Muse embark on a nationwide tour ahead of their summer Glastonbury headline set. We were at the band’s O2 show on Apr 3 2016 and got a taste of what’s in store for Worthy Farm this year.
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Muse’s spectacular Drones Tour hit the O2 in London last night (April 3) in a blaze of sci-fi rock glory. The cutting-edge show opened with the descent of a horde of spherical drones to the tune of the album’s churchy title track.
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During ‘Starlight’ the band’s trademark Hullaballoons were released, one of which Bellamy had to head-butt off the stage. The show also involved regular instrumental breaks, with drummer Dom Howard and keyboardist Morgan Nicholls taking centre stage for ‘The 2nd Law: Isolated System’ and footage of JFK, Edward Snowden and Martin Luther King being screened during ‘JFK’.
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With barely a break for an encore, the band returned for the eviscerating ‘Take A Bow’ and their vaulting new pop anthem ‘Mercy’, during which streamers, steam and confetti shaped like tiny men were blasted into the crowd.
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As tradition dictates, the show closed with ‘Knights Of Cydonia’, bassist Chris Wolstenholme throwing his harmonica to a crowd member after his customary intro and the crowd moshing like demented salmon during the riff-roaring climax.