"Don't chuck 'em out, they'll probably come in useful." So (probably) said Muse to their production team after their Wembley blow-outs last summer about their satellites…

Useful or lethal? As the Teignmouth troopers arrive the stage is framed by a murderous thunder cloud that threatens to electrocute us all. What comes next is a downpour of feedback as Matt Bellamy strolls onstage through a curtain of smoke in casual red jeans and shirt and unleashes the opening cords of 'Map Of The Problematique'.

And they've brought all their specialist kit. Lasers, flashing beacons, fire canons – we presume all rented from NASA. It is, in honesty, less of a gig and more of an alien abduction where 40,000 people are swept up by Muse's magnetic transporters and dumped back down with milkshake for brains.

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But for all of Bellamy's theatrics it's by no means faultless, there are two pointless interludes where Dom and Chris wig out, and we have seen this show a lot over the past two years, but it remains mesmeric.

Closing with 'Knights Of Cydonia' the field jumps – for one last time - and no-one comes down. Bar, Staffordshire tomorrow night that’s it now for the 'Blackholes…' tour. Muse: take a bow. Until next time…

Muse played:
'Map Of The Problematique'
'Supermassive Black Hole'
'Dead Star'
'New Born'
'Hysteria'
'Butterflies And Hurricanes'
'Feeling Good'
'Space Dementia'
'Invincible'
'Time Is Running Out'
'Stockholm Syndrome'
'Take A Bow'
'Starlight'
'Plug In Baby'
'Knights Of Cydonia'