A-muse-ment

Well, am now back from Wembley where we had a great time watching Muse last night. They're the first band to headline there (after George Michael last weekend) and they managed to put on a really good show. They do the sort of stuff that really needs a big stadium to show it off, and they had lights and fireworks and everything which added to the effect. So, well worth it. We got there around 3pm and sat through the three support acts who sadly were a bit disappointing, probably didn't help that they didn't have much of a set to play on. The first band were a duo from New York who hadn't got the sound balance right and so we couldn't work out what they were singing about - their first track was ok but the rest were a bit samey, so that's one album we won't be buying. Then came Biffy Clyro and I only knew their current song which is pretty good and worked well in the stadium, but the rest of the set wasn't that great - probably would have been better had I known more about them.


The support act that gave the most entertainment was My Chemical Romance, mainly through their army of emo-teenagers who screamed their way through the set. There's something very funny about 14-year-old boys and girls in military jackets and too much eyeliner being escorted around by their mums, and the poor misunderstood dears all stood up and were gesticulating wildly along to the whole playlist. Well, we thought it was kinda funny, anyway. MCR ruined it somewhat by playing their best song (Welcome to the Black Parade) halfway through the set rather than ending with it, so those of us who only recognised a few of their charty tunes didn't really get into it.



And then onto Muse, well, think I've said all that I'm going to, but they were very good and it was well worth seeing. Here is me outside of the new stadium, we were saying that while it is a nice enough building and the arch thing is pretty good, it lacks the impact of the old twin towers and we think they should have incorporated this into the new design somehow. The interior looks pretty dated in fact, but that is really as the colour scheme is red and black and grey so it looks kind of like my brother's bedroom circa 1985. The main cock-up of the night was London Transport's signal failure at Wembley Park station meaning that the Metropolitan line was closed southbound back into London, meaning that the 75,000 or so people that were there had to pile onto the Jubilee line - most excellent planning, not. There were policemen on horses trying to control the surge, and we bailed out and got a bus to Golders Green then the Northern Line to Camden before getting another 2 buses to finally get back to the flat, taking about 90 minutes in total which was pretty good timing. But so much for New Wembley having excellent transport links, they can't say that when they are at the mercy of the tube!

Incidentally, I now have a nice round 2950 hits. I like making a note of this every now and then, just so I can see how many people have far too much time on their hands to read this drivel!