Will of the People Theatre Tour
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Will of the People Theatre Tour was a smaller tour, with fewer, smaller gigs, which took place in several theatres across the USA and Europe in the autumn of 2022.
Information
The tour was announced on June 1st, 2022, with the gig at Berlin's Admiralspalast announced on June 11th. Tickets came on-sale on June 24th, 2022 at 10AM, local time, while pre-sale began on June 21st, 10AM local time. In Europe, pre-sale was accessed by ordering the album, Will of the People, from the official store, by 5PM, on 20th June. In North America, pre-sale was accessed by signing-in to the Members account for a unique code.
Touring began with a sold-out gig at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, on October 4th, 2022. The tour included a few stops at venues in which Muse haven't played in 20 years. These include the afforementioned Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles (before this tour, Muse last played at The Wiltern on December 8th and 9th, 2004), the Riviera Theatre in Chicago (last performance by Muse was on November 13th, 2004), Alcatraz in Milan (Muse last performed during the Origin of Symmetry days, back in April of 2001) and Admiralspalast, with Muse last performing there in September of 2009. None of the venues exceeded the 3,000 capacity, making this the smallest tour since the 2015 Psycho UK and Psycho US tours.
Allthough the tour shared the same poster design with the Eventim Apollo charity gigs on May 9th and 10th, 2022, the tour and the charity gigs are their own separate thing, with the charity gigs' production being similar to that of the festival tour.
Production & Setlist
The theatre tour featured a simple design, with moving light heads attached to grid trussing, placed both behind and the sides of the band. Having moving lights on the grid allowed for interesting effects, with narrow beams going across the stage, pointing at each other. An example of this can be seen during the performance of Minimum. Apart from moving heads, dual-colour LED lights are also placed on the floor, surrounding the band, and underneath the drum riser (which was the same riser used during the festivals tour), iluminating Dom's drum kit from below. Like with most of the festival tour, no LED screens were used on-stage. The piano also returned on-stage, after not being used during the festival tour.
We Are Fucking Fucked and Liberation got their live debuts on this tour. Minimum returned to the setlists after 20 years, being last performed in 2002. Additionally, Space Dementia was brought back to the US after 2004, as was The Star-Spangled Banner, which returned after 9 years, played before Hysteria. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor was played as an intro to You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween. Assassin's Grand Omega Bosses Edit was performed in Canada for the first time on the tour, with New Born first performed in Canada (in full) in ten years. Minimum and Space Dementia were also played in the Netherlands for the first time since 2004 (Space Dementia) and 2000 (Minimum).
Supporting Acts
Support acts for the tour were usually announced the day of the gig, with all of them being local bands. During the North American leg, Muse were supported by Taipei Houston (Los Angeles), Brigitte Calls Me Baby (Chicago), Softcult (Toronto) and THICK (New York City). During the European leg, the support acts were Robin Kester (Amsterdam), Bandit Bandit (Paris) and Le Frequenze di Tesla (Milan). Berlin did not have a support act.
Average setlist
- Will of the People (extended)
- Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses version)
- Won't Stand Down
- Rotation slot 1: Hysteria / Drill Sergeant (robot voice) + Psycho / New Born
- Rotation slot 2: Citizen Erased / Plug In Baby (extended) / Hysteria
- We Are Fucking Fucked
- Rotation slot 3: Map of the Problematique / Stockholm Syndrome / Uprising (extended) / Citizen Erased / Liberation
- The Gallery
- Compliance (w/ guitar)
- Rotation slot 4: Space Dementia / New Born / Stockholm Syndrome / Liberation / Map of the Problematique
- Minimum
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor + You Make Me Feeel Like It's Halloween
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Prelude + Starlight
Encore
Notes
- Four distinct rotation slots were present. Songs and rotation spots were moving across the setlist during the tour. The only songs with fixed positions include the opener (We Are Fucking Fucked/Will of the People), Prelude & Starlight, Kill or Be Killed and Knights of Cydonia.
- We Are Fucking Fucked was an opener for the first two gigs, before swapping setlist places with Will of the People which remained as an opener for the rest of the tour.
- Nishe was squeezed into the setlist, despite not officially being part of it, before The Gallery & Compliance, at the Riviera Theatre gig in Chicago, due to technical difficulties.
- Liberation was only played on the European leg.
Stats
Gigs
| Date | Venue | Location |
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| 2022-10-28 | Admiralspalast | Berlin, Germany |
| 2022-10-26 | Alcatraz | Milan, Italy |
| 2022-10-25 | Salle Pleyel | Paris, France |
| 2022-10-23 | Royal Theatre Carré | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2022-10-16 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY, USA |
| 2022-10-14 | History | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2022-10-11 | Riviera Theatre | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2022-10-04 | Wiltern Theatre | Los Angeles, CA, USA |