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After Muse, the British alt-rockers, finish up with their round of radio station sponsored West Coast holiday concerts, they will be heading out on their new world tour to back “The Resistance.” Next year’s trek will include a couple US arena shows along with Silversun Pickups.
Beginning in Oakland, CA on December 11 and ending in Seattle on December 15, Muse will be headlining a small set of holiday concerts. Then the band will be heading out on the Asian as well as Australian legs of their tour before they return to the US to do a round of shows starting in Atlanta on February 27. Their six dates with Silversun in the U.S. include stopping in New York City on March 3, in Boston on March 6, and Detroit on March 13 before they wrap up in Salt Lake City on April 5.
In September Muse released “The Resistance,” the band’s fifth studio album. The set of 11 tracks has been on top of the album charts of 13 different countries. These include Australia and the UK. In the US the album hit the Billboard 200’s third spot.
“The Resistance” is a follow up to “Black Holes and Revelations” from 2007 and “Absolution” from 2003, the US breakthrough album for the band. In 2008 Muse released “HAARP,” a live DVD/CD set.
The prog-pop trio earlier this year won two awards at the London awards ceremony for Shockwaves NME. Muse received an award for “HAARP” for Best Album Artwork and won their third award as Best Live Band. Matt Bellamy, the frontman for Muse, also was named Sexiest Male, while Hayley Williams of Paramore was named Sexiest Female.
