The Berlin show was very good, the O2 arena wasn't sold out by far, still good atmosphere. I was right in front of the stage and took a lot of pictures. Stage and effects were amazing, especially in the beginning. Set was good, too, but I missed Bliss. My favourites from Resistance are clearly the title track and Undisclosed Desires
Matt is an amazing musician, I loved to see him play so many instruments. Loved the big balloons that were thrown into the audience. I know many Muse fans are complaining about the static setlist, I cannot say anything about that because I only saw this one show.
I liked it. Not really overwhelming, but very good. There was something missing, I just cannot put my finger on it, but I guess it has something to do by being spoilt with U2 shows. The Muse show was a great rock concert, but it missed the warmth and audience connection and communication of a U2 show. It cannot really be compared, but newspaper reviews also said that they were playing in a quite sterile and non-communicative way. Music was fine, nothing to complain, but I missed the band and audience interaction. Also, I found the pauses they took after nearly every song to shift stuff around on the stage really annoying.
Also, I think I'm a little too old for the typical Muse audience. So many young people. Sound was ok, but I could hardly make anything out that Matt was saying - not that he was saying much. The support act was horrible, the worst band I've ever seen, I have no idea who they were
Here are some of the pictures:
Matt with his glowing guitar
I was standing a little on the left, sadly, Matt turned his back to us when playing the piano:
Those cubes were crazy:
It looks like he officially adopted Lady Gaga as his fashion muse.
& a black jacket would have been soooo much better, matt!
WHat the heck Matt? What the heck?
Keytar?
for the tour here in the US!
