vegas)

Holiday Havoc 2009

The Horrors are set to support Muse on the following European dates:

24.10 Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
25.10 Spektrum Arena, Oslo, Norway
26.10 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
28.10 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
29.10 O2 World, Berlin, Germany
31.10 Stade Couvert Regional, Lievin, France
01.11 Le Galaxie, Amneville, France
02.11 Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

Japanese production company, Creativeman, have confirmed Muse's Japan Tour in 2010.

9th January 2010 - Osaka-jo Hall, Osaka
11th January 2010 - Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
12th January 2010 - Budokan, Tokyo

Muse.mu have now confirmed the news

Muse have been as a headline act for next year's Big Day Out series of festivals in Australia.

Other bands on the line up include:

Muse, Powderfinger, Lilly Allen, Eskimo Joe, Groove Armada, Grinspoon, The Mars Volta, Ladyhawke, Dizzee Rascal, Karnivool, Peaches, The Temper Trap, Kasabian, Midnight Juggernauts, Rise Against, Magic Dirt, Mastodon, Lisa Mitchell, The Horrors, Bluejuice, Calvin Harris, Kisschasy, The Decemberists, Tame Impala and Girl Talk

Now that the band have finalised their brand new stage setup (read about Dom talking about it here and here), we have been able to release a limited amount of extra tickets for a number of shows on the forthcoming European tour. The tickets will go on sale on Friday with a fan pre-sale for the UK tickets this Thursday. For full details of which shows still have some tickets remaining, which ones will have new tickets available on Friday and where and when to get your hands on them take a look at the list below...

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Aussie pop pixies The Veronicas joined Fearne for her first ever Live Lounge. They performed their new single 'Forever' and covered Muse's 'Uprising'. Enjoy

Muse will be performing on later with Jools Holland tonight on BBC2 at 10pm. The full show will be shown this Friday at 11:35pm, shortly followed by Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous (Just incase you missed it!)

We're pleased to announce the first two support acts for Muse's forthcoming tour dates. The Big Pink will be supporting for all the UK dates, while Biffy Clyro will be joining the band on the following European dates.

14.11.09 Ahoy, Rotterdam
16.11.09 Lanxess Arena, Cologne
17.11.09 Bercy, Paris
18.11.09 Hallenstadion, Zurich
20.11.09 Olympiahalle, Munich
21.11.09 Futurshow Station, Bologna
22.11.09 Hall Tony Garner, Lyon
25.11.09 Zenith, Toulouse
27.11.09 Palau St Jordi, Barcelona
28.11.09 Palacio De Deportes, Madrid
29.11.09 Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon
01.12.09 Zenith, Limoges
02.12.09 Zenith, Dijon
04.12.09 Palasport Olimpico, Turin

The support for the remaining European dates will be announced shortly. Meanwhile check out these two great bands on the links below...

http://www.biffyclyro.com
http://www.musicfromthebigpink.com

Here is the link to two bonus videos of Muse in New York City last night. They are the Resistance and United States of Eurasia.

MTV Link

A favourite from the Seaside Rendezvous shows last weekend, Unnatural Selection is now available to stream in the Muse.mu's media player (members area).

The MP3 download of Muse's first ever live performance of Uprising is now available to buy in the muse.mu shop. Recorded on the Friday night of the band's Seaside Rendezvous homecoming gigs in Teignmouth last weekend, this download is exclusive to muse.mu.

The download is exclusive to muse.mu

MTV reveal details about Muse's upcoming performance for the Video Music Awards 2009, including Muse's plans to cover 'America' from West Side Story

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When Muse signed on to perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, they did it with one caveat: since the show was taking place just steps from Broadway, they wanted to do a show tune. For real.

So, of course, we obliged (after all, they are one of the hugest rock acts in the world). And while they'll perform "Uprising" — the first single from their upcoming The Resistance — during the VMAs telecast, we also let them loose on a classic from the Great White Way: "America," the flamboyant standard from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story."

"Yeah, 'West Side Story' is really cool. ... The song we chose to play, 'America,' is a very catchy tune," Muse frontman Matt Bellamy told MTV News. "I remember a version by a prog group called the Nice [an early front-runner of Emerson, Lake and Palmer] in the '70s, which was a pretty cool three-piece rock version, so I thought that would be a good version for us to play, because we're a three-piece too."

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Full BBC highlights from Muse's Teignmouth gig can be found in high qualityhere

Uprising
Supermassive Blackhole
United States of Eurasia (no Collateral Damage)
Feeling Good
Starlight
Undisclosed Desires
Knights of Cydonia (Man with a Harmonica intro)

Tonight's secret Paris gig has been announced. Get your tickets from the venue whilst they're still available!

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We're pleased to confirm that Muse will be playing Theatre de Chatelet in Paris this evening! Tickets are €30 and are available on the door to cash purchasers only. A ce soir, Paris!

Nous avons le plaisir d'annoncer que Muse jouera au Theatre du Chatelet ce soir! Les billets sont au prix de €30 et seront disponibles au guichet du theatre. (Reglement en especes uniquement). A ce soir, Paris!

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Radio 1's highlights from Muse's Teignmouth gigs will be broadcast on the BBC Red Button service from Wednesday [9th] at 3pm [GMT] until 4.45, and then repeated continuously until the early hours of Thursday morning.

On Monday morning Absolute Radio will be giving details of a competition to win tickets, flights and accommodation to see Muse at the VMAs in New York. Click on the link below for more info and tune in on Monday morning to find out how you could win!

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Hey all,

We have just posted a competition to win a pair of tickets to see Muse this weekend at Teignmouth!

Link

Good Luck!

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In case any of you missed out on Teignmouth tickets, a couple of hundred more have been released for sale! Get them while they're still hot from reputable ticket vendors

Muse will be playing a gig in Paris on Tuesday 8th September! Exact details of the venue and how to get tickets will only be revealed on the morning of the show on Virgin Radio (France) at 08:00.

For all those of you heading down to Teignmouth this weekend, Teignbridge Council have put together an information page on their website. This page includes details of public transport, parking, accommodation and disabled access for those of you attending the gigs plus information for local residents. Click on the link below to view.

http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11289

Muse have announce another 'special' gig in Berlin for the 7th September.

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Muse are pleased to announce an intimate show at Admiralspalast, Berlin on Monday 7th September. Tickets will be 35Euro and will go on sale at 10am on Sept 3rd from the link below, via telephone: +49 (0)1805 4470 [14 cent / min from German standard networks, mobile tariffs may differ] and at all box offices with Ticket Online System.

A very limited quantity will be available through ticket-competitions (MTV, myspace.com & Radio Fritz)

The show will be recorded and aired in the week after the show on the following German radio stations - tune in to your local radio for more information:

- Radio Sputnik
- Radio Fritz
- Radio Das Ding
- Radio 1Live
- Radio nJoy
- Radio Unser Ding
- Radio Bremen 4
- Radio YouFM
- Radio Jump

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The U2 concert previously scheduled for Friday, September 25th, 2009 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey has been moved to Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. The performance on Thursday, September 24th will proceed as scheduled.

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According to Stade De France's website, Muse will play the 80,000 capacity stadium on June 12th, 2010.

Click here for the stadium's schedule.

In the Sunday Herald Sun (one of the two main newspapers in Victoria, Australia) there was a short article stating that Muse were set to headline the Big Day Out for 2010

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Muse is set to headline next year's Big Day Out. The British rock trio, whose new album the Resistance will be released next month, has played the January festival twice before, but next year will be the first time the band has nabbed the coveted closing slot. AC/DC had been an early tip for the main slot for the long-established festival, which began in 1992 and remains a favourite with some of the world's biggest bands

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In an interview with Drowned in Sound, Dom talks about the set design for The Resistance tour, due to feature 'Floating Cubes'.

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Yesterday, DiS caught up with Muse to discuss their new album but Dom let slip details of the live show for their forthcoming tour...

Speaking to DiS, Dominic Howard, Muse's drummer revealed:

"There's going to be some good video usage. We're going to be on some big moving LED structures, so we're all going to be moving up and down at different levels and actually playing quite high up in the air, which is something we've never done. We're going to be on these floating cubes of video *laughs maniacally*. Individual cubes, all like moving around. They're like massive towers and there's three of them with lots of video."
Dom also said that it won't be the standard stage set-up:

"I think we're going to be doing a few shows where we're going to have fans all around us. Not in the middle of the room but we've designed the stage in a way so that the crowd can fit all around us. Everyone's going to have a great view and get the whole show, even if you're sitting behind us, not just the back of our heads. There's going to be lots of spinning around and stuff like that. It won't be as big as U2's tour of hundred and twenty trucks, I think we'll fit it into about three."
But it sounds like this stage show could have been even more bonkers, with Dom grumbling:

"Most of our ideas get shot down by health and safety and it starts out much more ambitious than it ends up being but we're always trying to push it to the limits of the laws. This time we worked with a lady called Ez Devlin who's designed lots of operatics sets and she's been very great to work with, she's very creative, we bounced a lot of ideas around."
Check back later today for part 1 of our full Muse interview where they reveal how they feel about Teignmouth, touring the USA with U2 and discuss their forthcoming album The Resistance.

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Calling on all fans!

Did you miss out on getting tickets for their fantastic hometown gigs on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September at The Den in Teignmouth, Devon?
All is not lost…

The band members are Patrons of The Helen Foundation (www.thehelenfoundation.org.uk), a Teignbridge-based charity that supports the aspirations of young people in the Arts. And Muse have very generously donated 32 exclusively signed tickets to be auctioned to the highest bidders with all money raised going to The Helen Foundation – 8 pairs of tickets for Friday 4th September and 8 pairs of tickets for Saturday 5th September. Please note that the prize does not include any travel, accommodation, spending money or other benefits – it is for the signed tickets and entry to the Muse show only.

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As you know Muse will be performing LIVE on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13th in New York City.

What you may NOT know is that they have a special venue all to themselves just for the performance. Now Muse needs YOU.

They want their most loyal fans to join them for their first ever US television performance, and who knows, maybe they’ll play some extra songs just for you that night.

If you want to be in the audience and can get yourself to New York City, click here and request your free tickets now!

***make sure you enter the code word “VICTORIOUS” in the comments box during your ticket request***

Along with the broadcast of Muse's September 5th gig on Radio 1 the following monday (7th), video highlights will also be broadcasted on the red button from 9pm (Presumably also on the 7th)

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Radio 1 will be down in Devon on Saturday 5th September where Zane will be DJing just before the show.

On the following Monday 7th September, you'll be able to hear highlights from the DJ set AND the headlining gig itself as Radio 1 presents Muse Night - 5 hours dedicated to one of the UK's finest rock bands!

There will also be a special documentary, Muse At Ten, celebrating a decade of Muse. Including unparallelled access to their mysterious underground studio, the doc will include behind-the-scenes stories from the making of their new album 'The Resistance'.

Muse Night will conclude with a visit to Radio 1's Muse Vault - giving new fans the chance to hear the band's first ever appearances on Radio 1 and the acclaimed conspiracy show, Stairway To Devon, exploring the inner-minds of Muse.

You'll also be able to watch highlights from the September 5th gig on the red button on your TV from 9pm!

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Have you joined The Resistance? Muse.mu's week 3 treat for all of you who pre-ordered the album is Assassin live from LA. Download it in the members only area at muse.mu

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Muse will be playing a special show somewhere in Germany in September. We will be revealing how you can buy tickets here on muse.mu shortly – but in the meantime German fans should turn on their radios as several radio stations across Germany will have ticket competitions for this show. We will name the participating stations shortly, but to start with, Radio Fritz will be among them.

Muse werden irgendwo in Deutschland im September ein Special Show spielen. Auf muse.mu wird bald verkündet wie Tickets für diese Show gekauft werden können. In der Zwischenzeit sollten die deutschen Fans ihre Radios anschalten, denn diverse deutsche Radiosender verlosen Tickets für diese Show. Welche dieses Sender sein werden, werden wir bald verkünden...Radio Fritz wird unter diesen sein.

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Following the muse.mu member ticket pre-sale this morning, we are now pleased to confirm that there will be a Muse email list 24 hour pre-sale for the two shows at The Den, Teignmouth on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September.

This pre-sale will commence at 09:00 on Thursday 20th August. To access the pre-sale simply click on the link below. This pre-sale does not require a muse.mu username or unique code.

http://www.gigsandtours.com/?s=muse&site=muse

Tickets will be £37.50 plus booking fee and postage. and will be limited to 4 per order.

Coach transport packages will be available for a limited number of tickets. These will be departing from the following cities:

Bristol
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Southampton
Nottingham
Oxford

Tickets will also be available from a local box office in Teignmouth. Full details of this box office location and date/time of opening will be made available in the local press.

See you at the seaside!

Muse are extremely pleased to be able to confirm two live events at The Den, Teignmouth this September. The two shows will take place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September 2009. Tickets will be £37.50 plus booking fee and postage, will be limited to 4 per order and will go on general sale on Friday 21st August from the links and phone lines below.

http://www.gigsandtours.com
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Credit card hotline: 0871 2200 260 / 0844 826 2826

Coach transport packages will be available from Gigs & Tours for a limited number of tickets. These will be departing from the following cities:

Bristol
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Southampton
Nottingham
Oxford

Tickets will also be available from a local box office in Teignmouth. Full details of this box office location and date/time of opening will be made available in local press only.

Finally, there will be a muse.mu members pre-sale from 09:00 GMT Wednesday 19th August. This pre-sale is restricted to currently registered members only. A unique code has been posted in your member profile in the 'Edit My Profile' section. Please follow the instructions in this section for access to the pre-sale on Wednesday morning.

See you at the seaside!

Thanks to Joe, a member on Muselive, we have some information on the release of tickets for Muse's special Teignmouth gigs, due to take place on the 4th and 5th of September.

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Chris posted this earlier on Muse's twitter account. If you are in the area, PLEASE attend the meeting:

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There is a council meeting to decide whether the Teignmouth gig will go ahead. If you want this to happen please attend.
The Council Offices, Ford House, Brunel Road. Newton Abbot,TQ124XX. 17/08/09, 10 am. Please support this event.
Cheers. Chris xx

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Muse are set to play two homecoming gigs in Teignmouth, according to reports today.

Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard are believed to be coming home for concerts at 'The Den' on September 4 and 5. Click here for the original article.

This is likely to be the 'surprise' Zane Lowe has in store for Radio 1 Muse fan listeners. We'll update you as we receive more details.

Absolute Radio would love to hear about your experience of Muse's (or other bands) live gigs! The best stories will bag you a couple of tickets to a festival of your choice! Submit your stories in the comments and we'll have a democratic decision as to who is nominated! Here is the spiel from Absolute Radio - read it carefully.

Submit your story to the music forum you belong to.

Your fellow forum friends then filter through the entries and the Administrator of the forum submits a nominated story for each event. (four in total)

The nominated stories from various forums get filtered down by a panel of judges. The selected stories then go to a public vote for which story is the best.

The winner for the event it was submitted to will receive a pair of tickets to that event.

The winner of each event then writes an account of the event they attended, and these stories then go to a vote.

The forum the winning story came from then gets to program their very own two hour virtual festival made up of live music from the Absolute Radio back catalogue to be played out live on air.

We've heard about the possibility of a "fan inclusive" stage design leading to speculation of a centre stage with the crowd surrounding the band.

Muse have recently posted a picture of them working on the stage design here.

The caption reads "working on set design. Expect an 8" stone 'enge."

According to MTV, Muse will be performing their new single 'Uprising' at the VMAs on the 13th Sept in New York (link).

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"We are honored to be invited to play at the VMAs which will be our first ever U.S. TV performance, and the first ever U.S. performance of our debut single from our new album 'The Resistance' coming out September 15th in the U.S., and of course another great excuse to hang out in New York City for a few days!" -Matt Bellamy, Muse

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Remember this tweet? "http://twitpic.com/9s9wy. Interview with Magdalena from radio Fritz in Hamburg!"?

LeniInChains contacted Magdalena B. from RBB and asked her about her interview with Matt. She talks of Matt's plans for their next tour.

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"Hello Marlén,

we talked about the new album that has been recorded without any producer in their own new studio in Italy. They had a lot of fun (you probably already know their latest youtube videos).

The new album is (as always) grandiose... 11 tracks... all between 4-6 minutes long. We talked about their shows which they're already very excited about because they will be playing in big arenas in Germany for the first time (for example the Lanxess Arena) and it's going to be a show where they're playing in the centre in a sort of "extra building" and the audience stands all around and acrobats hover in the air... sounds interesting...
Besides, they will be U2's opening act in September, but only in America...

Anyway, they are very nice and easy-going guys (without airs).. Chris is a chain smoker ;-) and I think they're not able to believe how successful they really are when thinking of Wembley. Anyhow they're not the (according to Chris) "nerds who talk about conspiracy theories and the end of the world all day long".

Greetings,
Magdalena"

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Emily Eavis has confirmed that Muse will not be performing at Glastonbury this year.

NME article

Tom Kirk (KirkBot on .mu messagebaords) has posted a message on muse.mu about the 'scam' ticket sites that have been circulating. The band and management are stressing that no one buy tickets from these sites. His message is posted below:

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It has come to our attention that a number of secondary ticket websites are claiming to have Muse tickets for sale. We'd just like to make it clear that these websites have nothing to do with the band or management and we would strongly recommend against anyone purchasing tickets from these sites. Companies using the Muse name or logo (for example museboxoffice.com and ticketsmuse.com) are NOT affiliated to the band and there can be no guarantee that tickets bought from these agents will be legitimate. If in doubt, only purchase from the ticket agents linked to from muse.mu.

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UPDATE

We have received news that Seetickets will have more tickets on sale at 2PM (BST).

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UPDATE - TICKETS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT.

Remember you still have a chance of getting tickets tomorrow. Ticketmaster Link





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The resistance tour has been announced! Tune into RADIO 1 NOW to hear the massive Muse announcement!

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THE RESISTANCE TOUR
22.10 HARTWELL ARENA, HELSINKI, FINLAND
General Sale: 08.06
Tel: +358 600 900 900
Tickets: http://www.lippu.fi

...Click to read full article...

04.12 PALA OLIMPICO, TURIN, ITALY
General Sale: 12.06
Tel: +39 011 324 9605
Tickets: http://www.ticketone.it

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According to infoconcert.com, Muse will be performing at Le Zenith (not to be confused with Hullabaloo's Le Zenith), Toulouse on the 25th of November (consistent with previous rumours). Tickets are due to be sold in the coming days, hinting that a full European tour will shortly be announced.