London Olympic Stadium 2012 (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Olympic Stadium[1] (Olympic Games closing ceremony[2]) |
| Date | 12th August 2012[2] |
| Location | London[3] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Songs | 1[4] |
| Support | None |
| Start (GMT) | 21:00[5] |
| Capacity | 80,000[6] |
| Price (GBP) | 655–1500[7] |
| Sold out? | |
| Gig nav | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Festival | ← | Olympic Games closing ceremony | → | Skavlan |
First (albeit mimed) performance of The 2nd Law era.
Information
The performance was confirmed on August 8th, 2012 after some rumors that Muse will perform at the closing ceremony.
Survival, the official song of the 2012 Olympics, was played the first time.
Like all the other performers in the event, their instruments were mimed and only the vocals were live. Survival was played on it's shortened version. It was the only time it was performed in this version, which was recorded especially for the performance during rehearsals.
This performance saw the debut of the Manson Carbon guitar, giving it a nickname Olympic Manson, and the first production Status CW Signature bass. The performance was also the only time Chris used coulour-coted DR strings, using British flag colours.
Several choir members were located behind the trio for show while the LED screen and the LED panels fitted on stadium seats displayed visuals. Pyro, including flamethrowers and some fireworks at the end was also present.
Additionally, allthough Morgan did not perform with Muse, he did perform with The Who.
Controversy
During the NBC coverage of the Closing Ceremony in the US, Muse's performance was entirely cut out due to an extended commercial break and airing of a new comedy "Animal Practice". This also meant they cut performances by Ray Davies, Kate Bush, and The Who. Many outraged fans berated NBC's coverage of the Olympics on social media websites including Twitter and Facebook, Tweeting '#NBCfail' in light of the spotty coverage. Toward the end of the following day, August 13th, NBC had begun deleting these posts on their sites.
Setlist
- Survival [watch]
(Manson Carbon, graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony
- ↑ a b Muse to Perform and Olympic Closing Ceremony (2012-07-03). Muselive. Retrieved 2012-07-05 from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-confirmed-to-play-london-olympics-closing-ceremony-246599/
- ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/muse/2012/olympic-stadium-london-england-bdc35a2.html
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stadium
- ↑ London 2012 Olympics: ticket prices 'could be cut to make events sell out' (2012-07-26). The Telegraph website. Retrieved 2012-08-14 from www.telegraph.co.uk.