To celebrate the longest running musical show since The Black And White Minstrels, there's a double CD out of some of the best performances over the past year or so and it features many wonderful artists and bands, including Jools himself, of course. Playing piano. Over someone. Somewhere. This time I think it's Adele.»
Muse utterly take the piss, on Italian TV.»
Death Cab For Cutie are to release a single - the first from the Official Sound Track to up coming Vampire flick New Moon, the sequel to last year's Twilight. »
To celebrate the launch of Guitar Hero 5, we're giving away a bundle per day to a very fortunate winner. A bundle, of course, includes the game and the hardware (controllers) that you'll need to play the game.»
So, what do you think of Muse's The Resistance?»
DiS caught up with Muse to discuss their special hometown comeback in Teignmouth which takes place this coming Friday and Saturday (see below for details of how to win tickets to this instantly sold out gig!). »
Yesterday, DiS caught up with Muse to discuss their new album but Dom let slip details of the live show for their forthcoming tour...»
DiS has teamed up with Muse to offer two lucky readers the chance to be the first to hear their new album The Resistance ahead of its release on September 14th.»
Matt Bellamy-fronted trio Muse have masterminded a worldwide treasure hunt for their fans, involving USB sticks being hidden in various cities across the globe.»
Following news that their forthcoming album will be called The Resistance and that it's nearly finished, Devon's finest prog-rock-operatic pop-metallers have confirmed a series of super-massive UK shows for later this year»
Big news, the eternal wait for the new album from the biggest British band of our generation (two supermassive Wembley Stadium shows), Muse, is coming to an end.»
Muse's performance at V Festival was less impressive than it might have been, safety officers refusing them permission to land a UFO on stage»
Muse returning in the not-so distant future... »
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has having a hard time of it at home in Italy, apparently being targeted by a besotted Irish stalker»
The Guardian has run a list of the top ten music venues in London. What do you think, eh? One omission, glaring: Wembley Stadium. LOL @ NME»
Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has waded into the international debate on the ‘emo’ movement»
Deep breath required for the charts this week; frankly they’ve seen more action than Prince’s bedroom ceiling mirror and we’re going to give you the long and sticky of it.»
You stop work, but the charts keep rolling. Yesterday's movers, shakers, fakers and crap, here»
There's nothing like a night out at the cinema. Unless of course, you're heading over to the local complex to see a gig. Weird, non? DiS intrepidly attends a screening of the new Muse DVD, recorded at their Wembley Stadium shows last summer»
The organisers of V Festival have confirmed who’ll be headlining this year’s event»
Muse’s recent shows at Wembley have been collected together on DVD, and now Vue will preview the trio’s gigantophon broadcast at a selected number of its cinemas next month»
Paul Weller and the Fratellis will join Muse to headline this year’s series of Teenage Cancer Trust shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall.»
Muse sparked chatter that they’ll soon embark upon a world stadium tour while confirming their appearance at the Royal Albert Hall this spring.»
Word reaches us that Muse and the Verve will headline this year’s brace of V festivals.»
Muse are fans of Radiohead’s recent decision to ‘do a Radiohead’.»
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
The nominations for this year's Q awards have been announced.»
This week’s charts are a bit like watching Big Brother in the small hours of the morning – extremely dull, but something of a relief from all the idiot mewling that fills it for the remaining 80 per cent of the time.»
Muse are to be supported by some real heavyweights at their forthcoming Wembley Stadium gigs...»
Muse are playing Madison Square Garden in New York in August, and you can be there... providing you're in the city at the time, that is...»
Cover versions, eh? Seems you can’t move for them at the moment. There's Mark Ronson and Patti Smith, Sugababes and Girls Aloud, that bloke from Little Britain...
Gareth Dobson wonders if we should ban this sick filth, but then remembers that he loves that ska version of 'The Final Countdown'...»
Last week’s number one by The Proclaimers slips to number four, while the next new entry is at 14. And who is it? Welcome back, Gareth Gates! We’ve missed you, and your new song doesn’t sound like ‘No Surprises’ at all. No. ‘Changes’ is absolutely its own thing, a fully original comeback single. Yes...»
Klaxons (pictured) and Jamie T were among the winners at last night's Shockwaves NME Awards, held at the doomed Hammersmith Palais...»
Every week, the kind folk of DrownedinSound.com (hi, that’s us) offer up a comprehensive overview of the latest pop charts. Hopefully you find it useful. Sometimes, though, I detect that, behind the bile, hate, sarcasm and ennui displayed by a certain M Diver, there’s not a lot of love for the top 40. So why are we still obsessed with the charts...»
The first acts have been confirmed for this year's Oxegen festival in Ireland...»
Muse, Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Keane have been announced as headline bands for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival...»
Last night DiS sat down at home, a bottle of M&S red and some spaghetti before us, and flicked our telly over to channel three. Russell Brand! Not talking about his ball bags! It could only mean one thing: we’d tuned into the first live Brit Awards since that whole Sam and Mick fiasco...»
It looks like Klaxons will be among the first bands to grace Wembley Stadium this summer after all. Huzzah!»
Klaxons' Jamie Reynolds has revealed that the London-based trio turned down the chance to support Muse at Wembley Stadium in June...»
Muse have released more tickets for their Wembley Stadium shows sheduled to take place on the 16th and 17th of June... »
Last night - well, afternoon really - DiS tubed it all the way to Hammersmith for the launch do for 2007's Brit Awards. The two-hour recorded-for-telly show - which went out 'live' on ITV2 last night - was presented by Fearne Cotton and featured live performances from The Fratellis, James Morrison, Lemar and The Feeling. And some free wine. Which was bad. But we still had several glasses...»
The results are in, and all arguments in the DiS office have died down – we can’t alter our final top ten albums of 2006, anyway, as they were very kindly voted for by you lot. Reckon you can guess the winner? Is that photograph a clue...»
So Hot Next Summer At Wembley sorts Muse will support So Hot All Year emos My Chemical Romance when the latter get all mascaraed up for their US tour in February...»
Despite many rumours saying she would perform, Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has told BBC 6Music that Kylie Minogue won't be playing 2007's festival...»
Good day to you, dearest of dear readers, and welcome to what we’re calling an ‘interactive activity’. Because we’re busy – bloody busy – at the DiSopolis, we’re asking you to decide our album/s of the year...»
This week sees Take That conquer both the albums and singles charts. How do they do it? Well, it sure as heck isn’t the good looks these days; guess nostalgia’s a more formidable factor than the likes of Katie Price and Peter Andre (pictured), G4 and Faithless ever imagined...»
In a change to previously advertised listings, which stated that Bon Jovi were to open the new Wembley Stadium (in June 2006; they eventually played Milton Keynes Bowl), Muse are to be the first band to perform before a crowd of 75,000 at the redeveloped sports/music venue...»
The veteran synth-rock trio took home the award for the Best Group category at the Justin Timberlake-hosted event in Copenhagen. Recently in the news for totally non-musical reasons sort Madonna was nominated in three categories - Best Pop Act, Best Female and Best Album - yet won nothing...»
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
What, exactly, does this have to properly do with all things music? Well, this Matt Bellamy is the very same Matt Bellamy as the Matt Bellamy that sings under the guise of Matt Bellamy in the Matt Bellamy-fronted rock band Muse. But beyond that, nowt. But it is Friday, you know. Not a lot generally happens on Fridays. Apart from Jonathan Ross. I tend to make sure I'm out...»
Yeah yeah, we’re well aware that there was no chart summary piece last week – there’s this thing called a ‘bank holiday’, right, that means us office-bound types can bunk off without getting in trouble with Da Boss. It’s a fairly wicked deal – we suggest you investigate your options come the next occurrence of this awesome one-day holiday...»
The folks behind the bigger-than-ever Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds have said that this year's event was great. Which is kind of expected, even if it'd been rubbish, really...»
New Jersey quintet My Chemical Romance - whose third album (we can't tell you what it's called, even though we know and have heard it) is released in October - have been named 'Best Band On The Planet' at the annual Kerrang! Awards...»
We like free stuff. By ‘we’ we mean ‘Brits’, as a recently-published poll revealed. Sadly we’ve no DVDs to give away with our newspaper, nor are we offering any free texts to annoy your friends with, but we do have a few competitions on the burner that you’re welcome to dip a bit of bread on a stick into. Mmmm, taste our deliciously salty melty cheese goodness…»
Thanks to our good friends at Mean Fiddler, DiS has a pair of tickets for each site of this year's Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals up for grabs. The festival runs from 25-27th August at Bramham Park, Leeds and the Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading.»
So Top Of The Pops is dead. Anyone watch the last one? I didn’t. Had better things to do. Like eat pasta and catch a train. I thought about recording it, specifically to find out what was atop the pile o’ short-play records we in the business call the ‘singles chart’, but then I remembered: the DiS round-up, this round-up, will set me straight! Not least of all ‘cause I’m the foo’ writing it...»
Cheer up, Thom! Your only-just-released debut solo album, The Eraser, is among the twelve long-players shortlisted for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, sponsored by Nationwide...»
DiS does like to play pop, from time to time, but for every ‘Back In Black’ there’s a ‘SexyBack’ just around the bend to trip you over with its initially impressive skitter and slide. To ensure you don’t suffer likewise, we’ll do our very utmost to provide you with a weekly guide to what’s what, chart-wise. So, here’s the runners and riders – and fallers and non-starters – for the week beginning July 17. THAT’S TODAY. Wow, the Romans were great…»
So many people want to see Muse that they can't even fit them into eight arenas...»
SuperMassiveMuseTour: November dates announced...»
Here's the skinny: you can win a pair of tickets (we've got two pairs to giveaway) to Muse's smallest London headline for ages from this very website (and not many other places). Tickets aren't on general sale for this gig, it's crazylucky competition winners only.»
In a world of safe, predictable, eagerly-devoured playlist fodder, you always need that other option. Love them or hate them, that Muse provoke such polarised opinions warrants respect alone. In fact, the very reason they're collosal rock stars now is because they shake things up so much; if you've heard the new single, you'll surely know that they're anything but predictable.
Ahead of the release of their fast-approaching fourth album Black Holes And Revelations, DiS grabbed five minutes with bassist Chris Wolstenholme»
The line-up for the sixtieth Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been announced, and it contains a smattering of wonderful gigs alongside a slew of whatevers...»
Proggy-rockers Muse will play a show to just ten people next week...»
Stadium-packing Devonshire trio Muse are to release their new single, 'Supermassive Black Hole', on June 19th.»
NME.COM has announced the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. We're at the line-up launch now and we'll be bringing you the rest of line-up live, as it's unveiled. Unless my laptop battery runs out. Which it might. Not LOL.»
Details of new album and single-related movements at camp Muse emerge from the US»
Those big-riffin' guitar manglers Muse have been paid tribute to by a bunch of string-instrument-wielding classical types.»
Muse have announced a second date at the rather huge Earls Court in December.»
Muse release a special Glasto single for charity!»
Festivals will go ahead.»
It is with our deepest sympathies that we report the news of the loss of Dominic from Muse's father...»
Crank out 'Rule Britannia' and rattle your pint glasses, as not only is there another summer of race rioting and football chanting on the way, but British acts are finally starting to do well in America again…»
In the latest twist to the Glasto ticket saga, it seems Michael Eavis looks set to take up our suggestion of using a lottery system to distribute tickets.»
Muse's Matt Bellamy has injured himself on stage, forcing the band to cancel a number of shows on their current American tour.»
Organisers of the V Festival today announced that all it's camping tickets for Hylands Park in Chelmsford site have sold out.»
Beneath a cloud of news that Virgin are about to take on Apple with a rival to I-pods and I-tunes launching later this year; V festival announces one of the best line-ups ever...»
Muse have arranged some last-minute gigs in Belfast and Dublin, to make up for the fact they haven't played there in so long.»
Muse confirm they're to join David Bowie in Scotland for next year's T in the Park. Start hitching now!»
Muse are to release their third single from current LP 'Absolution'; 'Hysteria' will begin on 1st December.»
The third Muse album has been leaked, months before its release. Music messageboards around the world yesterday lit up with folks talking about the new Muse album which was leaked by some lucky bugger who's managed to get hold of a copy of 'Absolution', months before its September release. Th»
Muse unveil new album to the industry and competition winners at the Planetarium... oooh woooooh yeah yeh yeah ye-ye-ah... Last night, beneath the stars, Drowned in Sound heard the third studio album from the most important band since Nirvana, at an exclusive album playback of '(Sing for) Absolu»
Muse return with their third album in September and you can hear it before anyone else next week... We've got 5 pairs of tickets for you and a friend to go to the special 'Absolution' playback at a very special, secret London location, next Tuesday (29th July 2003). And all you need to do to be ther»
Muse have confirmed that the first proper single from their third LP, Absolution, will be titled ‘Time Is Running Out’ and will be released on 8 September. Matt Bellamy will be on Lamacq tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm talking about the new record. Estimates show that had their recent intern»
Muse defy the idea that singles have to be in thin little cases... The UK's most exciting and influential rock band in decades, have fully embraced the year of the download! They've managed to keep the ability to pay their team of producers, designers, management and the like, whilst giving fans what they»
Muse have announced a feck off sized arena tour..
To coincide with the campaign to promote their third album, Devon's finest blenders of Primus, Buckley and Bach, hit the road...
NOVEMBER
25th - Glasgow SECC
27th - London Wembley Arena
28th - Nottingham»
Rock kings vs Major Corporation.. the saga continues.. It turns out the song that sounds just like Muse's cover of Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' on the current Nestlé advert is not Muse. Well, it was Muse for the first few weeks, but it no longer is Muse. The version you now hear »
Muse vs major coffee company... If you've watched much commercial tv lately, you will have noticed the Muse cover of the Nina Simone classic 'Feeling Good' backing the Nescafé advert. Muse were not asked and are not happy. A post on »
Little pixie man with the big voice and geetar/pie-ano genius and his two mates who're a bit good musically too.. yes, they're coming back! DiS can reveal that Muse are recording their third studio album with Rich Costey who's previously produced Rage Aagainst The Machine, Wu Tang and Jurassic 5, am»
Life is Loud! Rock is Back! Poodle Perms! Eddie (Nerd-)Temple-Morris! Rawk! Professional Drunks! Liggers! Rock Stars! Some Awards! Lastnight, at the glitzy, spinning doors, red-carpeted, champagne-laden, Hilton Hotel in London's Park Lane; rock rag Kerrang!»
DROWNEDINSOUND.COM LAUNCH NEW MUSIC MAGAZINE... INTRO: Enough is enough! No-one but market targetting majors are controlling and feeding our nations youth! Fact! Yet the kidz are ramming themselves full of drugs, trash food and babies; rather than their heads full of inspiring records, books and mov»
Muse have announced that they are to release their live DVD 'Hullabaloo' on July 1st. 'Hullabaloo' is a double DVD, featuring live footage from their Paris shows and documentary footage from varying dates around the world. The contents of the DVD are as follows: »
The official announcement of the line-up for this year’s Carling Weekend Festival for August 23-26 has came, well, at least for the main bands... The Strokes, last festival's most hyped band who ended up being elevated to the Main Stage, this year are set to co-headline the Main Stage in both»
Muse will release a double A-side of two new songs this June, as well as a double DVD, 'Hullabaloo' of live footage and a documentary. 'Dead Star'/'In Your World' will be released on June 4, followed on June 17 by the DVD featuring 18 songs recorded at concerts in Paris. T»
You may be still too busy nursing post-festive / new year hangovers and looking at ways of shedding those extra pounds to be thinking about the summer festivals but Drowned In Sound can exclusively reveal that the headliners for this year's Reading & Leeds festivals will be the Foo Fighters. Speaking to DiS»
The nominations are in for this year's Q Awards. Q Award nominations Best single - Ash, 'Burn Baby Burn'; Stereophonics, 'Have A Nice Day'; Feeder, 'Buck Rogers'; New Order, 'Crystal'; Weezer, 'Hash Pipe'; Charlatans, 'Love Is T»
Muse have added a further six dates to their large-scale autumn tour.
Those dates in full are now as follows:
Plymouth Pavilions Oct 4th
Portsmouth Guildhall Oct 5th
Leicester De Montfort Hall Nov 1st
Manchester Apollo Nov 2nd
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Nov 5th
Donc»
Muse tease us with a mere 3 gigs on their mini-Rocktober tour. Tickets go on sale on August 1 for the following stadium'ish shows..
Plymouth Pavillions Oct 4th
Portsmouth Guildhall Oct 5th
Edinburgh Corn Exchange November 5th
Teignmouth's lil prog-goths release their third single f»
Post-noise-quartet Twist have been confirmed as support to MUSE @ Birmingham, Academy on 23rd May. The show is sold out, but anyone going, be sure to get there early - alternatively paint a water pistol silver and rob a ticket tout, it's only right.* The next Twist single - being mixed as you»
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