Manchester Collier 1998 (gig)

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Venue Collier (In The City[1][2][3][4])
Date 13th September 1998[5]
Location Manchester[1][2][3]
Country UK
Number of songs Unknown
Support Unknown
Event start UTC+1 Unknown
Capacity Unknown
Ticket price GBP Unknown
Sold out? Unknown

Assuming that Muse didn't play another gig in Manchester on the same weekend as the In The City music festival, this was a performance for that festival.[5] While Matthew Bellamy later indicated that the performance didn't go according to plan,[4] Muse were one of the three selected winning artists. They refused to perform the customary winner's showcase,[4] which Bellamy claimed was due to the band not wanting to "overdo it" by playing "for a business audience".[4]

The festival itself acts in part as a showcase for unsigned bands to potential signers.[6] Other bands that performed that year included Cay, Coldplay, Cypress Hill and Doves,[2] among around five hundred bands.[5] The festival includes a conference and performances in many venues across the city.[7] That year, around fifty venues were used.[5] Those who participate in the festival receive wristbands and are thus able to move between these freely.[7]

It was both this gig[1][3] and the Muscle Museum EP that got Maverick[3] and Columbia Records interested in signing Muse.[1] The next month, Muse performed at a similar event, CMJ Music Marathon, after which they were asked to perform to Columbia representatives on Santa Monica Pier and to Maverick representatives in Hollywood.

References

  1. a b c d

    Showbiz Personalities - 1999-12 - Martin O'Gorman (verify)

  2. a b c

    ITC History - In The City website (inthecity.co.uk)

  3. a b c d

    New Born Band - 2007-06-21 - Rock Sound UK (verify)

  4. a b c d

    NME article - 1999-02-20 - Mark Beaumont (verify)

  5. a b c d

    EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE - 1998-09-07 - Manchester Online (verify)

  6. EYEWITNESS IN MANCHESTER UPDATE - 1998-09-14 - Manchester Online (verify)

  7. a b

    In The City (festival) - Wikipedians (secure.wikimedia.org)

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