I got to shake his hand!

 

I got a setlist!

 

I saw them both nights!

 

First, 30/1:

 

1. Knights Of Cydonia (Space Dementia outro)
2. Butterflies And Hurricanes
3. Assassin (with the Debase Mason's Grog outro)
4. Map Of The Problematique

5. Plug In Baby
6. Forced In
7. Hysteria
8. Feeling Good
9. Hoodoo
10. Invincible
11. Supermassive Black Hole
12. Time Is Running Out
13. New Born
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14. Starlight
15. Bliss (extended)
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16. Stockholm Syndrome
17. Take A Bow

 

just seated for that night, but relly good anyway.  got to appreciate the light show.  got a red black holes and revelations shirt, which is pretty groovy.  water was more expensive than softdrinks, which i'm pretty sure is illegal.  they played lots of cool little jazzy interludes.  they showed marching robots in supermassive black hole, space invaders and radar screens in stockholm syndrome, george bush and flags and oil rigs in take a bow, crowds rioting and people hugging in invincible, electronica-kinda-things in map of the problematique, karaoke for the refrain of knights of cydonia, and, um, stars in starlight.

 

And the second night! (31/1)

 

 

Met Matt and Dom before the gig, after waiting around for a couple of hours.  They signed my ticket and shook hands with Kim and I.  Heard Apocalypse Please and Citizen Erased twice each, without vocals - Muse karaoke performed by Muse.  Standing right at the barrier, right in front of Chris, with Kim and Cait.  Somehow managed not to die in the crowd.  Got a setlist at the end - slightly torn after someone tried to steal it from me.  Gaffer taped back up.  Cait got a red tour shirt.  Everyone left singing "No-one's going to taaaaaake meeeeeee aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive". 

 

We walked to Cait's tram stop, said goodbye, then caught a tram to Flinders Street and went home.  We made nachos and watched Scrubs.  Best night of my life, in probably the best (or second-best) month.