Muse's Electrifying Set Spanned Decades At 2023 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO
Muse delivered electrifying performances of their career-spanning hits as they took the stage at the 2023 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO festival, presented by Capital One on Saturday night (January 14). The trio of global superstars - Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, and Dominic Howard - kicked off their high-energy set with the title track of their latest album, a 10-track project titled Will Of The People (and performed “Compliance” from the 2022 record, in addition to previously-released fan-favorites).
The ALTer EGO crowd got to hear live renditions of Muse’s most iconic songs they released through the decades, including “Madness,” “Uprising,” “Supermassive Black Hole” - an early 2000s classic that elicited the best response from the band after NASA shared images of a real supermassive black hole last year - and more throughout their set.
The rockers were part of an all-star lineup at the 2023 ALTer EGO show, joining Fall Out Boy, Jack White and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few. Bellamy, who was once invited to go alien hunting with Tom DeLonge, recently reflected on opening for the Chili Peppers (and the Foo Fighters) in the 90s, remembering in a recent interview that it was a “really cool” experience to tour with the rock icons.
Now, Muse is gearing up to kick off their own global trek this year. The “Will Of The People World Tour” includes dozens of stops throughout North America, Europe and Mexico, they previously announced on their social media channels. The “Will Of The People Tour” marks Muse’s first since 2019. See their North American tour dates below:
Source: https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-01-15-muses-electrifying-set-spanned-decades-at-2023-iheartradio-alter-ego/
Full video:
Muse - iHeartRadio ALTer EGO 2023 - Inglewood, CA, USA - January, 14
Setlist:
01. Will of the People
02. Interlude
03. Hysteria
04. Won't Stand Down
05. Madness
06. Compliance
07. Supermassive Black Hole
08. Behold, the Glove
09. Uprising
10. Starlight
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Matt Bellamy, Chris, and Dom of Muse joins Stryker backstage at 2023 ALTer Ego presented by Capital One to talk about a special anniversary involving Matt Bellamy:
Tom DeLonge invited Matt Bellamy to go alien hunting with him
THIS MADE MY DAY LOL
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed that Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge invited him to go alien hunting.
Speaking backstage at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego festival, Muse were asked if they’d ever “done a deep dive” on DeLonge and the “alien situation”.
While bassist Chris Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard simply laughed at the idea, Bellamy answered “Yes. I’ve gone real deep on Tom DeLonge.”
He explained: “I’ve hung out with him, and I’ve really pushed him. Apparently there’s a warehouse in Vegas holding some weird alien shit that he’s going to take me to one day. I’m holding him to it, and everytime I see him, he says he ‘can’t do it this week, maybe next week.”
“‘Come on, take me there’,” he continued. “He’s got some bold claims.”
Interviewer Ted Stryker then mentioned how DeLonge “actually got the government to do some stuff”, referring to three UFO-related videos that were shared by the Pentagon in 2020 after being first released by DeLonge. In September 2019, the US Navy also officially stated that the videos show footage of real “unknown” objects violating American airspace.
“That’s impressive. I like that,” Bellamy said. “I think it’s good to lobby the government to look for aliens, they must be out there somewhere.”
During a 2017 interview, Bellamy said he “may have” been abducted by aliens.
It’s no wonder DeLonge is too busy to take Bellamy alien hunting though. Last year, he reunited with Blink-182, released new single ‘Edging’ and is currently working on “the best Blink-182 record we’ve ever made”.
While there’s still no release date for the record, Travis Barker has been sharing clips from the studio, and the band are due to head out on a massive world tour in March. Check out the full schedule of dates here. Tickets are available here for the UK run of shows, and here for their North American tour.
There’s also DeLonge’s directorial debut, Monsters Of California, which he described as “a coming of age film with dick jokes”.
Muse, meanwhile, are set to head out on a North American tour next month alongside Evanescence, before they head to the UK and Europe for a string of shows with Royal Blood. The shows are in support of their latest album, ‘Will Of The People’.
Source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/tom-delonge-invited-matt-bellamy-to-go-alien-hunting-with-him-3380759
The ALTer EGO crowd got to hear live renditions of Muse’s most iconic songs they released through the decades, including “Madness,” “Uprising,” “Supermassive Black Hole” - an early 2000s classic that elicited the best response from the band after NASA shared images of a real supermassive black hole last year - and more throughout their set.
The rockers were part of an all-star lineup at the 2023 ALTer EGO show, joining Fall Out Boy, Jack White and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few. Bellamy, who was once invited to go alien hunting with Tom DeLonge, recently reflected on opening for the Chili Peppers (and the Foo Fighters) in the 90s, remembering in a recent interview that it was a “really cool” experience to tour with the rock icons.
Now, Muse is gearing up to kick off their own global trek this year. The “Will Of The People World Tour” includes dozens of stops throughout North America, Europe and Mexico, they previously announced on their social media channels. The “Will Of The People Tour” marks Muse’s first since 2019. See their North American tour dates below:
Source: https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-01-15-muses-electrifying-set-spanned-decades-at-2023-iheartradio-alter-ego/
Full video:
Click to viewMuse - iHeartRadio ALTer EGO 2023 - Inglewood, CA, USA - January, 14
Setlist:
01. Will of the People
02. Interlude
03. Hysteria
04. Won't Stand Down
05. Madness
06. Compliance
07. Supermassive Black Hole
08. Behold, the Glove
09. Uprising
10. Starlight
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Matt Bellamy, Chris, and Dom of Muse joins Stryker backstage at 2023 ALTer Ego presented by Capital One to talk about a special anniversary involving Matt Bellamy:
Tom DeLonge invited Matt Bellamy to go alien hunting with him
THIS MADE MY DAY LOL
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed that Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge invited him to go alien hunting.
Speaking backstage at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego festival, Muse were asked if they’d ever “done a deep dive” on DeLonge and the “alien situation”.
While bassist Chris Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard simply laughed at the idea, Bellamy answered “Yes. I’ve gone real deep on Tom DeLonge.”
He explained: “I’ve hung out with him, and I’ve really pushed him. Apparently there’s a warehouse in Vegas holding some weird alien shit that he’s going to take me to one day. I’m holding him to it, and everytime I see him, he says he ‘can’t do it this week, maybe next week.”
“‘Come on, take me there’,” he continued. “He’s got some bold claims.”
Interviewer Ted Stryker then mentioned how DeLonge “actually got the government to do some stuff”, referring to three UFO-related videos that were shared by the Pentagon in 2020 after being first released by DeLonge. In September 2019, the US Navy also officially stated that the videos show footage of real “unknown” objects violating American airspace.
“That’s impressive. I like that,” Bellamy said. “I think it’s good to lobby the government to look for aliens, they must be out there somewhere.”
During a 2017 interview, Bellamy said he “may have” been abducted by aliens.
It’s no wonder DeLonge is too busy to take Bellamy alien hunting though. Last year, he reunited with Blink-182, released new single ‘Edging’ and is currently working on “the best Blink-182 record we’ve ever made”.
While there’s still no release date for the record, Travis Barker has been sharing clips from the studio, and the band are due to head out on a massive world tour in March. Check out the full schedule of dates here. Tickets are available here for the UK run of shows, and here for their North American tour.
There’s also DeLonge’s directorial debut, Monsters Of California, which he described as “a coming of age film with dick jokes”.
Muse, meanwhile, are set to head out on a North American tour next month alongside Evanescence, before they head to the UK and Europe for a string of shows with Royal Blood. The shows are in support of their latest album, ‘Will Of The People’.
Source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/tom-delonge-invited-matt-bellamy-to-go-alien-hunting-with-him-3380759