Muse is off to a strong start, the stage surrounded by a
phalanx of trumpet soldiers?!
New songs generally take a while to get into. “Pressure” is catchy from the start.
“Psycho” has a cool light effect at the end.
The four purple ~Venus flytraps that hover in and out of “Break It To Me” may be the coolest stage visual I’ve seen at a concert!!!
Aww, they’re playing “Uprising,” Tom’s favorite song. I like the contrast from the previous song:
just him, a mic, and the crowd.
Whoa, you can literally feel reverberating sound waves
hitting your knees during “Propaganda”?!
Yay, “Plug-In Baby,” old school!
“The Dark Side” happened.
Oooh, love the Close
Encounters intro that summons “Supermassive Black Hole”!!! Heh, “glaciers melting in the dead of night”
— indeed.
I really like the way there were almost no visuals or sound
tricks during “Hysteria.” The singalong
lyrics and driving rhythm really speak for themselves!!
Tom: “They really crank up the bass during the new stuff.” True story.
In theory, the chilled-out piano version of “Dig Down” is a
nice change of pace, but I just found it dull.
It’s not known enough or good enough of a song to benefit from a
flip.
Ironically, “Madness” is tame. Heh at the guy who’s wearing Bellamy’s mini
bulb glasses. Solid U2 soar by the end.
Oooh, group selfie amid streamers. GOOD IDEA.
“Time Is Running Out”!!! Nothing fancy, fantastic
song. Rhythm, lyrics, it’s got it. +1 for the inflection on “since ovuLAtion.”
“Take A Bow”!!!!! I’m
so happy they finally played it. I’ve
been clamoring for years, and they did it.
Having the hyper-focused demonic lyrics and “Starlight” after made it
even better.
“Algorithm” has a good rhythm.
WOW at the giant helmeted skeleton solider backdrop during
the encore mashup. Heh at the soldier
touching Bellamy at one point.
“Knights of Cydonia”: harmonica intro, bouncing balls, IT
GETS KEVYN TO JUMP!!!
Grade: A-
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