competition endedddd - June 17th


Thanks everyone for entering the competitions, there were entries from all over the place from London to Lithuania, but surprisingly not many of you managed to answer the questions correctly!

The correct answers were in fact Cay (in 1999) and The Melody Maker (February 2000). Congratulations to the winners who will be contacted in the next couple of days!!

          competition to win the muse book


OUT NOW On Independent Music Press 
MUSE  - INSIDE THE MUSCLE MUSEUM

Ben Myers has followed Muse on tour and interviewed them ever since the beginning of their career for magazines like Kerrang!, Melody Maker, Q, and Uncut. A fan of the band, he has now written the first ever book on MUSE and it's out on IMP. It should be available in all good book stores in the UK, if not, ask them to order it for you - The ISBN Code is 0-9539942-6-0 or order it through www.amazon.co.uk

COMPETITION

Because this book is so good and all Muse fans should read it, we are giving you the chance to win it by answering the following questions:

A) With which band did Muse do their first ever joined headline tour in the UK?

B) Which magazine was the very first in the UK to put Muse on their cover?

Send the answers (before June 17th), along with your full name and address, to  Competition@RocketBabyDolls.com

GOOD LUCK!! :)


           more tourings - November 15th


Good news! Muse continue spoiling their fans and have added more and more and MORE gigs to their ever so busy tour schedule!

ICELAND
December 10th - Laugardalsholl. Reykjavik, Iceland 

NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA
January 16th - Big Day Out. Auckland, New Zealand 
January 18th - Big Day Out. Gold Coast, Australia 
January 23rd - Big Day Out. Sydney, Australia 
January 26th - Big Day Out. Melbourne, Australia 
January 30th - Big Day Out. Adelaide, Australia 
February 1st - Big Day Out. Perth, Australia 

JAPAN
February 7th - Tokyo NK Hall, Japan
February 9th - Nagoya Diamond Hall, Japan
February 11th - Osaka Namba Hatch, Japan
February 14th - Hiroshima Club Quattro, Japan
February 15th - Fukuoka Club Quattro, Japan

          Hysteric News - November 5th


The next single to be released from Absolution will be Hysteria (or for those like me who are bad with songtitles - number 8 on the album)

This beeauuuutiful song will be released on December 1st, with Eternally Missed as BSide. The 7" will have the same BSide and the cover has been designed by a Muse fan who won a MTV3 competition. The 10 runners up will have their artwork on the Hysteria DVD, which also includes the Hysteria 'directors cut' video, the making of the video, and a live performance of Hysteria.

Does anyone else find themselves snapping their fingers along to TIRO?

          Support Acts Confirmed - October 10th


Support acts have been confirmed for Muse's upcoming tour.

KITTY WU: Scandinavian dates, October 11 - October 16
CAVE IN: remaining Europe dates, October 18 - November 22
ELBOW: UK dates, November 25 - December 7th 

www.KittyWu.com - www.CaveIn.net - www.Elbow.co.uk

          EXCLUSIVE invite-only gigs announced - August 26th


As the Dutch people will have read on the Dutch news page a while ago, a special invite-only gig has been announced, to present Absolution to the public. On September 3rd Muse will play in Amsterdam at the Melkweg venue. 1000 people will be invited, 800 tickets were sold exclusively to those subscribed to the Dutch music magazine Oor.

BUT NOW! Muse.Mu has announced 5 other special parties like these! Venues seem to be a secret, but this will be the lucky cities:

September 3rd - Amsterdam Netherlands (Melkweg 21:00)
September 5th - Brussels Belgium
September 7th - Cologne Germany
September 10th - Paris france
September 15th - Milan Italy

London venue and date to be announced. 

To get your hands on a pair of special tickets for one of these special nights, surf to www.Muse.Mu and join the competition.

Good Luck to everyone and I will see all you Dutch people at the Melkweg! (I will in fact be the girl whose hair matches this website.)
(please dont point at me)
Rockkkkk on motherfuckers 

          NME magazine reveals album artwork - August 10th



Last week's NME magazine exclusively revealed the Absolution artwork. They also wrote a review on the album launch in the London Planetarium, from which you can read a bit below. To read the whole article please go to the articles section. 

"As images of space are generally a good influence on our music, we chose the planetarium for this" Bellamy told NME. "It fits in really well with the album - looking at the world from an abjective point of view"

Thanks to James for typing & scanning! 

 

          ABSOLUTION - the new album - August 1st


On September 8th the first proper single of Muse's 3rd studio album will be released. It will be a song called Time Is Running Out. Two weeks later, on September 22nd, the album, Absolution will be released and this will be the tracklisting:

01. Intro
02. Apocalypse Please
03. Time Is Running Out
04. Sing For Absolution
05. Stockholm Syndrome
06. Falling Away With You
07. Interlude
08. Hysteria
09. Blackout
10. Butterflies And Hurricanes
11. Endlessly
12. Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
13. The Small Print
14. Rule By Secrecy

Click here to read all the album lyrics, or HERE to read an exclusive preview of Absolution on FakeDIY.

Also, a brand new kinky forum has been added to the site for all you pop kids to talk about how much you love Muse. You need to register to post but it only takes a second and it's FREE!

The games section has been updated as well, which we all know is the one and only place on the internet for HOURS of musey fun!

          download stockholm syndrome - July 14th


You can now download Muse's internet-only release, Stockholm Syndrome, from www.Muse-Official.com. The song will be accompanied by an exclusive band-produced video and downloadable artwork. It will cost £1.50 SMS and £1 credit card and will be burnable three times.

          hear new muse track now - July 1st 2003


Radio one's Zane Lowe has exclusively played Muse's new internet-only release; Stockholm Syndrome. Unconfirmed lyrics can be found on the new songs section on the lyrics page.

          tourdates announced - July 1st 2003


Muse-Official.com has just announced all the confirmed tourdates for this autumn! Have a look at the tourdates section for all dates, and remember that pre-sales for some French dates have already started, and the tickets for ALL UK dates will be available from 9am on July 5th. Please check with your local venue to find out when pre-sales for other dates start. stadium rock   woo   \m/  

          muse rock da studio - June 2003


Oh hi! Hope everyone likes the new site! Sorry it took ages to finish, but as Muse were busy themselves, I decided to be lazy, I mean, busy, and take my time to finish it properly! Sections have been updated, colours have been changed to match my hair (yawn) and lots of stuff has been added! Please let me know what you like and dislike about the new site by signing the guestbook, or sending me an email, I really appreciate all your feedback, thanks!

Anyway :) Muse are still to be found in the studio, recording their third album. According to the official Muse site, they're working with producer Rick Costey. However, according to another source, they've been working with our old friend Paul Reeve, who also produced and mixed several songs on the Showbiz album, and Dave Botrill, who's responsible for most of the Origin Of Symmetry album!

Muse's third album is scheduled to be released in the autumn, which is also when they will be touring the UK and Europe. For a special Internet Only single, please keep an eye on Muse's official site, at www.Muse-Official.com during the first week of July.

Rock on!