
And nor were the trio afraid of giving space to a brilliant new element to their sound – songs written and sung by bass player Chris Wolstenholme.īut what the Devon-born band of schoolfriends did do different was this: they made things easy for themselves. And be reassured: guitar-shredding, piano-thumping, orchestra-arranging, book-chewing, big-thinking Matt Bellamy, as the band’s chief songwriter, didn’t lower his sights from The Big Picture nor ignore The Precious Details.

So when Muse approached the making of their sixth studio album, they wouldn’t stint on the choirs, strings and horn sections. Any wilder, any further out there, and Muse would risk incineration by a dwarf star of their own making.īut you don’t become one of the biggest bands on this planet – in excess of 15 million albums sales worldwide, 5 MTV Europe Awards, 2 Brit Awards, 8 NME Awards, 5 Q Awards, 4 Kerrang Awards and winner of the Best Rock Album Grammy 2011 No 1 in 19 countries with 2009’s The Resistance filler of arena and stadia across the world – by sitting on your hands. How could they have? The band who dreamt up Supermassive Black Hole, Knights Of Cydonia and the three-part Exogenesis symphony were already well-versed in going One Louder. Muse didn’t set out to make the most gloriously ambitious album of their career. The winner and finalists will be chosen by Muse and Genero.Ģ2nd May 2013 - Ricoh Stadium, Coventry, UK - ticketsĢ5th May 2013 - Emirates Stadium, London, UK - SOLD OUTĢ6th May 2013 - Emirates Stadium, London, UK - ticketsġst June 2013 - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK - ticketsĤth June 2013 - Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, NL - ticketsħth June 2013 - Estadi Olimpic, Barcelona, ES - ticketsġ0th June 2013 - Estadio Dragao, Porto, PT - ticketsġ5th June 2013 - Stade de Suisse, Bern, CH - SOLD OUTġ8th June 2013 - Werchter Festival Park, Rotselaar, BE - ticketsĢ1st June 2013 - Stade de France, Paris, FR - ticketsĢ2nd June 2013 - Stade de France, Paris, FR - SOLD OUTĢ6th June 2013 - Stade Charles Ehrmann, Nice, FR - ticketsĢ8th June 2013 - Stadio Olimpico, Turin, IT - SOLD OUTĢ9th June 2013 - Stadio Olimpico, Turin, IT - ticketsĦth July 2013 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, IT - ticketsĮnergy. Outstanding videos will also be nominated for the 2012 Genero Awards and in the running for $25,000 in prizes. The winning filmmaker will also be invited to one of Muse's summer stadium shows, where their video will be aired (tickets only, no other costs including flights & hotel will be covered). The winner will receive £3,000 and have their video uploaded to the Muse website and YouTube channel.

They've left the brief wide open, so listen to the lyrics and be creative.ĭeadline for entries is 14 January 2013, 23:59 GMT time. Muse, one of the the UK's finest bands, want you to make the music video for Animals, from their new album, The 2nd Law.
