The 2nd Law World Tour
| Tour by Muse | |
Official poster for The 2nd Law Tour in Italy.
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| Associated album | The 2nd Law |
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| Start date | 16 October 2012 |
| End date | 19 April 2014 |
| Legs | 8 |
| No. of shows | 51 in Europe 57 in North America 7 in Asia 6 in Oceania 3 in South America 124 in total |
| Muse concert chronology | |
The 2nd Law World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English band Muse. It was the band's eighth concert tour, which supported their sixth studio album The 2nd Law. The stadium tour was called The Unsustainable Tour and saw the band's biggest stadium tour to date.
Muse announced the tour via their official website and Twitter account on 7 June 2012.
Furthermore, the tour has an official live release on CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, with the Italian date which was held on 6 July 2013 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, in front of a crowd of 60,963 people. A show in Tokyo described by drummer Dom as 'the funniest ever' was also filmed. However, a release date for this recording has yet to be confirmed, with only one song from the concert being released as a Muse website members 'Christmas present.' At the conclusion of 2013, the tour was placed on Pollstar's annual "Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours", and appeared 13th worldwide, earning over $103 million with 79 shows in 2013.
The 2nd Law World Tour has quickly become known for its extravagant and unique stage show. For the arena tour, some of the effects used include:
For the summer stadium shows, under the moniker The Unsustainable Tour, the band performed in a re-designed stage show. This show included:
The European arena tour setlist was based around the same general idea: If "Hysteria" was played third, "" would close the main set and "Knights of Cydonia" would close the first encore, with "Survival" closing the second encore. However, if "Map of the Problematique" was played third, then "New Born" closed the main set and "Knights of Cydonia" and "Survival" were switched around. This also determined when the carbon dioxide cannons were set off, as depending on the show closer, it switched between "Survival" and "Knights of Cydonia". There was usually one song from the debut album Showbiz played somewhere in the middle of the setlist, usually "Sunburn" and to a lesser extent, "Falling Down". In the latter half of the tour, for venues which had multiple shows, the setlist on the second night would often have more rarities, with tracks like "Agitated", "Yes Please", "Hyper Music" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes" making appearances.
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