Muse headlining Madison Square Garden
Muse has announced that it will play a headlining show at New York's prestigious Madison Square Garden on Monday, August 6th. The massive gig, probably the British trio's largest headlining date ever in the U.S., will be part of a week's worth of East Coast concerts that will also include an August 2nd gig in Sterling Heights, Michigan and a slot at Lollapalooza in Chicago on either August 3rd or 4th.
As reported earlier, Muse's current tour as openers for My Chemical Romance was sidelined earlier this week by food poisoning, which affected members of My Chemical Romance and both bands' crews. Dates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and upstate New York were cancelled.
Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy told us that one of the worst shows the band ever played was the result of illness: "We did a gig in Nancy (France). Bass player of our band, Chris (Wolstenholme), he sort of got really ill and sort of had like a -- he couldn't play, we were right on the edge of having to cancel the gig 'cause he was sick and vomiting and all that kind of stuff. And we kind of went onstage and tried to do the gig, and it was like, he was almost passing out every few songs and we kind of had to stop and start again. It was really pretty heavy. But that's the only problem with touring, is you get ill, you can't really stop, you've got to just go and give it your best anyway, you know. And it happened to be our worst."
Both groups are slated to appear on Saturday (May 5th) at the Bamboozle festival in New Jersey before wrapping up their U.S. tour with more gigs early next week in Maine and Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, fan sites were recently buzzing with rumors that Muse will tour with Rage Against The Machine this summer. While Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy apparently said that there is a chance of the two groups doing one show together, a full tour is not in the works.
Muse may also accompany Linkin Park to Russia this September.
Muse is on the road in support of its fourth album, Black Holes and Revelations. The set's newest single is "Supermassive Black Hole."
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As reported earlier, Muse's current tour as openers for My Chemical Romance was sidelined earlier this week by food poisoning, which affected members of My Chemical Romance and both bands' crews. Dates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and upstate New York were cancelled.
Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy told us that one of the worst shows the band ever played was the result of illness: "We did a gig in Nancy (France). Bass player of our band, Chris (Wolstenholme), he sort of got really ill and sort of had like a -- he couldn't play, we were right on the edge of having to cancel the gig 'cause he was sick and vomiting and all that kind of stuff. And we kind of went onstage and tried to do the gig, and it was like, he was almost passing out every few songs and we kind of had to stop and start again. It was really pretty heavy. But that's the only problem with touring, is you get ill, you can't really stop, you've got to just go and give it your best anyway, you know. And it happened to be our worst."
Both groups are slated to appear on Saturday (May 5th) at the Bamboozle festival in New Jersey before wrapping up their U.S. tour with more gigs early next week in Maine and Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, fan sites were recently buzzing with rumors that Muse will tour with Rage Against The Machine this summer. While Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy apparently said that there is a chance of the two groups doing one show together, a full tour is not in the works.
Muse may also accompany Linkin Park to Russia this September.
Muse is on the road in support of its fourth album, Black Holes and Revelations. The set's newest single is "Supermassive Black Hole."
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