Chelmsford Hylands Park 2008 (gig)

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Muse show
Venue Hylands Park[1] (V Festival - main stage headline[2])
Date 16th August 2008[2]
Location Chelmsford, ESS[2]
Country United Kingdom
Number of songs 17[3]
Support
  • Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maxïmo Park[4]

    »

  • Alanis Morissette, The Futureheads[4]
Event start UTC+1 21:20 (Muse)[5]
Capacity Unknown
Ticket price GBP 145.00 (camping), 125.00 (weekend), 70.00 (one day)[6]
Sold out? Unknown

The first pre-sale took place on the 3rd of March, for customers of Virgin Media or Virgin Mobile services only. A second pre-sale spanned the hour before general sale, at 09:00 on the 7th of March.[7] Tickets went on sale the same day[2] at 10:00.[8]

A user of Drowning in Sound claimed on the 21st of January that a "reliable industry source" indicated that Muse would be headlining V Festival 2008.[9]

Three days later, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis commented that he'd heard that Muse were playing V Festival.[10] In the comment, he appeared unsure - this belief may have derived from rumours started by the aforementioned claim.[9][10] Following Eavis' comment, eFestivals listed Muse as a "strong rumour".[11] However, on the 29th of January they removed Muse.[11] The next day, an eFestivals admin stated they had information that Muse were not going to play V Festival 2008.[12] This information proved to be false, as on the 12th of February, the official Muse website announced Muse would be playing V Festival 2008.[2]

Matthew Bellamy initially said in the June 2008 issue of Q Magazine that "a couple of new songs should be played",[13] but later recanted during a July after-show party, wherein he stated that no new music would be played live this year.[14]

As previously hinted at,[13] the band submitted a plan to the festival's health and safety personnel, for a "stunt" involving a model UFO approaching the stage. This plan was rejected.[15]

Set list

  1. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff
    (Seattle Manson)
  2. Supermassive Black Hole (watch)
    (Glitterati Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)
  3. Dead Star
    (Seattle Manson)
  4. New Born + Headup riff + Ashamed outro
    (Glitterati Manson)
  5. Hysteria (watch)
    (Silver Bomber Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)
  6. Butterflies & Hurricanes
    (Mirror Manson)
  7. Feeling Good
  8. Space Dementia
  9. Drum and Bass
  10. Invincible
    (Kaoss Manson)
  11. Jimmy Jam + Time Is Running Out
    (Glitterati Manson)
  12. Riff + Stockholm Syndrome + Execution Commentary riff + Riff
    (Seattle Manson)
  13. Take a Bow
    (Glitterati Manson)
    Encore 1:
  14. Starlight
    (Seattle Manson)
  15. Plug In Baby
    (Mirror Manson)
    Encore 2:
  16. Man With a Harmonica
  17. Knights of Cydonia (watch)
    (Silver Bomber Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)

References

  1. Official information - 2008-01 - V Festival official website (vfestival.comfetched 2008-01-21

  2. a b c d e

    V Festival Announcement! - 2008-02-12 - Muse website (muse.mu)

  3. Muselive post - 2008-08-16 - Tom/Plug In Amy (muselive.comfetched 2008-08-16

  4. a b

    Official lineup - 2008-03-04 - V Festival (www.vfestival.comfetched 2008-03-04

  5. Muse onstage announcement - 2008-08-16 - Vfestival08 (twitter.comfetched 2008-08-16

  6. Ticket information - 2008-03-04 - V Festival (www.vfestival.comfetched 2008-03-04

  7. V Festival Pre-Sale! - 2008-03-04 - Muse website (muse.mu)

  8. Official information - 2008 - V Festival (www.vfestival.comfetched 2008-02-18

  9. a b

    Muse and the Verve headlining V Festival, apparently - 2008-01-21 - Kev Kharas (drownedinsound.comfetched 2008-01-25

  10. a b

    Four rumours ruled out of Glastonbury - 2008-01-24 - Virtual Festivals (verifyfetched 2008-01-25

  11. a b

    Muse forum post - 2008-01-30 - judderman (board.muse.mufetched 2008-01-30

  12. eFestivals forum post - 2008-01-30 - eFestivals (efestivals.co.ukfetched 2008-01-30

  13. a b
    Reference needed!
  14. Muse forum post - 2008-07-21 - SOUSOUS (board.muse.mufetched 2008-07-21

  15. Festival organisers ban Muse stunt - 2008-08-12 - World Entertainment News Network (uk.news.yahoo.comfetched 2008-08-12

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