Helsinki Hartwall Areena 2009 (gig)

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Muse in Hartwall Areena
Muse show
Venue Hartwall Areena[1]
Date 22nd October 2009[1]
Location Helsinki, ES[1]
Country Finland
Songs 20
Support None
Start (UTC+3) 21:00[2]
Capacity 15,000
Price (EUR) 48.50[3]
Sold out? Yes[note 1][4]




First show of The Resistance Arena Tour

Information

The concert was part of the first European leg of The Resistance Tour, in support of the album The Resistance, announced on the 1st of June, 2009.[1] Fan pre-sale information and links were announced on the 3rd of June.[5] Pre-sale took place on the 4th–5th[5] of June, and general sale started on the 8th.[1] The concert was promoted by Livenation.[6]

On playing songs from The Resistance live, Howard stated that learning to do so "should take a while!"[7] and rehearsals started on the 19th of July.<refChristopher Wolstenholme. (2009-07-19). First day of rehearsals an .... musewire/Twitter. Retrieved 2009-07-22 from twitter.com.</ref> On the 22nd, Musewire readers were told to "expect an 8-foot stone 'enge" for The Resistance tour's stage design.[8]

The Show

Guiding Light, Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture) and Helsinki Jam were played live for the first time, while Unintended was played for the first time in two years. We Are The Universe made its debut also.

Upon the canopies falling down the three towers, Matt's one got stuck on the tower itself.

Hullaballoons were released during Plug In Baby.

Speech

After Uprising Bellamy "Good evening, Helsinki!"
After New Born "Kiitos (en: Thank you)"
After Hysteria "Cheers".
Before Cave "Thank you very much! We'll play a couple of songs of[verify this] our first album Showbiz. We don't play this song very often. It's the oldest song we've ever written [sic][note 2]".
After Unnatural Selection "Thanks again!"
After Knights of Cydonia "Thank you Helsinki, we love you so much, thank you!"
Howard "We love you Helsinki! We'll see you again soon! Take care, nice to see you, cheers!"

Setlist

Notes

  1. Except wheel chair tickets.
  2. This statement was false.

References

  1. a b c d e THE RESISTANCE TOUR (2009-06-01). Muse website. Retrieved 2009-06-01 from muse.mu.
  2. (2009-06). [Concert information]. Lippu. Retrieved 2009-06-12 from www.lippu.fi[dead link].
  3. (2009-06). [Ticket purchase page]. Lippu. Retrieved 2009-06-12 from www.eventim.fi.
  4. (2009-0?). [Ticket purchase page]. EventIM. Retrieved 2009-07-05 from www.eventim.fi.
  5. a b THE RESISTANCE TOUR (2009-06-03). Muse E-mail. Retrieved 2009-06-03. [verify]
  6. (2009-06). [Muse concert listing]. Lippu. Retrieved 2009-06-12 from www.lippu.fi[dead link].
  7. Dominic Howard. (2009-06-11). Finished.. Possibly... MySpace. Retrieved 2009-06-11 from blogs.myspace.com.
  8. Muse. (2009-07-22). http://twitpic.com/b84il w .... musewire/Twitter. Retrieved 2009-07-22 from twitter.com.

See also


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