MUSE

Ok, anyone who knows me, knows one thing: I love MUSE.

Now, I'm not the biggest fan-girl in the world - and I ain't about to start stalking anyone! But sure, I know a little too much, and I get a little too excited when I hear them play. And yes I have an itunes playlist devoted entirely to them... so needless to say when I couldn't get tickets to the UK Tour, or Teignmouth, and then found out I wouldn't be in the UK when they play Wembley - I was gutted. Especially as I didn't manage to get tickets for the Black-Holes & Revelations Tour in '06/'07.

As I started to seriously consider a weekend abroad to see them I found out they were playing in Vancouver on April 1st!! I didn't get tickets right away. After all I had no idea if I'd find anyone willing to go with me, but then I met Rachel - and then when I visited my cousins, David said he'd love to go too! So, hoping this wasn't some sick April Fools joke, I got us some tickets and OMG - it was the best $60 I ever spent! The only possible way that gig could've been better, would be if I were closer or on the floor. Then I could have jumped up and down some more without worrying about falling, but it was just... wow, just... WOW.

Silversun Pickups were the support act, and they were ok. (Very Goo Goo Dolls sounding.)

Though I felt bad for them, half the arena didn't turn up until they'd finished. Personally I like to see all my ticket is offering! But then MUSE opened up with Uprising, sadly David's awesome videos won't upload so you'll have to settle for my crappy ones:

It was when they started playing New Born that I was like - That's it! I'm not sitting down through the entire show! Hell with that. And dragged Rachel up with me! =D

And they played almost all my favourite songs I was soooooo happy: Uprising, Resistance,

New Born,

Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Hysteria,

United States of Eurasia, Feeling Good (yes, he broke out the speaker-phone),

And Matt and Dom had like a drum & bass jam which was so cool, and then they had Undisclosed Desires, Unnatural Selection (man that solo in the middle is just magic),

Time is Running Out...

Finishing with Plug In Baby and some giant inflatable eye-balls! it was all over too soon. We were cheering and shouting, Encore, ENCORE!!!

So they came back and played for like another half hour! =) And they played Exogenisis Part 1, and then STOCKHOLM SYNDROME! OMG!! and finished, of course, with Knights of Cydonia! Legends! And Matt started reflecting the spot light into the crowd and making each side cheer, louder and louder, to outdo each other - which was funny.

There wasn't much banter, but oh dear lordy we hardly needed it! They're such awesome performers, sooo good at what they do. They moved seemlesly from one song to the next. Not just reproducing it, but making it mold to the crowd, so you felt surrounded by it. And the lights and everything just fitted so perfectly.

So basically MUSE deserve the title best live act in the world. Especially if your a fan.