Epic Hugeness of a Muse Show, Coming to CD/DVD
London's Wembley Stadium is a big-ass place, and it takes an awfully big-ass band to fill it. On two consecutive evenings last June, a big-ass (some more delicate writers might opt for "epic") band by the name of Muse sold out the 75,000-capacity Wembley. And now, those two big-ass concerts have become one big-ass CD/DVD set. They're calling it HAARP, and it's due March 17 in the UK and April 1 in the U.S. on Warner Brothers Records.
The CD was lifted from their gig June 16 of 2007, while the DVD documents the following night's work. In another fine big-ass band tradition, the setlists don't seem to change too much from one night to the next, and the set favors more recent material over their pre-Absolution days. Still, it's a whole lotta Muse, without the annoying half-hour queue for a pee.
And, hey, it would only be appropriate to line up some high profile live dates to coincide with the concert release, eh, gents? Indeed. Muse will head to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa in March before their set at a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit gig in London come April. They'll also headline both days of England's V Festival in August.
They plan to craft their fifth proper LP, the follow up to 2006's Black Holes and Revelations, for a 2008 release. Do it big, Muse.
HAARP CD:
01 Knights of Cydonia
02 Hysteria
03 Supermassive Black Hole
04 Map of the Problematique
05 Butterflies and Hurricanes
05 Invincible
06 Starlight
07 Time Is Running Out
08 New Born
09 Unintended
10 Microcuts
11 Stockholm Syndrome
12 Take a Bow
HAARP DVD:
01 Knights of Cydonia
02 Hysteria
03 Supermassive Black Hole
04 Map of the Problematique
05 Butterflies and Hurricanes
06 Hoodoo
07 Apocalypse Please
08 Feeling Good
09 Invincible
10 Starlight
11 Time is Running Out
12 New Born
13 Soldiers Poem
14 Unintended
15 Blackout
16 Plug in Baby
17 Stockholm Syndrome
18 Take a Bow
Muse:
03-08 Dubai, United Arab Emerates - Desert Rock Festival
03-21 Johannesburg, South Africa - New Market Racetrack
03-24 Cape Town, South Africa - Kennilworth Racetrack
04-12 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
08-16 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-17 Stafford, England - V Festival
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