The Warning

The Warning

The Warning are a Mexican rock band, originating from the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León. The band was formed in 2013, and consists of the three Villarreal Vélez sisters; Daniela (guitar, piano, lead vocals), Alejandra (bass, piano, backing vocals), and Paulina (drums, piano, lead & backing vocals). The sisters decided to form a band at about the age of 7, after all learning on various instruments during their childhood. They rose to prominence through YouTube, posting covers by various known rock acts (including Muse).

After their cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman went viral, they decided to seek a record label deal, starting a succesful GoFundMe campaign to record their six-album EP, called Escape the Mind, released in 2015. During that time, the band also appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Their first album, XXI Century Blood was released in 2017. Around this time, the band supported The Killers in Monterrey. In 2018, they released their second album, Queen of the Murder Scene. Their third album, Error, was released in 2022, and their fourth and most recent album, Keep Me Fed, arrived in 2024.

Throughout their career, the band has said multiple times that they are massive fans of Muse and cited how big of an influence they are on them. They highlighted the fact Muse are a trio, just like them, and seeing that it's possible to be a successful 3-piece band inspired them. Daniela also cited the riff to Supermassive Black Hole, and Matt's exccentric stage presense, to be a huge influence on her guitar playing style. A dream of theirs was opening and/or collaborating with them.

The Warning ended up supporting Muse during the Mexican leg of the Will of the People World Tour in January 2023, playing in Monterrey, Guadalajara and two dates in Mexico City. One of the band's managers revealed during an interview that Muse originally wanted The Pretty Reckless to support them during the Mexico dates, but they declined. The band caught wind of this and thus contacted Muse's management to enquire about them playing instead. Dom (who is apparently in charge of selecting the support acts) agreed and thus the band were selected to support Muse. Following these four shows, the band supported Muse again during five dates of the European leg later that year, these being; Plymouth, Lyon, Huddersfield, Glasgow and Milton Keynes. Matt also gifted Daniela a yellow Manson Oryx guitar which she used live to play their song "MONEY" during their Milton Keynes set. The band have since stated, during their 10th anniversary video, that the biggest moment in their career, so far, was opening for Muse.

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