London Brixton Academy 2026 (gig)

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Setlist

Matt at Brixton Academy

Chris performing

Be With You streamers

Muse show
Venue	O2 Brixton Academy
Date	3rd April 2026
Location	London
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	20
Support	Bitterpearl
Start (GMT)	20:00 (Bitterpearl), 21:00 (Muse), 19:00 (doors)
Capacity	4,921
Price (GBP)	57.00 - 140.00
Sold out?	Yes

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First show of 2026, following the unforseen cancellation of all of Muse's February 2026 shows. Also the first headlining show of The Wow! Signal Tour.

Information

Announced on Muse's social media on March 20th, 2026, the day after the announcement of the new album, Muse played a smaller promo show at London's O2 Brixton Academy on April 3rd. The gig marked Muse's first performance at the venue since May 2001, when the band played two nights at the venue during the Origin of Symmetry era.

Pre-ordering the album from the UK/EU store got fans first access to tickets for the gig with the offer ending on March 24th at 11:59AM, GMT. Ticket pre-sale began at 10AM on March 25th, while general sale began on the 27th at the same time.

Muse were supported by Bitterpearl - a four piece London-based band whom confirmed their support slot a day prior to the gig.

Prices

Category	Price
Rear Circle Standing	£57.00
Circle Seated	£140.00
Unreserved Stalls Standing	£140.00

The Show

Gear/Staging

• 2 new Manson guitars were used for the first time at the show, having appeared to have been delivered in a Manson flight case before the show. The first one, the MB Floyd Sus (or "Blue FR"), seems to share the same specs as the Chrome FR/Matt Black FR and the Chrome FR 2.0 guitars and is finished in Manson's "Bey-Side Blue". The second one, the MB PIB-v3 (or simply "Mirror 3.0") is the successor to the original Mirror and the Mirror 2.0 and was used for Plug in Baby.
• Having used one rack tom on all previously known setups, Dom included a second rack tom on his kit for the first time. He also switched from Gretsch, used on the previous tour, to Ludwig.
• The stage featured 5 long LED screens displaying various visuals, some of which were the same as the ones displayed on the LED cubes during last years setup, with Dom's LED screen drum riser also being the same.
• Pyro was used throughout the show. Confetti and streamers were released during Be With You.

The Setlist

• Muse took to the stage nearly 30 minutes late - some have theorised, due to observations of the crew, that this could have led to a last minuite setlist adjustment.
• The setlist itself was roughly similar to the ones played on the 2025 tour, but with some notable alterations.
• Cryogen and Be With You were performed live for the first time.
• Hysteria opened a show for the first time since 2005.
• Uprising was played with the album outro instead of the usual heavier outro for the first time since 2010.
• An unknown outro was played after Psycho - allegedly the riff of the song The Sickness In You & I.
• No songs from Simulation Theory and Will of the People were played (not counting the Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) as it's not the album version). Time Is Running Out was also notably absent from the show.
• Matt stated the band would be back in "November" at the end of the gig, hinting at a possible UK/EU tour in the autumn.

Speech

(Incomplete)

Before Cryogen	Bellamy	"Do you fancy a new song? Yeah, this one's called Cryogen."
During Cryogen		"Come on, Brixton!"
After Cryogen		"Be nice on Reddit! Be nice - otherwise you'll break Dom's heart!"
Before New Born		"Last time we played here was like 25 years ago - when we were little kids. Er, who was here? Was anyone here? Ah, I don't believe you. Really? Fuck... Alright, I think we played this there."
Before Unintended		"This one's a very old one."
After Starlight		"Thank you London! We love you so much! We will be back in Novemberrrrr!"

Media

An official aftervideo from the show can be seen here. You can also watch individual fan recordings of each song with the links below.

An official pro-shot of Cryogen was released on April 27th, 2026, shortly after the song's official release. It's available to watch here, or via the link in the setlist. Live audios of Unravelling and Be With You are set to be released as Japanese exclusives on The Wow! Signal CD, with the latter's video pro-shot available to be seen here.

Setlist

1. Interlude + Hysteria [watch]
   ^{(Manson Blue FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
2. Map of the Problematique + Who Knows Who riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson Holoflake #3, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
3. Cryogen [watch]
   ^{(Manson Blue FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
4. Resistance [watch]
   ^{(Manson Blue FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
5. Unravelling (extended intro) [watch]
   ^{(Manson Oryx 8-String, satin graphite finish Status Stealth headless 5-string)}
6. Drill Sergeant (robot voice) + Psycho + The Sickness In You & I riff
   ^{(Manson Matt Black FR, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
7. Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) (shortened) (drum & bass jam)
   ^{(woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
8. Be With You [watch]
   ^{(Manson Blue FR, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
9. New Born + Headup riff [watch]
   ^{(Manson M1D1 Blue, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
10. Plug in Baby
    ^{(Manson Mirror 3.0, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
11. Unintended (Cryosleep Acoustic Version) [watch]
    ^{(Manson Blue FR)}
12. United States of Eurasia (extended intro) [watch]
    ^{(graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
13. Supermassive Black Hole
    ^{(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
14. Uprising [watch]
    ^{(Manson Fire Red, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}
15. Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
    ^{(Manson Chrome FR 2.0, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

    Encore

16. Isolated System (Dan remix)
17. Undisclosed Desires
    ^{(graphite finish Status The KingBass Mk-II)}
18. Prelude + Starlight [watch]
    ^{(graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)}

See also

• Brixton Academy, London

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