London Air Studios 2012 (gig)

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Muse performing for Live Lounge
BBC Radio 1 staff in the studio
Audience in the control room
Muse show
Venue Studio 1,[note 1][1][2][3] Air Studios[4] (BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge[5][6])
Date 28th September 2012[5][6]
Location London[7]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 6[2]
Support None
Start (UTC+1) 11:00[note 2][8]
Capacity 20[note 3][5][6]
Price Free[9]
Sold out? Yes[10]




A short radio promo gig in support of The 2nd Law, part of the The 2nd Law Promo Shows.

Information

First Muse performance for BBC's Live Lounge.

Muse performed a Live Session 'special', recorded on the 28th of September[1][4] and broadcast later the same day on BBC Radio 1.[5][6]

10 pairs of tickets were distributed through a lottery by the BBC.[5][6]

The Show

Matt's white upright piano was present on the set but it was not used for any song. It's possible that the band were set to play a piano song, such as Explorers, but decided against it for unknown reasons.

Matt sang part of the Uprising's last chorus in falsetto, something he has only done in this gig so far. This is also the first time that he sung the second "I want your love" in Madness in falsetto too.

Speech

After Madness Bellamy "Cheers".[2]
Before Sign o' the Tmes "We're gonna play like a weird cover song now. Prince".[2]
After Sign o' the Times Sara Cox "You're listening to BBC Radio 1, to Muse's Live Lounge. That was a cover of Prince's 'Sign of the Times'. Final one from them now. This is so good".[2]
After Starlight Bellamy "Cheers!"[2]

Media

You can watch the entire performance here.

Setlist

Gallery

You can see the full gallery on Abelgalois' blog.

Notes

  1. Inferred by comparing the photograph tweeted by Sara Cox and the BBC video on YouTube with photographs on the AIR Studios website.
  2. Time at which the broadcast started.
  3. Number of tickets.

References

  1. a b Sara 'sarajcox' Cox. (2012-09-28). This Muse #R1LiveLounge spesh .... Twitter. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from twitter.com. [verify]
  2. a b c d e f BBC Radio 1. (2012-09-28). Muse Live Lounge Special. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from www.youtube.com.
  3. The Studios / Studio 1 / Images (2012-03-06). AIR Studios website. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from www.airstudios.com.
  4. a b Morgan 'CaptMorganized' Nicholls. (2012-09-28). Day /show 5 :Muse on Live lounge .... Twitter. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from twitter.com. [verify]
  5. a b c d e Radio 1 Live Lounge - Be In The Audience! (2012-09-18). Muse website. Retrieved 2012-09-24 from muse.mu.
  6. a b c d e Laurence. (2012-09-18). Muse to play Radio 1 Live Lounge special on 28th September. Music City Post. Retrieved 2012-09-24 from www.musiccitypost.tv.
  7. Contact. AIR Studios website. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from www.airstudios.com.
  8. Muse on Radio 1 Live Lounge (2012-09-28). Muse website. Retrieved 2012-09-28 from muse.mu.
  9. FAQs. BBC website. Retrieved 2012-09-10 from www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Be in the audience - Show not available (2012-09). BBC website. Retrieved 2012-09-24 from www.bbc.co.uk.

See also


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