![]() ![]() The band obviously relishes their catalog of hits.Īnyone not already desperate for Muse surely are 4 songs in. The outro solo seems so easy for Matt Bellamy that he can play it while he skips like an elf down the catwalk (yea, the catwalk yea). ‘Hysteria’ comes and goes too quickly with its furious yet surgically precise bassline- thrilling us all to gasps, shrieks, squeals, and/or screams. I can’t be the only one to have noticed that the hooky monster ‘Will Of the People’ is the perfect Muse answer to WAP. The intensity is there from the start, a huge set piece of the stage that at first looks like a burning cross but is revealed to be the letters WOP in pyrotech display. The bassline from ‘Hysteria,’ the bassline from ‘Time is Running Out.’ The bassline from ‘Starlight,’ ‘Madness,’ ‘Supermassive Black Hole’… you get the picture. Walking into Bell Centre, I found myself humming all the hooks I loved from Muse over the years. This is fine Muse songs are not dancy in the traditional sense. Pumping the fist into the air in constant agreement with the band. All night I would look down into the pit and see tightly packed crowds with raised fists lurching with their bodies as one. Muse are the only conspiracy theorists I have time for because they attach the conspiracies to music that gets into your fast-twitch muscle fibres. Yelling things like ‘if you believe in hope’, ‘let’s use our voice,’ ‘stand together’… I hate to yada yada hope, and I do believe music can change things, but these were directionless, disappointing platitudes. The one really interesting part to me was before the track ‘Use My Voice,’ Amy Lee tried to get the crowd fired up. But some nights you just don’t quite have the spirit with you. They play tight, they play together, the sound quality is amazing, the light show reminded me of the mid-90s Batman movies in a good way, all purple and green. Unfortunately, on this night, I was again left a little cold. ![]() Imagine an operatic female fronting Linkin Park! That was how it was pitched to me before I had heard it and I was excited. We, as a crowd, want this to be escapism, but what are we escaping to? By the end of the show, I think I have it figured out.Įvanescence, fronted by Amy Lee, is emblematic of early 2000s bombast. On the other hand, the conspiracy theory schtick that has been their bread and butter since bursting onto the scene 25 years ago has turned into a reflection of the warped society we exist in. On the one hand, they have more than enough songs that can unite packed crowds such as they did tonight. It’s hard to make out what Muse is doing. ![]()
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