Enjoy it, He’s Honest!

So I am back from 3 weeks in Australia.
Its… an interesting country to say the least but I had a good time and looking forward to another tour there in the near future.
The best thing about that tour was meeting several great people who I will probably be friends with for the rest of my life.

If you want a super in-depth blog.. do check out Ben’s @ – http://hooftas.blogspot.com/ Enjoy it, he’s honest!

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Japan is once again on the cards. I depart on Thursday. Flying with Virgin Atlantic, which is a first for me. I will be tour managing BLESSED (Formerly Blessed By A Broken Heart) who are to open the huge Loud Park festival at the Makuhari Messe Hall (much like the UK’s NEC in Birmingham).. where the band will be sharing the stage with the likes of Judas Priest, Steel Panther, Slayer and Megadeth to name a few.

I am always excited to go to Japan more than any other place. The reason for this is that its so dramatically different to life in the UK..and touring anywhere else for that matter. I love the vending machines, I love the super-fast Internet and best of all the people are some of the most hard-working, respectable and polite I have ever come in contact with.

Who knows what the back end of the year holds out. I really do want to hit New York City before Christmas.. so I’m going to make that happen.

Sionara
- Charles.

PS – Do purchase ‘The Resistance’ by MUSE.. It is phenomenal.

Filed under: Muse, On Tour, Travel

MUSE ARE BACK

So, let me start this post with a loud and ear-drum piercing shout.. MUSE ARE BACK!

Yes, one of Britain’s best acts is back on the scene. Their latest creation “The Resistance” is due out in September…so not too long of a wait.
And in true Muse spirit they are promoting the album with a treasure hunt, but this one is GLOBAL…and I mean, global.

Paris, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow…. The band have placed USB sticks across the planet and every time a one is found 20% of their new track “UNITED STATES OF EURASIA” is uploaded to http://ununitedeurasia.muse.mu/music/ so do check it out (I think you have to be a registered member) and listen to it yourself!

My first impressions of the song were… Great, it has piano in it (my favourite instrument), oh and a great Muse-esque build up then wow, are those “Egyptian-style” piano sounds?… is that a hint of Queen I hear? As you can see, many different emotions spawned from the my first play. Personally, the song sounds fantastic and I cannot wait for the album to hit the shelves.

I know I go on about the ‘greatness of Muse’ but I do really feel they are a truly unique band both musically and live. They are a breath of fresh air in the sea of pop-punk-poppy-emo-overproduced-badly produced-screamo-3 chord-comicy-drunken-looks driven… bands out there.

I find it fantastic that if any member of Muse walked through the streets of London or New York or Tokyo that most people wouldn’t even bat an eye-lid but they can happily sell out 90,000 capacity shows, or a 35-date arena tour. Which other act can do that?
Muse are appreciated for their music and their live show that comes along with that. They have no need to grace every magazine cover half naked, they don’t have to marry a ‘celebrity’ in order to be known, they don’t need some big shot Producer, they don’t have to cause havoc or be controversial to sell tickets or records and they definitely do not need gimmicks.

With Muse, its always about the music. And its this reason and this reason alone why I regard them so highly.

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Catch Muse on “The Resistance” Tour. Dates on http://muse.mu/tour-dates/

Filed under: Annoyances, Bands, Gigs, Muse, Music, Music Reviews

Somewhat ‘Supermassive’ Set List.

Pyrotechnics, satellites, lasers, mid-air acrobatics and raising podiums – just a few things Muse’s sell out 1st Wembley Stadium show contained.
I can’t really explain how good it was- but it was fantastic…,

Muse played:

‘Knights Of Cydonia’
‘Hysteria’
‘Supermassive Blackhole’
‘Map Of The Problematique’
‘City Of Delusion’
‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’
‘Citizen Erased’
‘Hoodoo’
‘Feeling Good’
‘Sunburn’
‘Invincible’
‘Starlight’
‘Man Of Mystery’
‘Time Is Running Out’
‘Newborn’

‘Soldiers Poem’
‘Unintended’
‘Blackout’
‘Plug In Baby’

‘Micro Cuts’
‘Stockholm Syndrome’
‘Take A Bow’

So basically, a massive, somewhat ’supermassive’ set list. I’ve uploaded some photos on-line, here. Check this NME review.

“And thanks for making us the first artists to sell out [the new] Wembley-fucking-Stadium!” – Matthew Bellamy.
No, thank you!

 - Charlie.

Filed under: Gigs, Muse, Travel, UK