Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (live)

41%	MuseWiki ULD has 45/110 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
Tours	Absolution (110)
First performance	3rd September 2003
Latest performance	7th May 2005
Pro-shots	2004: Sydney (01/23/2004) 2003: London (11/27/2003) London (09/22/2003) Milan (09/15/2003) Paris (09/10/2003) Brussels (09/05/2003)
Audience footage	2004: London (12/19/2004) Tokyo (02/07/2004) 2003: Bologna (10/30/2003)
Audio recordings	2005: Columbus (04/27/2005) St. Louis (04/26/2005) East Lansing (04/23/2005) Buffalo (04/21/2005) 2004: Los Angeles (12/09/2004) Los Angeles (12/08/2004) Nashville (11/30/2004) Seattle (05/09/2004) Los Angeles (05/05/2004) Rochester (04/21/2004) Hiroshima (02/14/2004) Tokyo (02/08/2004) Perth (02/01/2004) Adelaide (01/30/2004) Melbourne (01/26/2004) Sydney (01/19/2004) 2003: Exeter (12/07/2003) Bournemouth (12/05/2003) Cardiff (12/01/2003) Manchester (11/29/2003) Nottingham (11/28/2003) Glasgow (11/25/2003) Strasbourg (11/22/2003) Paris (11/18/2003) Nice (11/16/2003) Madrid (11/14/2003) Marseille (11/11/2003) Lyon (11/10/2003) Angers (11/08/2003) Brussels (11/07/2003) Lille (11/04/2003) Nancy (11/03/2003) Geneva (11/02/2003) Vienna (10/25/2003) Helsinki (10/11/2003) Amsterdam (09/03/2003)
# of performances	110
Uno Live Database	41% (missing 65/110 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Thoughts of a Dying Atheist.

Analysis and Explanation

Though a very rare song live today, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist was performed rather often on the Absolution tour. 2003 in particular featured Thoughts of a Dying Atheist in the vast majority of setlists, only skipping promotional dates and no full gigs. Several pro-shots from 2003 exist as a result. Apart from the first gig of the year, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist was played at every non-promotional concert in January and February 2004, though it was dropped from setlists for March 2004.

Though reappearing for around ten gigs on the North American tour, the song was again dropped after a few dates in May. Apart from a single performance in October, it wouldn't be until November that the song would fully return to setlists, appearing at every non-festival until the end of the year. Apart from Big Day Out Festival, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist was never performed at a festival. Once again the song returned in 2005, though it was skipped at five out of the first six gigs of the year (none of these gigs were recorded, though, so there is not much of a loss). The song continued to be performed at every gig on the American tour before it was performed for it was performed for the last time at the end of the tour.

Thoughts of a Dying Atheist has not been performed live since the Absolution tour, with no sign of the song returning anytime soon. The band's refusal to play it live at festivals may be holding this song back from returning.

Absolution era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
17	2005-05-07	Austin Music Hall	Austin, TX, USA
16	2005-05-05	Cullum Auditorium	Houston, TX, USA
15	2005-05-04	Gypsy Tea Room and Ballroom	Dallas, TX, USA
14	2005-05-03	Sunset Station	San Antonio, TX, USA
13	2005-05-01	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
12	2005-04-30	Jillian's	Louisville, KY, USA
11	2005-04-28	Manchester Field	Kent, OH, USA
10	2005-04-27	PromoWest Pavilion	Columbus, OH, USA	Listen here
9	2005-04-26	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA	Listen here
8	2005-04-24	Emens Auditorium	Muncie, IN, USA
7	2005-04-23	Breslin Student Events Center	East Lansing, MI, USA	Listen here
6	2005-04-21	Sphere Entertainment Complex	Buffalo, NY, USA	Listen here
5	2005-04-20	Curry Hicks Cage	Amherst, MA, USA
4	2005-04-19	Jorgensen Auditorium	Mansfield, CT, USA
3	2005-04-17	Peterson Fieldhouse	Providence, RI, USA
2	2005-04-16	Cole Field House	College Park, MD, USA
1	2005-04-13	Disco Rodeo	Raleigh, NC, USA

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
47	2004-12-19	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here
46	2004-12-13	City Limits	Tucson, AZ, USA
45	2004-12-12	Marquee Theatre	Tempe, AZ, USA
44	2004-12-09	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
43	2004-12-08	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
42	2004-12-02	House of Blues	Orlando, FL, USA
41	2004-11-30	The Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN, USA	Listen here
40	2004-11-28	Newport Music Hall	Columbus, OH, USA
39	2004-11-27	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
38	2004-11-15	Quest Club	Minneapolis, MN, USA
37	2004-11-14	Eagles Club	Milwaukee, WI, USA
36	2004-11-13	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA
35	2004-11-12	Clutch Cargo's	Detroit, MI, USA
34	2004-11-10	Mr. Smalls Theatre	Millvale, PA, USA
33	2004-11-09	Webster Hall	New York City, NY, USA
32	2004-11-08	Nightclub 9:30	Washington, DC, USA
31	2004-11-06	Electric Factory	Philadelphia, PA, USA
30	2004-10-26	Red's	Edmonton, AB, Canada
29	2004-05-09	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA	Listen here
28	2004-05-08	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA
27	2004-05-05	Mayan Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
26	2004-05-04	Empire Events Center	Sacramento, CA, USA
25	2004-05-03	Brick by Brick	San Diego, CA, USA
24	2004-04-29	Club Sound	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
23	2004-04-24	Top Cats	Cincinnati, OH, USA
22	2004-04-23	Metro	Chicago, IL, USA
21	2004-04-21	Water Street Music Hall	Rochester, NY, USA	Listen here
20	2004-04-14	The Bowery Ballroom	New York City, NY, USA
19	2004-04-09	Cotton Club	Atlanta, USA
18	2004-02-23	Olympia Theatre	Dublin, Ireland
17	2004-02-22	Olympia Theatre	Dublin, Ireland
16	2004-02-21	Ulster Hall	Belfast, UK
15	2004-02-14	Club Quattro	Hiroshima, Japan	Listen here
14	2004-02-13	Zepp Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Japan
13	2004-02-12	Club Quattro	Osaka, Japan
12	2004-02-11	Namba Hach	Osaka, Japan
11	2004-02-09	Diamond Hall	Nagoya, Japan
10	2004-02-08	Shibuya AX	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here
9	2004-02-07	Bay NK Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Watch here
8	2004-02-01	Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out)	Perth, WA, Australia	Listen here
7	2004-01-30	Adelaide Showgrounds (Big Day Out)	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Listen here
6	2004-01-27	Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom	Melbourne, VI, Australia
5	2004-01-26	Princes Park South (Big Day Out)	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Listen here
4	2004-01-24	Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia
3	2004-01-23	Showground (Big Day Out)	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here
2	2004-01-19	Metro Theatre	Sydney, NS, Australia	Listen here
1	2004-01-18	Parklands (Big Day Out)	Gold Coast, QL, Australia

2003

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
46	2003-12-10	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík, Iceland
45	2003-12-07	Westpoint Arena	Clyst St Mary, UK	Listen here
44	2003-12-05	International Centre	Bournemouth, UK	Listen here [B]
43	2003-12-04	Brighton Centre	Brighton, UK
42	2003-12-03	NEC Arena	Birmingham, UK
41	2003-12-01	International Arena	Cardiff, UK	Listen here [B]
40	2003-11-29	Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Listen here [B]
39	2003-11-28	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Listen here [B]
38	2003-11-27	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here [B]
37	2003-11-25	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Listen here (Incomplete)
36	2003-11-22	Le Rhenus	Strasbourg, France	Listen here
35	2003-11-21	E-Werk	Cologne, Germany
34	2003-11-20	Sportzcentrum Tagerhard	Wettingen, Switzerland
33	2003-11-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Listen here [B]
32	2003-11-16	Palais Nikaia	Nice, France	Listen here
31	2003-11-14	La Riviera	Madrid, Spain	Listen here [B]
30	2003-11-13	Razzmatazz	Barcelona, Spain
29	2003-11-11	Marseille Dôme	Marseille, France	Listen here [B]
28	2003-11-10	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France	Listen here [B]
27	2003-11-08	Amphitheatre	Angers, France	Listen here [B]
26	2003-11-07	Forest National	Brussels, Belgium	Listen here
25	2003-11-06	Ahoy	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands
24	2003-11-04	Zénith	Lille, France	Listen here
23	2003-11-03	Zénith	Nancy, France	Listen here
22	2003-11-02	Geneva Arena	Geneva, GE, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
21	2003-10-31	Sport Hall	Pordenone, PN, Italy
20	2003-10-30	Sporthall Piazza Azzarita	Bologna, BO, Italy	Watch here
19	2003-10-28	Sashall	Florence, FI, Italy
18	2003-10-27	Mazda Palace	Milan, MI, Italy
17	2003-10-25	Vienna Gasometer	Vienna, Austria	Listen here [B]
16	2003-10-24	Zenith	Munich, BY, Germany
15	2003-10-22	Stadthalle Offenbach	Offenbach am Main, HE, Germany
14	2003-10-21	Columbiahalle	Berlin, BE, Germany
13	2003-10-19	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
12	2003-10-18	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
11	2003-10-16	Vega	Copenhagen, Denmark
10	2003-10-15	Rockefeller Music Hall	Oslo, Norway
9	2003-10-14	Stockholm Cirkus	Stockholm, Sweden
8	2003-10-12	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland
7	2003-10-11	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland	Listen here [B]
6	2003-09-22	Carling Academy	London, UK	Watch here [B]
5	2003-09-15	MTV Studios (MTV Italy)	Milan, MI, Italy	Watch here [B]
4	2003-09-10	Trabendo	Paris, France	Watch here [B]
3	2003-09-07	Cologne	Cologne, NW, Germany
2	2003-09-05	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here [B]
1	2003-09-03	Melkweg	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Listen here [B]

BONUS: also see this early soundcheck from Fuji Rock Festival, 07/26/2002. ^[B]

See also

This is a table of Absolution-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Intro	Absolution	0	40	89	21	20	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	269
Apocalypse Please	Absolution	18	40	89	21	24	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	287
Time Is Running Out	Absolution	0	53	131	23	90	101	17	48	94	15	29	91	3	59	81	32	13	61	20	54	1016
Sing for Absolution	Absolution	0	41	76	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	137
Stockholm Syndrome	Absolution	0	49	129	22	90	101	17	34	86	15	17	52	3	28	22	21	10	57	10	10	773
Falling Away With You	Absolution	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interlude	Absolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	95	10	16	33	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	507
Hysteria	Absolution	17	51	133	23	89	97	17	49	95	12	16	60	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	964
Blackout	Absolution	0	45	36	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	103
Butterflies & Hurricanes	Absolution	0	47	126	22	71	89	16	1	7	4	0	6	2	0	5	6	0	0	0	3	405
The Small Print	Absolution	20	27	89	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
Fury	Absolution	3	0	11	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	34
Endlessly	Absolution	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist	Absolution	0	46	47	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
Ruled by Secrecy	Absolution	0	0	73	11	0	6	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
The Groove	Time Is Running Out	0	7	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	24
Eternally Missed	Hysteria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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