MUSE returned to Toronto on Monday for the first Canadian stop of The Resistance tour, bringing with them the L.A. alt-rockers Silversun Pickups. Playing through a set filled mostly with older hits, MUSE occasionally dipped into a few tracks from their latest [but far from greatest] album The Resistance. Frontman Matt Bellamy was a force on stage, playing to all corners of a packed Air Canada Centre before ending with the western/sci-fi opus Knights of Cydonia.
I was excited to see Silversun Pickups live as well, but sadly the energy just wasn’t there and they were clearly the second-fiddle of the night. It was still awesome to hear Panic Switch and Lazy Eye live though. My favourite performance of the night was definitely Plug In Baby, which was complemented by giant eyes falling from the ceiling of the ACC. Even though I’m not crazy about their latest work, MUSE has a catalog of awesome tracks that I would be up for seeing live anytime.
Check out the videos on YouTube and the photos on Google Picasa.
Here’s the night’s setlist from Setlist.fm:
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Uprising
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Resistance
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New Born
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Map of the Problematique(+Who Knows Who riff)
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Supermassive Black Hole
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Guiding Light
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Hysteria(Interlude intro)
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Nishe
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United States Of Eurasia
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Feeling Good(Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover) (Take a Bow intro)
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Helsinki Jam
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Undisclosed Desires
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Starlight
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Plug In Baby(+YYZ riff)
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Time Is Running Out
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Unnatural SelectionEncore:
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Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1: Overture
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Stockholm Syndrome(+War Within a Breath riff)
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Knights of Cydonia(Man with a harmonica intro)
