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

Wired are featuring a fantastic timelapse video, showing Muse's 'The 2nd Law' stage being built at Manchester's MEN arena. Head on over to take a look at all of those shiny lights.

Manson Guitar Works are pleased to announce the release of the Manson MB-2 SE Matthew Bellamy Signature guitar. Based upon the original custom Manson made for Bellamy in 2006, the MB-2 SE is a limited edition guitar built as part of Manson's 20th Anniversary celebrations.

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Anime News Network has reported on a Japanese Comedian's animation for Muse's Exogenesis: Redemption. The video is due to be officially announced later today.

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Comedian Tekken creates 'manga' animation for Muse's 'Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)' song
The British rock band Muse is using the work of Japanese comedian Tekken in an official music video that will debut on Wednesday.

Tekken had created a three-minute "manga" animation titled "Pendulum" for the Muse song "Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)" for a television program. Afterwards, the video was uploaded to YouTube and became popular with more than 3 million views. Muse eventually heard of this video and watched it, and came up with the idea to work with Tekken. The band decided to use the footage as the official music video for the song.

The song in its entirety is 4:36 in length, and so Tekken worked for 60 days to create the additional footage for the entire song. He had drawn 1,620 images for the original three-minute animation.

Muse had linked to the three-minute version of the video on YouTube in May.

The completed official music video will be available in 59 countries on Wednesday including countries in North America and Europe.

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Right-wing commentator and politician, Glenn Beck, has written an open letter to Matthew Bellamy, discussing their views on politics and the use of Muse's music within political campaigns.

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Dear Matthew,
I read your comments in the Guardian via Rolling Stone last week and feel like with a little work we could better understand each other.

As uncomfortable as it might be for you, I will still play your songs loudly. To me your songs are anthems that beg for choruses of unity and pose the fundamental question facing the world today – can man rule himself?

In the Venn Diagram of American politics, where the circles of crimson and blue overlap, there’s a place where you and I meet. It’s a place where guys who cling to their religion, rights, and guns, connect with godless, clinched-fist-tattoo, guys.

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BBC 6 Music want Muse fans to help them pick the Ultimate Muse Playlist for the show, Now Playing, this Sunday between 6-8pm (GMT).

You can get involved on the 6 Music Facebook Page, Tweet using #Muse6Music or subscribe and add tracks to this Spotify playlist.

Stuff like your favourite Muse tracks, covers, influences, people who they've supported and people they've taken on tour with them - anything you want!

More ideas and information is up on the Now Playing blog.

Muse are on the cover of Kerrang! magazine, which came out today (Wednesday 26 September).

The article focuses on whether Muse have 'lost the plot' with their latest studio effort, discussing its themes, Chris's songs and performing at the Olympics.

The Beeb have published an article about Muse and their latest album, The 2nd Law.

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Babies. Bankers. The second law of thermodynamics. Three years after their chart-topping The Resistance, Muse are back with a new album that might just be their most eccentric yet.

"We felt a little but fearless with this one," says Muse drummer Dom Howard surveying the expanse of knobs and faders on the vast mixing desk at Air Studios.

It was here in this former Victorian church in a quiet corner of Hampstead that Howard and bandmates Matt Bellamy and Christopher Wolstenholme began work a year ago on what was to become their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law.

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