My Top 9 albums of 2018

How many times can you possibly listen to the same album over and over again? 2018 was an amazing year for new music. My three most favourite bands released new music, I basically had no choice but to put them in the top 3 spots on the list. But even apart from those, there were …

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Muse – By Request (La Cigale, Paris)

If you had told me last summer that only six months after Muse's mindblowing gig at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London I would see them at another intimate venue for another 'by request' gig, I would have had a hard time believing you. The announcement of this gig at La Cigale in Paris came …

Muse and others, Reading Festival 2017

(scroll down if you’re here to read about Muse...) Eight days after Muse’s insane ‚by request‘ gig, I found myself at the airport again. Same time (fucking early), same flight number, same destination: London Stansted! But this time, London was just a stop-off on the way to Reading, which is easy to reach by train …

Muse – By Request, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

The band said they'd play whatever songs the fans would vote. The fans voted rarities, oldies, B-sides, songs that have never been played before. The band kept word.... But let's begin in the beginning. When Muse announced a show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire (which is incredibly small by Muse standards with a capacity of only …