From the NME.
Muse have announced details of their anticipated new live film, with Simulation Theory hitting the IMAX screen and being released as a special box set later this year. See the trailer and details below.
Based on the story and themes of their 2018 album ‘Simulation Theory‘, the movie has been teased as the Devonshire trio’s own version of Pink Floyd’s legendary The Wall. Their acclaimed live show for the record 28 countries and played in front of more than 1million people, with their show at London’s O2 Arena in September 2019 filmed for the new project by director by Lance Drake, (who also directed all the promo videos for ‘Simulation Theory album’) and produced by Muse, Pulse Films, Lance Drake, Jesse-Lee Stout and Matt Bellamy.
As well as capturing the band’s performance, the film also “follows a team of scientists as they investigate the source of a paranormal anomaly appearing around the world” and is described as “blurring the lines between narrative and concert film, virtual and reality”.
“The goal for Simulation Theory was to capture the scale of the electrifying live show and to expand upon its connection to the DNA of the world we built for the past three years in music videos for Muse,” said Drake. “In a strange turn, the film’s alternate reality eerily started to mirror our own.”
Speaking to NME earlier this year, frontman Matt Bellamy said: “It’s a cool film set in the ‘80s sci-fi world of the last album. We made it before [COVID-19] happened, but it does contain themes about a virus taking over people’s reality.”
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MUSE – Simulation Theory: The IMAX Experience will premiere at select IMAX cinemas on August 17 and arrive digitally on August 21, when the Simulation Theory movie will be available for rent or download on Itunes, Amazon and Google Play. Visit here for tickets and more information.
Fans can also pre-order deluxe box sets of the film, featuring a custom-made comic and limited edition poster made in collaboration with Marvel Comics. Variations of the box set also includes a pink/blue marbled LP with selections from the band’s September 2019 performance at London’s O2 Arena housed in a gatefold jacket, a VHS-like box containing a HD 5.1 DTS Master Audio Blu-Ray of the film, a fluorescent pink cassette of the score written by Bellamy, souvenir jacket, sunglasses, facemask and much more.
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As well as releasing solo music for the first time and preparing to launch the debut album from his ’60s covers band supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club, Bellamy has also spoken about plans for Muse’s next album – revealing that the record will feature Jeff Buckley’s guitar and will see the band head home to their native Teignmouth.
“I like the idea of totally resetting and going back to where we come from,” Bellamy told NME. “As in, physically moving back to our hometown [Teignmouth, Devon] and getting back to how we used to be at square one. We’re likely to get in the studio next year to make a new album of some kind and then tour after that, depending on the travel restrictions.
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- Muse - Simulation Theory - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $38.69, €35.69 (Back In Stock) (arrived 07-Jun-2024 08:32)on July 27, 2024 at 12:47 am
MUSE Simulation Theory (2021 UK/EU 11-track LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, their eighth album including the singles Dig Down, Thought Contagion, Something Human & Pressure. Comes housed in a deluxe picture sleeve designed by Stranger Thingsartist Kyle Lambert, with the updated 'Warner Records' logo on the back & complete with the lyric inner. This copy remains sealed from new and is in mint, unplayed condition)
- Muse - Muscle Museum 2 - UK - CD single - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jun-2024 16:14)on July 27, 2024 at 12:47 am
MUSE Muscle Museum (1999 UK Part Two 3-track MiniMax CD single, also includes exclusive tracks Pink Ego Box and Con-Science, housed in a thin jewel case with picture sleeve insert MUSH66CDSX)
- Muse - Origin Of Symmetry - limited edition - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £195.00, $251.55, €232.05 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jun-2024 15:18)on July 27, 2024 at 12:47 am
MUSE Origin Of Symmetry (Rare 2001 UK limited edition 11-track 2-LP set, the group's platinum selling second studio album including the singles Plug In Baby, New Born, Bliss, Hyper Music and Feeling Good, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with picture/lyric inners. The cover displays some light general wear and has a small blemish on the front, the labels have a few light spindle marks whilst the vinyl has minimal signs of play. A really nice example of this hard to find pressingMUSH93LP
- Muse - Absolution - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £150.00, $193.50, €178.50 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jun-2024 15:28)on July 27, 2024 at 12:47 am
MUSE Absolution (Original 2003 UK limited edition 14-track 2-LP vinyl set, the group's third album including the singles Time Is Running Out, Hysteria & Sing For Absolution, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve featuring a different 'little girl' sleeve variant artwork to the CD version and has no barcode, with glossy inners. The cover displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played, a really nice example and the first we have seen in almost ten years!)
- Muse - Random 1-8 - Japanese - CD album - £40.00, $51.60, €47.60 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jun-2024 16:00)on July 27, 2024 at 12:47 am
MUSE Random 1-8 (2000 Japanese 11-track CD, released in Japan only by Avex Trax to promote the band's tour, consisting of six tracks recorded during the Showbiz era, two live tracks & three remixes of Sunburn, picture sleeve with English/Japanese lyric booklet & obi-strip. A superb item and now hard to find AVCM-65060)
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