Muse: 'This Will Be The Last Time We Play Origin Of Symmetry Songs'

With Muse announced as the final night headliners at Reading And Leeds Festival, fans of the group know to expect something special.

But this year, the band have decided to make the event a swan song for an era that made their name.

Origin Of Symmetry, their second album, was the first to bring the band wider acclaim, as frontman and guitarist Matt Bellamy explains: "It was on the second album that things really started happening for the band, and when we focused on the live side of things much more."

With backing from major press and videos on the newly founded Kerrang TV, they quickly became British poster boys for the new-rock generation, bringing a wealth of fans under their wing.

With a full decade passing since the original release, they have announced that Reading and Leeds Festival will probably be "the last time some of these songs will ever be played live again … it'll be like coming full circle; we've gone off on one a little bit, and now it feels like the right time to pull it back and remind ourselves of what we were doing 10 years ago."

The band fondly remember attending the festival in their youth. Speaking to Nme, the band said seeing the 1994 lineup of Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Jeff Buckley made them want to be in a rock band.

"Reading really is special because it was the first festival that we ever went to when were were 16 - it was a real eye opener to international music. It’s a massive, favourite festival of mine," said drummer Dominic Howard.

The festival which is also headlined this year by The Strokes and My Chemical Romance will take place from August 26th to 28th.

Comments

[SumFX]

So.....No Micro Cuts?

NOOOOO!!!!!

Oh well they are still writing great songs so i can't complain too much.

[jonthomas83]

They're definitely not as good as they were back then, with the exception of Absolution. Gutted they're gonna give up on those classic tunes.

[Anthony1991]

So basically this means there will still be feeling good and plug in baby, but no citizen erased.

[wolfstock]

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

[Dakkstar]

what a poor choice... how about cutting anything from Resistance from your set!

[Brave Moonlight]

ಠ_ಠ

[MAXPAYNE4664]

No more New Born? Citizen Erased?

[Lion_Slicer]

Bad idea, those are some of the best songs. I like all their albums, but Origin Of Symmetry is on a whole other level.

Also, why do I only ever hear Uprising and Resistance on the radio? The two weakest Resistance songs, really? Isn't United States of Eurasia a single too?

[bassisfun]

They said they "probably" wont be playing "some" of their OoS songs, which i read as New Born, Plug in Baby, and Feeling Good will still remain because they have been staples of their setlist. Bliss, Micro Cuts, and Citizen Erased which have been played live every so often will no longer be played. And there is always Hullabaloo, Absolution Tour and HAARP to watch and recall so im not as bummed as i was when i read the title. And Lion_Slicer, United States of Eurasia was never sent to radio stations (to my knowledge) so its not a single in that perspective. Only Uprising, Resistance, and Undisclosed Desires were sent as singles... so im happy with not hearing Undisclosed Desires everytime i turn on the radio.

[TJ1991]

Bad idea. Origin is easily their best album. If anything they should drop some Resistance stuff. No one needs to hear Undisclosed Desires at a rock concert, however good a song it is.

[ThatCostsMoney]

please start some sort of campaign to make them keep playing these songs!!!! i have yet to listen to muse outside of my ipod speakers and they are the GREATEST!!!!!

[b_flo]

This sounds like what another legendary band did about 10yrs ago. Now, they're playing those songs again. This just shows that Muse is in it for the long haul. They'll be playing songs from Origin, when they start doing their greatest hits tours.

[CashCow]

they said they'll stop playing some of the songs. Probably still hear the hits

[harpcicle]

Their best album dumped in its majority for garbage like the Resistance. Real brilliant idea. Lucky I got the chance to see the best they had to offer live a few years back. Guess I'll have to catch a few Muse tributes acts in the future if I want to catch stuff like Citizen Erased, Hyper Music and Bliss

[Soldier Poet]

NOOOO.

Dude. I'm still hoping to see them sometime, but this is really a huge bummer. Origin Of Symmetry is definitely their best album, and I take that they'll probably not play any more songs off Showbiz (their first album) either... which is imo their second best. Absolution's pretty good too, but without OOS and Showbiz a Muse gig is boring. Unless their next album is killer.

[AndyLad]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

When I saw Maiden play at Sonisphere 2010, they didn't play Run To The Hills :'(

[benonbass1]

Why? What is even the point in not playing them?? Especially as it is widely regarded as their best album

[MothsToLight]

Dakkstar wrote:

what a poor choice... how about cutting anything from Resistance from your set!

This!

['Merican]

Dakkstar wrote:

what a poor choice... how about cutting anything from Resistance from your set!

Agreed.
No more New Born? :'(

[Jtrocks1356]

it says SOME of the songs....just keep that in mind

[Pan-Tallica]

Checked.

[JD2k9]

Just think of the songs they'll be taking out....New Born, Bliss, Micro Cuts, Citizen Erased, Hyper Music.... although Matt did say that Citizen was a fan favourite. It doesn't matter to me anyway, I've already heard it live

[JPScralatchtica]

Honestly, this isn't much of a change. I saw them on the resistance tour and I can easily say it was the best show I've ever seen, but they only played new born, feeling good, and plug in baby. They didn't play anything from showbiz. I'm glad that's how the show went; I don't want them to rest on their laurels and just play greatest hits.

If you want muse to keep making music, you can't expect them to play everything from their earlier albums in concert. I personally, hope they keep making amazing music; they're one of the only bands of our time that has the talent to stand the test of time.

That said, the Reading Festival will be an awesome tribute to OoS!

[Firebreather01]

Now I'm all for musicians doing their own thing, and making the music they want to make, not just writing songs the fans want to hear

But playing live is a different story. Play the songs that the people wanna hear! I can guarantee more people would rather rock out to OoS songs than Resistance songs

My guess why this is happening is because Matt probably can't hit those high notes very good anymore. I mean that with no disrespect in the least. But that's just my guess.

[primus182]

anyway, they were alway playing the same song from origin...

new born, plug in baby, micro cut.


why not : darkshing (with the insane guitar solo), megalomania, and space dementia, citizen erased...

is it cuz this song are not commercial ??

[stndrdprcdre]

wolfstockThat would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

That was my initial thought process as well. But then again, these guys haven't written anything as timeless as a Back in Black, Stairway to heaven, Limelight, Comfortably Numb, or other un-ignorable classic piece of music.

[Jasonbts]

That sucks. Some great songs on that album. Keep in mind though that he said, "the last time SOME of these songs will ever be played live again".

I'm sure Plug In Baby won't disappear. Citizen either.
New Born, Bliss, Micro Cuts, Hyper Music... some of these either aren't very popular, or they've pretty much played them to death.

[stef123]

Get rid of the Resistance rubbish please.

[GuitarDomen]

Nooooo! Oos is my favourite album!

[manicmuso]

I think this means they'll be saying bye bye to songs like Hyper Music, Space Dementia and Megalomania. If they got rid of Plug In Baby, New Born, Feeling Good and Bliss, I would question their sanity becuase those songs are the reason I fell in love with Muse and general rock music in the first place.

[Soma3009]

I've caught every Muse tour since they started coming to the states. Love their live show, but no doubt about it, its gone down in quality in the past few years. If they're completely dropping Origins, that's gonna' make for one less epic night.

[Freohr7]

Yeah I saw them open for U2 right after resistance was put out and they were trying extra hard to promote those songs in their setlist. The only song from Origins they ended up playing was Plug in Baby. I hate to admit it, but it was still an awesome setlist. It's hard to be disappointed when they still have so many epic songs to choose from. Even Resistance stuff sounds great live.

Maybe sooner or later they'll make an effort to get back to their roots and write some material as awesome as Citizen Erased or Uno...hopefully that's their goal here.

[shwilly]

I don't listen to a lot of rock radio or MTV nowadays, so it's not like I can't hear those songs anymore without getting seriously angry. But I can see why many people would (especially since they started including Plug In Baby in those "greatest riffs" polls)

Sorry for mentioning Radiohead yet again in a Muse article, but most of us guys thought exactly the same when they stopped playing Creep: WTF, this is insanity, blablabla... ultimately I think their live shows benefited from that decision

I'm actually kind of glad that they show some balls, but this only works if their next album/albums are kickass

[mattiwillohouse]

I have to say I'm disappointed, not only with their decision to axe symmetry songs from their set, but the arrogance of the statement. That album made them, and the fans go to their gigs to hear stuff like feeling good, new born, plug in baby and micro cuts.

On another note however, Muse have a hughe catalogue of songs that would work on a live set. So many songs from Showbiz, Absolution and Black Holes don't get played live that I'd love to hear

Muse have been my favourite band for a good few years now, but unless their next album is something special I won't be going to see them again without hearing the Origin stuff.

[dikkgozinya]

I don't get it. Judas priest, for example, still plays songs from the first albums and they were made over 3 decades ago.
What would be the point of doing something like this other then trying to draw in more fans for one show?

[foopeppers]

not playing songs from an album that brought them up to the big time would be like erasing part of their musical career surely? Im a massive muse fan and Im gutted that I may not ever get to see them play their greats!

[EssentialZero]

Y'all did get the part when they said they'd cut some of the Origin of Symmetry songs, right?

[darth awsome]

Drop the Resistance BS and there would be plenty of room for all the good songs from OoS to be played.

[SkepsisMetal]

dikkgozinya wrote:
What would be the point of doing something like this other then trying to draw in more fans for one show?

Nail ----> Head.

They'll play them again. And it sets them up to make another announcement that they'll be playing a few gigs with all the classics off OoS again --> draw an even bigger crowd.

Anyway, I'm only feeling disappointed because I haven't had the chance to see them yet, and I don't want to if they're replacing my favourite tracks with my least favourite ones. If I'd seen them already I wouldn't mind so much. With bands I've seen several times, I often say I'd like to see them doing a more obscure setlist of the songs that aren't so commercially known, but would go down really well with fans.

[PoisonMuffin]

FFUUUUU--

[PoisonMuffin]

I hope that means they'll play more of showbiz (hopefully)

[Unrelaxed]

They said some of the songs goddammit!

Megalomania, Space Dementia and Citizen Erased should definitely stay.

And people don't seem to like Resistance.. Me neither that much, but I love Exogenesis symphony thingy, and even the rest of the album is really good, just not living up to the expectations from a band so good.

[Gibson1983]

Like King Liam, worlds biggest Number Two, said yesterday: "never say never".

Muse is a product. When the customer asks for Plugin Baby, they'll play Plugin Baby. If they don't, the customer will shop somewhere else.

[4useless]

They played Feeling Good (instead of Space Dementia) so many times and now want to sacrifice Bliss, Plug In Baby and New Born?? I don't really think that people feeling good about chance to hear Feeling Good in every second gig.

[Shinsen88]

WTF Muse... WTF...

[Dr3amcast3r]

They're lobotomizing their music...

[drug.me.2.hell]

No way will they drop Plug In Baby or Feeling Good, those were the 2 songs that made Muse who they are today. To be quite honest, dropping anything from OoS is a waste. OoS was Muse at their best.

[LoloLalaLe]

Great! Now Muse concerts won't be worth it! Excelent! Keep making music for Twilight, Muse! That's what your FANS need!

[primus182]

they should made a longer show instead of 1h30 music show . add 30min and they will able to play all the good old (citizen, megalo, plus, new born, DARKSHINE, SPACE DEMENTIA)

[hugh20]

I don't want to die without hearing Citizen Erased or Microcuts live ;_;

[godofthunder178]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

When i saw Maiden in '06, and then again in '10, they didn't play Run To the Hills either time. If I had to say so, i'd say its like Maiden not playing Hallowed Be Thy Name, Kiss not playing Rock 'N Roll All Nite, or Metallica playing Seek 'N Destory.

[PoisonMuffin]

LoloLalaLe wrote:

Great! Now Muse concerts won't be worth it! Excelent! Keep making music for Twilight, Muse! That's what your FANS need!

They already said they won't be making music for those movies anymore

[Kensai]

This decision is bad and they should feel bad.

[spiff-corgi]

Bitch, please. They said that they "might not" play "some" of the songs ever again, and the UG employee writing the article went off on one making out they'd NEVER play anything off Origin again. They hardly play any Origin anyway, only at one off shows do you get certain songs like Citizen Erased if you're lucky.
Everyone needs to calm down, and as much as Origin was their best album imagine playing these songs at every show for a decade. They probably hate all their old music by now.

[spiff-corgi]

Oh and whoever said it's about Matt's high notes is probably right. Compare the vocal spectrum of Resistance to any of their older albums and you see he's losing his range and doesn't want to disappoint fans by skipping out or hitting bum notes. He's not in his early twenties anymore. Can you honestly imagine him singing Micro Cuts anywhere near as well as he could during the Origin era?

[EpsilonJSTC]

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[Philip_pepper]

Wel ok, now I have no desire to ever watch these guys live...

[minority9244]

bliss.....

[Pettah]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

Ive actually seen Maiden without playing Run to the hills and im happy that they didnt play it, it makes room for their better songs

[drawnacrol]

Origin of Symmetry was the introduction for a lot of people into Muse, they owe it to their fans for getting them where they are by playing songs off that album

[shreducator]

Fail.

[ChemicalFire]

Well this is the end of Muse, Origin has some of their best stuff on it.

[wezel1995]

Epic fail... Origin of Symmetry was one the albums I realy liked, (I'm sure many people think about it that way)
sry for bad english

[gquady09]

You guys are a bunch of whiners. Every time some band says that they won't play stuff from their earliest albums, people get all upset and say "Well, all of their new crap sucks, and this album is the best." What kind of fan does that make you?

[ChemicalFire]

It makes me one that cares about the musical output instead of being a fanboy who thinks they can shit gold?

[CoheednRHCP]

UG, what's up with that title? That quote is nowhere in the article and is completely false. If people actually read the article they'd realise some things.

[MaXiMuse]

If they also stop playing songs from Absolution I`ll be more than done with them. Absolution and OoS are by far their best albums. Plug in Baby, Stockholm Syndrome, New Born and Hysteria is as Muse as it gets for me...

[LionSoul]

Mues, your dead to me now.

[johnyguitar]

b_flo :
This sounds like what another legendary band did about 10yrs ago. Now, they're playing those songs again. This just shows that Muse is in it for the long haul. They'll be playing songs from Origin, when they start doing their greatest hits tours.

Legendary????.....please define legendary....

[frosafelix]

Strange career decisions they're making... I mean, they appealed to a lot of teenagers since their very start, but albums like this are intelligently written, hands down. Listening to songs like "Starlight" or "Neutron Star Collision" is something I never imagined in my wildest dreams. It's like they keep trying to attend to every teenager, instead of going in a direction where they're doing more complex, mature things. I would love to see what their evolution would be if it were not their crave for fame above artistic integrity, and there were no "Twilight" OST contributions. Are they to ever wise up, I ask myself?

[conor s]

They cant be serious if they stop playing PLUG IN THE BABY!!!??? one of the best songs played live. the sound of the fuzz factory makes the hairs on my neck stand !!!

[Harry_66]

All this bitching about Resistance´s songs.
It drives me ****ing crazy that you consider yourself muse fans and cannot appreciate how they evolved musically.
Fucking *******s.

[sloppyjoe24]

But I never got to see them live! And New Born is amazing.

[primus182]

thay alway play de same song.

shame

[Rick_Diculous]

Disappointed to read this. I like their whole catalog but no Plug In Baby live just doesn't sound right. If they're gonna scrap anything, scrap Undisclosed Desires. It's the only song in their catalog I cannot stomach listening to.

[Co0kieDealerr]

Okay..i can understand it..but if they'd atleas play new born and plug in baby and maybe they should try lots of showbizz songs angain??
i did heard however muse is making an album and kinda try and make it like their older songs.
i know lots of people don't like Resistance..but it was good too...If they'd only do MK ultra from it live and then lots of showbiz songs and lots of other older songs. it weould still be great anyways
LONGHEIL MUSE!!

[Randomrings]

so "some" of the songs off that album will never be played again. Okay. This happens to every band after they release 4 or so albums. i'm not in shock, that was a really scary article title.

the thing i'm wondering is why did Matt specifically mention Origin of Symmetry and not Showbiz?

[Octavarium85]

Dang it. They only played Citizen Erased one time in the US last year. Now I'll never get to see it

[shadowspy]

I was lucky enough to witness Citizen Erased last summer. Still sucks they aren't going to play OoS anymore. They better come up with one hell of an album.

[stepco12345]

*Checked*

[ChucklesMginty]

That's just a slap in the face to the fans. Either write another album up to par with OoS or keep playing the songs your fans want to hear.

[Hungry_Hameds]

Hyper Music, Plug In Baby, Newborn, Bliss, Feeling Good, ok that sucks but the rest of the album is shite. So boring, like AC/DC they should stick to what they do best, slowed down quieter muse is bad...

[leonkennedy74]

Very bad idea. Some of their best songs are off that album, and they're just going to piss off fans who enjoy the entire spectrum of their music, as opposed to the newer stuff.

[HiMyNamesJeremy]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

you say that, but this summer i saw iron maiden and they didn't play run to the hills. i wanted to stab someone

[Bethanysaurus]

no bliss, plug in baby or citizen erased then?? *bursts in to tears*

[betterman5]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

He said some of their songs, they will still play Plug in baby on most of their sets i would imagine

[KingHenrik1967]

This makes me the saddest person on earth at the moment... Reading/Leeds im f**ing going. My favourite band - im not missing this.

[Juigi33]

PLug in baby..Easily my favourite song of all time, with citizen erased in a close second. Muse is the biggest thing in my life and im very, VERY disapointed that this descision has been made... but no matter what this band will always be my favourite.

[Hammerzeit]

It's some songs. The hits will get played. The band will probably play them again in the future anyway. Never seldom means never.

Resistance haters in here aren't justified IMO. Good album just a little different and lacking the hard edge. The next one needs to be heavier.

[SumFX]

ChemicalFire wrote:

Well this is the end of Muse, Origin has some of their best stuff on it.

How is it "the end of Muse"?
As long as they keep writing great music (which they are) who cares if their set doesn't consist mostly of old tracks?
I seriously doubt Muse are a 'greatest hits' band yet!

As much as i love Showbiz, OOS and all the B-Sides from that period (which i think is their best work) but they need to continue playing new music and stop depending on there older material so much, no matter how awesome it is.

[Shoegaze]

"We will only be playing our mainstream radio hits that everyone knows from now on"

[Jimmyboba]

They'll cut everything bar Plug in Baby, Feeling Good and Newborn i reckon (since they're fan favourites.)

Thing is, it's progression as a band. They're obviously going to play less and less from their original albums as they write and release more. Theirs only a few bands who play loads of old stuff and lot a lot of new stuff. Yeah, they're not going to be playing everyone's favourite song, but that happens.

I just hope they go a bit back to their old style. The Resistance was just a bit lax on brilliant guitar moments and seemed to edge away from the fallsetto vocal style.

[TStape03]

Thank God I've already seen them.

But New Born has to be kept! The solo alone is enough to make me see them live as much as possible.

[GenerationKILL]

I would say "space dementia" has alot in common with their newer sound and was probably a good indication of things to come, I hope they don't cut that one from their setlists because the piano is great on it!

[TStape03]

Also, Resistance is a great album. Not as heavy but its fantastic. The Symphony is Bellamy's best work, imo.

[Wakisazhi]

I think it would be amusing if Bellamy secretly meant they'd drop the hits from the sets. Then he'll bring them back in a few years or so so everyone will be like "oh shit!" for a change when they decide to randomly play Feeling Good during a set.

[revolution1251]

I read first 5 comments and thought 'Whaaaa?' This will be the last time, if you're going this year they will be playing some of their classics however if you are not but maybe seeing them in the future they also said 'it's probably the last time...' G learn to read people.

[Zangetsu 101]

There goes my hopes of them playing it in it's entirety for the 10th anniversary...

[afritho]

Muse have always been on the verge of being an utterly amazing rock band. You watch them live and it's clear they absolutely love playing the heavier stuff (blow out endings to Stockholm syndrome - execution commentary etc). It frustrates me that they went the opposite way with their last album. Bring it home boys on the next one please.

[plugedinbaby]

NO CITIZEN ERAZED!!!!! oh now ill never see it live

[edgeyyz]

NOOOOO

[PeenieMcGee303]

Should've said "We probably wont be playing songs off our second album for a while." 25 years from now there will be a reunion tour and those songs WILL be played. Eric Clapton made a career of only playing his new songs live UNTIL someone threw millions of dollars at him and said "Play with Cream again" and he did.

[ScrewYouAll]

It's a shame that they're considering dropped songs from their setlist. I saw the, in Melbourne last year and they had some awesome songs from OoS, but in all honesty it's only a small part of their setlist. There's still a lot of good songs on there.

[Snugg]

The most dissapointing news I've read here since 2010 (then there was a news message that a Tool record would come out soon or something, and haven't hear anything since. Somehow this is worse).
Micro Cuts,
Citizen Erased,
Space Dementia,
Hyper Music,
New Born,
Plug In Baby,
Feeling Good,
Bliss,

That CD is almost as good if not better than their entire career past that !?!? Horrible decision... But we have to respect it. They're the artists, it's their work and it's their choices.

[cxrlxscr]

Well... I won't ever get to see Citizen Erased live. FML.

[Helicopters!]

Micro Cuts is (in my opinion) the greatest song they've ever written. And I won't ever get to hear it live

[Henkdemachtige]

Muse troll is not amuseng

[equinox32393]

NNNNNOOOOO!!!!!

[shmeegle]

stop playing all your best material. great idea!

[Niiko_Xeneize]

It's been proved here that people in UG don't read the articles but the titles (which are misleading most of the times).

"the last time SOME OF THESE SONGS will ever be played live again … "

They'll obviously keep their biggest hits, it's not like they have such a huge discography and number of songs that they could pull that off anyway.

[Niiko_Xeneize]

And by "Pull that off" I mean not playing any of the songs from that album.

[a7x4life666]

Yes, let's all hop on the "first is always best, no matter how good the next ones really are" bandwagon.

[im not mental]

nooooo... well, at least i got to see em play some of those songs twice.

[GlenMuse95]

Relax everyone, he's probably just talking about the one-offs they might play like Hyper Music and such, staples like New Born and PiB likely aren't going anywhere.

[Snugg]

a7x4life666 wrote:

Yes, let's all hop on the "first is always best, no matter how good the next ones really are" bandwagon.

Hey, let's all hop on the "I'm gonna talk some shit in here even though I know absolutely nothing about the band"

Origin Of Symmetry wasn't their first album. Get your facts straight next time

[Artemis Entreri]

Honestly, I'm pretty sure I'd get tired of playing the same songs night after night for 10 years. It's healthy to give things a break.

[Killzark]

*Cries* NOOOO!!!! THAT'S THEIR BEST ALBUM!!!!!

[davidr.ythm94]

thats too bad its their best album. hopefully their new album would have heavier songs like in ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY and not alot of piano.....

[insurgentsteve]

uhhhhh, where are they quoted as saying this?

[insurgentsteve]

PROBABLY the last time SOME of these songs are played live again.....

They're just honoring Origin in their festival because its the 10 year anniversary... calm down guys.

[False_God]

Thats a shame they are doing that but I guess as some stage you gotta throw in the newer material and out with the old.
No doubt they'll do 2-3 hits from Origin which is fine tbh.

Im happy I was them a few years ago, they have just become boring of late.

[False_God]

False_God wrote:

Thats a shame they are doing that but I guess as some stage you gotta throw in the newer material and out with the old.
No doubt they'll do 2-3 hits from Origin which is fine tbh.

Im happy I SAW* them a few years ago, they have just become boring of late.

*lol was

[DSOTM]

I never got to see Hyper-Music live and probably never will now. I don't think I can really justify a £200 weekend ticket or £70 day ticket just for a couple of songs.

[link no1]

Way too please your fans, don't play songs they want to hear

[symmetryerased]

with matt's statement, it looks like he have balls saying that they can top Origin of Symmetry with their next album.
who knows. I hope it'll be a good decision @_@

[WheredMyRockGo?]

Why would any band say they arent going to play certain songs again? Seems ridiculous to me. Why not do what other great bands do and play a longer set to include more music that people want to hear?

[abattleofone]

I love the comments "Hopefully the new album will be heavier and have less piano!"

...How much attention did you pay when you listened to OoS to not realize there's as much piano as the rest, and more than on BH&R?

[Galfadez]

Niiko_Xeneize wrote:

It's been proved here that people in UG don't read the articles but the titles (which are misleading most of the times).

"the last time SOME OF THESE SONGS will ever be played live again … "

They'll obviously keep their biggest hits, it's not like they have such a huge discography and number of songs that they could pull that off anyway.

*Misleading all of the time

[bornIIhula]

THIS IS A STEAMLONG LOAD OF BULLSHIT BETWEEN TWO SLICES OF BREAD. SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

[Chronologo]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

In their current tour Iron Maiden isn't playing Run to the Hills

[rkroxpunk]

OMGEEEEEZ this makes me sad, Showbiz and OoS are two of my favourite albums all time. I still Love Absolution and BH&R but this makes me so sad!

[Steph Bets]

man this is epicly disappointing. what about fans in the rest of the world? it's pretty crappy of them to do a special anniversary concert, for only two days in england. gutted.

[gbgg9409]

This is sad to hear, but they're also maturing and evolving as a band, so I think it's good that they move on. Also, I really hope their next album focuses a bit more on fusing the awesome Muse of old with the newer, more classically influenced Muse of today. I think that is really the only way they can attain acclaim from fans old and new.

[T_5ky_K]

spiff-corgi wrote:

Oh and whoever said it's about Matt's high notes is probably right. Compare the vocal spectrum of Resistance to any of their older albums and you see he's losing his range and doesn't want to disappoint fans by skipping out or hitting bum notes. He's not in his early twenties anymore. Can you honestly imagine him singing Micro Cuts anywhere near as well as he could during the Origin era?

thats bull what about supermassive blackhole

[Single Foo]

it's just muse, i know yall are fans, but muse dosent diserve this much attention, they're a pretty average band in my eyes

[Single Foo]

yall been trolled ^^^ lol

[rkroxpunk]

it was this stuff that pretty much defined who I am as a guitarist today. No one writes riffs like the OoS and Showbiz days, no one!

[Rock.Domination]

I think they should play the entire Exogenesis Symphony with a full orchestra in their future concerts.

[jetfuel495]

checked

[Azunaii]

Reading (as in, to read, not the festival) is an art: "some of these songs". As said above I really doubt they will cut songs like Plug-in Baby and New Born.

[Azunaii]

Also, I get the feeling this article focusses on one bit of the interview too much and puts it in a different daylight. Seems to me these quotes were more to illustrate that the Reading festival is going to be something very epic, rather than announce that they will cut songs from now on.

[Kassidy]

T_5ky_K wrote:
thats bull what about supermassive blackhole

Sorry, but the falsetto range in SMB (E4-D5) is MUCH easier than Micro Cuts (C4-Ab5). (Values in brackets if my memory serves me correctly.)

Part of me doesn't blame them. 10 years playing some of the same songs now. The other part of me doesn't blame the fans for being bummed out with the news since they are some of the more memorable/loved songs. I honestly don't think that New Born of Plug in Baby will be cut, and other songs aren't going to be dropped entirely, they'll just be thrown in a song at a venue, say. A bit like bringing out Showbiz from time to time.

It's a shame, at the end of the day, though.

On the plus side, maybe Exo-Politics, Dead Star and other such gems will get more of an airing again?

[GnikNus]

I find it amusing that everyone is always crying "sellout!" but now insist they play songs they want heard and not what Muse wishes to play. Muse is a different band then those young kids that wrote OoS (a band I don't particularly enjoy anymore) so I support and respect their decision.

[ZakkyChan]

I hope they keep playing Citizen Erased. Just every now and then for a treat, because it is just pure brilliance.

I'm sure they will keep playing Plug in Baby, New Born and Feeling Good though, at least for now.

[ZakkyChan]

Also in regards to the Resistance I really hope they don't play 'Resistance' anymore. Only song on that album that just bores me to tears. 'Guiding Light' is a bit annoying but listening to it is worth it when you get to the solo!

[fattyDQ]

What the ****, my chemical romance still exists?

[DurpaDurpa]

Oh well, they'll be irrelevant in the next 5 years anyway.

[SOADriff]

wolfstock wrote:
That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

Thewy didn't play Run to the Hills when i saw them.

[Rusty2008]

Citizen Erased

[Night_Lights]

TJ1991 wrote:

Bad idea. Origin is easily their best album. If anything they should drop some Resistance stuff. No one needs to hear Undisclosed Desires at a rock concert, however good a song it is.

yup

[Jsteele1408]

Used to be a huge Muse fan. Lately I haven't really been listening, partly because I was hugely disappointed with Resistance. It's a shame they're not going to be playing a majority of the stuff from Origin, because that's probably my favorite album. Oh well, here's to hoping the next album is a return to actual rock music.

[GameSkate]

I hope that means they'll play more of showbiz (hopefully)

+ f***ing infinite

I would pay hundred of bucks to see Muse playing live all they albums, song by song.

[Ironafterdeath]

Maybe they mean they're going to play the album in its entirety at Reading then just not play some of the songs again.

[Grimriffer]

memory full?

[cptcomet]

No way are they going to cut New Born or Plug in Baby. What they mean is the songs they don't play very often, eg Citizen Erased, Bliss, they won't play these songs again after the festival this year.

This is such a tragedy. The album was brilliant. Maybe they're just getting bored of playing them?

[CydoniaKnight95]

Dakkstar wrote:

what a poor choice... how about cutting anything from Resistance from your set!

This
I stopped listening to them after they released that piece of shit and I loved absolutely every song before it

[CrnkXY]

dislike

[¡VivaLaGeorge!]

So glad I saw them at Manchester back in Spetember then, got to see Citizen Erased live, but does that mean in 2 years time they'll be cutting Absolution from their list?! :| seems like a dodgy road to go down

[ThatFlyingThing]

wolfstock wrote:

I can't believe they would cut Plug in Baby from their set, its one of, if not their most famous songs. That would be like going to see ACDC and not having them play Back in Black, or Iron Maiden not playing Run to the Hills

Too bad Run to the Hills isn't even on the setlist for the current tour mate -_-
I understand the source of many peoples' disappointment, and I suppose it's not to be unexpected, but a band needs to continue moving forward. In all likelihood, they aren't saying this with 100% conviction, they will almost certainly play these songs on a greatest-hits style tour sometime in the future. Regardless, take Rush for example: for the mostpart, they always looked forward and didn't do too many greatest-hits tours, with a few exceptions, amongst which is the current tour. However, now that they have fully established their reputation, they have that kind of leeway to do such; trust me, you would get sick of playing the same 10-15 songs every single night for the rest of your career too, and that's another reason why many of these bands don't do the greatest hits tours all the time. I'm definitely looking forward to Muse's next album though, love all the new material as well!

[Microcutted]

This is so sad... :-(

[CydonianCitizen]

Shame... but I understand. They gotta let go of the old stuff eventually if they wish to continue what they're doing right now.
That said, there are enough older songs that would go great live with the newer material, like Space Dementia, Citizen Erased, and Hyper Chondriac Music too. And whatever happened to Butterflies&Hurricanes? It blends in with the Resistance stuff awesomely

[Rockavenger]

they're still awesome

[joyAmattia]

CALM THE F*** DOWN!!! Key word: PROBABLY

Gawd! give them a break, cause they are most likely just rotating songs... sometimes its nice to give a song a break. So when they play it for a later date it won't sound OVERPLAYED

[alkrn]

this is unfair.. i'm form Mexico and they have never played Bliss.. or Citizen.. not even Hyper Music... they only came here to play Plug In, Feeling Good and New Born.. come on.. you cannot do this.. i cannot die until I listen to that songs live.. i know it's problably.. but if you have to cut form the setlist.. i may be better if u cut from Black Holes..

[TeleFreak80]

Jesus, am the opnlyMsefan that thought the Resistance was incredible. Muse must be so pleased none of their fans want them to progress. OoS was an amazing album but it was the catalyst for the epic arrangements otelater albums. I think they're at their best with the big prgressive classical sounding songs.

[o my yer]

SumFX wrote:

So.....No Micro Cuts?

NOOOOO!!!!!

i know! ive got it 3 times on different cds....its like a tradition....liike they must play micro cuts at every concert until someone recognises any of the words that is...and that will never happen

Oh well they are still writing great songs so i can't complain too much.

[EnyoAdonai]

Gibson1983 wrote:

Like King Liam, worlds biggest Number Two, said yesterday: "never say never".

Muse is a product. When the customer asks for Plugin Baby, they'll play Plugin Baby. If they don't, the customer will shop somewhere else.

Cynical, but absolutely true.

[CydonianCitizen]

TeleFreak80 wrote:

Jesus, am the opnlyMsefan that thought the Resistance was incredible. Muse must be so pleased none of their fans want them to progress. OoS was an amazing album but it was the catalyst for the epic arrangements otelater albums. I think they're at their best with the big prgressive classical sounding songs.

[Magus_of_Cookie]

JPScralatchtica wrote:

Honestly, this isn't much of a change. I saw them on the resistance tour and I can easily say it was the best show I've ever seen, but they only played new born, feeling good, and plug in baby. They didn't play anything from showbiz. I'm glad that's how the show went; I don't want them to rest on their laurels and just play greatest hits.

If you want muse to keep making music, you can't expect them to play everything from their earlier albums in concert. I personally, hope they keep making amazing music; they're one of the only bands of our time that has the talent to stand the test of time.

That said, the Reading Festival will be an awesome tribute to OoS!

Sounds like you saw the same show as me. I'll be gutted if I never see Citizen Erased and Micro Cuts live. Also Uno from their first album.

[TeleMA50C]

There is no way in hell they would take Plug In Baby out of their set. Or New Born.

[rafache]

NOOOOO this is the end of the world, their old songs are the bests