Muse at The Prudential Center (January 29, 2016)

On January 29, larger than life rockers Muse returned to the tri-state area with a performance at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, just two days after selling out Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The show came in support of their latest record Drones, featuring the biggest live show of Muse’s career, which is saying something for a band always known to deliver a bombastic live special.

Last year we were treated to a rare intimate performance from the band when they graced the tiny Webster Hall. Of course there was no way to compare that show with the arena version of the show, as they are completely different animals. While it was great to see them up close and personal, there’s also something about seeing a band put on a state of the art live spectacle with a moving stage set up that included literal flying ships, moving drones, and a spinning stage, allowing everyone to have the best seat in the house.

As an old school Muse fan, I’ll admit I wish we got a few more older songs aside from “Time Is Running Out” and “Hysteria,” (where is the love for Origin of Symmetry?), but it was just amazing to see the band at work in such a huge way. It was certainly an unforgettable sight.

Find some photos from their performance below, along with their setlist.

Muse Setlist:

1. Psycho
2. Dead Inside
3. Interlude
4. Hysteria
5. Map of the Problematique
6. The 2nd Law: Isolated System
7. The Handler
8. Supermassive Black Hole
9. Prelude
10. Starlight
11. United States of Eurasia
12. Munich Jam
13. Madness
14. Resistance
15. Reapers
16. Time Is Running Out
17. Uprising
18. The Globalist