2012.09.XX - Battersea Power Station, London, UK

[Niall]

Looks like we have a surprise album launch gig, or at least a recorded performance of some sort. The date is just the broadcast/showing date, so we don't know when the actual performance will be.

http://www.muselive.com/index.php?m=single&id=6753

[Jazzthief]

I think that it might be live.

[mrskopite]

So it's gonna be Muse music without Muse???

[Aural Radio]

so this confirms that animals is just gonna be a cover of the pink floyd album?

[SoberBaby]

I hope we get to see it in America.

[Gareeh]

Wouldn't surprise me if they then adopted a Gene Simmons dress sense and then pictured themselves crossing Abbey Road for the album cover

[Oh Hannah]

How many threads for this do we need :facepalm:

[They]

"Plus classics from their 16-year career"

Reading/Leeds encore type songs then. :(

[Lady Jessica]

How many threads for this do we need :facepalm:

One for the gig itself, and one for the movie.

[Dominic.]

"Plus classics from their 16-year career"

Reading/Leeds encore type songs then. :(

And?

I imagine setwise it'll be something like their Teignmouth shows, debuting a bunch of new songs and then otherwise a standard set with a range of songs from their past albums, but not so much Showbiz. Nowt wrong with that

Would be awesome if they played the new album in full

[Oh Hannah]

One for the gig itself, and one for the movie.

Fair enough, it's being discussed everywhere at the moment but will die down :happy:

I really hope it's out before the September weekend I'm away :(

[Cally]

I hope we get to see it in America.

They're playing it here in Colorado! :awesome:

http://events.gazette.com/colorado_springs_co/events/show/272214387-muse-live-from-london

There's also a theater in Florida that has it listed under coming soon, so hopefully it's a wide release.

[forevermusic]

Hope it's a full gig - would blow away the disappointment of losing out on the arena tour.

[TheDarkShines]

As its a record release concert i think its more likely to broadcast around 16th/17th than the 7th, and it seems most cinemas are listing it as around then too

[Oh Hannah]

Is this a gig that people can go to? When will tickets be out? (not that I will be able to go)

[forevermusic]

If they have an announcement on August 1st, then maybe that's what it is...

[Niall]

How many threads for this do we need :facepalm:

Two? One for the film and one for the gig. Makes sense to me :erm:

[TheDarkShines]

Is this a gig that people can go to? When will tickets be out? (not that I will be able to go)

It may be competition winners

[Furygirl]

I have my doubts it will be shown in the US, much less my city. :indiff: Or I don't know, maybe LA.

[FabriPav]

I have my doubts it will be shown in the US, much less my city. :indiff: Or I don't know, maybe LA.

http://board.muse.mu/showpost.php?p=9716071&postcount=12

:p

[Oh Hannah]

Two? One for the film and one for the gig. Makes sense to me :erm:

Jessica already answered :happy: sorry it was an exaggeration on my part

I can't see it on any Edinburgh cinema listings :erm:

[leetroot]

the gig tickets (if there are any) will probably be done by the infamous Muse Ballot system. Looking forward to that one :rolleyes:

[foldingstars]

Why is everything happening in September? I will be busy with my exams then :facepalm: Well, I hope they will show it at my local cinema so I don't have to travel anywhere.

[TheDarkShines]

I can't see it on any Edinburgh cinema listings :erm:

I doubt all the cinemas showing it have put it on there coming soon lists yet as there is barely any info out about it...at least im hoping so :LOL:

[Oh Hannah]

I doubt all the cinemas showing it have put it on there coming soon lists yet as there is barely any info out about it...at least im hoping so :LOL:

I hope so too

Lucky all you London/near London citizens for possibly having a chance!

[shelovesyou]

Why is everything happening in September? I will be busy with my exams then :facepalm:

THIS.

[bellapod]

For this gig I would swap my 26th O2s for!! Can't wait.
I think for this gig they should take a leaf out of the recent Kasabian gig and go paperless.

[Niall]

We don't even know if this is an actual gig in the traditional sense or if it's more like a live studio session with little or no audience. I'd guess it's more the latter given that Battersea Power Station isn't really a venue so much as a ruin, unless it's like the set up for the winter sport festival they do there.

[Bs]

so this confirms that animals is just gonna be a cover of the pink floyd album?

Fine by me. :rolleyes:

[Lickle_Pickle]

For this gig I would swap my 26th O2s for!! Can't wait.
I think for this gig they should take a leaf out of the recent Kasabian gig and go paperless.

Totally...there were still Priority tickets available for Kasabian a few hours after they went on sale. Just goes to show its the touts that get all the presale. Boo hoo etc :rolleyes:

[leetroot]

looks like it could hold a few people - particularly if it is 1 named ticket per application. every muser for themself!

http://www.industri.uk.com/battersea/events_showground.html

would suit an Arcadia style set well.

[Killer Rabbit]

We don't even know if this is an actual gig in the traditional sense or if it's more like a live studio session with little or no audience. I'd guess it's more the latter given that Battersea Power Station isn't really a venue so much as a ruin, unless it's like the set up for the winter sport festival they do there.

I'm now wondering if Muse is doing something like Led Zeppelin did for "The Song Remains The Same": live footage intercut with movie like segments. That would be wicked (it would also explain the pics of Dom as a ninja).

[bellapod]

Totally...there were still Priority tickets available for Kasabian a few hours after they went on sale. Just goes to show its the touts that get all the presale. Boo hoo etc :rolleyes:
A few hours!! Wow. Now that would be great.

[mjartrod]

I'm now wondering if Muse is doing something like Led Zeppelin did for "The Song Remains The Same": live footage intercut with movie like segments. That would be wicked (it would also explain the pics of Dom as a ninja). Agreed. That's why I think that whatever ninja stuff they're shooting in LA may be for this specific gig. Cos I just can't see how they could make it work in a tour in the normal format lol

[Hopix]

Why is everything happening in September? I will be busy with my exams then :facepalm: Well, I hope they will show it at my local cinema so I don't have to travel anywhere.

INORITE

I'm going on holiday. :facepalm:

[space]

when is this gig gona b filmed?
i could probably go down to Battersea :)

[FutureLegend]

I would love to be there. I really hope there is a live audience and that tickets are as easy to obtain as they were for Teignmouth. Then again, that's a lot of hoping:;)

[trogette]

I hope they get on with announcing it so I can figure out what I'm going to do about it!

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

This is just so random. Don't get where ML got that 16 September date from, there's nothing officially confirmed from the band about it, we don't know if it's a performance with fans or just a recording to be aired in films, and we don't know which cinemas will air it or even when (rumours of 7th Sept).

I"m really hoping fans can't attend to watch live performances cos I'm on holiday abroad that week and I simply refuse to miss Muse in London (except for the Closing Ceremony... I don't have £900-£1,500 to blow on tickets!).

BPS is an awesome venue and the screening sounds tres cool, but it's too up in the air at the mo - confirm something, pls!

[Oh Hannah]

Banoffee sky - Tom's company - shared muselives post on it on Facebook

That's as close as we have to confirmation

[tomwells94]

Totally...there were still Priority tickets available for Kasabian a few hours after they went on sale. Just goes to show its the touts that get all the presale. Boo hoo etc :rolleyes:

That was becuase it got totally fucked up. I was on ther at bang on 9, and it said it was sold out... 3 hours later, they actually put more than 50 tickets on sale. It pissed me off so much... My favourite bands always have ticket calamities! :LOL:

[forevermusic]

Q are saying they have an exclusive Muse announcement on Thursday. Could it be this?

[bellapod]

Q are saying they have an exclusive Muse announcement on Thursday. Could it be this?

Cor how cool. Fingers crossed. I would love it on the 15th though as getting back home after the gig on the Sunday and working the next day would be hell. Wouldn't get home until 1 and would be up at 6! Yuk.

[Jobby]

Cor how cool. Fingers crossed. I would love it on the 15th though as getting back home after the gig on the Sunday and working the next day would be hell. Wouldn't get home until 1 and would be up at 6! Yuk.

Well, no one knows if they're going to be playing to an audience yet.

[trogette]

on the website/radio/tv station?

[karinvisser]

I saw this on the site of Pathe, that's a large cinema concern in Holland.
http://www.pathe.nl/film/17776/muse-the-2nd-law

[forevermusic]

Nevermind - the Q exclusive was them confirming their pre-album interviews in the mag and on radio.

It does seem that they will confirm something about this soon though.

[trogette]

they're going to have to, it's only, what, 4 weeks away!

[foldingstars]

Is this really happening? :erm: I think it's about time we knew at least something more about it.

[Niall]

Maybe it's being reorganised after the release date change.

[Gareeh]

Maybe it's being reorganised after the release date change.

Most likely, will probably be about 1/2 weeks after the release, no?

[FabriPav]

Shit, the delay of the album caused this promotional gig to be deleted. An italian cinema on facebook (PIXEL CINEMA) said so. Gutted

[Jobby]

Shit, the delay of the album caused this promotional gig to be deleted. An italian cinema on facebook (PIXEL CINEMA) said so. Gutted

By 'deleted', do you mean it's not happening at all anymore? Well, that's shit. Nice one, Warner.

[JamesPHD]

By 'deleted', do you mean it's not happening at all anymore? Well, that's shit. Nice one, Warner.

No by deleted he means they have added more dates.

[FabriPav]

By 'deleted', do you mean it's not happening at all anymore? Well, that's shit. Nice one, Warner.

No by deleted he means they have added more dates.

:LOL:

Yes, totally deleted. Fuck you Warner (again.)

[JamesPHD]

Fuck you Warner (again.)

Don't think we know it was Warner's decision to delay the album.

[FabriPav]

Don't think we know it was Warner's decision to delay the album.

Well, fuck you Warner anyway.

No official reason, yes, but probably it was deleted because of clash with The Killers' and Green Day's album releases.

[JamesPHD]

Well, fuck you Warner anyway.

No official reason, yes, but probably it was deleted because of clash with The Killers' and Green Day's album releases.

I don't think the Killers are a big enough band to move Muse's release date. I just don't. Also Muse's was announced first.

[forevermusic]

The Killers have sold a similar number of albums but I think their last album sold an extra 50,000 or so copies to what the Muse one did in the first week.

[FabriPav]

I don't think the Killers are a big enough band to move Muse's release date. I just don't. Also Muse's was announced first.

Green Day then.

[Gareeh]

I don't think the Killers are a big enough band to move Muse's release date. I just don't. Also Muse's was announced first.

Yes they are. The Killers have a fanbase similar to the size of Muse's and then they have had more chart success than Muse.

[Niall]

That's a shame.

[bumpypotato]

Shit, the delay of the album caused this promotional gig to be deleted. An italian cinema on facebook (PIXEL CINEMA) said so. Gutted

Fuck everyone involved.

[Riveon]

TR buildup > T2L buildup.

[Kueller917]

TR buildup > T2L buildup. [2]

[FabriPav]

But probably T2L > TR, so :awesome:

Inb4 someone TR > T2L

[Kueller917]

TR > T2L

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

TR > T2L

That's ridiculous considering you haven't heard T2L in full yet :LOL:.

So, this has been cancelled altogether, then? How shite! I was really excited, especially as Batt Pow is such an iconic location. Every time I looked at my poster of them fuzzily walking by it, I'd grin at the prospect of this gig, lol.

Ah well. Maybe they'll do it after the album's release and it'll be a proper gig we can get tickets to see *hopes*

[Jobby]

Yeah, this buildup's been pretty shit to be honest. Now that we've got some songs, the boredom has lessened but it's definitely still there. The band haven't really done anything to involve the fans this time.

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

No treasure hunts or games, which is a shame. But I think the anticipation of the songs has been enough this time, tbh. Because the stuff we've heard has been so radically different to before, it's set expectations higher.

I know with each album they do something different, but this one feels even more set apart from their previous material. I'm definitely still counting down the days to its release. The Chris songs in particular I can't wait to hear! :D

[foldingstars]

Ha, I knew it. :rolleyes:

[JamesPHD]

That's a shame.

Has Friends in his display picture



Quotes Seinfeld.


Ya the buildup has been pretty minimal to this album although I don't think they could ever top the TR buildup.

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

Has Friends in his display picture



Quote Seinfeld.


Ya the buildup has been pretty minimal to this album although I don't think they could ever top the TR buildup.

Bit obsessed with people's usernames/avatars? :p.
TR build up was cool, but they've involved fans in cooler ways (Abso's actual treasure hunt with the bikes and the setlist anagrams were the best, imo). Dunno why they didn't do anything this time around, but it hasn't dampened my excitement for the album. It just means we've had less to do while we wait, lol. I'm hoping for a hidden code of some sort on the album itself that might lead to hidden tracks :eek: (although hugely doubtful).

[Kueller917]

That's ridiculous considering you haven't heard T2L in full yet :LOL:.


I was just messing with Fabri, if you look at the post above mine :LOL:

[SerpentSatellite]

Was this ever confirmed anywhere, officially? Not the cancellation, but that it even really existed?

I'm still hugely bummed out... I even managed to take my one vacation day a year in hopes of seeing it. :'(

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

I was just messing with Fabri, if you look at the post above mine :LOL:

I'm not good at getting jokes these days :LOL:. Soz :$.

As to the question: I don't think it was ever officially confirmed, no. It was through a website, but the band didn't make any announcement. Bummed as well because this would have been such an iconic location and such a brilliant gig. And Muse at the cinema was awesome with HAARP, so I was excited to relive it.

I'm guessing it was replaced with the iTunes gig as a pre-album performance (although by that time it would have probably leaked already, lol).

[SerpentSatellite]

Not much of a replacement, if I can't see it. :$

Now I'm going to have to use that day to clean toilets and fold clothes so I don't feel guilty.

[trogette]

Not much of a replacement, if I can't see it. :$

Now I'm going to have to use that day to clean toilets and fold clothes so I don't feel guilty.

Fuck that, you were going to use the day to see a Muse gig, you could have a dvd marathon?

[crazybobbles]

yup, that's no longer. it was definitely planned, but now it's pretty much replaced with itunes.

To be fair, the logistics of determining who'd go to the battersea gig was going to be PAIN.

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

yup, that's no longer. it was definitely planned, but now it's pretty much replaced with itunes.

To be fair, the logistics of determining who'd go to the battersea gig was going to be PAIN.

But wasn't it also speculated that there'd be no audience - just a filmed performance that will be shown in cinemas (pre-recorded)?

[SerpentSatellite]

Fuck that, you were going to use the day to see a Muse gig, you could have a dvd marathon?

Unless you mean a Muse DVD marathon... then, being in the US, I can't even do that. *grrrr*

[crazybobbles]

But wasn't it also speculated that there'd be no audience - just a filmed performance that will be shown in cinemas (pre-recorded)?

Come on, the audience is what drives a live show. The reaction of a crowd has a direct correlation to their enthusiasm to do a good job, having no one around would feel like a rehearsal

[Gareeh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYDerPy0sh0&feature=relmfu

[hyper_chondriac_muser]

Come on, the audience is what drives a live show. The reaction of a crowd has a direct correlation to their enthusiasm to do a good job, having no one around would feel like a rehearsal

I'm not saying I'd want it to be that way, but that it was a potential option. This whole thing was so hush-hush, though, it's hard to know if it was ever really planned to happen. I would have paid a decent sum to see them play at Batt Pow. That would have been fecking memorable!

[trogette]

Unless you mean a Muse DVD marathon... then, being in the US, I can't even do that. *grrrr*

yes that's what I meant, and that's a shame if you don't have a de-regionalised DVD player I guess

(would be so much better with blu-rays mind you...)