Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre 2007 (gig)

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Muse show
Venue	Gibson Amphitheatre[1] (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)[2]
Date	9th December 2007[2]
Location	Universal City, Los Angeles, CA
Country	USA
Number of songs	12
Support	Jimmy Eat World et al[2]
Event start UTC-8	21:55
Capacity	6,189[1]
Ticket price	Unknown
Sold out?	Unknown

Muse played for the second night of 2007's KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.^[2]

Lineup^[2]

The official broadcast times were as follows:^[3]

• 23:10 - End*
• 21:55 - Muse
• 21:05 - Jimmy Eat World
• 20:30 - Modest Mouse
• 20:05 - Special Guest (The Killers)
• 19:30 - The Shins
• 19:00 - Silversun Pickups
• 18:30 - Feist
• 18:00 - Spoon

*Not officially listed

Before Jimmy Eat World's last song, their lead singer made a comment on Muse's showmanship.

The show

Bellamy literally did take a bow during 'Take a Bow'. The band made a mistake in the transition from the 'Whole Lotta Love' riff to the "JimmyJam" riff - Howard and Wolstenholme continued playing 'Whole Lotta Love' whilst Bellamy went onto the next riff (JimmyJam). Balloons were released during 'Plug In Baby'. During the 'New Born' solo, Bellamy seemed to have mistaken his whammy expression pedal for his volume expression pedal, causing a volume swell instead of a whammy swell. Also, during "Time Is Running Out", his Kaoss Manson seemed to have malfunctioned for a brief moment during the performance.

Bellamy used the "vibrato" setting on his Kaoss Pad to play 'the Star-Spangled Banner' (the national anthem of United States) before 'Hysteria', which can be heard in this video.

During the second verse of 'New Born', Bellamy is seen using his whammy to create the patterns usually associated with him strumming. He seemed throughout the performance to have lost some control over his voice due to the lack of clarity in his voice as well as his constant gasping for breath.

After 'Knights of Cydonia', Bellamy hinted that they'd play Los Angeles again in 2008 by saying 'see you next year'.

Attire

Howard wore his Spiderman outfit for the show.

Speech

JEW's set	Jim Adkins (JEW lead singer)	"Ladies and gentlemen, Muse are up next. Thank God we don't have to play after them. We played with Muse in Washington DC, and a little conversation went on after that, 'cause they'd never heard that expression. I had to explain what 'having one's ass handed to them' means and... no doubt they're going to do the same thing tonight." ...
After Take a Bow	Bellamy	"Good evening Los Angeles!"
After Maggie's Farm		"Thanks very much, cheers".
Before New Born	Howard	"Thank you LA. How're you guys doing? Nice to be back here again".
After Hyper Music		"Right, let's just chill out for a second".
After Ruled by Secrecy	Bellamy	"Cheers".
After Hysteria		"Thanks a lot".
After Starlight		"Thanks very much".
After Knights of Cydonia	Bellamy	"Thank you California, we love you. See you next year".
	Howard	"Merry Christmas Los Angeles. Happy holidays. Cheers. You guys rock [mic cut]".

Media

The concert was webcast in asf format, with one ~300k stream and one ~600k stream. A dump of the 600k asf web stream can be found here.

Set list

1. Take a Bow (watch)
   ^{(Kaoss Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
2. Map of the Problematique + Maggie's Farm outro (watch)
   ^{(Seattle Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)}
3. Supermassive Black Hole (watch)
   ^{(Kaoss Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
4. New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro (watch)
   ^{(White Kawai, Glitterati Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
5. Stockholm Syndrome + riff + Dead Star riff + Hyper Music riff (watch)
   ^{(Glitterati Manson, black Fender Jazz Bass)}
6. Ruled by Secrecy (watch)
   ^{(White Kawai, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
7. Feeling Good (watch)
   ^{(White Kawai, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
8. The Star-Spangled Banner intro + Hysteria (watch)
   ^{(Kaoss Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
9. Map of Your Head riff + Starlight (watch)
   ^{(Seattle Manson, white Fender Jazz Bass)}
10. Whole Lotta Love riff + Jimmy Jam + Time Is Running Out (watch)
    ^{(Kaoss Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
11. Plug In Baby (watch)
    ^{(Mirror Manson, red Fender Jazz Bass)}
12. Close Encounters riff + Knights of Cydonia (watch)
    ^{(Silver Bomber Manson, Rickenbacker 4003)}

References

1. ↑ ^a b

   Gibson Ampitheatre - Wikipedians (secure.wikipedia.com) fetched 2007-11-14

2. ↑ ^{a b c d e}

   KROQ/Muselive news - 2007-11-14 - KROQ (muselive.com) fetched 2007-11-14

3. ↑

   AT&T blue room Music - Exclusive Webcasts, Music Festivals, Concerts Interviews - 2007-12-09 - Blueroom (attblueroom.com) fetched 2007-12-10

See also

• Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
• Microcuts.net photo gallery from the show

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