Muse Announces World Tour, Unveils North America And Europe Legs

Matt Bellamy Of Muse
Carrie Davenport – Matt Bellamy Of Muse
Vital Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 23, 2017.
Muse is back in a big way, with a full world tour planned for 2019 to promote its forthcoming album, Simulation Theory.
The tour kicks off Feb. 22 at Houston’s Toyota Center and the first North American leg runs a bit under two months, wrapping in Boston at TD Garden April 10. There are only 17 markets planned in this leg but more are being promised.

Fans who have pre-ordered the album (due out Nov. 9) get access to a presale Nov. 13. Citi cardholders also get a presale beginning later on the same day. The general onsale begins Nov. 16 at 12 p.m.

The first European leg begins May 26 in Prague and runs two months, wrapping July 26 in Madrid. 

One key element of the tour is an Enhanced Experience VIP package including a “mixed reality preshow party,” with several games inspired by the album, a premium ticket, an interactive photo experience and a special poster.

Muse sells plenty of tickets, as the group’s last major tour in 2017 was No. 140 on Pollstar’s 2017 Top 200 North American Tours. Some highlights from the run were grosses of $1.4 million at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney; $874,138 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif.; $1 million at Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y.; and $813,195 at Budweiser Stage in Toronto.

Muse’s agent, Ken Fermaglich, recently talked to Pollstar about Muse’s ability to play to the full spectrum of rock audiences as well as metal-leaning and indie-leaning festivals.

“A band like Muse is an interesting case study because when you look at [their routing] you see they can play festivals like they did last year – Lollapalooza, Osheaga – that are more alternative-leaning, and then this year they are playing Bonnaroo and BottleRock,” Fermaglich said. “But they also did Carolina Rebellion in Charlotte, N.C., which is more of a rock/metal festival.”

Muse also has a few one-off shows planned, including Alt 92.3 – Not So Silent Night in Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The “Simulation Theory World Tour” routing is pasted below:

February 22   Houston, TX, Toyota Center
February 24   Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
February 26   Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
February 28   Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
March 2          Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
March 5          San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
March 7          Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
March 9          Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
March 24        Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
March 26        Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
March 28        Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
March 30        Montreal, QC Bell Centre
March 31        Quebec City, QC Videotron Centre
April 2             Washington D.C. Capital One Arena
April 4             Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
April 7             Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
April 10           Boston, MA TD Garden 
May 26           Prague, CZE Letiste Letnany
May 28           Budapest, HUN Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena
May 29           Graz, AUT Stadthalle Graz 
June 1            London, UK London Stadium
June 8            Manchester, UK Etihad Stadium
June 12          Riga, LAT Arena Riga
June 15          Moscow, RUS Luzhniki Stadium
June 18          Helsinki, FIN Suvilahti Open Air
June 22          Krakow, POL Tauron Arena
June 27          Nijmegen, NLD Goffertpark
June 29          Cologne, GERMANY RheinEnergieStadion      
June 30          Werchter, BEL Werchter Festival 
July 3              Zurich, SWI Hallenstadion
July 6              Paris, FRA Stade de France
July 9              Marseille, FRA Stade Orange Velodrom
July 12            Milan, ITA San Siro Stadium
July 16            Bordeaux, FRA Matmut Atlantique
July 20            Rome, ITA Stadio Olimpico
July 24            Lisbon, PRT Passeio Maritimo de Alges
July 26            Madrid, SPA Wanda Metropolitano
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