Muse's "Knights of Cydonia" live at SXSW

I love the band Muse. Not being a hipster, I have no hipster cred to lose by saying so! I have never been able to see them live, and probably never will because their stadium shows sell out in a few minutes, and frankly, I'm too old to enjoy stadium shows anymore--the last one I saw was at the Target Center with Tina Turner, in the nosebleed seats, and the whole experience of trying to get from the car to our seats was an ordeal I don't want to repeat! Remembering all those "Days on the Green" and outdoor all-day concerts at Berkeley's Greek Theater I attended when I was younger, I'm amazed. Old, I tell you, old!
Some lucky fans got to see them at the 2010 South by Southwest (aka #sxsw for those of us who have been inundated by Twitter reports from happy attendees) festival in Austin in a smaller venue, and the band has posted two of the songs from that performance on their MySpace page. The second song here is "Knights of Cydonia" (at about 8:11 into the video) and it seriously kicks ass.

Muse - Live from South By Southwest 2010

MUSE | MySpace Music Videos

Pink and Muse perform at the MTV VMA award show

Don't get cable, so didn't see the MTV awards show last night, but the fuss blew up on Twitter about Kanye's hissy fit, overshadowing both the Michael Jackson tribute (with Janet Jackson dancing with the most amazing set of choreographer dancers EVER) and Lady Gaga's performance-art costumes and number (with Mark Kanemura!). Kanye needs to get to rehab.


(via Rickey.org) I love Pink!
They did not broadcast this clip, but Muse played their latest single at the VMA show as well.