The Drones World Tour[1] was a worldwide concert tour by the English rock band Muse. Staged in support of the band's 2015 album Drones, the tour visited arenas and festivals throughout 2015 and is the tenth concert tour the band has carried out. It began on 23 May 2015 in Norwich, England at the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The Drones World Tour sold over 1.2 million tickets and grossed $23M from 34 shows in 2015, plus $65.5M from 64 shows in 2016.[2][3]
| Tour by Muse | |
 Promotional poster for the band's April 2016 UK tour | |
| Associated album | Drones |
|---|---|
| Start date | 23 May 2015 |
| End date | 21 August 2016 |
| Legs | 8 |
| No. of shows |
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| Box office | $88.5 million (98 shows) |
| Muse concert chronology | |
A live video of the tour entitled Muse: Drones World Tour, was released in cinemas worldwide on 12 July 2018.[4]
Rehearsals
editRehearsals for the Drones festival tour took part in late April and were held in Air Studios, where Muse previously rehearsed for the Origin of Symmetry anniversary concerts at Reading and Leeds festivals, and where Muse also recorded Absolution and parts of The 2nd Law, Drones and Simulation Theory.
European Festivals
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Muse played various festivals around Europe on the first leg of the tour, which started 23 May 2015. This leg of the tour also included Muse's debut performance at Download Festival, which they also headlined.
The second leg of the European Festivals tour began on 24 June 2016 at Glastonbury. The new stage set up featured 11 LED pillars which could be manually pushed back and forth by members of the crew to accommodate the show. Bellamy compared this set up to The Resistance tour on his Instagram. An updated version of this set was used for the remaining dates in 2017, complete with new lighting rigs and lasers.
Drones Arena Tour
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Matt Bellamy confirmed that Muse would be tour North America in late 2015, and Europe in 2016. The stage setup is an 'in-the-round' setup, with a circular stage in the middle, similar to U2's 360 Tour, with catwalks on either end of the stage. Bellamy has also said that they will be flying drones over the audience during the shows. This set up was first used on 17 November 2015 in Mexico City at the start of the band's North America tour. The Arena tour dates prior in South America and Asia the band used their festival production.
The show begins with spherical drones being launched from a space station-style grid at the top of arenas, and they later re-appear during the course of the concert. There are also retractable video screens using projection, a spherical 360 screen over the main central stage, and a giant inflatable device designed to look like a Reaper drone. Confetti and streamers were also shot into the audience during performances of "Mercy".
However, the show has had technical difficulties. Two concerts in San Diego & Las Vegas were rescheduled due to "technical and logistical" challenges, while the drones were not used at all in three gigs, and one gig in Detroit saw several drones fail simultaneously.
Average Setlist
- "Drones"
- "Psycho"
- "Reapers"
- "Dead Inside
- "Interlude + Hysteria"
- "Bliss" or "Citizen Erased" or "Plug In Baby"
- "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" (shortened)
- "The Handler"
- "Supermassive Black Hole
- "Prelude" + "Starlight"
- "Apocalypse Please" or "United States of Eurasia" or "Feeling Good"
- "Munich Jam" (drum and bass jam)
- "Madness"
- "Resistance" or "Undisclosed Desires"
- "JFK" + "Revolt" or "Stockholm Syndrome" or "Reapers" (if not played earlier)
- "Time Is Running Out"
- "Uprising"
- "The Globalist"
- "Drones" (reprise)
Encore:
- "Mercy"
- "Man with A Harmonica" + "Knights of Cydonia"
Exceptions:
- "Drones" was very occasionally replaced with "Drill Sergeant" at the start of the show
- The piano slot after "Starlight" was not always played; instead the band would skip straight to "Munich Jam"
- A range of different songs have been played after "JFK", including "Assassin", "Hysteria" and "Defector"
- "Take a Bow" was added to most setlists from 1 March 2016 onwards as the first song of the encore
- On 18 April 2016, during the second of their shows at Glasgow's SSE Hydro, the band were joined onstage by a lone bagpiper and a group of Highland dancers to play "Glasgow Jam" (a different drum and bass jam) that replaced "Munich Jam".
| Song | Album |
|---|---|
| "Sunburn" | Showbiz |
| "Muscle Museum" | |
| "Showbiz" | |
| "Uno" | |
| "Agitated" | Uno (single) |
| "Yes Please" | Sunburn (single) |
| "New Born" | Origin of Symmetry |
| "Bliss" | |
| "Hyper Music" | |
| "Plug In Baby" | |
| "Micro Cuts" | |
| "Citizen Erased" | |
| "Futurism" | |
| "Feeling Good" | |
| "Dead Star" | Dead Star/In Your World |
| "Apocalypse Please" | Absolution |
| "Time Is Running Out" | |
| "Sing For Absolution" | |
| "Stockholm Syndrome" | |
| "Hysteria" (paired with Interlude) | |
| "Blackout" | |
| "Butterflies & Hurricanes" | |
| "Fury" | |
| "The Groove" | Time Is Running Out (single) |
| "Take a Bow" | Black Holes and Revelations |
| "Starlight" | |
| "Supermassive Black Hole" | |
| "Map of the Problematique" | |
| "Assassin" | |
| "Knights of Cydonia" | |
| "Glorious" | |
| "Easily" | |
| "Uprising" | The Resistance |
| "Resistance" | |
| "Undisclosed Desires" | |
| "United States of Eurasia" | |
| "Supremacy" | The 2nd Law |
| "Madness" | |
| "Panic Station" | |
| "Prelude" | |
| "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" | |
| "Dead Inside" | Drones |
| "[Drill Sergeant]" | |
| "Psycho" | |
| "Mercy" | |
| "Reapers" | |
| "The Handler" | |
| "[JFK]" | |
| "Defector" | |
| "Revolt" | |
| "The Globalist" | |
| "Drones" |
Tour dates
edit| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leg 1 — European Festivals (Leg 1)[5][6] | ||||||
| 23 May 2015 | Norwich | England | BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend | — | — | — |
| 29 May 2015 | Munich | Germany | Rockavaria | |||
| 30 May 2015 | Gelsenkirchen | Rock Im Revier | ||||
| 5 June 2015 | Vienna | Austria | Rock In Vienna | |||
| 6 June 2015 | Biel | Switzerland | Sonisphere Festival | |||
| 12 June 2015 | Landgraaf | Netherlands | Pinkpop Festival | |||
| 13 June 2015 | Castle Donington | England | Download Festival | |||
| 14 June 2015 | Warsaw | Poland | Orange Warsaw Festival | |||
| 19 June 2015 | Moscow | Russia | Park Live Festival | |||
| 21 June 2015 | St. Petersburg | Tuborg GreenFest | ||||
| 24 June 2015 | Seinäjoki | Finland | Provinssirock | |||
| 26 June 2015 | Norrköping | Sweden | Bråvalla Festival | |||
| 28 June 2015 | Werchter | Belgium | Rock Werchter | |||
| 30 June 2015 | Cologne | Germany | Gloria Theater | Royal Blood | ||
| 2 July 2015 | Roskilde | Denmark | Roskilde Festival | — | ||
| 4 July 2015 | Arras | France | Main Square Festival | |||
| 5 July 2015 | Roeser | Luxembourg | Rock-a-Field | |||
| 9 July 2015 | Lisbon | Portugal | NOS Alive | |||
| 11 July 2015 | Bilbao | Spain | Bilbao BBK Live | |||
| 13 July 2015 | Aix-les-Bains | France | Musilac Music Festival | |||
| 16 July 2015 | Carhaix | Vieilles Charrues Festival | ||||
| 18 July 2015 | Rome | Italy | Rock in Roma | |||
| Leg 2 — Asia | ||||||
| 25 July 2015 | Naeba | Japan | Fuji Rock Festival | — | — | — |
| Leg 3 — Europe | ||||||
| 11 September 2015 | London | England | Electric Ballroom | — | — | — |
| 13 September 2015 | Berlin | Germany | Lollapalooza Berlin | |||
| 16 September 2015 | Brussels | Belgium | Ancienne Belgique | |||
| Leg 4 — Asia[7] | ||||||
| 19 September 2015 | Beijing | China | MasterCard Center | — | 7,573 / 7,573 | $753,180 |
| 21 September 2015 | Shanghai | Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai | 10,122 / 10,122 | $1,058,479 | ||
| 23 September 2015 | Bangkok | Thailand | Impact Arena | The Ruse | 6,711 / 7,902 | $623,301 |
| 26 September 2015 | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | 9,558 / 9,558 | $1,094,708 | ||
| 28 September 2015 | Hong Kong | China | AsiaWorld–Expo | 9,066 / 9,066 | $894,088 | |
| 30 September 2015 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | 10,595 / 10,837 | $974,494 | |
| Leg 5 — South America | ||||||
| 15 October 2015 | Santiago | Chile | Movistar Arena | — | — | — |
| 17 October 2015 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Complejo Al Río | Utopians | ||
| 19 October 2015 | Córdoba | Orfeo Superdomo | ||||
| 22 October 2015 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | HSBC Arena | |||
| 24 October 2015 | São Paulo | Allianz Parque | ||||
| 27 October 2015 | Bogotá | Colombia | Parque Deportivo 222 | Telebit | ||
| Leg 6 — North America (First official leg of Drones World Tour)[1][8] | ||||||
| 17 November 2015 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes | The New Regime | — | — |
| 18 November 2015 | ||||||
| 20 November 2015 | ||||||
| 21 November 2015 | Corona Capital | — | — | — | ||
| 1 December 2015 | Houston | United States | Toyota Center | Phantogram | 7,482 / 11,224 | $551,820 |
| 2 December 2015 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | —[a] | 9,924 /11,163 | $643,334 | |
| 5 December 2015 | Glendale | Gila River Arena | Phantogram | 6,714 / 11,225 | $415,490 | |
| 10 December 2015 | Vancouver | Canada | Rogers Arena | — | — | |
| 12 December 2015 | Seattle | United States | KeyArena | |||
| 13 December 2015 | Portland | Moda Center | ||||
| 15 December 2015 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | ||||
| 18 December 2015 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | ||||
| 19 December 2015 | ||||||
| 7 January 2016[b] | San Diego | Valley View Casino Center | ||||
| 9 January 2016[c] | Las Vegas | Mandalay Bay Events Center | ||||
| 13 January 2016 | Chicago | United Center | X Ambassadors | 13,439 / 13,439 | $819,321 | |
| 14 January 2016 | Detroit | Joe Louis Arena | 8,748 / 13,109 | $518,330 | ||
| 16 January 2016 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | — | — | |
| 18 January 2016 | Quebec City | Centre Videotron | 27,279 / 29,250[d] | $1,468,520[d] | ||
| 20 January 2016 | Montreal | Bell Centre | 28,475 / 29,660 | $1,315,450 | ||
| 21 January 2016 | ||||||
| 23 January 2016 | Quebec City | Centre Videotron | [d] | [d] | ||
| 25 January 2016 | Boston | United States | TD Garden | 11,111 / 16,372 | $740,815 | |
| 27 January 2016 | Brooklyn | Barclays Center | 14,916 / 14,916 | $874,783 | ||
| 29 January 2016 | Newark | Prudential Center | — | — | ||
| 31 January 2016 | Philadelphia | Wells Fargo Center | 13,103 / 13,563 | $586,933 | ||
| 1 February 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | 10,865 / 17,144 | $801,188 | ||
| Leg 7 — Europe[1][11] | ||||||
| 26 February 2016 | Paris | France | AccorHotels Arena | X Ambassadors | 108,182 / 108,182 | $7,787,807 |
| 27 February 2016 | ||||||
| 29 February 2016 | Phantogram | |||||
| 1 March 2016 | ||||||
| 3 March 2016 | Nothing But Thieves | |||||
| 4 March 2016 | ||||||
| 6 March 2016 | Cologne | Germany | Lanxess Arena | — | — | |
| 7 March 2016 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Ziggo Dome | |||
| 9 March 2016 | ||||||
| 10 March 2016 | ||||||
| 12 March 2016 | Brussels | Belgium | Palais 12 | |||
| 13 March 2016 | ||||||
| 15 March 2016 | The Van Jets[e] | |||||
| 16 March 2016 | ||||||
| 31 March 2016 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | De Staat | ||
| 2 April 2016 | Birmingham | England | Barclaycard Arena Birmingham | Nothing But Thieves | ||
| 3 April 2016 | London | The O2 Arena | 92,167 / 92,167[f] | $8,119,590[f] | ||
| 5 April 2016 | Dublin | Ireland | 3Arena | — | — | |
| 6 April 2016 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | SSE Arena | |||
| 8 April 2016 | Manchester | England | Manchester Arena | 37,777 / 38,058 | $3,214,350 | |
| 9 April 2016 | Phantogram | |||||
| 11 April 2016 | London | The O2 Arena | [f] | [f] | ||
| 12 April 2016 | Phantogram My Vitriol | |||||
| 14 April 2016 | ||||||
| 15 April 2016 | Phantogram | |||||
| 17 April 2016 | Glasgow | Scotland | The SSE Hydro | 22,069 / 22,760 | $2,000,800 | |
| 18 April 2016 | Nothing But Thieves | |||||
| 30 April 2016 | Ischgl | Austria | Top of the Mountain | — | — | — |
| 2 May 2016 | Lisbon | Portugal | MEO Arena | De Staat | ||
| 3 May 2016 | ||||||
| 5 May 2016 | Madrid | Spain | Barclaycard Center Madrid | |||
| 6 May 2016 | ||||||
| 9 May 2016 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle | |||
| 11 May 2016 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | 26,000 / 26,000 | $2,869,240 | |
| 12 May 2016 | ||||||
| 14 May 2016 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum | — | — | |
| 15 May 2016 | ||||||
| 17 May 2016 | ||||||
| 18 May 2016 | ||||||
| 20 May 2016 | ||||||
| 21 May 2016 | ||||||
| 3 June 2016 | Berlin | Germany | Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin | Jack Garratt | ||
| 4 June 2016 | Prague | Czech Republic | O2 Arena Prague | |||
| 6 June 2016 | Hamburg | Germany | Barclaycard Arena Hamburg | 9,316 / 11,943 | $622,544 | |
| 8 June 2016 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen | — | — | |
| 9 June 2016 | The New Regime | |||||
| 11 June 2016 | Stockholm | Sweden | Ericsson Globe | — | — | |
| 12 June 2016 | Oslo | Norway | Telenor Arena | — | — | |
| 14 June 2016 | Helsinki | Finland | Hartwall Arena | — | — | |
| 16 June 2016 | Riga | Latvia | Arena Riga | My Vitriol | — | — |
| 17 June 2016 | Kaunas | Lithuania | Žalgiris Arena | — | — | |
| 21 June 2016 | Moscow | Russia | Olimpiyskiy | — | — | |
| Leg 8 — European Festivals (Leg 2) | ||||||
| 24 June 2016 | Pilton | England | Glastonbury Festival | — | — | — |
| 28 June 2016 | Paris | France | Eiffel Tower | X Ambassadors | — | — |
| 30 June 2016 | Marmande | Garorock | — | — | — | |
| 2 July 2016 | Montreux | Switzerland | Montreux Jazz Festival | |||
| 8 July 2016 | Kyiv | Ukraine | U-Park Festival | |||
| 14 July 2016 | Bern | Switzerland | Gurten Festival | |||
| 16 July 2016 | Benicàssim | Spain | Festival Internacional de Benicàssim | |||
| 18 July 2016 | Nîmes | France | Le Festival de Nîmes | |||
| 19 July 2016 | Nyon | Switzerland | Paléo Festival | |||
| 23 July 2016 | Athens | Greece | Ejekt Festival | |||
| 29 July 2016 | Bucharest | Romania | Rock The City | |||
| 6 August 2016 | Reykjavík | Iceland | Laugardalshöll | — | — | — |
| 13 August 2016 | Budapest | Hungary | Sziget Festival | — | — | — |
| 19 August 2016 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | Lowlands Festival | |||
| 20 August 2016 | Konstanz | Germany | Rock am See | |||
| 21 August 2016 | Kraków | Poland | Live Music Festival | |||
| Total | 315,794 / 349,554 (90%) |
$24,057,848 | ||||
Cancelled shows
edit| Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2016 | Istanbul | Turkey | Nebula Festival | 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt[13] |
Notes
edit- ^ Phantogram was supposed to play but were cut due to technical difficulties.[9]
- ^ The concert on 7 January 2016 in San Diego at the Valley View Casino Center was originally planned to take place on 16 December, but was rescheduled due to unforeseen logistical and technical challenges.[10]
- ^ The concert on 9 January 2016 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center was originally planned to take place on 6 December, but was rescheduled due to unforeseen logistical and technical challenges.[10]
- ^ a b c d The score data is representative of the two shows at the Centre Videotron on 18 and 23 January 2016 respectively.
- ^ Nothing But Thieves were supposed to play but got replaced by The Van Jets after one of the members got sick.[12]
- ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at The O2 Arena from 3, 11, 12, 14 & 15 April 2016 respectively.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tour Dates". Muse.mu. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Pollstar Year End Top 100 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Year End Top 100 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). Pollstar.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Muse: Drones World Tour: Cinema Screenings & Ticket Booking - the Official Showtimes Destination". Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "12 Music Festivals You Don't Want to Miss in 2015". Arcticdrones.com. 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Muse reveal Drones plans for upcoming tour". Gigwise.com.
- ^ Box score
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Box score
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Attn: Dallas regarding tonight's show with @muse". 2 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ a b "LAS VEGAS AND SAN DIEGO TOUR UPDATE". 4 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ Box score:
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "MUSE KIEST LAST MINUTE VOOR THE VAN JETS ALS VOORPROGRAMMA". 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Earls, John (20 July 2016). "Muse cancel Turkey gig after country's attempted coup". nme.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
External links
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Media related to Drones World Tour at Wikimedia Commons- Muse Official Website
