Chelmsford Hylands Park 2008 (gig)

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Muse show
Venue Hylands Park[1]
Date 16th August 2008[2]
Location Chelmsford[2]
Country United Kingdom
Songs 17[3]
Support
  • Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maxïmo Park[4] »
  • Alanis Morissette, The Futureheads[4]
[source?]
Start (UTC+1) Unknown
Capacity Unknown
Price (GBP) 145.00 (camping), 125.00 (weekend), 70.00 (one day)[5]
Sold out? Unknown


The first pre-sale took place on the 3rd of March, for customers of Virgin Media or Virgin Mobile services only. A second pre-sale spanned the hour before general sale, at 09:00 on the 7th of March.[6] Tickets went on sale the same day[2] at 10:00.[7]

A user of Drowning in Sound claimed on the 21st of January that a "reliable industry source" indicated that Muse would be headlining V Festival 2008.[8]

Three days later, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis commented that he'd heard that Muse were playing V Festival.[9] In the comment, he appeared unsure - this belief may have derived from rumours started by the aforementioned claim.[8][9] Following Eavis' comment, eFestivals listed Muse as a "strong rumour".[10] However, on the 29th of January they removed Muse.[10] The next day, an eFestivals admin stated they had information that Muse were not going to play V Festival 2008.[11] This information proved to be false, as on the 12th of February, the official Muse website announced Muse would be playing V Festival 2008.[2]

Matthew Bellamy initially said in the June 2008 issue of Q Magazine that "a couple of new songs should be played",[source?] but later recanted during a July after-show party, wherein he stated that no new music would be played live this year.[12]

As previously hinted at,[source?] the band submitted a plan to the festival's health and safety personnel, for a "stunt" involving a model UFO approaching the stage. This plan was rejected.[13]

A pro-video shot of Dead Star was released as a form of a Christmas gift.

Setlist

References

  1. ↑ (2008-01). [Official information]. V Festival official website. Retrieved 2008-01-21 from vfestival.com.
  2. ↑ a b c d Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named mu20080212
  3. ↑ Tom/Plug In Amy. (2008-08-16). [Muselive post]. Muselive. Retrieved 2008-08-16 from muselive.com.
  4. ↑ a b (2008-03-04). [Official lineup]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  5. ↑ (2008-03-04). [Ticket information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from www.vfestival.com.
  6. ↑ V Festival Pre-Sale! (2008-03-04). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-03-04 from muse.mu.
  7. ↑ (2008). [Official information]. V Festival. Retrieved 2008-02-18 from www.vfestival.com.
  8. ↑ a b Kev Kharas. (2008-01-21). Muse and the Verve headlining V Festival, apparently. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from drownedinsound.com.
  9. ↑ a b Four rumours ruled out of Glastonbury (2008-01-24). Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2008-01-25 from virtualfestivals.com. [verify]
  10. ↑ a b judderman. (2008-01-30). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse board. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from board.muse.mu.
  11. ↑ eFestivals. (2008-01-30). [eFestivals forum post]. eFestivals forum. Retrieved 2008-01-30 from efestivals.co.uk.
  12. ↑ SOUSOUS. (2008-07-21). [Muse forum post]. Official Muse forum. Retrieved 2008-07-21 from board.muse.mu.
  13. ↑ World Entertainment News Network. (2008-08-12). Festival organisers ban Muse stunt. Yahoo News. Retrieved 2008-08-12 from uk.news.yahoo.com.

See also


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