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]
Rehearsals 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 Festivalsedit
Muse using the LED pillars in Paris 2016
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 Touredit
Drones used in the show
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.
Confetti and streamers during Mercy
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.
"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".
^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]
^ abcdThe 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]
^ abcdThe score data is combined from the shows held at The O2 Arena from 3, 11, 12, 14 & 15 April 2016 respectively.
Referencesedit
^ abc"Tour Dates". Muse.mu. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^(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.
^. 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.
"Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
. Billboard. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
. 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 linksedit
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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 Drones World TourTour by MusePromotional poster for the band s April 2016 UK tourAssociated albumDronesStart date23 May 2015 2015 05 23 End date21 August 2016Legs8No of shows92 in Europe27 in North America7 in Asia6 in South AmericaTotal 132 1 cancelled Box office 88 5 million 98 shows Muse concert chronologyPsycho Tour 2015 Drones World Tour 2015 16 Simulation Theory World Tour 2019 A live video of the tour entitled Muse Drones World Tour was released in cinemas worldwide on 12 July 2018 4 Contents 1 Rehearsals 2 European Festivals 3 Drones Arena Tour 4 Tour dates 5 Cancelled shows 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksRehearsals 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 edit nbsp Muse using the LED pillars in Paris 2016Muse 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 edit nbsp Drones used in the show 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 nbsp Confetti and streamers during MercyThe 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 amp 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 amp 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 List of concerts showing date city country venue tickets sold number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue 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 Seinajoki Finland Provinssirock 26 June 2015 Norrkoping Sweden Bravalla 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 Rio Utopians 19 October 2015 Cordoba Orfeo Superdomo 22 October 2015 Rio de Janeiro Brazil HSBC Arena 24 October 2015 Sao Paulo Allianz Parque 27 October 2015 Bogota 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 PhantogramMy 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 Zurich 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 Zalgiris 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 Benicassim Spain Festival Internacional de Benicassim 18 July 2016 Nimes France Le Festival de Nimes 19 July 2016 Nyon Switzerland Paleo Festival 23 July 2016 Athens Greece Ejekt Festival 29 July 2016 Bucharest Romania Rock The City 6 August 2016 Reykjavik Iceland Laugardalsholl 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 Krakow Poland Live Music Festival Total 315 794 349 554 90 24 057 848 Cancelled shows edit List of cancelled concerts showing date city country venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue Reason 26 July 2016 Istanbul Turkey Nebula Festival 2016 Turkish coup d etat 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 amp 15 April 2016 respectively References edit a b c Tour Dates Muse mu Retrieved 23 December 2015 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