What it was like
A low frequency in an outdoor amphitheater does something no indoor room can replicate — it leaves. It rolls up the hillside and comes back a half-beat late, and for that half-beat the whole canyon is playing the song alongside the band.
Muse turned conspiracy theories and dystopian dread into songs that entire amphitheaters scream in unison, which should not work and has worked for two decades running. Supermassive Black Hole. Uprising. Knights of Cydonia. Starlight. Their production is built for spaces that swallow lesser bands whole, and this is the final date of the North American leg, which usually means nothing gets left in the tank.
Portugal. The Man and The Temper Trap open. Gates in the early evening, general admission and VIP both on offer.
If you have ever wanted to feel a bass drop in your skeleton while the hills go dark around you, this is the night for it. Bring whoever screams loudest.