On April 12 Muse played London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of a week of gigs in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Abandoning their usual mega-watt light show in favour of a stripped-back stage-set, the trio blasted through live favourites such as Plug In Baby and Knights Of Cydonia. Naturally, our photographer Mick Hutson was on hand to capture all the action.
Afterwards, Matt Bellamy revealed to Q that the gig had been a particularly poignant one for him: “We’re supporting a worthy cause that’s close to our hearts – we knew a guy at school who died young, and that’s always stayed with us. Plus, we got to play the Albert Hall and I had a go on that organ!”
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For the encore Muse played Megalomania, the bombastic closing song from 2001's Origin Of Symmetry, with Bellamy playing the Albert Hall's enormous pipe organ, the second biggest in Britain.
