Muse – London O2 Arena

Matt Bellamy, Muse

October 13, 2009

Few things fit together as well as Matt Bellamy does with his guitar, but he proves that he can rock the piano just as well.

When Muse take the stage on the second and final night of their sold-out London O2 shows, an eager roar of applause sprouts from a crowd that can’t even begin to predict how remarkably epic and comprehensive a set they are about to witness.

So many bands are guilty of diluting their live performances with a heavy flow of tracks from their latest albums, to encourage slacking fans to purchase the CD. While Muse play the majority of their newest album, The Resistance, they do, on the other hand, give fans a treat with a slew of favourites from previous albums. With the likes of ‘Plug In Baby’, ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, ‘Hysteria’, and ‘New Born’ performed, the audience has no reason for disappointment.

Perhaps most pleasantly shocking is ‘Cave’ off of the band’s 1999 debut album Showbiz. A rarity at their concerts, this rendition reflects the band’s recent incorporation of orchestral sounds to their music.

Recent singles ‘Resistance’ and ‘Uprising’ are outstanding, but the best song of the night from The Resistance is ‘Unnatural Selection’, which perfectly showcases Bellamy’s mind-blowing guitar playing.

Later on, massive white balloons are launched into the crowd, each bursting with confetti when it pops. This is certainly a step up from the condom-balloons that were being tossed around the audience prior to the start of the show (before electro-duo The Big Pink went on with an invigorating opening set).

Closing out the night with ‘Knights of Cydonia’, Matt, Dom and Chris are surrounded by one last hurrah of impressive stage lighting effects and smoke machine bursts.

Having just announced new 2010 stadium tour dates (Saturday September 4th at Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Ground and Saturday September 11th at London Wembley Stadium), they will be sure to sell out another amazing two nights.

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