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| The Streets cover Hot Chip The Streets covered Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' during their gig at Edinburgh's Liquid Rooms last night (July 27). Mike Skinner freestyled a line from the song during a medley of 'Has It Come To This?', 'Weak Become Heroes' and 'Blinded By The Lights'. Playing an all hits set, Skinner told NME.COM why he wouldn't be playing any new songs during the Scottish dates. "Originally I was going to try out new songs but my album's only going to come out next year now. But the tour's wicked." Their headlining set was the fourth date his mini Scottish tour featuring acts from Skinner's The Beats label- Professor Green, Neon, Example and The Mitchell Brothers. Earlier, Skinner joined The Mitchell Brothers on stage wearing a Michael Jackson mask for a version of new track 'Michael Jackson', spoofing his moves along the way. During the encore- a rendition of The Streets remix of The Twang's 'Either Way'- the other acts joined him onstage for a mass singalong. The tour which also called at Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and is set to close at Glasgow's ABC tonight (July 28). |
The Cribs wrap up US tour in Brooklyn The Cribs completed their North American tour last night with a last-minute performance at Union Pool in Brooklyn. After a sell-out performance at Bowery Ballroom on Thursday (August 9), the Wakefield trio played two further shows in Washington DC and Philadelphia before returning to New York for the Brooklyn gig. 'I didn't get any sleep last night' Ryan Jarman told the packed house of his previous night's shenanigans in Washington DC 'There's a funny story attached, but I won't bore you with the details'. The band then tore through an hour-long set which included a recently written track 'Don't You Wanna Be Relevant?' and a cover of Huggy Bear's 'Concrete Life'. The show was also the only airing on the tour of 'We Can No Longer Cheat You' and 'My Life Flashed Before My Eyes'. The crowd were typically rowdy for a Cribs show, even venturing into crowd-surfing, practically unheard of from a New York audience. 'I've lived in New York three years, I go to four shows a week, and I've never seen crowd-surfing' an audience member told Ryan Jarman after the show. The show was the final performance in The Cribs mostly sold-out US tour which included a slot at Lollapalooza in Chicago. |
Muse play Wembley Stadium mega gig Muse have played the biggest gig of their lives tonight (June 16) at Wembley Stadium in north London. The band marked their first night at the giant venue (they play again on June 17) with an epic two hour performance. With the stage decorated with giant satellite dishes, futuristic antennas, giant white balls and thousands of dazzling lights the band's set was equal to the stadium's impressive setting. Surprising the expectant audience, the band emerged in the middle of the crowd in a fountain of glitter before walking along an extended catwalk to the stage and kicking off the show with triumphant opener 'Knights Of Cydonia'. Playing in front of a giant screen which mixed stage shots with pre-prepared video clips, plus frontman Matt Bellamy and bassist Chris Wolstenholme roaming the vast stage, occasionally peforming from special ramped-up areas on either side, Muse worked hard to engage the vast audience. "How you doing Wembley?" drummer Dominic Howard asked the masses after early songs including 'City Of Delusion' and 'Map Of The Problematique' which was been recorded at the Wembley shows for release as a live single. "It looks like you're having fun, we are!" The band then tore through a career-spanning set including 'Sunburn' which Bellamy introduced - seated at a glass-topped grand piano - as "the very first song from our very first album". With the whole crowding bonding to loudly sing-a-long to 'Invincible', the singer then paused to acknowledge the sheer scale of the giant gig. "How are you doing at the back?" He asked squinting into the distance. "I hope you see us! This one is for you." Muse then launched into 'Starlight' before quickly following it up with 'Man Of Mystery', The Shadows cover the band recorded especially for the CD which is being given away free with copies of NME which are on UK newsstands now. Finishing their initial set with an expanded version of 'New Born' - complete with spotlights in the centre of the satellite dishes illuminating the whole stadium - the band then returned for a climactic first encore. Re-taking to the stage Bellamy encourage the crowd to hold their mobile phones in the air filling the venue with tiny sparkling lights during 'Soldiers Poem' which he dedicated to "unsung heroes". However Muse then trumped themselves bringing on two acrobats who, suspended by giant white balloons, soared above the crowd during a dreamy rendition of 'Blackout'. With 'Plug In Baby' exploding Wembley back into life after the mid-air dancers, the band then teasingly left the stage once again but were soon back to finish things off. "Thanks you guys have been fantastic," declared Bellamy on his return. "And thanks for making us the first artists to sell out [the new] Wembley-fucking-Stadium!" The band then launched into closer 'Take A Bow' which they concluded with by unleashing giant flames right at the end of the song, before soaking up the applause and leaving the stage for the final time. Muse played: 'Knights Of Cydonia' 'Hysteria' 'Supermassive Blackhole' 'Map Of The Problematique' 'City Of Delusion' 'Butterflies & Hurricanes' 'Citizen Erased' 'Hoodoo' 'Feeling Good' 'Sunburn' 'Invincible' 'Starlight' 'Man Of Mystery' 'Time Is Running Out' 'Newborn' 'Soldiers Poem' 'Unintended' 'Blackout' 'Plug In Baby' 'Micro Cuts' 'Stockholm Syndrome' 'Take A Bow' Earlier support had come from The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things and Rodrigo y Gabriella. Were you at the gig, what did you think? Send your thoughts and pictures to news@nme.com with Muse in the subject line and we will publish the best. Muse now set to play Wembley Stadium again tomorrow night (June 17). Biffy Clyro and Shy Child are also set to play, while main support band My Chemical Romance have denied rumours they might pull their appearence tomorrow following damage to their equipment during the storm at Venice's Heineken Jammin' Festival yesterday (June 15), with a spokesperson for the band confirming to NME.COM they would play. Stay tuned to NME.COM for a full report plus a live blog straight from Wembley Stadium. For a full interview spanning Muse's career get this week's NME which is out now. Not only that, but the magazine comes free with a special CD hand-picked by the band themselves and featuring brand new Muse track - 'Man Of Mystery'. In the meantime you can look back at Muse's career in pictures here on NME.COM. So make sure you stay with NME and NME.COM for the ultimate coverage of Muse's Wembley shows and check back on June 18 to hear an exclusive version of Muse's new single, 'Map Of The Problematique', which will be recorded live at Wembley over the weekend |
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