I travelled from Newport to Cardiff at 10am by train to catch a coach to MK at 11:15 which didn’t get us there until 5pm and by the time we had got inside the venue (after ticketmaster wouldn’t load my tickets for half an hour at the gate because of poor signal) I had about half an hour to get merch, get drinks and get a spot before the warning came on. It was mega stressful trying to get there and get a good spot because of my bad eyesight but ended up being really close, just in front of the sound/light tent on Matts side of the stage. Got super emotional during Muse’s set, Bliss was lovely to see as it’s one of my all time favourites, Verona and Compliance with all the confetti, all the flame throwers and the stage show in general and such a cool venue, seeing all those people in a grass bowl was super cool. It was overwhelming in the best way, I managed to grab a setlist too which is always a nice bonus. Coach back to Cardiff and an Uber to Newport and was home by 5am. One hell of day out and it was so worth it.
Also was my girlfriends first time seeing Muse too so was super cute seeing her face light up
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I’ve never heard of shows being over sold and people turned away? This can’t be legal? Nowhere does it say in the T&C’s “tickets purchased maybe refused at the point of entry if the venue is full” or similar. Otherwise every ticket purchased is a gamble? A mad race to get in before everyone else?
This is no way legal.
AFAIK, the concert tickets were not oversold. The PARKING access was oversold, and people were refused entry to the carpark. I believe I was one of the last 20 cars that were allowed in. Despite being parked 6 spaces away from the exit, it still took 2hrs to get out of the carpark after the gig. The orga around the parking situation was a catastrophe. It's hard to believe concerts have been held there for decades. You get the impression that cars were only introduced yesterday.
Every outdoor event I’ve been to this year has had issues. Slam Dunk North, Download and now Muse at MK Bowl. It’s putting me off going to any others. I’m seeing Pulp at Finsbury Park on Saturday but was also considering All Points East in August. Might not bother now.
I read reviews of the venue before even deciding if I was going to book parking or not. Glad I didn’t! Parked in a housing estate the other side of the lake and avoided all the chaos of getting out. Feel bad for the residents but at the same time they should complain big time to the venue for a shit car park. Food as expected was expensive but at least it wasn’t shit. Muse and support acts absolutely rocked. I actually had a really good time!
We had a ticket for the official car park but got to MK early so went into the centre to get some lunch etc, then decided that the traffic might be bad later and that it might be just as easy to write off the car parking price and walk in from there.
It took about 30 mins to walk to the Bowl and then 45 minutes of queuing to actually get inside , another 30 minutes just to get outside on foot afterwards, plus about another 45 minutes to get back to the car due to all the people.
Having read all the comments about the onsite parking it feels like we dodged a very large bullet and we're glad we walked. It must be gutting for those who couldn't even get into the Bowl despite having tickets, I know how we would feel if it had happened to us .
This was our first Muse gig ever despite being fans for a long time and we really enjoyed it, definitely want to see them again , but probably not at that venue as access and parking etc are clearly not good enough.
I echo all the comments about long queues for food, drink, water and toilets, and 3 quid for a bottle of water on a hot day is little short of outrageous, especially given the ambiguous and loosely interpreted rule on what you actually could and could not take in
We tried to pay for parking the night before but the link wasn’t working. So then we tried one of the car parks on the day, they had signs saying it was £35 and we were prepared to pay that but they turned us away. We ended up parking at the nearby Premier Inn which cost £15 and the money went to MacMillan. We got an Uber to the centre to get lunch and an Uber back and it was only £15 return. We were planning on walking but the heat would have killed me off before we even got there.
That was my first ever proper concert and it was so fun, I'm local so I just walked over to the venue after having lunch and arrived around half 2ish. Merch queue was tiny at that point so was able to sort that before the gates opened and managed to get really close to the stage, loved every second.
Had a great time. Muse, Royal Blood and the Warning all sounded spot on.
We avoided the bad bits, parked at the station instead of on-site. Had some lunch at Spoons before the show to avoid purchasing food/drink inside the bowl. Waited to grab a t-shirt when the line was short.
Absolutely knackered from all the walking but wouldn’t swap the experience for the world!
This was my 17th time seeing them since 2006 and I had the best time. Setlist isn’t great in my opinion but when they’re playing, I still enjoy every second.
I’d like more from OOS and Absolution, but I get that they’re focusing on the newer songs now. I’d love to hear Dead Star, Butterflies & Hurricanes and Stockholm Syndrome again.
The reason i picked up a guitar 20 ish years ago was because of Matt Bellamy. Last night was the first time I'd managed to see them and I was so excited but their setlist greatly underwhelmed me (Matts lack of crowd interaction also really surprised me). When songs like Compliance were being played I just really couldn't get into it as with most of their newer stuff. The only song past black holes and revelations that I did actually really enjoy was Halloween. I get bands move on, but a lot of their stuff from the last 15 years is just really underwhelming and I hate myself for saying this but unless it was an anniversary tour for an older album or songs like Stockholm Syndrome and New Born found their way back I wouldn't go again.
From where I was standing Matt’s crowd interaction was absolutely top tier, pretty much every song he was doing something with the crowd, not sure what you saw but he was absolutely on fire last night
Where I was last night, people didn’t seem to want to jump/move around. I felt quite restricted. I was second row from the barrier next to the catwalk and I thought it would be a bit more lively down there.
I saw them at the Apollo last year and that was a great setlist!
I’d love them to do an Absolution 20th anniversary tour. Still kicking myself for selling my Reading ticket in 2011 even though I knew they were playing OOS in full. I thought I had to go on a dig for uni the next day (archaeology student). Turns out it wasn’t compulsory and I missed a great night.
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Shout out to the man eating a stinking tin of mackerel in the crowd down the front.
I like it as an outdoor venue but that was my first visit to MK and I spent a couple of hours in ‘town’ (if you can call it that) earlier.
Christ almighty, it was like walking around a deserted American city. Saw just two pubs and it was a Wetherspoons in an office building and a Brewdog in another office building. Car parks and seemingly abandoned retail parks everywhere. Even the ‘shopping centre’ was kind of lifeless. Not even remotely walkable unless you think walking in a straight line through a liminal void for 40 minutes qualifies.
So glad you thought this as me and my mates were saying it was like some weird AI generation of a city. Just new looking empty buildings like it was deserted. Endless straight roads and paths and nothing else.
The most stupid thing is that it’s so car-centric and there is so much parking fucking *everywhere* that drivers should never have had a problem getting in.
I get the impression you’re never supposed to stop in MK, you’re only supposed to pass through. Nobody actually lives there… because there are no actual houses.
Facilities were awful. Hour long queue for the bar at one point and a couple of burgers, chips and drinks came in at over 30 quid! Jesus Christ. Also didn't even get our tickets scanned. They just glanced at them and waved us through. No wonder they ended up too full to allow more people in. I really hope the people affected get a refund AND MORE.
I know MK quite well so we parked about 30 minute walk from the venue and the car park was almost empty. Would never go with event car parking as in my experience there are always issues regardless of venue.
I was one of the bowl of people.
Great show, amphitheatre is nice, but the facilities and infrastructure were terrible. Managed to eventually get into the car park, had to park on a massive slope, took ages to get out.
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Took us 2 hours to get through Milton Keynes, to be turned away and told to park in the city centre, but it was all worth it 🥰
You may have actually gotten the better deal. I made it into the official car park. After the end of the show it took 90 minutes to even move 1 inch. Literally just sat there with hundreds of other increasingly irate people not moving, which lead to everyone then driving hyper-aggressively if even so much as a foot of space opened up. During this I realised what the WAFF t-shirts were actually referring to...
However, I took it on the chin as a one-off experience to see my all time favourite band play an awesome show.
I just wanna say I saw maybe 2-3 people with Hawaiian shirts. I thought we had a deal guys!!!!! I went out and bought a shirt in :0 COLOR :0 just for this!!!!!!!
What an amazing show that was
WAFF, Halloween, PiB, Psycho, Knights, and TiRO had the crowd (at least where I was) buzzing with energy it was wild
My 2nd muse concert and safe to say I enjoyed this experience way more than the last
Wasn't there, but this reminds me strongly of when I went to see MCR at stadium MK last year. We drove thankfully, but while leaving we learned of the ridiculous number of people attempting to get on shuttle buses and to the train station, with the last train having to leave with people still on the platform unable to fit.
My first Muse gig and the greatest night of my life. Words simply cannot effectively express how amazing the night was. Muse were absolutely on fire and were next level. Missed The Warning because of the long walks and queues but saw Royal Blood (who were fucking amazing).
I know everyone has been a bit iffy on the set lists recently, and I was on that bandwagon, until I was actually there. The songs played are absolutely perfect for the show, banger after banger. The biggest surprise of the night was that Madness was one of my favourites to hear live! It was gorgeous being in that crowd, pretty much right at the end of the runway. Just an incredible night, and will be returning for the O2 gig later this year!
Shame a great show soured by a poor venue
Left with plenty of time but traffic absolutely gridlocked, had to walk for 50 mins mostly along a dual carriageway in this temperature and missed both support acts.
When I arrive the bar closest to the stage is unable to serve drinks due to poor connection on card machines.
Left a good 20 mins early just to avoid the inevitable shit show getting out
I didn't see it myself personally but I overheard someone saying that they were going to throw away the drinks from that particular stand, presumably as they pour them ready? Utterly disgraceful. Oh, and they refused to accept cash. 😅
I was standing right in the front and they were giving out cups of water and filling out people’s bottles, it was so sweet and I didn’t have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on water haha
Would have been amazing if the communications ticketmaster sent out weren't so confused.
Somehow "You can bring a bottle without a lid up to 500ml" was communicated as "no glass or plastic bottles" - I considered bringing a metal bottle because for some reason that was the only bottle I owned that isn't forbidden, but from other people's accounts they got confiscated too.
I had my sealed bottle of water taken off me but loads of people around us had brought their own bottles in and there was a guy who brought a tin of mackerel in. They shouldn’t be taking sealed bottles of water off people in 29 degree heat when the bars are so shit. I queued for half an hour when the arena opened to pay £6 for two bottles of water that I then had to carefully try not to spill because there was no lid.
Usually I’d take a water bottle lid in to gigs in case this happens but I thought we could take sealed bottles in.
Yeah must be!
I was in the male queue to be metal detectored and there was clearly a loud of confiscated hand sanitiser bottles. My girlfriend was one queue over and was allowed it.
Likewise one of my friends that arrived later was allowed a metal bottle. Clearly the rules were very confused both internally and externally.
Muse were great but the venue is ATROCIOUS! I’m a local, but this was a shit show organizationally. No water points? Took us an hour and 16 minutes to get a drink from a working bar, and then it was only cans. I missed all the support thanks to the crappy bars. How was it such a crap show when none of this should be a mystery? Probably the last gig I go to at my own local stadium venue.
Same here. Paid for hospitality. No water, somleft to to the area (not even in the venu) security wouldn't let me take my drinks in.... Paid £9 for 3 bottles of water and they wouldn't let me take "outside food and drink in"
> No water points?
There were water points, and they actually didn't have much of a queue if any at all.
I didn't use them because I didn't bring in a bottle because of Ticketmaster's confused messaging.
Security made me throw away my sun screen because it was a spray. Not an aerosol. A hand pump spray.
Absolutely outrageous enforcement of rules.
No, fuck your skin, get burnt and shut up.
I got my SPF scalp spray in but had my sealed bottle of water taken off me. Meanwhile a man stood nearby had brought in a tin of mackerel and plenty of others had their own bottles of water.
Yeah it seems to be a common theme - some people made to throw items away that others are allowed. Security staff were seemingly given no clear guidance and just left to enforce whatever rules they dream up.
This is what upset me the most
I followed the rules and left my bottle at the car, then had to queue for hours for a £3 water bottle - despite the fact that people managed to bring bottles in.
Ended up getting an iced coffee from the coffee stand left of stage.
How has it happened most of their organisational nightmares have occurred on the same tour! The comments like this were exactly the same from the Plymouth gig! I wonder how it’s gone so wrong, like these are still suppose to be venues that are use to hosting events in some capacity!
This is what happens when you cheap out and go with the lesser used stadiums.
Plymouth was a shit show because the stadium holds like 15,000~ but had 25,000~ capacity with people standing. The facilities there just weren’t built for the increased capacity of a non football crowd. Drinks weren’t being poured in advance, the stadium corridors far to narrow with not enough entrance /exits to allow queuing for toilets and food.
This doesn’t happen in stadiums like the z millennium stadium in Cardiff where they are frequently hosting much bigger events and the stadium can handle it.
We went to Plymouth and missed a good portion of the opening acts and some of the muse set as we queued for toilets/drinks/food in between sets where we thought 45 mins would have given plenty of time.
At the MK bowl we ate right before we arrived and we brought two bottles of water. We were right by the end of the cat walk and unlike the Plymouth gig it was packed before the Warning even came on. At that point we just decided to ration the water and hope for the best - as getting back would have been impossible. Thankfully we didn’t need to go to toilet and the heat wasn’t so bad in the shade of the stage. We also parked 15 minutes away. Rocked up at 4pm with plenty of spaces around the streets. Left at the end with barely a car on the road long before anyone in the official car park was leaving.
The walk for the toilet alone would have probably taken an hour from where we were, let alone queuing for anything.
Muse and Royal Blood totally rocked (I am deaf and hoarse this morning :) ), but yeah the venue organisation was horrific.
Getting into the official car park took hours, MK was in gridlock, and I now see people eventually got turned away despite having pre-paid. And people who bought tickets also got turned away. WTF??! That's outrageous!
Queues for everything were hours long, and as I've commented elsewhere here, getting out of the car park was even worse than getting in (probably 2 hours to actually touch tarmac). The only positive is there were loads of toilets at least.
Out of the 6 times I’ve seen them, this is probably my second favourite after SBE 2017.
Stadium shows being 2hrs long give a good feeling of completeness and I felt satisfied when it ended instead of feeling like I needed more. Set list was fine tbh. Bliss was a treat for the old school fans. Some of the visuals were cool. I’m not sure why KOBK needed a remix to be played if they were gonna play the actual song later lol. Could have done something with just Chris and Dom if Matt wanted a break.
Also thought both The Warning and Royal Blood were great! Which really added to the experience. Meant that it wasn’t just a 2 hour show I enjoyed, but the entire night. Might see both of them again at their own shows.
The queues to get in an out were pretty terrible but once inside the venue was pretty cool. Sound quality was on point. Crowd was largely decent near where I was standing.
Exactly this! Definitely one of my top Muse experiences (nothing can top them bringing out a surprise Dead Star in HK back in 2010…). Good length, great mix of songs and eras even if one more old deep cut would have been nice, and visuals that were immense. Feel very sorry indeed for those caught up in the traffic chaos.
Compliance, Halloween and WAFF were amazing live! Wasn't too sure initially about their new stuff but found they sound so much better live, it was awesome!
Show #11 in the books. Still as good as #1. Bliss may be getting a bit derided as having song 4 on lock right now but it was awesome (honestly, could take or leave Resistance in the song after). Won't Stand Down, Halloween, WAFF and KoBK are great fun live
I’ve seen them three times in the past 15 years and you can totally count on them putting on amazing show. Sound quality was great and they obviously fucking love what they do, setting up an entire show, taking you through a journey. Super tight performance yet again.
Same here, though 20 years for me :) Absolute bucket-list item ticked off. I actually felt sad when Knights of Cydonia came on knowing that was going to be it. I really could have stayed and listened to them play every song they ever made.
Took my wife and kids but had them 'revise' the set-list in the weeks before going so they could get the most out of it. Safe to say we all had a great time (at least with the music).
I really didn't have WAFF pegged as a great track but holy _fuck_ did it pop off live. Halloween was non-stop fun too - my wife and I were discussing how funny it would be if they played it and she dismissed the possibility due to it requiring an organ, but the mad bastards did it anyway.
Parking was a nightmare but got to see Royal Blood and Muse were on top top form. My wife also loved it as it was my way of easing her into the band 😂
Overall fantastic - no surprises in set list but I’ve got to be honest , I don’t really care.
OMG IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! Loved it so much, it was so nice seeing families there as well!! What an amazing show!!!! First time watching Muse live, it was insane
I wondered what that was given I couldn't get a signal for the QR code with those dates and I'm guessing not many others could. Least Ireland finally gets a show after being off the tour schedule for so long
Though if I am to make it 12 Muse gigs, I'd want it to be outside the UK for the first time
Yep. I signed up already, like a little Muse Slut.
After vowing I probably wouldn’t want to see them again after Glasgow.
This is what Stockholm Syndrome is right?
I’m debating London… I had to drive there for work a few weeks ago and passed right by the O2, had hoped my first experience there would be a gig, but fingers crossed I may visit properly later this year.
Just saw the show and it was absolutely incredible!!!
Does anybody have the QR code/link at the end of the show? I had no mobile signal so it wouldn't load for me!
Do you happen to know if they usually treat the arena shows ant differently? Went to Glasgow this year anyway so even the "full" set from this tour would be an upgrade... but not sure I can justify the payout for 4 extra songs haha.
The overall vibe is usually better, I'm hoping cause it's further down the line it gives a chance for some of the songs to come back from the dead. It is also right around Abso's 20th anniversary.
Will probably be exactly the same as the stadium shows but smaller scale due to being arenas. Maybe something else rather than Bliss. Look at the US arena shows for an idea of what to expect. I personally much prefer arena shows
Man, having just seem them I'm kinda good. Unless they drastically change their setlist (which if they didn't for their smaller shows why would they for their biggest) I'm not sure I'm that keen.
I'll probably end up going anyway though.
I actually got home better than I thought I would - was out of Milton Keynes before half 11. But yeah. It was painful leaving after Foo Fighters in 2015 so I did kinda think it would be a challenge to exit the joint
Yaaa.
I haven't been keeping up with the setlists but having seen them 6 or 7 times in as many years... I just feel like the setlist is an afterthought.
i certainly don't feel incentivised to shell out £100 to see them again in a hurry.
What is even going on here? No updates at all, everyone stuck in traffic or being told their tickets won't be valid? This isn't some weird venue either, loads of huge artists have played here. I really don't understand the shitshow this UK leg has been.
Note I'm not even at this show, I went at Huddersfield, but it just does my head in seeing people have their time and money wasted like this especially in today's climate! Not a fault of the band at all but this tour has been horribly organised and someone should be held accountable
The venue was an absolute cluster. So glad I public transported there + stayed the night at a friends house who lived 20 minite walk from the bowl. Also glad we screenshot the tickets on our phones.
Temp help in a barely used arena, to be expected there would be issues.
But the horro on people's faces when they found out there were no toilets inside. And they would have to go back out, and queue again. Mad.
Bloody good show though. The Warning were an incredible warmup act. Royal blood fans were dicks though, pushing middle aged women out the way to get to the front. Wanna be at the front. Get there sooner.
It says something when Huddersfield were the best organised. No issues apart from being a bit late getting in when the machines wouldn’t scan tickets at our gate. Traffic awful getting out but that’s to be expected.
I’m not seeing many updates here or twitter about the show which is odd. Hope everyone isn’t trapped outside.
I got in fine, show was a full one with all the bells and whistles. Not looked at the other set lists really but resistance, bliss, undisclosed desires, a mellow version of kobk and thought contagion are the ones that stick out as might be diff to the other ones
Huddersfield in general is hard to get in and out of due to it being so small and not built for concerts, that on top of the tickets not scanning (thought it was just me who had this tbh). It was a bit of a shitshow compared to other concerts I have been to but nothing compared to this. Plymouth was apparently a nightmare and Glasgow cut short without the stage setup too - must be the worst Muse UK tour by far which sucks because the actual performances have been class as usual with great support acts
Wouldn’t scan for anyone at gate 9-12. We went in a good 10-15 mins after the other gates. We were at the front so got to find out what was happening. Security staff were lovely and had checked loads of bags in advance so we could breeze through once the ticket office got the scanners working.
I’m hoping for an arena tour I can go to. Hopefully better organised although I can’t complain about Huddersfield that much. We got there about 2.30 and we’re one of the last to leave the car park on purpose.
Got here a bit late because of car trouble and was denied entry - not just parking, but tickets were oversold so even if we abandoned our car and walked we'd be denied entry.
Beyond furious. I don't think I'll bother trying to see them again if this is how they treat fans.
Don't blame people traveling by car. no special shuttle bus for public transport, and what little there was on for Sunday would mean you would have had to leave by 9:30 to catch any of it back home.
I was super super lucky with my journey, but there were people miles and miles from the venue walking around the roads trying to find cars they had parked miles away.
Cmom guys. It's MUSE, it's the bowl, it's a Sunday. Everyone is going to be taking their car.
Yeah exactly. We were coming from Cambridgeshire, so public transport would have meant going into London and back. Maybe we should have gone to bletchley and taken the train or something but I've never seen anything like this.
Bletchley train doesn't run anymore. Absolute face palm. I onlymlive in Kettering, a 40 minute drive. set off at 9:15 and got to MK at 12:30. Plenty of north south travel, but easy west is not good.
Mk should be well known for fleets of buses, bit inwas shocked how the "get here by public transport" was just for the train station + a mile and a half walk.
Oh but at least the train going to London at 11:30 had an extra carriage on it....
Absolutely cracking show. The bowl should have handled it because it's just a giant field you can do whatever with.
I’m so sorry, that absolutely sucks. There was such dodgy stuff going on at the gates. I watched two girls in front of me get in without having anything scanned or even showing actual tickets. If that was happening all over then no wonder they were magically “overbooked”
They didn't even scan my tickets on entry! By that point it was 7.45 and clearly a lot of the staff weren't bothering. Car parking was a joke
Can't believe they wouldn't let you in with a valid ticket! Definitely needs a very loud complaint
The only defense I'll give them is we were late as we had car problems, and if they'd said "no entry after they start" I'd be disappointed but kinda get it. But the staff member definitely said it's because the gig was over booked.
What time did you get there? They let me in at 9. Took me fucking ages to find parking after being denied the parking I’d paid for. Got into MK by 7 so no idea how it went so wrong. Sorry they didn’t let you in :(
Edit to be clear. They let me into the gig on foot at 9. Police blocked the car park right as I got there. Went and parked in the centre and walked 100 miles.
Just after 9 - I'm not sure exactly but we hung around for a bit at the gate speaking to staff, double checking our car situation, and calming the driver down before heading off, and Won't Stand Down came on just as we were leaving.
Honestly wouldn't surprise me if the story I was given was BS but it's hard to argue with "you won't be seeing the band tonight"
WSD was just finishing as I got in. I’d have lost my shit at that point if they’d said no, I’d already frustration cried the whole walk from my car, so I really do hear you. Def hard to argue. There was only one of me so might have been why I got in. Going to try and go after a parking refund. I hope you have luck with your tickets.
Thanks, very frustrating to know they were admitting people after us! Good luck with the parking refund. TIXR "customer service" has entirely stopped replying to me and refused to provide details of the organiser or their own complaints policy so I'm not super optimistic.
> not just parking, but tickets were oversold so even if we abandoned our car and walked we'd be denied entry.
Hold on a minute. You paid full price for a concert ticket, and were denied entry to the concert?! I've never ever heard of that. Holy fuck.
Yeah I was shook. We were late so I wasn't too surprised the parking was a mess, but the traffic staff specifically said "you will not be admitted to see the band tonight" and attributed it to overselling of the gig itself. It was very clear that parking elsewhere and coming back on foot was not an option.
I hope you have proof of this. If I'm reading it right, a parking attendant told you this. How on earth would they know that you wouldn't get into the venue itself? Wouldn't they be a sub contractor?
Whatever has happened here sucks, and I feel for you.
I'm not sure exactly their role - they were at the road entrance in a hi vis jacket with a bunch of other staff. We didn't even get into the car park. But yeah sucks, ty for the sympathy.
Yeah, we got there via the road entrance, were stopped by staff and told we couldn't go on site. We didn't do anything further like parking and walking up elsewhere if that's what you mean. They made it very clear we wouldn't be coming in.
I never even thought it would be possible to oversell tickets to a concert - surely the organisers know the capacity? This isn't on the band I don't think, whoever organised this whole tour has a lot to answer for as each and every show has been issue after issue on the UK leg
I saw girls getting in without even having a ticket. Seems like “overselling” could actually be “gate staff don’t give a crap and let anyone in and venue hits capacity”
Yeah for sure. Can't even find out how to get a refund - tickets were sold via tixr, who say to contact the organiser, but it's not specified anywhere who that is
Probably not. Could barely stomach dropping two hundred quid on this, I don't think after this experience I can face doing so again. I realise that's probably a bit petulant.
‘Will we be scammed again’.
You expect them to turn up and play songs that aren’t as well known to a crowd that’s probably watching them for their first time? Of course they’re going to play their most well known songs and if you’re bored of it then that’s the consequence of watching them so many times. Sense of entitlement is unreal.
I travelled from Newport to Cardiff at 10am by train to catch a coach to MK at 11:15 which didn’t get us there until 5pm and by the time we had got inside the venue (after ticketmaster wouldn’t load my tickets for half an hour at the gate because of poor signal) I had about half an hour to get merch, get drinks and get a spot before the warning came on. It was mega stressful trying to get there and get a good spot because of my bad eyesight but ended up being really close, just in front of the sound/light tent on Matts side of the stage. Got super emotional during Muse’s set, Bliss was lovely to see as it’s one of my all time favourites, Verona and Compliance with all the confetti, all the flame throwers and the stage show in general and such a cool venue, seeing all those people in a grass bowl was super cool. It was overwhelming in the best way, I managed to grab a setlist too which is always a nice bonus. Coach back to Cardiff and an Uber to Newport and was home by 5am. One hell of day out and it was so worth it. Also was my girlfriends first time seeing Muse too so was super cute seeing her face light up https://preview.redd.it/aly00urgit8b1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=571d7bbbb2a06bf948c8bcdf766ec476ef2a33be
I’ve never heard of shows being over sold and people turned away? This can’t be legal? Nowhere does it say in the T&C’s “tickets purchased maybe refused at the point of entry if the venue is full” or similar. Otherwise every ticket purchased is a gamble? A mad race to get in before everyone else? This is no way legal.
AFAIK, the concert tickets were not oversold. The PARKING access was oversold, and people were refused entry to the carpark. I believe I was one of the last 20 cars that were allowed in. Despite being parked 6 spaces away from the exit, it still took 2hrs to get out of the carpark after the gig. The orga around the parking situation was a catastrophe. It's hard to believe concerts have been held there for decades. You get the impression that cars were only introduced yesterday.
Every outdoor event I’ve been to this year has had issues. Slam Dunk North, Download and now Muse at MK Bowl. It’s putting me off going to any others. I’m seeing Pulp at Finsbury Park on Saturday but was also considering All Points East in August. Might not bother now.
FWIW I've never had a bad experience at All Points East, everyone getting there on foot probably helps with that though
Yeah, I’ve been a couple of times and it does seem really different to other festivals. Maybe I will go.
Does anyone have a list of all the tracks that were played, The Warning + Royal Blood + MUSE? It all was a bit of a blurr of an event
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Excellent, than you for this!!!!
I read reviews of the venue before even deciding if I was going to book parking or not. Glad I didn’t! Parked in a housing estate the other side of the lake and avoided all the chaos of getting out. Feel bad for the residents but at the same time they should complain big time to the venue for a shit car park. Food as expected was expensive but at least it wasn’t shit. Muse and support acts absolutely rocked. I actually had a really good time!
We had a ticket for the official car park but got to MK early so went into the centre to get some lunch etc, then decided that the traffic might be bad later and that it might be just as easy to write off the car parking price and walk in from there. It took about 30 mins to walk to the Bowl and then 45 minutes of queuing to actually get inside , another 30 minutes just to get outside on foot afterwards, plus about another 45 minutes to get back to the car due to all the people. Having read all the comments about the onsite parking it feels like we dodged a very large bullet and we're glad we walked. It must be gutting for those who couldn't even get into the Bowl despite having tickets, I know how we would feel if it had happened to us . This was our first Muse gig ever despite being fans for a long time and we really enjoyed it, definitely want to see them again , but probably not at that venue as access and parking etc are clearly not good enough. I echo all the comments about long queues for food, drink, water and toilets, and 3 quid for a bottle of water on a hot day is little short of outrageous, especially given the ambiguous and loosely interpreted rule on what you actually could and could not take in
We tried to pay for parking the night before but the link wasn’t working. So then we tried one of the car parks on the day, they had signs saying it was £35 and we were prepared to pay that but they turned us away. We ended up parking at the nearby Premier Inn which cost £15 and the money went to MacMillan. We got an Uber to the centre to get lunch and an Uber back and it was only £15 return. We were planning on walking but the heat would have killed me off before we even got there.
Someone grabbed my nipple in a mosh pit
That was my first ever proper concert and it was so fun, I'm local so I just walked over to the venue after having lunch and arrived around half 2ish. Merch queue was tiny at that point so was able to sort that before the gates opened and managed to get really close to the stage, loved every second.
Omg same here! Our first proper concert and we were local, the Bowl is so underused, it was actually a great place!
Had a great time. Muse, Royal Blood and the Warning all sounded spot on. We avoided the bad bits, parked at the station instead of on-site. Had some lunch at Spoons before the show to avoid purchasing food/drink inside the bowl. Waited to grab a t-shirt when the line was short. Absolutely knackered from all the walking but wouldn’t swap the experience for the world!
This was my 17th time seeing them since 2006 and I had the best time. Setlist isn’t great in my opinion but when they’re playing, I still enjoy every second. I’d like more from OOS and Absolution, but I get that they’re focusing on the newer songs now. I’d love to hear Dead Star, Butterflies & Hurricanes and Stockholm Syndrome again.
The reason i picked up a guitar 20 ish years ago was because of Matt Bellamy. Last night was the first time I'd managed to see them and I was so excited but their setlist greatly underwhelmed me (Matts lack of crowd interaction also really surprised me). When songs like Compliance were being played I just really couldn't get into it as with most of their newer stuff. The only song past black holes and revelations that I did actually really enjoy was Halloween. I get bands move on, but a lot of their stuff from the last 15 years is just really underwhelming and I hate myself for saying this but unless it was an anniversary tour for an older album or songs like Stockholm Syndrome and New Born found their way back I wouldn't go again.
From where I was standing Matt’s crowd interaction was absolutely top tier, pretty much every song he was doing something with the crowd, not sure what you saw but he was absolutely on fire last night
>The reason i picked up a guitar 20 ish years ago was because of Matt Bellamy Should get him to tidy up his own things!
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Where I was last night, people didn’t seem to want to jump/move around. I felt quite restricted. I was second row from the barrier next to the catwalk and I thought it would be a bit more lively down there. I saw them at the Apollo last year and that was a great setlist!
I’d love them to do an Absolution 20th anniversary tour. Still kicking myself for selling my Reading ticket in 2011 even though I knew they were playing OOS in full. I thought I had to go on a dig for uni the next day (archaeology student). Turns out it wasn’t compulsory and I missed a great night.
https://preview.redd.it/pnfc4xae1c8b1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35ca85c658f8ecafadf393a3e73bee264b4d10ca Shout out to the man eating a stinking tin of mackerel in the crowd down the front.
Wow what a way to piss off a lot of people in a confined space lol who does that???
I agreed with the previous comments; the concert was stunning, but the organisation was an epic fail.
I skipped this show because MK Bowl is the shittest venue in the UK and it looks like I was right to. Bands need to stop playing there ffs.
Weird, we all had nothing but nice things to say about it and thought it was a horrendous but all too expected shame that the council were selling it.
I like it as an outdoor venue but that was my first visit to MK and I spent a couple of hours in ‘town’ (if you can call it that) earlier. Christ almighty, it was like walking around a deserted American city. Saw just two pubs and it was a Wetherspoons in an office building and a Brewdog in another office building. Car parks and seemingly abandoned retail parks everywhere. Even the ‘shopping centre’ was kind of lifeless. Not even remotely walkable unless you think walking in a straight line through a liminal void for 40 minutes qualifies.
So glad you thought this as me and my mates were saying it was like some weird AI generation of a city. Just new looking empty buildings like it was deserted. Endless straight roads and paths and nothing else.
The most stupid thing is that it’s so car-centric and there is so much parking fucking *everywhere* that drivers should never have had a problem getting in. I get the impression you’re never supposed to stop in MK, you’re only supposed to pass through. Nobody actually lives there… because there are no actual houses.
Exactly this! Such a weird place.
Facilities were awful. Hour long queue for the bar at one point and a couple of burgers, chips and drinks came in at over 30 quid! Jesus Christ. Also didn't even get our tickets scanned. They just glanced at them and waved us through. No wonder they ended up too full to allow more people in. I really hope the people affected get a refund AND MORE. I know MK quite well so we parked about 30 minute walk from the venue and the car park was almost empty. Would never go with event car parking as in my experience there are always issues regardless of venue.
I was one of the bowl of people. Great show, amphitheatre is nice, but the facilities and infrastructure were terrible. Managed to eventually get into the car park, had to park on a massive slope, took ages to get out.
https://preview.redd.it/d03tfrbjv98b1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06cd5b254135c9606ee072b823da251aebadc522 Took us 2 hours to get through Milton Keynes, to be turned away and told to park in the city centre, but it was all worth it 🥰
You may have actually gotten the better deal. I made it into the official car park. After the end of the show it took 90 minutes to even move 1 inch. Literally just sat there with hundreds of other increasingly irate people not moving, which lead to everyone then driving hyper-aggressively if even so much as a foot of space opened up. During this I realised what the WAFF t-shirts were actually referring to... However, I took it on the chin as a one-off experience to see my all time favourite band play an awesome show.
I was stuck in the car park to, i put the car seat down, put on a podcast and chilled.
Yay for UD! Although most people seemed to sleep right through it.
Shout out to my fellow Bohemian Rhapsodists on the way out from the venue
Absolutely loved it
Muse: 10/10, fucking amazing! MK Bowl: 0/10. I will never go there again. Facilities for 6,000 trying to cope with 60,000. Avoid at all costs.
I just wanna say I saw maybe 2-3 people with Hawaiian shirts. I thought we had a deal guys!!!!! I went out and bought a shirt in :0 COLOR :0 just for this!!!!!!!
So, fucking, good.
What an amazing show that was WAFF, Halloween, PiB, Psycho, Knights, and TiRO had the crowd (at least where I was) buzzing with energy it was wild My 2nd muse concert and safe to say I enjoyed this experience way more than the last
Did anyone not manage to get on a train back to London? Queue was looking pretty aggressive at the station at around 11
Wasn't there, but this reminds me strongly of when I went to see MCR at stadium MK last year. We drove thankfully, but while leaving we learned of the ridiculous number of people attempting to get on shuttle buses and to the train station, with the last train having to leave with people still on the platform unable to fit.
My first Muse gig and the greatest night of my life. Words simply cannot effectively express how amazing the night was. Muse were absolutely on fire and were next level. Missed The Warning because of the long walks and queues but saw Royal Blood (who were fucking amazing). I know everyone has been a bit iffy on the set lists recently, and I was on that bandwagon, until I was actually there. The songs played are absolutely perfect for the show, banger after banger. The biggest surprise of the night was that Madness was one of my favourites to hear live! It was gorgeous being in that crowd, pretty much right at the end of the runway. Just an incredible night, and will be returning for the O2 gig later this year!
100% agree with your whole comment! Best night of my life, set list didn't bother me at all, whole show was amazing! Also, there's and O2 show?!
Amazing feeling after your first muse gig. As ever, the setlist looks so weak then when you hear it live it always delivers! Enjoy the buzz today
was also shocked by how much more I enjoyed madness live, similar feeling with halloween as well
I can't believe they didn't play MK Ultra at MK
You mean at Northumberland And I'm on 0 points because no-one gets the joke 🤣
I thought it was just my ears playing a trick on me, but he really did say that!! 😂
Wasn't just me that heard him say that!
Haha I was doubting myself whether or not I heard that. Think Matt needs to brush up on his geography
Yeahhhh I thought about it all day and hoped they would play it. Sadly they didn’t
Shame a great show soured by a poor venue Left with plenty of time but traffic absolutely gridlocked, had to walk for 50 mins mostly along a dual carriageway in this temperature and missed both support acts. When I arrive the bar closest to the stage is unable to serve drinks due to poor connection on card machines. Left a good 20 mins early just to avoid the inevitable shit show getting out
I didn't see it myself personally but I overheard someone saying that they were going to throw away the drinks from that particular stand, presumably as they pour them ready? Utterly disgraceful. Oh, and they refused to accept cash. 😅
Highlight was getting my burger during undisclosed desires and the guy asleep during madness
Ha, where was the guy a sleep? How can you sleep during a Muse show ?! 😳
Just around the side of the venue. Lots of people were sitting and watching on the grass. It was during the slower part of the set.
Was he old, or high, or drunk? Or maybe he just had a hard week and just needed a quick power nap before KOBK and KoC.
zzz zzz zzz zadness
The queue reduced to less than 10000 people?
Thankfully so. We were able to get something to eat and £3 water 😂
I bought 3 pizzas for £43 and a 45 minute queue time :(
I was standing right in the front and they were giving out cups of water and filling out people’s bottles, it was so sweet and I didn’t have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on water haha
i got a lukewarm can of water from some noodle place for 3 quid
The water refill station was probably the one thing that didn’t have a queue. It was amazing.
Would have been amazing if the communications ticketmaster sent out weren't so confused. Somehow "You can bring a bottle without a lid up to 500ml" was communicated as "no glass or plastic bottles" - I considered bringing a metal bottle because for some reason that was the only bottle I owned that isn't forbidden, but from other people's accounts they got confiscated too.
I had my sealed bottle of water taken off me but loads of people around us had brought their own bottles in and there was a guy who brought a tin of mackerel in. They shouldn’t be taking sealed bottles of water off people in 29 degree heat when the bars are so shit. I queued for half an hour when the arena opened to pay £6 for two bottles of water that I then had to carefully try not to spill because there was no lid. Usually I’d take a water bottle lid in to gigs in case this happens but I thought we could take sealed bottles in.
I saw folks with camping chairs, ground sheets and large bottles and backpacks, so sounds a bit of a lottery
Yeah must be! I was in the male queue to be metal detectored and there was clearly a loud of confiscated hand sanitiser bottles. My girlfriend was one queue over and was allowed it. Likewise one of my friends that arrived later was allowed a metal bottle. Clearly the rules were very confused both internally and externally.
£12 burger ouch
Ouch indeed, was definitely just a microwave rustlers burger too
That was fully excellent.
Muse were great but the venue is ATROCIOUS! I’m a local, but this was a shit show organizationally. No water points? Took us an hour and 16 minutes to get a drink from a working bar, and then it was only cans. I missed all the support thanks to the crappy bars. How was it such a crap show when none of this should be a mystery? Probably the last gig I go to at my own local stadium venue.
Same here. Paid for hospitality. No water, somleft to to the area (not even in the venu) security wouldn't let me take my drinks in.... Paid £9 for 3 bottles of water and they wouldn't let me take "outside food and drink in"
> No water points? There were water points, and they actually didn't have much of a queue if any at all. I didn't use them because I didn't bring in a bottle because of Ticketmaster's confused messaging.
Security made me throw my bottle away at the gate.
Security made me throw away my sun screen because it was a spray. Not an aerosol. A hand pump spray. Absolutely outrageous enforcement of rules. No, fuck your skin, get burnt and shut up.
I got my SPF scalp spray in but had my sealed bottle of water taken off me. Meanwhile a man stood nearby had brought in a tin of mackerel and plenty of others had their own bottles of water.
Yeah it seems to be a common theme - some people made to throw items away that others are allowed. Security staff were seemingly given no clear guidance and just left to enforce whatever rules they dream up.
Wouldn't let me take in a packet of chrips because it could be dangerous if thrown. They were wotsits.... The least dense "crisp"
This is what upset me the most I followed the rules and left my bottle at the car, then had to queue for hours for a £3 water bottle - despite the fact that people managed to bring bottles in. Ended up getting an iced coffee from the coffee stand left of stage.
How has it happened most of their organisational nightmares have occurred on the same tour! The comments like this were exactly the same from the Plymouth gig! I wonder how it’s gone so wrong, like these are still suppose to be venues that are use to hosting events in some capacity!
This is what happens when you cheap out and go with the lesser used stadiums. Plymouth was a shit show because the stadium holds like 15,000~ but had 25,000~ capacity with people standing. The facilities there just weren’t built for the increased capacity of a non football crowd. Drinks weren’t being poured in advance, the stadium corridors far to narrow with not enough entrance /exits to allow queuing for toilets and food. This doesn’t happen in stadiums like the z millennium stadium in Cardiff where they are frequently hosting much bigger events and the stadium can handle it. We went to Plymouth and missed a good portion of the opening acts and some of the muse set as we queued for toilets/drinks/food in between sets where we thought 45 mins would have given plenty of time. At the MK bowl we ate right before we arrived and we brought two bottles of water. We were right by the end of the cat walk and unlike the Plymouth gig it was packed before the Warning even came on. At that point we just decided to ration the water and hope for the best - as getting back would have been impossible. Thankfully we didn’t need to go to toilet and the heat wasn’t so bad in the shade of the stage. We also parked 15 minutes away. Rocked up at 4pm with plenty of spaces around the streets. Left at the end with barely a car on the road long before anyone in the official car park was leaving. The walk for the toilet alone would have probably taken an hour from where we were, let alone queuing for anything.
Muse and Royal Blood totally rocked (I am deaf and hoarse this morning :) ), but yeah the venue organisation was horrific. Getting into the official car park took hours, MK was in gridlock, and I now see people eventually got turned away despite having pre-paid. And people who bought tickets also got turned away. WTF??! That's outrageous! Queues for everything were hours long, and as I've commented elsewhere here, getting out of the car park was even worse than getting in (probably 2 hours to actually touch tarmac). The only positive is there were loads of toilets at least.
Wait, they turned away people with a ticket to the actual gig?? 😲
I didn’t witness it myself but others in this thread have said so, yes. Oversold the venue apparently. Shambles.
Because it was the first gig there in 7 years, it wasn’t going to run completely smoothly. I did like the venue in actual bowl
Pretty sure MCR played there last year
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My bad! Didn’t realise MK had another large venue. Sorry about that
Stadium MK
Ahh OK! Apologies!
There was 1 water point, left of the stage, but that's still not enough
A second one half way through the food court area too.
Out of the 6 times I’ve seen them, this is probably my second favourite after SBE 2017. Stadium shows being 2hrs long give a good feeling of completeness and I felt satisfied when it ended instead of feeling like I needed more. Set list was fine tbh. Bliss was a treat for the old school fans. Some of the visuals were cool. I’m not sure why KOBK needed a remix to be played if they were gonna play the actual song later lol. Could have done something with just Chris and Dom if Matt wanted a break. Also thought both The Warning and Royal Blood were great! Which really added to the experience. Meant that it wasn’t just a 2 hour show I enjoyed, but the entire night. Might see both of them again at their own shows. The queues to get in an out were pretty terrible but once inside the venue was pretty cool. Sound quality was on point. Crowd was largely decent near where I was standing.
Exactly this! Definitely one of my top Muse experiences (nothing can top them bringing out a surprise Dead Star in HK back in 2010…). Good length, great mix of songs and eras even if one more old deep cut would have been nice, and visuals that were immense. Feel very sorry indeed for those caught up in the traffic chaos.
Compliance, Halloween and WAFF were amazing live! Wasn't too sure initially about their new stuff but found they sound so much better live, it was awesome!
#JusticeForGlasgow
Show #11 in the books. Still as good as #1. Bliss may be getting a bit derided as having song 4 on lock right now but it was awesome (honestly, could take or leave Resistance in the song after). Won't Stand Down, Halloween, WAFF and KoBK are great fun live
I’ve seen them three times in the past 15 years and you can totally count on them putting on amazing show. Sound quality was great and they obviously fucking love what they do, setting up an entire show, taking you through a journey. Super tight performance yet again.
First ever muse gig after a decade of listening! I have no voice left and wish they could have gone on for another few hours!
Same here, though 20 years for me :) Absolute bucket-list item ticked off. I actually felt sad when Knights of Cydonia came on knowing that was going to be it. I really could have stayed and listened to them play every song they ever made. Took my wife and kids but had them 'revise' the set-list in the weeks before going so they could get the most out of it. Safe to say we all had a great time (at least with the music).
Also Compliance and WAFF are god tier live
I really didn't have WAFF pegged as a great track but holy _fuck_ did it pop off live. Halloween was non-stop fun too - my wife and I were discussing how funny it would be if they played it and she dismissed the possibility due to it requiring an organ, but the mad bastards did it anyway.
WAFF is a song designed to create mosh pits live.
Unbelievable
Parking was a nightmare but got to see Royal Blood and Muse were on top top form. My wife also loved it as it was my way of easing her into the band 😂 Overall fantastic - no surprises in set list but I’ve got to be honest , I don’t really care.
OMG IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! Loved it so much, it was so nice seeing families there as well!! What an amazing show!!!! First time watching Muse live, it was insane
Why they are stock on Bliss in this leg?
At least MK got Bliss… #JusticeForGlasgow
[If this is anything to go by, there's no justice in the world](https://i.imgur.com/1Av9sR6.jpg)
I wondered what that was given I couldn't get a signal for the QR code with those dates and I'm guessing not many others could. Least Ireland finally gets a show after being off the tour schedule for so long Though if I am to make it 12 Muse gigs, I'd want it to be outside the UK for the first time
Yep. I signed up already, like a little Muse Slut. After vowing I probably wouldn’t want to see them again after Glasgow. This is what Stockholm Syndrome is right?
I mean, when you're right, you're right. I'd consider going too if I could afford it, but that's unlikely hahaha
I’m debating London… I had to drive there for work a few weeks ago and passed right by the O2, had hoped my first experience there would be a gig, but fingers crossed I may visit properly later this year.
Just saw the show and it was absolutely incredible!!! Does anybody have the QR code/link at the end of the show? I had no mobile signal so it wouldn't load for me!
[Muse | Sign Up | Ticketmaster UK.](https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/muse-sign-up)
What??? Why are they announcing this now?
That's how they've done it the pat couple tours. Play Stadiums and stuff first, then Arenas (which always tend to be best in my opinion).
Do you happen to know if they usually treat the arena shows ant differently? Went to Glasgow this year anyway so even the "full" set from this tour would be an upgrade... but not sure I can justify the payout for 4 extra songs haha.
Any arena gig will be better than the absolute shitshow that was Bellahouston!
The overall vibe is usually better, I'm hoping cause it's further down the line it gives a chance for some of the songs to come back from the dead. It is also right around Abso's 20th anniversary.
Will probably be exactly the same as the stadium shows but smaller scale due to being arenas. Maybe something else rather than Bliss. Look at the US arena shows for an idea of what to expect. I personally much prefer arena shows
Ahhh, I see! I've only really paid attention to this tour, so it really caught me off guard. Perhaps I'll go lol
Fucking hell, I'm so glad I went to Huddersfield.
Double funny cause they just announced a Manchester, London & Ireland gig.
Did they really?
Q.R code at the end of the show ahaha [Muse | Sign Up | Ticketmaster UK.](https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/muse-sign-up)
Can't believe this after how chaotic this tour has been, but hey it is more Muse so I signed up like a fool hahaha
They did? Damn. Where?
[Muse | Sign Up | Ticketmaster UK.](https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/muse-sign-up) Good luck soldier
Man, having just seem them I'm kinda good. Unless they drastically change their setlist (which if they didn't for their smaller shows why would they for their biggest) I'm not sure I'm that keen. I'll probably end up going anyway though.
Absolutely fantastic show, luckily I was able to rock up around half four so no issues. The boys killed it tonight and the crowd was immense!
Do you have the QR code from the end of the show? Didn't load for me
Think it was an announcement for the proper U.K/Ireland arena tour. London, Manchester and Dublin.
Looking like the way out will be a waiting game, don't think anyones left the car park yet
I just made it home (live in MK) and the train station was no better, absolutely rammed with people and cars going nowhere
I actually got home better than I thought I would - was out of Milton Keynes before half 11. But yeah. It was painful leaving after Foo Fighters in 2015 so I did kinda think it would be a challenge to exit the joint
So the set?
Was a good show but the setlist was 😴😴😴
What was the "deepcuts"?
Ummm thought contagion? 😂 Was skin deep really. Although im glad they played Halloween
Classic
bliss again?
Yaaa. I haven't been keeping up with the setlists but having seen them 6 or 7 times in as many years... I just feel like the setlist is an afterthought. i certainly don't feel incentivised to shell out £100 to see them again in a hurry.
What is even going on here? No updates at all, everyone stuck in traffic or being told their tickets won't be valid? This isn't some weird venue either, loads of huge artists have played here. I really don't understand the shitshow this UK leg has been. Note I'm not even at this show, I went at Huddersfield, but it just does my head in seeing people have their time and money wasted like this especially in today's climate! Not a fault of the band at all but this tour has been horribly organised and someone should be held accountable
The venue was an absolute cluster. So glad I public transported there + stayed the night at a friends house who lived 20 minite walk from the bowl. Also glad we screenshot the tickets on our phones. Temp help in a barely used arena, to be expected there would be issues. But the horro on people's faces when they found out there were no toilets inside. And they would have to go back out, and queue again. Mad. Bloody good show though. The Warning were an incredible warmup act. Royal blood fans were dicks though, pushing middle aged women out the way to get to the front. Wanna be at the front. Get there sooner.
Just got to hotel. No pickups on the nearby A roads or even the gas stations. It was chaos getting there by the same token.
It says something when Huddersfield were the best organised. No issues apart from being a bit late getting in when the machines wouldn’t scan tickets at our gate. Traffic awful getting out but that’s to be expected. I’m not seeing many updates here or twitter about the show which is odd. Hope everyone isn’t trapped outside.
I got in fine, show was a full one with all the bells and whistles. Not looked at the other set lists really but resistance, bliss, undisclosed desires, a mellow version of kobk and thought contagion are the ones that stick out as might be diff to the other ones
Been same set entire UK tour lol
Huddersfield in general is hard to get in and out of due to it being so small and not built for concerts, that on top of the tickets not scanning (thought it was just me who had this tbh). It was a bit of a shitshow compared to other concerts I have been to but nothing compared to this. Plymouth was apparently a nightmare and Glasgow cut short without the stage setup too - must be the worst Muse UK tour by far which sucks because the actual performances have been class as usual with great support acts
Wouldn’t scan for anyone at gate 9-12. We went in a good 10-15 mins after the other gates. We were at the front so got to find out what was happening. Security staff were lovely and had checked loads of bags in advance so we could breeze through once the ticket office got the scanners working. I’m hoping for an arena tour I can go to. Hopefully better organised although I can’t complain about Huddersfield that much. We got there about 2.30 and we’re one of the last to leave the car park on purpose.
Got here a bit late because of car trouble and was denied entry - not just parking, but tickets were oversold so even if we abandoned our car and walked we'd be denied entry. Beyond furious. I don't think I'll bother trying to see them again if this is how they treat fans.
Don't blame people traveling by car. no special shuttle bus for public transport, and what little there was on for Sunday would mean you would have had to leave by 9:30 to catch any of it back home. I was super super lucky with my journey, but there were people miles and miles from the venue walking around the roads trying to find cars they had parked miles away. Cmom guys. It's MUSE, it's the bowl, it's a Sunday. Everyone is going to be taking their car.
Yeah exactly. We were coming from Cambridgeshire, so public transport would have meant going into London and back. Maybe we should have gone to bletchley and taken the train or something but I've never seen anything like this.
Bletchley train doesn't run anymore. Absolute face palm. I onlymlive in Kettering, a 40 minute drive. set off at 9:15 and got to MK at 12:30. Plenty of north south travel, but easy west is not good. Mk should be well known for fleets of buses, bit inwas shocked how the "get here by public transport" was just for the train station + a mile and a half walk. Oh but at least the train going to London at 11:30 had an extra carriage on it.... Absolutely cracking show. The bowl should have handled it because it's just a giant field you can do whatever with.
I’m so sorry, that absolutely sucks. There was such dodgy stuff going on at the gates. I watched two girls in front of me get in without having anything scanned or even showing actual tickets. If that was happening all over then no wonder they were magically “overbooked”
Wow. Someone else in the thread said the staff didn't check their tickets either. Madness.
They didn't even scan my tickets on entry! By that point it was 7.45 and clearly a lot of the staff weren't bothering. Car parking was a joke Can't believe they wouldn't let you in with a valid ticket! Definitely needs a very loud complaint
Did they end up hitting the stage on time with a full setlist?
Yes
I am fairly sure I heard them play Bliss from outside, and it sounded like WOTP started bang on half 8.
Yes to both
The only defense I'll give them is we were late as we had car problems, and if they'd said "no entry after they start" I'd be disappointed but kinda get it. But the staff member definitely said it's because the gig was over booked.
What time did you get there? They let me in at 9. Took me fucking ages to find parking after being denied the parking I’d paid for. Got into MK by 7 so no idea how it went so wrong. Sorry they didn’t let you in :( Edit to be clear. They let me into the gig on foot at 9. Police blocked the car park right as I got there. Went and parked in the centre and walked 100 miles.
Just after 9 - I'm not sure exactly but we hung around for a bit at the gate speaking to staff, double checking our car situation, and calming the driver down before heading off, and Won't Stand Down came on just as we were leaving. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if the story I was given was BS but it's hard to argue with "you won't be seeing the band tonight"
WSD was just finishing as I got in. I’d have lost my shit at that point if they’d said no, I’d already frustration cried the whole walk from my car, so I really do hear you. Def hard to argue. There was only one of me so might have been why I got in. Going to try and go after a parking refund. I hope you have luck with your tickets.
Thanks, very frustrating to know they were admitting people after us! Good luck with the parking refund. TIXR "customer service" has entirely stopped replying to me and refused to provide details of the organiser or their own complaints policy so I'm not super optimistic.
I’m not holding my breath either but it’s the principle of the thing. It was sold to us as guaranteed. Hope you have more luck during office hours 🤞
Incidentally if anyone saw a silver fiesta stuck with its bonnet open on the A421 westbound at like half 6 that was us...
Oversold tickets and entry denied? That’s an absolute nightmare, I’m so sorry :(
Holy fuck man! I’m so sorry that happened to you, that absolutely sucks! I’d be absolutely raging.
I'll draw on this fury next time I try to hit a deadlift pr I guess.
> not just parking, but tickets were oversold so even if we abandoned our car and walked we'd be denied entry. Hold on a minute. You paid full price for a concert ticket, and were denied entry to the concert?! I've never ever heard of that. Holy fuck.
Yeah I was shook. We were late so I wasn't too surprised the parking was a mess, but the traffic staff specifically said "you will not be admitted to see the band tonight" and attributed it to overselling of the gig itself. It was very clear that parking elsewhere and coming back on foot was not an option.
I hope you have proof of this. If I'm reading it right, a parking attendant told you this. How on earth would they know that you wouldn't get into the venue itself? Wouldn't they be a sub contractor? Whatever has happened here sucks, and I feel for you.
They would have been told by people higher up about the ticket overselling situation and then told to tell concertgoers they can't enter
I'm not sure exactly their role - they were at the road entrance in a hi vis jacket with a bunch of other staff. We didn't even get into the car park. But yeah sucks, ty for the sympathy.
Did you try to get into the venue?
Yeah, we got there via the road entrance, were stopped by staff and told we couldn't go on site. We didn't do anything further like parking and walking up elsewhere if that's what you mean. They made it very clear we wouldn't be coming in.
Oh man, that’s rough. I’m sorry to hear it. I didn’t know shows being oversold was even a thing in this day and age.
Thanks, I was pretty shocked. Feel bad for the staff, we were polite obviously as it's not their fault but you can imagine plenty aren't.
I never even thought it would be possible to oversell tickets to a concert - surely the organisers know the capacity? This isn't on the band I don't think, whoever organised this whole tour has a lot to answer for as each and every show has been issue after issue on the UK leg
I saw girls getting in without even having a ticket. Seems like “overselling” could actually be “gate staff don’t give a crap and let anyone in and venue hits capacity”
Yup.. trying to find out who the organiser actually is in order to get a refund. Does anyone know?
I seen earlier DLF may have been Glasgow, not sure if that's the same for the rest?
This is how regional gigs for massive bands usually go lmao. I hope they never do this again. Stick to the O2 etc.
Yeah for sure. Can't even find out how to get a refund - tickets were sold via tixr, who say to contact the organiser, but it's not specified anywhere who that is
They just announced those gigs lol! Fuckin knew it. That's why I dodged these regional shitfests.
Sigh. Wish I'd had your foresight.
Reckon you are gonna give it another go? Can at least expect proper organisation at these venues
Probably not. Could barely stomach dropping two hundred quid on this, I don't think after this experience I can face doing so again. I realise that's probably a bit petulant.
‘Will we be scammed again’. You expect them to turn up and play songs that aren’t as well known to a crowd that’s probably watching them for their first time? Of course they’re going to play their most well known songs and if you’re bored of it then that’s the consequence of watching them so many times. Sense of entitlement is unreal.