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I love it when the guys look like they are still enjoying making music. Video isn’t complete or pristine, but I would never want a static Matt Bellamy.

Personally, I love their live intros/outros. I managed to catch a bit of Calm Like a Bomb and Sweet Child O’Mine in Dallas.

What are your favorites?

Sorry it’s so shaky! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s really hard for me to get a professional looking video when holding still goes against every fiber of my being experiencing Muse live. Dallas 2026

Of course I hoped for Sickness or The Dark Forest to debut in Dallas, but I’m pleased with what we got: MoTP, UD, Take a Bow were treats.

Personally, I liked having a full-circle moment when they opened with Hysteria just like they did 22 years and 20 Muse gigs ago in 2004 the first time I saw them.

Hexagons is one of the best songs they’ve ever written and I was ecstatic to hear it live. Not so excited about that cameraman that was all over Matt, or the 100+ degree heat, but it was worth it.

Of the new songs off The WOW! Signal, Cryogen and Unravelling stood out to me along with Hexagons.

We’ve got nine more US dates. Do you think they will switch up the setlist even more for their next leg? I’m wondering if they are waiting to debut TDF and Sickness on the arena tour.

Thoughts?

This video is from 2019, which was my 15th time to see Muse. It was also the first for my 4-year-old grandson and second for my 6-year-old grandson (both boys were armed with snacks and ear protection).

If I could go back in time, I would love to see them in their early days when they ended with Bliss and joyously thrashed the stage.

For those of you who have seen it with your own eyes, help me live vicariously through you. What was it like?

This is my review of Hush and one of my fuzzy iPhone photos. It really took me a minute to get past the initial musical theatre vibes, but it grew on me.

My teenager was not impressed, calling it “some Billie Eilish shit.” But guess who didn’t get a ticket for this summer’s amphitheater tour: That same teenager.

I, however, am going to my #20 in Dallas and #21 in Washington.

Frankly, it was too expensive to bring the kids. But I’m not heartless, I’ll take him to the arena tour.

I’m finding people either love this track or hate it. What do you think?

𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐡. In the weeks before 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑤! 𝑆𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙 dropped, social media was buzzing with talk about this collaboration between Muse and Ellie Goulding. This track builds, becoming surprisingly heavy, and I think most of us were pleasantly surprised. I especially like the way Matt Bellamy’s final “hush” trails off, perfectly setting up Space Debris.

First listen? I thought it could easily fit a modern interpretation of 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. I could almost picture Matt as Tony and Ellie as Maria. (Be honest, who wouldn’t pay to see that?)

I’m imagining a narrative in which a couple struggles to shut out all the background noise to focus on their relationship. Unfortunately, we know that ended badly for Tony and Maria.

𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑠ℎ

The collaboration was a surprise, thrown together in a chance meeting during a late-night recording session. In interviews, Bellamy explained he’d known Goulding for years and had already discussed wanting to work together.

But it wouldn’t be our Muse without some weirdness.

In those same interviews, Bellamy admitted that the lyrics leaned toward pop, and he’s not kidding.

I’m curious for him to explain exactly what “quiet the cobra” means. (Seriously, is it a metaphor for calming a fear, or was it just the alliteration of 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟, 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑎, and 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒? Is it simply meant to be phallic?”

𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟, 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑎 𝐶𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑡

Well, thank Heaven for late-night studio sessions, because this works. Goulding's light-as-a-feather voice is a perfect foil for Muse’s heavy prog-pop fusion.

Obviously we will want it live. Bellamy could simply sing it all himself. But, I picture them using a backing track and video of Goulding singing— similar to Queen performing with the digital ghost of Freddie Mercury.

A little weird, but acceptable.

Why not? Stranger things have happened.

Author’s note: I’m a former newspaper reporter, and I write my own content. My voice is my own. However, I have no editor and sometimes Grammarly throws me a punctuation lifeline.