Muse: Drones World Tour

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Muse: Drones World Tour
Musedronesworldtour.jpg
Cinematic release poster
Directed byTom Kirk
Jan Willem Schram
Based on Drones World Tour
by Muse
Produced byMuse
Starring Matthew Bellamy
Dominic Howard
Christopher Wolstenholme
Morgan Nicholls
CinematographyHans-Peter van Velthoven
Edited byNikki Faberij de Jonge
Dominic Withworth
Music byMuse
Production
company
Corrino Studios
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Trafalgar Releasing
Release date
  • 12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)
Running time
1:25:19
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Muse: Drones World Tour is the third live video album by English rock band Muse, which was released on 12 July 2018 in a worldwide one-night only cinema release, with a home media release at a later date. The video combines four individual concerts together recorded in Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. The concerts were part of their Drones World Tour shows that took place from 2015–16, done in support of their album of the same name.

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Background

Details of the video were first hinted at back in May 2016 when on Twitter, Bellamy suggested that some upcoming gigs at the time would be filmed for the future. [1] Then a few days later, cinematographer Hans-Peter van Velthoven, officially confirmed that a film was in progress in collaboration with Corrino Studios. [2] On 16 October 2016, a 4:44 video from the film was leaked online by someone who worked on the film of the band performing "Madness", but was later taken down. [3] The band then fell silent on the project for a year, but continued to state the film was still in progress. [4] On 13 April 2018, the movie along with the poster was accidentally listed onto several cinema chain websites. [5]

The film was officially announced on 26 April 2018, with a one-night only cinema release worldwide on 12 July. [6] A home media release has been confirmed and will be released at a later date, though Bellamy suggested on Twitter that it’ll be digital only with no physical release. Drones world tour was broadcast on Sky Arts on 13th February 2021. [7]

Following the credits, the film showed a teaser of a new song that would be released a week later on 19 July 2018. This song turned out to be "Something Human". [8]

Track listing

  1. Drones
  2. Psycho
  3. Reapers
  4. Hysteria
  5. Dead Inside
  6. The Handler
  7. Supermassive Black Hole
  8. Prelude
  9. Starlight
  10. Madness
  11. Time is Running Out
  12. Uprising
  13. The Globalist
  14. Drones (reprise)
  15. Take a Bow
  16. Mercy
  17. Knights of Cydonia
Notes
1. ^ "Hysteria" is preceded by "Interlude" from Absolution (2003).
2. ^ "Knights of Cydonia" is preceded by "Man with a Harmonica", written by Ennio Morricone, and used as an intro.

Personnel

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