Muse to support U2

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Thu 26th Mar, 2009 in International News

Stadium-conquerors Muse will soon emerge from studio lockdown to embark on a tour of Europe and North America – including some support slots for U2. It’ll be a rare return to second billing for the trio, who’ll be working hard to upstage - œThe Claw’.

“We are pleased to confirm that Muse will be touring in the UK, Europe and North America this autumn,” the band posted on its website. “We can confirm that the band will be special guests to U2 at a number of their North American shows this September.”

A follow-up to 2006’s Black Holes and Revelations is expected soon, with Muse currently adding the finishing flourishes. All roads lead to mainstage Big Day Out 2010?

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snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Get on Your Boots sounds like a band desperate to sound like Muse, so it's the next logical step.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

That's like saying Queen were desperately trying to sound like Mika.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Well, yeah. You're in bizarro world.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 26th Mar, 2009

hahahahahahhahaahaha

this is fucking great.

ahhhhh... muse.... what will they do next?

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Well, let's see. Tired old biggest band in the universe, who are getting shit for releasing the same album over and over and for just generally turning into the next Rolling Stones; suddenly decide to bring out the lead single of their new album, and the song sounds like the current biggest ticket in town and exciting new music of the new millennium band.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Whaaa?

The last four U2 records have been Pop, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and No Line on the Horizon. If we're going to nitpick, there's a few similarities between All That You Can't and How to Dismantle, but I'd hardly call those four records "the same album over and over".

And you're calling Muse "the current biggest ticket in town and exciting new music of the new millennium"?
Are you living in 2006 by any chance?

Seriously, the song owes more to Subterranean Homesick Blues than it does to Muse.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Atomic Bomb and Can't Leave Behind are essentially that same Angel of Harlem era of schtick that they can, and should, but won't, leave behind. Rolling Stones - the sooner you admit it to yourself, the happier you'll be.

kennsysmith

kennsysmith said on the 26th Mar, 2009

I agree. Too many people are too quick to bag U2 for no reason other than it's perceived as a cool thing. And how many of those same people were packing out the Acer Arena to see Kings of Leon, whose latest album has been clearly influenced from their supporting of U2 on their last tour.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Yeah, I still don't get why you keep bringing up the Rolling Stones.
Completely different band with origins in a completely different time.

I think you really are showing that you're a passing U2 listener at best.
Angel of Harlem? What an odd reference point.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Yeah, I still don't get why you keep bringing up the Rolling Stones.
Completely different band with origins in a completely different time.

I think you really are showing that you're a passing U2 listener at best.
Angel of Harlem? What an odd reference point.

Your mother's an odd reference point.

The point I was making, is that the common criticism levelled at U2 is that they never do anything different (or not since Zooropa, anyway). Now they have. And they ripped it off Muse.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Your mother jokes haven't been in for awhile; it's all about your face.

And I emphasise again that the song sounds nothing like Muse. Maybe a bit in the guitar tone? But Bellamy's pretty obviously influenced by The Edge as a guitarist to begin with.

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 26th Mar, 2009

JackT

JackT said on the 26th Mar, 2009

The Claw > Everything

kennsysmith

kennsysmith said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Have you listened to the new U2 album?? Get on Your Boots sounds like nothing else on the album. There are tracks on it which show influences from Led Zeppelin to Brian Eno's ambient albums. It sounds completely different to HTDAAB.
And Get On Your Boots owes as much to their Achtung Baby sound as it does to Muse.

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 26th Mar, 2009

THE CLAW ROOOOARRRRRRR

fuck U2

there I said it, you were all thinking it. Just hiding behind a mask of wussy'ness

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/SpaceGhost2K/Faceplate%20Customs/ToyStoryClaw2.jpg

The claw decides who will go and who will stay!

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 26th Mar, 2009

No one can run from The CLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 26th Mar, 2009

Did you know you've said this exact thing before?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 26th Mar, 2009

You know what? I probably have.
But shit, I can't remember everything I've ever written ever.

clashpalace said on the 26th Mar, 2009

your all fags because your not metal enuff

clashpalace said on the 26th Mar, 2009

not even the claw is metal enuff
its a low composite plastic

dogmongler said on the 26th Mar, 2009

my dick is metal

lak lak

lak lak said on the 27th Mar, 2009

so thats why no one goes near you