The tour commemorates their ninth studio album Will Of The People. The first single from the album, ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ was released in July with frontman Matt Bellamy describing it as “Muse at their heaviest.” He told NME: “Lyrically the song takes influence from my favourite Paul McCartney song ‘Live And Let Die’, a dark take on how life’s adversity can sometimes bring out the worst human instincts to survival at any costs.”

Bellamy discussed the creation of the latest album with The Big Issue, he revealed that their record label wanted them to release a ‘best of’ compilation record. “We were reaching that point where there was talk about maybe doing a greatest hits album,” he said, “we weren’t really in favour of doing that,” “So it’s almost like we’ve made a record that is a greatest hits album – of new songs. That means this album might have a metal track on it – and it’s like, the best metal track we’ve ever done. Or there’s a sort of soft ballad, love song and it’s probably the best ballad love song we’ve ever done, and so on.”

Both the single and album have been released to strong reviews with Kerrang! describing the band as “masters of what they are doing” and agreeing with Matt Bellamy’s description of ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ saying the single alongside “the defiant Won’t Stand Down are some of the heaviest things the band have ever done.” Planet Radio described the album as “hyper-eclectic” and “ambitious.” The album is due for release on 26th August via Warner Records and can be pre-ordered here. 

Any fans who have pre-ordered the album through Muse’s online store will receive a unique code that allows early access to purchase tickets on 25th August at 9am. General sale is Friday 26th August at 9am and tickets can be booked through Gigs and Tours as well as Ticketmaster. When speaking to The Guardian, Matt Bellamy said: “Our live show is so much fun, I can’t even tell you,” “Massive lights, huge crowds, everybody singing along. It’s a little bit moreish. It’s akin to being in a football team and scoring the winning goal every day.”

Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums) formed the band Muse in Teignmouth, Devon back in 1994. They’ve since gone on to win two Grammys, the Ivor Novello Award, and they have sold more than thirty million albums worldwide. They have also scooped up two Brit Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards and eight NME Awards.

Muse’s UK tour dates 2023:

27/05/23 – Home Park – Plymouth

20/06 – John Smith’s Stadium – Huddersfield

23/06 – Bellahouston Park – Glasgow

25/06 – The National Bowl – Milton Keynes