Wow, this week has been immense for me.. first i finished my GCSEs and we were raving it up on friday and saturday night. Then on sunday, i was taken to see one of the best bands (both live and on record) around, MUSE.)
Muse was immense... really immense. although we were sitting (Club Wembley actually, (padded seats and cup holders were the only actual advantage apart from the placement of the seats)) we had a great view of the red dot that was Matt Belamy.
the stage was huge.. literally spanning from one width of the pitch to the other with massive orbs behind the stage. the stage had several radar/satellite dishes on it.
At 4pm, Shy Child, a duo from New York came on. their brief set (around 35 mins) included their song 'Drop The Phone' and my favourite "Summer". their electronic/indie unfortunately didnt excite the crowd that much and many of the ones with standing tickets, sat down (bastards).
Later, at 5 15 (woo what a time for fans of The Who) the Scottish trio Biffy Clyro came on. They played for 45 mins.
At 6 30, My Chemical Romance braced the stage and their hour set included many of the songs off their latest creation "Welcome To The Black Parade". many of the fans in the inner circle perked up (i reckon many of them just came to see MCR) and sung and 'danced' along to their set. i must admit, i quite enjoyed it (im sorry, truly). Gerard Way thought it necessary to preach to his emo fans (SORRY BUT I HAVE TO CLASSIFY THEM... and come on singing bout cancer and how we are all going to die IS emo) about how 'violence is never the answer' and how 'theres always someone to talk to' etc..
Finally, after an hour of Gerard and his crew sliding around and making their music, 8pm came.
Muse, being no ordinary band, decided to wow the audience (very effectively) by entering the stage by means of coming out the floor in the middle of the pitch (to "Dance Of The Knights" from the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet" (though its probably more famous for the theme to "The Apprentice").
They did this to screams of delight and to fireworks and smoke. Once they had been raised up (daym that reminds me of latin) they walked along the raised walkway to the main stage. The were accompanied, rather surprisingly, by men in yellow radioactive suits and hazard masks who quickly disappeared as the trio walked on stage.
The band opened with their hit "Knights of Cydonia" from their latest creation, "Black Holes And Revelations". they played several songs form Black Holes And Revelations and also played songs from their other 3 ("Showbiz" (1999), "Origin Of Symmretry" (2001) and "Absolution" (2003)).
Dance of the Knights (intro music)
Close Encounters Riff + Knights of Cydonia
Hysteria
Supermassive Black Hole
Map of the Problematique
Forced In
Sing For Absolution
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Hoodoo
Intro + Apocalypsee Please
Feeling Good (Nina Simone cover)
Piano Interlude + Sunburn (piano)
Invincible
Starlight
Blues Jam + Time Is Running Out
New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro
Encore 1:
Soldiers Poem (acoustic guitar)
Unintended
Blackout
Bliss
Encore 2:
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome + riffs
Take A Bow
It was a truly brilliant experience. During "Blackout", everyone put their lights on their phones (at Muse's instruction) as the stadium lights were dimmed. it was amazing to see many specks of light in the crowd. Straight after, during "Bliss", two massive balloons were released and attatched to these were acrobats. these acrobats danced through out the song and were pulled back at the end of the first encore.
Muse finished with "Take A Bow" (rather fitting for the moment) and the stage lit up with fireworks and sparks and the stage was covered with smoke.
Wow.. what a gig.
The journey home was nearly as exciting with delays and whole lines not running. Fuck you ken.
oh and hi to the guy who was drunk out his head.. hope your friend jack didn't kill you and hope you got back to Hammersmith ok.
(thanks to http://www.musewiki.org/London_Wembley_Stadium_2007_-_17th_%28gig%29 for the set list)
currently listening to - Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
Finally, after an hour of Gerard and his crew sliding around and making their music, 8pm came.
Muse, being no ordinary band, decided to wow the audience (very effectively) by entering the stage by means of coming out the floor in the middle of the pitch (to "Dance Of The Knights" from the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet" (though its probably more famous for the theme to "The Apprentice").
They did this to screams of delight and to fireworks and smoke. Once they had been raised up (daym that reminds me of latin) they walked along the raised walkway to the main stage. The were accompanied, rather surprisingly, by men in yellow radioactive suits and hazard masks who quickly disappeared as the trio walked on stage.
The band opened with their hit "Knights of Cydonia" from their latest creation, "Black Holes And Revelations". they played several songs form Black Holes And Revelations and also played songs from their other 3 ("Showbiz" (1999), "Origin Of Symmretry" (2001) and "Absolution" (2003)).
Dance of the Knights (intro music)
Close Encounters Riff + Knights of Cydonia
Hysteria
Supermassive Black Hole
Map of the Problematique
Forced In
Sing For Absolution
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Hoodoo
Intro + Apocalypsee Please
Feeling Good (Nina Simone cover)
Piano Interlude + Sunburn (piano)
Invincible
Starlight
Blues Jam + Time Is Running Out
New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro
Encore 1:
Soldiers Poem (acoustic guitar)
Unintended
Blackout
Bliss
Encore 2:
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome + riffs
Take A Bow
It was a truly brilliant experience. During "Blackout", everyone put their lights on their phones (at Muse's instruction) as the stadium lights were dimmed. it was amazing to see many specks of light in the crowd. Straight after, during "Bliss", two massive balloons were released and attatched to these were acrobats. these acrobats danced through out the song and were pulled back at the end of the first encore.
Muse finished with "Take A Bow" (rather fitting for the moment) and the stage lit up with fireworks and sparks and the stage was covered with smoke.
Wow.. what a gig.
The journey home was nearly as exciting with delays and whole lines not running. Fuck you ken.
oh and hi to the guy who was drunk out his head.. hope your friend jack didn't kill you and hope you got back to Hammersmith ok.
(thanks to http://www.musewiki.org/London_Wembley_Stadium_2007_-_17th_%28gig%29 for the set list)
currently listening to - Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
1 comment:
1. MCR - just why!?! why would a quality act like Muse have such a shite support act?
2. No Citizen Erased? How disappointing!
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