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Muse

Background information
Origin Teignmouth, Devon, England
Genres Alternative rock, progressive rock, new prog
Years active 1994-present
Labels Warner, Helium 3, Taste, East West, Mushroom, Dangerous
Website www.muse.mu
Members
Matthew Bellamy
Christopher Wolstenholme
Dominic Howard
.Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon.^ Real Name: Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard Profile: UK Rock band, formed in Teignmouth/Devon in 1994.
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 .Since their inception, the band has been composed of Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums and percussion).^ Sites: muse.mu , MySpace , youtube.com/muse , musewiki.org Members: Chris Wolstenholme , Dominic Howard , Matthew Bellamy history / edit Artist .
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 ^ Real Name: Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard Profile: UK Rock band, formed in Teignmouth/Devon in 1994.
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 ^ Reply Score = -1 Well, the lead singer of both bands were insanely hot and Matt Bellamy, bless him, isn't all that attractive.
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 .Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances[1][2][3] and their fusion of many music genres, including progressive rock, classical music, hard rock and electronica.^ Muse did not steal their sound, their lyrics or any other musical content from Radiohead, the only similarity is that both bands' music has an incredible diversity and spanning of genres, and is brilliant.
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 [4]
.Muse have released five studio albums – Showbiz (1999); Origin of Symmetry (2001); Absolution (2003); Black Holes and Revelations (2006); and The Resistance (2009) – one live album, HAARP (2008), and a compilation, Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002).^ Origin Of Symmetry (2x12", Album, RE) .
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 ^ Black Holes And Revelations (CD, Album, Ltd) .
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 ^ Origin Of Symmetry Bleeb Version Unmastered (CD, Promo, Album) .
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 Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.[5] Muse have won many other music awards throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, eight NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards.[citation needed]

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History

Formation and early years (1992–1997)

.The members of Muse played in separate bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s, but soon the formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for the part of guitarist in Dominic Howard's band.^ Sites: muse.mu , MySpace , youtube.com/muse , musewiki.org Members: Chris Wolstenholme , Dominic Howard , Matthew Bellamy history / edit Artist .
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 ^ Real Name: Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard Profile: UK Rock band, formed in Teignmouth/Devon in 1994.
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 ^ Matt Bellamy's father George Bellamy was the rhythm guitarist for the band, The Tornadoes.
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 They asked Chris Wolstenholme, who played drums at the time, to learn to play bass guitar for the band. Wolstenholme agreed and took up lessons.[citation needed]
.In 1994 the band used the name Rocket Baby Dolls with a goth/glam image to compete in a local battle of the bands.^ Real Name: Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard Profile: UK Rock band, formed in Teignmouth/Devon in 1994.
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 The band won the contest, smashing their equipment in the process.[6][7] "It was supposed to be a protest, a statement," Bellamy said, "so, when we actually won, it was a real shock. A massive shock. After that, we started taking ourselves seriously." Shortly after the contest, the three decided to forget university, quit their jobs, change the band name to Muse, and move away from Teignmouth.[8]

First EPs and Showbiz (1998–2000)

After a few years building a fan base, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester. The band had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio, situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall. He had seen the three boys grow up as he knew their parents and had a production company together with their manager to-be Safta Jaffery.[9]
This meeting led to their first proper recordings and the release of the Muse EP on Sawmills' in-house Dangerous label.[6] .Their second EP, the Muscle Museum EP, reached number 3 in the indie singles chart and attracted the attention of British radio broadcaster Steve Lamacq as well as the weekly British music publication NME.^ Muscle Museum EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions) .
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 ^ Muscle Museum Revised Radio Edit (CDr, Promo, Single) .
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 ^ Muscle Museum (Minimax, Promo, Single) .
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 .March 2010" style="white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] Dennis Smith introduced the band to Safta Jaffery with whom he had recently started the record label Taste Media.^ Taste Media , Mushroom Records .
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 ^ Taste Media , Ukrainian Records .
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 ^ Mushroom Records , Taste Media , Sony Music Entertainment (Indonesia) .
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 .Muse signed with Smith and Jaffery and recorded their first three albums, Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and Absolution, with Taste Media.^ Three words, Origin of Symmetry; Screenager is the most sophisticated song I've heard from any band.
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 ^ With regard to the number of the Muses, we are informed that originally three were worshipped on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, namely, Melete (meditation), Mneme (memory), and Aoede (song); and their worship and names are said to have been first introduced by Ephialtes and Otus.
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 ^ Origin Of Symmetry (Cass, Album) .
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 [citation needed]
Despite the success of their second EP, British record companies were reluctant to sign Muse. It was after a trip to New York's CMJ Festival that an American record label flew them to Los Angeles to showcase. Nanci Walker, then Sr. Director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the U. S. to showcase for Columbia Record's then Senior Vice President of A&R, Tim Devine, as well as for American Recording's Rick Rubin. It was during this trip, on 24 December 1998, that Muse signed a deal with Maverick Records.[10] .Upon their return from America, Taste Media arranged deals for Muse with various record labels in Europe and Australia, allowing them to maintain control over their career in individual countries.^ Mushroom Records , Taste Media , Sony Music Entertainment (Indonesia) .
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 ^ Mushroom Records , Taste Media , Festival Mushroom Records .
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 ^ Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Indonesia) , Mushroom Records , Taste Media .
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 [citation needed]
.John Leckie was brought in to produce the band's first record, Showbiz. The album showcased the band's soft style, and the lyrics made reference to the difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in Teignmouth.^ They are daft,have some silly lyrics but they can produce some excellent music.Muse and arcade fire are two of the best bands around.
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 ^ It really isn't so bad when you ignore the lyrics but then again there are bands that produce songs that you don't have to do that to.
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 ^ They are clearly influeced by bands like Queen, Pink Floyd,Radiohead.bellamy even sings in similar style to Thom Yorke.
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 [6][7]

Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo (2001–2002)

.During production of the band's second album, Origin of Symmetry, the band experimented with instrumentation such as a church organ, Mellotron, and an expanded drum kit.^ I hope to hear some more instrumental excellence on the primaries (drums + guitars) in the rest of the album but experimenting is good for an album...
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 ^ Three words, Origin of Symmetry; Screenager is the most sophisticated song I've heard from any band.
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 ^ It's really "wound up" and the production has placed the instruments and vocals in the right places to make the song, which could potentially be grating (like Origin of symmetry perhaps) into kind of a psychotic quilt.
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 .There were more of Bellamy's high-pitched vocal lines, arpeggiated guitar, and piano playing.^ The music, the guitar riffs, the vocals, all unique and of high quality, and the lyrics definitely aren't as bad as some make them out to be.
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 ^ Those occasional high-pitched guitar/vocal squeals have something very much like this about them.
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 ^ "Those occasional high-pitched guitar/vocal squeals have something very much like this about them."
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 .Bellamy cites guitar influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave), the latter evident in the more riff-based songs in Origin of Symmetry and in Bellamy's extensive use of pitch-shifting effects in his solos.^ Reply Score = 0 The chorus guitar riff sounds like the song "Bow Wow" from Best In Show.
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 ^ Three words, Origin of Symmetry; Screenager is the most sophisticated song I've heard from any band.
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 [11] .The album also features a reworking of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's "Feeling Good". Muse successfully sued Nestlé in 2003 when they used Muse's version of "Feeling Good" in a television advert for Nescafé without permission and donated much of the compensation to Oxfam.^ Good point here, but I honestly feel they had found their own unique sound and carved a true niche from them selves from an early point.
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 ^ Uprising is good but I feel like they could have done a little more with it instrumentally...
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 ^ Reply Score = 0 I used to listen quite a lot to Muse and I appreciate dearly their reach for the sky melodramatics, because they've made it work countless times, but this is not very good.
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 [12]
Celine Dion was also threatened with legal action in 2002 when she planned to name her Las Vegas show "Muse," despite the band owning the worldwide performing rights to the name. .Celine Dion offered $50,000 for the rights but Muse rejected this with Bellamy stating that "We don't want to turn up there with people thinking we're Celine Dion's backing band."^ Reply Score = -3 In the world you and Muse live in where there's a continent called Eurasia then yeah, sure, they're the best.
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 ^ There was a literal uprising when Muse fans got a listen to the undeniably Queen-y " United States Of Eurasia ," which to be fair, successfully distracted people from the song's name.
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 Eventually Dion was forced to back down.[13]
.Origin of Symmetry was well-received by critics; NME gave the album 9/10 with Roger Morton writing, "It's amazing for such a young band to load up with a heritage that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka, Mahler and The Tiger Lillies, Cronenberg and Schoenberg, and make a sexy, populist album.^ And, Eurasia has a population of 4.8 billion, and makes up 71% of the entire world population, so if Muse are to be considered the best band in the world by 71% of everyone, then that's fine by me.
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 ^ Three words, Origin of Symmetry; Screenager is the most sophisticated song I've heard from any band.
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 ^ I know the band has been criticized for sounding like radiohead and having shallow lyrics sometimes, but the overall delivery has been so amazing it didn't even matter.
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 But Muse have carried it off."[14]
.Maverick had reservations about Bellamy's vocal style on this album (considering it not to be "radio-friendly"[citation needed]), and asked Muse to change some of their songs prior to U. S. release.^ If we now inquire into the notions entertained about the nature and character of the Muses, we find that, in the Homeric poems, they are the goddesses of song and poetry, and live in Olympus.
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 .The band refused and left Maverick, resulting in Maverick's decision not to release "Origin of Symmetry" in the United States.^ Three words, Origin of Symmetry; Screenager is the most sophisticated song I've heard from any band.
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 [citation needed] The album was finally released in the U.S. in September 2005, after Muse signed to Warner Bros.[citation needed]
.Muse released a live DVD, "Hullabaloo," featuring live footage recorded during Muse's two gigs on consecutive nights at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001 and a documentary film of the band on tour.^ They are daft,have some silly lyrics but they can produce some excellent music.Muse and arcade fire are two of the best bands around.
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 ^ Hullabaloo - Live At 'Le Zenith - Paris' (2xDVD) .
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 ^ Hullabaloo - Live At 'Le Zenith - Paris' ◄ (3 versions) .
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 A double album, "Hullabaloo Soundtrack" was released at the same time, containing a compilation of B-sides and a disc of recordings of songs from the Le Zenith performances. A double-A side single was also released featuring new songs "In Your World" and "Dead Star."

Absolution (2003–2005)

Chris Wolstenholme of Muse performing at the Mod Club Theatre, Toronto in 2004. The international Absolution tour included the band's first shows in North America since 1999.
.Absolution (produced by Rich Costey) was released in 2003 and debuted at number one in the UK.[citation needed] The album yielded their first top ten hit with "Time Is Running Out" and later three top-twenty hits: "Hysteria", "Sing For Absolution" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes".[citation needed] Muse subsequently undertook their first international stadium tour.^ With regard to the number of the Muses, we are informed that originally three were worshipped on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, namely, Melete (meditation), Mneme (memory), and Aoede (song); and their worship and names are said to have been first introduced by Ephialtes and Otus.
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 ^ In later times Apollo is placed in very close connection with the Muses, for he is described as the leader of the choir of the Muses by the surname Mousagetês.
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 ^ Time Is Running Out (DVD, TP) .
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 It continued for about a year and saw Muse visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and France. .Meanwhile, the band released five singles ("Time Is Running Out", "Hysteria", "Sing for Absolution", "Stockholm Syndrome" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes").^ Butterflies & Hurricanes (CDr, Promo, Single) .
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 ^ Time Is Running Out (DVD, Single) .
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 ^ Time Is Running Out (DVD, TP) .
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 The US leg of the 2004 tour began ominously as Bellamy injured himself on stage during the opening show in Atlanta.[15] The tour resumed after several stitches and a couple of days.
.The band also played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2004. After the festival, the band described the concert as "the best gig of our lives".[16][17] However, drummer Dominic Howard's father, Bill Howard, who was at the festival to watch the band, died from a heart attack very shortly after the performance.^ Reply Score = 0 Ok come on then Matt, who's the best band in the world today?
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 "It was the biggest feeling of achievement we've ever had after coming offstage", Bellamy said. "It was almost surreal that an hour later his dad died. It was almost not believable. We spent about a week sort of just with Dom trying to support him. I think he was happy that at least his dad got to see him at probably what was the finest moment so far of the band's life".[6] Muse then continued their tour.[citation needed] They won two MTV Europe awards, including "Best Alternative Act" and a Q Award for "Best Live Act".[citation needed] Muse also received an award for "Best Live Act" at the 2005 BRIT Awards.[citation needed] In July 2005, Muse participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris.[citation needed]
.An unofficial and unauthorised DVD biography containing no Muse music called Manic Depression was released in April 2005; the band was not involved with the project and did not endorse the release.^ SUNBURN - Muse Master Release - [Help] Release Notes: (optional) Submission Notes: (optional) Save Cancel Contained Releases: My Discogs Submissions Watchlist Drafts Collection Wantlist more...
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 [18] Another DVD, this time official, was released by the band on 12 December 2005, called Absolution Tour. The official release contained re-edited and re-mastered highlights from the Glastonbury Festival 2004 and previously unseen footage from London Earls Court, Wembley Arena, and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Two songs, "Endlessly" and "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist", are hidden tracks on the DVD taken from Wembley Arena. The only song from Absolution not to appear on the live DVD is "Falling Away With You", which has never been performed live to date.[19] Absolution eventually went Gold in the US.[20]

Black Holes and Revelations and HAARP (2006–2008)

Muse playing "Starlight" at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006
.In 2006, Muse released their fourth album, Black Holes and Revelations, co-produced by Muse and Rich Costey.^ MUSE : Black.Holes .and.Revelations Und noch eine steigerung zum vorgängeralbum, schrill, melodiös gut wie eh und je!!!!
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 ^ Black Holes & Revelations (VCD, Promo) .
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 ^ Black Holes And Revelations (CD, Album + DVD-V, NTSC) .
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 The album's title and themes are the result of the band's fascination with science fiction and political outrage.[21][22] The album charted at No. 1 in the UK, much of Europe, and Australia. It was also a success in the United States, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200 album chart.[23] Prior to the release of the new album, the band resumed making live performances, which had halted while recording, making a number of promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1's One Big Weekend. .The Black Holes and Revelations Tour started just before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, most notably a headline slot at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006.[24] The band's main touring itinerary started with a tour of North America from late July to early August 2006. After the last of the summer festivals, a tour of Europe began, including a large arena tour of the UK.[25] Black Holes and Revelations was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, but lost to Arctic Monkeys.^ MUSE : Black.Holes .and.Revelations Und noch eine steigerung zum vorgängeralbum, schrill, melodiös gut wie eh und je!!!!
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 ^ Black Holes And Revelations (CD, Album, Ltd) .
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 ^ Black Holes And Revelations (CDr, Promo, Album, Copy Prot.
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 [citation needed] The album did, however, earn a Platinum Europe Award after selling one million copies in the continent.[26] In August 2006, Muse recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road.
.The first single from the album, "Supermassive Black Hole", was released as a download in May 2006. It was later followed by general releases as a single the next month, all ahead of the main album release.^ Black Holes And Revelations (CD, Album, Ltd) .
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 ^ Black Holes & Revelations (Cass, Album) .
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 .The second single, "Starlight", was released in September 2006. "Knights of Cydonia" was released in the U.S. as a radio-only single in June 2006 and in the UK in November 2006. "Knights of Cydonia" was voted number 1 in the world's largest music poll Australian Radio's Triple J Hottest 100 for 2007 and 18th in Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009. The fourth single from the album, "Invincible", was then released in April 2007.[27] Another single, "Map of the Problematique", was released for digital download only in June 2007, following the band's performance at Wembley Stadium.^ Schelli 01.02.2006, 15:05 Wo treibt Ihr alle diese Bands auf????
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 [28]
The band spent November and much of December 2006 touring Europe with British band Noisettes as the supporting act. The tour continued in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia in early 2007 before returning to England for the summer. .Possibly their biggest performances to date were two gigs at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium on 16 and 17 June 2007. Both Wembley concerts were recorded for a DVD/CD titled HAARP, which was released on the 17 March 2008[29] in the UK and 1 April 2008[30] in the USA. The touring continued across Europe in July 2007 before heading back to the US in August where they played to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York.^ Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings .
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 [31] They earned a headline spot on the second night of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on 15 September 2007, after The White Stripes canceled their performance. .Not long after, they also performed at the October 2007 Vegoose in Las Vegas alongside bands like Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, and Queens of the Stone Age.^ Schelli 10.02.2007, 19:51 Schöngeist und Guinness, die zwei Sündenböcke, haben mich indirekt verleitet, mir Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies...
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 ^ Schöngeist 20.02.2007, 22:26 Schöngeist und Guinness, die zwei Sündenböcke, haben mich indirekt verleitet, mir Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies...
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 [31] Muse continued touring in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia before moving on to Australia and New Zealand. .Muse played their final show of the Black Holes and Revelations tour as headliner of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas after playing to sell-out crowds throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand.^ MUSE : Black.Holes .and.Revelations Und noch eine steigerung zum vorgängeralbum, schrill, melodiös gut wie eh und je!!!!
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 [citation needed]
A number of individual live appearances also occurred in 2008. In March, they played concerts in Dubai, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.[32] .On 12 April they played a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.^ Willy 01.10.2006, 22:39 The nice bekamen wegen des fahnenverbrennens lebenslanges auftrittsverbot lediglich in der royal albert hall.
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 ^ The nice bekamen wegen des fahnenverbrennens lebenslanges auftrittsverbot ledeglich in der royal albert hall.
  • Eure Lieblingsmusik zum Training? [Archiv] - Forum Gipfeltreffen 25 September 2009 3:03 UTC www.gipfeltreffen.at [Source type: General]

 ^ Before his feet are a few stars arranged in a circle, which some said were a wreath, thrown off as by one at play."
  • MUSES : Greek goddesses of music poetry & the arts ; mythology ; pictures : MOUSAI, MUSAE, MUSE 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.theoi.com [Source type: Original source]

 [33] Muse were present at Rock in Rio Lisboa on 6 June, along other bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Offspring and Linkin Park.[34] The band also performed at a new gig in Marlay Park, Dublin on 13 August and were set to play at a gig in Belfast on 14 August. However, the Belfast date was dismissed according to The Belfast Telegraph.[35] Kasabian and Glasvegas supported Muse on their Irish date.[36] A few days later, they were the headline act at V Festival 2008, playing in Chelmsford on Saturday 16 August and Staffordshire on Sunday 17 August.[37] They also hinted at the possibility of a future stadium tour or concerts in South America.[38]
On 25 September 2008, Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme all received a Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Plymouth for their contributions to music.[39][40]

The Resistance (2009-present)

Muse performing "Resistance" at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham on 10 November 2009.
The band's fifth studio album The Resistance was released in 2009. It is the first Muse album to have been produced by the band itself.[citation needed] The album was mixed by Mark Stent.[citation needed] On its release, it topped the album charts in 19 countries and reached number 3 on the American album chart.[citation needed] Critics were mostly positive about the album, with much of the praise directed towards its ambition, classical music influences and the thirteen-minute, three-part "Exogenesis: Symphony".[citation needed] It also beat its predecessor Black Holes and Revelations in relative album sales in its debut week in the UK with approximately 148,000 copies sold.[41] The first single "Uprising" was released seven days earlier.[42]
The Resistance Tour started at Hartwall Arena, Finland in October 2009 and will include headlining Coachella Festival in April 2010 and two gigs at Wembley Stadium in September 2010. The band also supported U2 for their U2 360° Tour. In the "Breakfast with Muse Concert" KROQ held, Muse was asked how long they would be on tour. .They commented saying in a paraphrase, "We will probably be touring until the end of next year.^ Then, next, the goddesses sing of Zeus, the father of gods and men, as they begin and end their strain, how much he is the most excellent among the gods and supreme in power.
  • MUSES : Greek goddesses of music poetry & the arts ; mythology ; pictures : MOUSAI, MUSAE, MUSE 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.theoi.com [Source type: Original source]

 We will be doing this U2 and European tour and ship off to Australia and Asia and return for an extensive US tour. It will actually be our longest US tour to date. Starting at about the end of February or March."[43]
As of the 15th January 2010, Muse started playing the Big Day Out festival at its various venues in Australia and New Zealand starting with Auckland and eventually ending with Perth. [44]
Muse will be headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2010 along with Stevie Wonder.[45][46] The group will also headline the 2010 Hovefestivalen,[47]as well as T in the Park 2010 and Oxegen alongside Eminem and Kasabian.[48]

Musical style

.Muse's primary genres are progressive rock, glam rock[4], space rock, and alternative rock, but they also integrate parts of electronica, indie, classical[49], hard rock, metal[49] and occasionally R&B[49].^ This is what keeps most people from successfully lowering their levels, because they have a hard time parting with their favorite foods.
  • MUSE - Mens Blog Talk - www.Mensblogtalk.com - Male Health Discussions 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.mensblogtalk.com [Source type: General]
Many Muse songs are recognizable by lead vocalist Matthew Bellamy's often falsetto voice and use of vibrato and Auto-tune. As a guitarist, Bellamy often utilizes arpeggio and pitch-shift effects to create a more "electric" sound, citing Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello as influences for this method.[11]
.Muse's album Black Holes and Revelations was influenced by various styles of European and Asian music.^ Black Holes And Revelations (CD, Album, Ltd) .
  • Muse Discography at Discogs 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Black Holes And Revelations (CDr, Promo, Album, Copy Prot.
  • Muse Discography at Discogs 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Black Holes & Revelations (CD, Album + DVD, Ltd) .
  • Muse Discography at Discogs 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

 "I've been listening to quite a lot of music from the south of Italy on this album", Bellamy admits. "I've been living in Italy for a while, and I discovered this music from Naples, which sounds like a mix of music from Africa, Croatia, Turkey, and Italy. It kind of gives it a mystical sound, so I think that's one thing that influenced the album. I like being influenced by things that have a mixed style".[50]
Muse have cited Queen as an influence.[51] Queen guitarist Brian May has praised Muse's work, calling the band "extraordinary musicians" who "let their madness show through, always a good thing in an artist."[52] In particular, Dominic Howard noted the influence of Queen on "United States of Eurasia."[53]
.On the band's association with progressive rock, Dominic Howard has said: "I associate it with 10-minute guitar solos, but I guess we kind of come into the category.^ Real Name: Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard Profile: UK Rock band, formed in Teignmouth/Devon in 1994.
  • Muse Discography at Discogs 17 January 2010 9:16 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

 A lot of bands are quite ambitious with their music, mixing lots of different styles — and when I see that I think it's great. I've noticed that kind of thing becoming a bit more mainstream." [54]

Discography

Main articles: Muse discography and List of Muse songs

See also

References

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  3. ^ Muse the best live band in the world - Music - Time Out Sydney
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  7. ^ a b "Muse", Kerrang!, 1999, http://www.rocketbabydolls.com/kerrang99.html 
  8. ^ "Muse Biography". Artists. Taste Music. Archived from the original on 2002-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20021208040122/http://www.tastemedia.com/muse/musebiog.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  9. ^ Interview with Safta Jaffery, manager for Muse | HitQuarters
  10. ^ "Muse biography". ticketmaster. ie. http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/944747. Retrieved 2008-05-02. 
  11. ^ a b "Muse's Matt Bellamy Talks". Ultimate-Guitar.com (possibly reprinted from Total Guitar (UK Magazine)). 2003-12-25. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/muses_matt_bellamy_talks.html. Retrieved 2009-09-17. 
  12. ^ "NME article", NME, 2003, http://www.microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/06242003-nme_article.php, retrieved 2008-01-19 
  13. ^ "Band muses on Dion name victory". BBC News Online. 2002-10-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2339585.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  14. ^ Morton, Roger. "Origin of Symmetry – Review". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/muse/5220. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 
  15. ^ "Muse singer hurt during US show". BBC News Online. 2004-04-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3625153.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  16. ^ "Muse". MTV. TV artist of the week. MTV. June 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20071215062626/http://www.mtv.tv/mtv.tv/dynamo/shells/other_music.jhtml?article=80134066. 
  17. ^ "Muse: Road To Wembley Part 4 – Glastonbury, triumph and tragedy". NME News. NME.COM. 2007-06-14. http://www.nme.com/news/muse/28961. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  18. ^ Amazon, Amazon. "Manic depression". amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depression-Muse/dp/B0007WQHJE. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
  19. ^ Adam, Mamo (December/January 2008), "Tales of the Tracks – Muse", Rip It Up: 31 
  20. ^ "Search Results". Gold and Platinum. RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Muse&perPage=99. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  21. ^ "'Kate Moss? We briefly met once'". Popworld. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20071224080238/http://www.popworld.com/pages/muse_interview. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  22. ^ Raper, Dan (2006-07-19). "Black Holes & Revelations". Pop Matters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/muse-black-holes-revelations/. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
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  24. ^ "Confirmed Festival Dates and Album Release Date". Muse Management. 2006-03-13. http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=29424. 
  25. ^ "Current Tour Dates". Muse Syndrome. 2006-02-05. http://www.musesyndrome.com/forums/page.php?id=166. 
  26. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2009". News. IFPI. 2006. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2006.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  27. ^ "Muse confirm new single". http://www.nme.com/news/muse/26647. Retrieved 2007-07-26. 
  28. ^ "MOTP – Wembley Souvenir Download". Microcuts.net. 2007-06-08. http://www.microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/06082007-motp_wembley_souvenir_download.php. Retrieved 2007-01-27. 
  29. ^ "H. A. A. R. P – CD/DVD – Out 17 March!". News. Muse. 2008-02-01. http://muse.mu/news/article/334/haarp---cddvd---out-march-17th/. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
  30. ^ "Muse to Release Live CD/DVD on 1 April". press release. Warner Bros. Records. 2008-02-19. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Warner-Bros-Records-822274.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  31. ^ a b "Muse headlining Madison Square Garden". The Rock Radio. 4 May 2007. http://www.therockradio.com/2007/05/muse-headlining-madison-square-garden.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
  32. ^ "Tour Dates". Muse. http://muse.mu/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  33. ^ "Royal Albert Hall 2008". Teenage Cancer Trust. 18 February 2008. http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/royal-albert-hall/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  34. ^ "Rock in Rio Lisboa: Muse ao vivo [texto+fotos"]. Blitz Portugal. http://blitz.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=bz.stories/24712. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
  35. ^ "Fans not a-Mused as top band to leave out Belfast". The Belfast Telegraph. 2008-04-14. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/article13875854.ece. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  36. ^ "Marlay Park Supports Confirmed". News. Muse. 2008-05-12. http://muse.mu/news/article/367/marlay-park-supports-confirmed/. Retrieved 2009-08-25. 
  37. ^ "V Festival Announcement!". Muse. 2008-02-12. http://muse.mu/news/article/338/v-festival-announcement/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
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  40. ^ "Muse receive honorary degrees". NME.COM. 2008-09-29. http://www.nme.com/news/muse/40081. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
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  42. ^ "First Single = Uprising!". http://muse.mu/news/article/421/first-single--uprising/. 
  43. ^ Muse No Longer On Eclipse Soundtrack; Now What Will We Play At the Vampire Baseball Game?
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  45. ^ Michael Eavis reveals Muse and Stevie Wonder to play Glastonbury at Event Production Show
  46. ^ Muse and Stevie Wonder set to headline Glastonbury 2010
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  48. ^ Eminem and Muse join Kasabian at T in the Park
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Muse
Matthew Bellamy • Christopher Wolstenholme • Dominic Howard
Touring members: Morgan Nicholls • Dan Newell • Alessandro Cortini
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Extended plays
Videos
Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris • Absolution Tour
Singles
Other songs
"Citizen Erased" • "Who Knows Who" • "United States of Eurasia" • "Exogenesis: Symphony"
Concert tours
Showbiz Tour • Origin of Symmetry Tour • Absolution Tour • US Campus Invasion Tour 2005 • Black Holes and Revelations Tour • A Seaside Rendezvous • The Resistance Tour
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Muse
Origin Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Genres alternative rock
progressive rock
Years active 1994 – present
Labels Warner Bros. Records
Taste Media
Mushroom
Helium3
Website Muse.mu
Members
Matthew Bellamy
Christopher Wolstenholme
Dominic Howard [1]

Muse is an English alternative rock band. They began in Teignmouth in 1994. There are three members of the band: Matthew Bellamy (guitar, piano, vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass and background vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums). They are sub-classified as mainly progressive rock, and play music with melody and fast tempo. However, they also play a great number of other styles of music, especially on their older albums like Showbiz. Their albums, Black Holes and Revelations, Absolution and The Resistance, have been successful in the US, UK and most western countries of the world.[2]

Contents

History

Creation and early EPs

Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, and Dominic Howard grew up in a small town called Teignmouth in Devon. They were bored there, so they started playing music together. When they were 13 years old, they made a band called Gothic Plague. The band was later called Fixed Penalty. After that, it was called Rocket Baby Dolls. In 1994, while they were called Chupalo Rocket Baby Dolls, they won a Battle of the Bands competition. During this competition, they broke their instruments, but still won.[3][4] In 1997, they chose the name Muse.[5] Muse's members did not like Teignmouth. In an interview in 1999, Bellamy said that it was full of people who took drugs, and that it was like a "living hell".[6]

Muse left Teignmouth and met producer Dennis Smith. He liked their work and offered them a contract with his chupalorecord label, Dangerous Records. Muse released their first EP called Muse in 1997. The band went to more band competitions and won several.[4] In 1998, they released their second EP, Muscle Museum.[5] The EP was popular, and Muse toured around Europe and Australia.[4]

Showbiz

Muscle Museum was popular enough to get Muse a record contract with Maverick Records in the United States.[5] The band started to work on a new album. They already had 80 songs written. They wrote new ones, though, for their next album. The other songs they used were already on their EPs.[7] Muse worked with producer John Leckie, who produced Radiohead's album, The Bends.[8]

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Muse's first album, Showbiz, came out in 1999. In the United States, Maverick used a large advertising campaign to make Muse more popular.[9] Muse were already popular in the UK, and NME said they were "the first great British guitar band of the 21st century".[10] US magazine Rolling Stone said Showbiz sounded a lot like Radiohead. Matthew Bellamy did not like that comparison, but people would still compare Muse and Radiohead in the future.[11][12] Other reviewers said the band had a lot of potential after listening to Showbiz.[13]

Origin of Symmetry

In the year 2000, Muse traveled a lot to help sell Showbiz. The highlight of the tour was touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters.[14] The band played at over 50 music festivals in Europe, and several in Japan. While they were traveling, the band recorded some songs for their next album. In January 2001, they started working on the rest with producer John Leckie, in Peter Gabriel's studio.

Muse began touring again in May 2001, after finishing the album. They had not released it, but Bellamy told BBC he thought the best way to promote it was to play live music. The band's second album, Origin of Symmetry, was released in June 2001 in the UK.[15] However, it was only released in North America in 2005.[16] The album did not do well on charts, but was popular with critics. NME praised the album for the songs on it being very loud and angry.[17] Allmusic said the album was very loud and sometimes ridiculous because of the instruments and riffs used on it, but that it was still very good.[18]

Nescafé used the song "Feeling Good" from Origin of Symmetry (which was a cover of a Nina Simone song) in an advertisement once. Muse sued Nescafé because they did not agree with how the company did business. They received money from Nescafé after suing. They donated it to Oxfam.[19] Muse almost sued Celine Dion when she tried to use the name Muse as the title of a performance in Las Vegas.[20]

Absolution

Muse's third album was recorded in lots of studios in places like London and Los Angeles. The band were very committed to making music. In the recording sessions for their older albums, they had wasted more time.[21] Muse started work in September 2003 with producer Paul Reeve, but they could not make many songs they liked. They took a break for Christmas, and then changed their producer to Rich Costey. Most of the album was recorded in 2004.[22] The album's themes included politics, death, and the Apocalypse.[23][24] The guitar performances on the new album were simpler than on Origin of Symmetry. Bellamy used one brand of guitar for the whole album, and this gave an "immense" sound according to Total Guitar magazine.[22]

To promote Absolution, Muse toured around the UK and North America. During their first show in the United States, in Atlanta, Bellamy hurt his mouth. He had accidentally hit himself with his guitar. Because of this, he needed stitches.[25] The band had to cancel several shows, but kept going with the tour.[26] Muse played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2004. After the concert, they said it was "the best gig of our lives".[27] Shortly after the show, however, Howard's father died. While they were very sad that he died, Bellamy said they were happy that Howard's father had been at the concert and had seen the band's "finest moment".[27] In 2005, Muse played four songs at Live 8.

Black Holes & Revelations

In January 2005 Muse finished their world tour with two big concerts in London. Bellamy said they wanted to make new music after this. However, they also wanted to tour the US again. This was because they became popular there for the first time. Costey produced the band's new album, like he did for Absolution.[28] The band recorded their fourth album, Black Holes & Revelations, in a château in the countryside of France, because they did not want to be distracted. However, they still recorded the album very slowly.[29]

The Resistance

By February 2 2009, Muse had started recording songs for their new album. In an interview, Bellamy said that the album is "all very orchestral". He said it would sound like classical music.[30]

On March 24 2009, Muse's website said that the band would be going on tour after the album is released. They said that they would go to France on this tour, and have two concerts in London. On July 2 2009, the band said that the tour was to start in Finland on October 22 2009. They also said that the tour would end on December 4 2009, in Italy. The 95,000 tickets went on sale at 9:00 am on June 5. They were sold out within minutes.[31]

On May 22 2009, the website said that the album would be called The Resistance. It also said that one of the songs would be called "United States of Eurasia".[32][33]

On June 16 2009, the band's website said that the album would be released on September 14 2009.

On July 3 2009, the band's Twitter account released the names of the songs on the album.

Band members

Official members
Touring musicians
  • Morgan Nicholls – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, percussion, guitar, bass (2004, 2006–present)
  • Dan "The Trumpet Man" Newell – trumpet on "City of Delusion" and "Knights of Cydonia" (2006–2008)
  • Alessandro Cortini – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, percussion (2009)[34]

Discography

References

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  2. ↑ "NME Albums Of The Year 2006". NME. 2006. http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  3. ↑ "Muse Biography". Kerrang!. 1999. http://www.rocketbabydolls.com/kerrang99.html. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "muse: biography". microcuts.net. http://www.microcuts.net/uk/biography/. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Heather Phares. "Muse Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p142116. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
  6. ↑ "Muse Biography". Artists. Taste Music. Archived from the original on 2002-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20021208040122/http://www.tastemedia.com/muse/musebiog.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  7. ↑ Tim Cashmere (October 1999). "Find Your Muse in Showbiz". Undercover.
  8. ↑ Jim Alexander (October 1999). "Showbiz Review". NME.
  9. ↑ "Muse blitz spin-off hope grows for Teignmouth". South Devon Herald Express. 14 October 1999.
  10. ↑ "The first great British guitar band of the 21st century". NME. October 1999.
  11. ↑ Adrianne Stone (1 October 1999). "Muse Live the Dream". Rolling Stone.
  12. ↑ MacKenzie Wilson. Black Holes and Revelations > Overview. Allmusic. Accessed 22 September 2008.
  13. ↑ Caroline Sullivan (October 1999). "Showbiz Review". The Guardian.
  14. ↑ "Muse biography". LyricsFreak. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/muse/biography.html. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
  15. ↑ "Muse's Matt Bellamy Interview". BBC. 2 May 2001.
  16. ↑ Jaclyn Arndt (24 August 2005). Muse's 'Origin' Gets Domestic Release. Soulshine. Accessed 30 September 2008.
  17. ↑ Roger Morton (12 June 2001). Muse : Origin Of Symmetry. NME. Accessed 30 September 2008.
  18. ↑ Dean Carlson. Origin of Symmetry > Overview. Allmusic. Accessed 30 September 2008.
  19. ↑ "Muse: A Short History of Everything". Slate. 3 April 2008.
  20. ↑ Band muses on Dion name victory (18 October 2002). BBC. Accessed 30 September 2008.
  21. ↑ Gene Stout (7 May 2004). 'Absolution' plows the ground for Muse's U.S. following. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Accessed 3 October 2008.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Matt Bellamy tells us the amazing story behind Absolution" (September 2003). Total Guitar.
  23. ↑ Tim DiGravina. Absolution > Overview. Allmusic. Accessed 6 October 2008.
  24. ↑ Roger Morton (September 2003). "A Muse Biography". Hall or Nothing.
  25. ↑ Muse singer hurt during US show (14 April 2004). BBC. Accessed 13 October 2008.
  26. ↑ Dylan Young (April 2004). "The U.K.'s Muse evaluate onstage heroics in the wake of tour-stalling injury". Hour Canada.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Muse: Road To Wembley Part 4 - Glastonbury, triumph and tragedy (14 June 2007). NME. Accessed 17 October 2008.
  28. ↑ "Muse-ing about the future" (6 January 2005). NME.
  29. ↑ Talia Soghomonian (July 2006). Muse - Matt Bellamy. musicOMH. Accessed 20 October 2008.
  30. ↑ "Muse drop rock for classical". idiomag. 2009-03-03. http://www.idiomag.com/peek/67825/muse. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  31. ↑ http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037877&c=1
  32. ↑ "Musewire on Twitter". Musewire. 2009-05-22. https://twitter.com/musewire/status/1880913420. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  33. ↑ "Muse name new album". Stereokill. 2009-05-25. http://www.stereokill.net/2009/05/muse-name-new-album/. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  34. ↑ "Twitter - Muse". Muse (Twitter. 7 September 2009. http://twitter.com/muse/status/3821813796. Retrieved 9 September 2009. 

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