A dozen mad light shows, a whole bunch of dancers and one giant alien robot later.. Muse reckon they might have gone “too far.”
Muse are renowned for pushing the limits when it comes to their live shows. You can always count on them to have an extravagant light show, smoke machines and a surprise or two. When it comes to their current Simulation Theory world tour, however, guitarist Matt Bellamy reckons that they might have pushed things a little too far.
“Robots do appear at some point in the show, and, you know, they’re pretty threatening,” he told the Miami New Times. “I didn’t think we could go this far, but we’ve finally gone too far.
He continued: “At some point, you’ve got to find the limits of what you can do in a rock show. It feels like no one else is doing that in the world of guitar music. It feels pretty unique at the moment.”
Drummer Don Howard also considered the question of whether they have gone too far and said: “That’s the thing — it’s becoming unsustainable. This is very much about the spectacle, this tour, but the antithesis would be to do something that’s purely about the music and nothing else, which is most likely what we’ll do in the future. At this stage, I don’t know.
Muse will next perform at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on March 23.
