Project Eurasia – Muse

For those of you who havent visited www.muse.mu then you will be blissfully unaware of competition that has been running this past week for fans.

Encrypted messages and clues have been left on a website for fans to decode, using their Twitter and Flicker sites as resource depositories, fans have to unscramble the clues left behind in order to pass onto the next phase and with each phase completed, snippets of new songs are released.

Project Eurasia is run concurrently with www.muse.mu and is free to register to anyone, the competition currently runs for fans in all of Europe whereby decoded messages reveal a location in the specific target country then someone has to be at the location at a certain time to pick up a coded USB memory stick with the next set of clues.

To register your details to either join in the fun or to listen to the new tracks, then you will need to head over to this website:-

http://ununitedeurasia.muse.mu/

Muse Play VMA’s – First Listen Of New Track ‘Uprising’

Muse and Taylor Swift have become the first artists confirmed to perform at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

The British band will make their first US television appearance at the annual event, debuting new single ‘Uprising’ from their highly-anticipated album The Resistance.

In a statement, frontman Matt Bellamy said: “We are honoured to be invited to play at the VMAs, which will be our first ever US performance of our debut single from our new album… and of course another great excuse to hang out in New York City for a few days!”

Country star Swift, who served as a red carpet interviewer last year, has promised that fans can expect “theatrics” during her performance of an updated version of new single ‘You Belong With Me’.

“I think this year’s show will be unlike anything they’ve ever done! MTV has been so good to me. And I could not be more excited about this year’s VMAs,” she said.

Last year’s host Russell Brand will return to front the ceremony, which will air live from various locations in New York on September 13.

Muse Slap Bass

Muse have revealed that one of the tracks on their upcoming album The Resistance features some slap bass.

Bassist Chris Wolstenholme told the NME that ‘Unnatural Selection’ from the follow-up to 2006’s Black Holes And Revelations boasts the effect.

Wolstenhome said: “I know it’s probably not ever been cool to play slap bass but on that song it just seemed to work, so we kept it in.”

Regarding three-part album closer ‘Exogenesis’, frontman Matt Bellamy said: “I kind of had to get the other two to trust me a bit with that one. But I think it’s turned out amazing.”

The Resistance is released on September 14.

Muse Unveil Tracklisting For ‘The Resistance’

Muse have unveiled the full tracklisting for their forthcoming album ‘The Resistance’, which is released in September.

The long-awaited 11-track effort will conclude with a three-part symphony, entitled ‘Exogenesis’.

It also includes the tracks ‘Guiding Light’, ‘Resistance’ and ‘Unnatural Selection’.

The complete tracklisting for ‘The Resistance’ is:

‘Uprising’
‘Resistance’
‘Undisclosed Desires’
‘United States Of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)’
‘Guiding Light’
‘Unnatural Selection’
‘MK Ultra’
‘I Belong To You (+Mon Coeur S’Ouvre A Ta Voix)’
‘Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture)’
‘Exogenesis: Symphony Part II (Cross Pollination)’
‘Exogenesis Part III (Redemption)’