Simulation Theory World Tour

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Promo poster with tour dates



A world tour that began in February of 2019 in Houston, Texas. The European leg of the tour will end in July of the same year in Madrid, Spain, but the Simulation Theory World Tour itself will be probably elonged, with some gigs in Asia and South America. At the moment two dates were added in Mexico City in October.

Information

The shows are set up for stadiums, but some gigs will also take place in arenas, using the same stage set up.

The supporting band during the American leg of the Simulation Theory Tour (except for the Washington and Philadelphia gigs) was anounced the 14 January, and they are Walk the Moon.

Before the rehearsals or the production started, Bellamy talked about two hour sets. He also mentioned playing a 15 minute-or-so "metal medley", featuring bits of heavy songs (not just riffs). He said he'd like to play that because they would like to fit in as many songs in setlists as they can without surpassing two hours too much (due to fatigue).

Propaganda and the Alternate reality version of Algorithm made their debut on the tour, and the acoustic gospel version of Dig Down made it's return after the Jools Holland performance. Algorithm's AR version has been shortened and a transitional segment into Pressure has been added to it.

A new upcoming orchestral song, written by Bellamy for a known TV show has also made it's debut on the tour. The song's titled Pray and includes Chris and Dom on big concert drums.

This is also the first Muse tour on which Chris is playing bass and guitar, drumming and also playing a keyboard all in one set.

Production

Production-wise, the new tour still includes a big LED screen with visuals, a big light show and lasers, but this time around, the band have also included dancers/performers.

The performers are wearing various costumes, raging from light-up hazmat suits to LED jackets and LED glasses.

A large extra terrestrial skeleton puppet nicknamed "Murph" is also present. It rises up behind the stage during the metal medley. The puppet can move it's hand and is trying to "catch" Matt jumping around on stage, and can also open it's mouth, in which a spot light is set up, illuminating light on the crowd and the stage.

Stage Design

The stage design is very similar to The Unsustainable Tour

The light trussing above the stage is vaguely shaped like the spaceship featured in the album cover of Simulation Theory.

Enhanced Experience Package

The three VR games contained in the enchanced experience package

The enhanced experience packages contain access to the "Mixed Reality Pre-Show Party", which will include photo opportunities with various props and whatnot from the Simulation Theory music videos, a bar service and a station with a series of VR-based arcade machine games (which have been made and produced by Microsoft and the band).

The VR games include:

  • Simulation Striker - a motion controller based game - player enters a hallway (seen in Break It To Me video), a portal (seen in the Algorithm video) opens up infront of the player and various shapes fly out of it. The player has to punch them out in order to survive. The game is soundtracked by Algorithm.
  • Retrograde Racer - a racing based game - player races through a futuristic world filled with neon tunnels and a desert wasteland (based on the one in The Dark Side/Something Human videos). The player must dodge skeletons and various road blocks. The game is soundtracked by The Dark Side.
  • Spaceship Defender - another motion controller based game - player has to pilot a spaceship whilst being attacked by critters (seen in Pressure music video). The game is soundtracked by Pressure.

Average Setlist

| 01 = Algorithm | 01app = (Alternate Reality Version shortened) | 02 = Pressure | 03pre = [Drill Sergeant] | 03 = Psycho | 04 = Break It to Me | 05 = Uprising | 05app = (extended) | 06 = Propaganda | 07 = Plug In Baby | 08 = Pray | 08app = (short) | 09 = The Dark Side | 10pre = Close Encounters intro | | 10 = Supermassive Black Hole | 11 = Thought Contagion | 12pre = Interlude | 12 = Hysteria | 12app = + Back in Black outro | 13 = Unsustainable | 14 = Dig Down | 14app = (Acoustic Gospel Version)
STT Interstitial 1
| 15 = Madness | 16 = Mercy | 17 = Time is Running Out | 18pre = Houston Jam | 18 = Take a Bow

| 19pre = Prelude | 19 = Starlight | 19app =

Encore

STT Interstitial 2 | 20 = Algorithm |20app =

Metal Medley

| 21 = Stockholm Syndrome | 21app = (shortened) | 22pre = Assassin (intro) | 22 = Reapers | 22app = (shortened) | 23 = The Handler | 23app = (shortened) | 24 = New Born | 24app = (shortened) + Headup riff outro | 25pre = Man With a Harmonica | 25 = Knights of Cydonia


Exceptions

Stats

Gigs

Date Venue Location
2019-10-03 Foro Sol Mexico City, Mexico
2019-10-02 Foro Sol Mexico City, Mexico
2019-07-26 Wanda Metropolitano Madrid, Spain
2019-07-24 Passeio Maritimo de Alges Lisbon, Portugal
2019-07-20 Olympic Stadium Rome, Italy
2019-07-16 Matmut Atlantique Bordeaux, France
2019-07-13 San Siro Stadium Milan, Italy
2019-07-12 San Siro Stadium Milan, Italy
2019-07-09 Stade Orange Velodrom Marseille, France
2019-07-06 Stade de France Paris, France
2019-07-05 Stade de France Paris, France
2019-07-03 Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
2019-06-29 RheinEnergieStadion Cologne, Germany
2019-06-27 Goffertpark Nijmegen, Netherlands
2019-06-22 Tauron Arena Krakow, Poland
2019-06-18 Suvilahti Open Air Helsinki, Finland
2019-06-15 Luzhniki Stadium Moscow, Russia
2019-06-12 Arena Riga Riga, Latvia
2019-06-08 Etihad Stadium Manchester, England
2019-06-05 Ashton Gate Stadium Bristol, England
2019-06-01 London Stadium London, England
2019-05-29 Stadthalle Graz Graz, Austria
2019-05-28 Papp László Sports Arena Budapest, Hungary
2019-05-26 Letňany Airport Prague, Czech Republic
2019-04-12 United Center Chicago, IL, USA
2019-04-10 TD Garden Boston, MA, USA
2019-04-08 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY, USA
2019-04-07 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA, USA
2019-04-04 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI, USA
2019-04-02 Capital One Arena Washington, DC, USA
2019-03-31 Videotron Centre Québec City, Canada
2019-03-30 Bell Centre Montreal, Canada
2019-03-28 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Canada
2019-03-26 State Farm Arena Atlanta, GA, USA
2019-03-24 BB&T Center Sunrise, FL, USA
2019-03-11 The Forum Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019-03-09 Oracle Arena Oakland, CA, USA
2019-03-07 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, CA, USA
2019-03-05 Valley View Casino Center San Diego, CA, USA
2019-03-02 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, CA, USA
2019-02-28 Vivent Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2019-02-26 Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ, USA
2019-02-24 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX, USA
2019-02-22 Toyota Center Houston, TX, USA

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