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Close Encounters
| Riff or jam | |
|---|---|
| Name | Close Encounters |
| Artist | Original |
| Writer/composer | Muse |
| Appearance | 16th June 2007–12th April 2008 |
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Sometimes played before "Knights of Cydonia", it made its début during the first night at Wembley Stadium.
The riff is named after its similarity to the motif used to contact extraterrestrial life in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.