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Muse kicked off their UK stadium dates with a hit-packed set and dazzling new stage show at Coventry's Ricoh Arena last night (Wednesday 22 May) - see footage below.

Renowned for their over-the-top stage shows, their new live up features giant flamethrower chimneys and a vast wall of LED screens showing the usual sci-fi imagery including robots, aliens and even a dancing Barack Obama. 

With a mammoth 26 song performance, Muse's set was heavy on material from latest album The 2nd Law, but also dipped into their back catalogue to treat fans to rarities and lesser-played tracks.

Among them 'Sunburn' from their 1999 Showbiz, the 2002 stand-alone single 'Dead Star' and a cover of Lightning Bolt's 'Dracula Mountain'.

Muse unveiled a stunning new stage show at Coventry's Ricoh Arena - photo by RobEddington

They also aired 'Unintended' for the first time since 2010, 'Blackout' for the first time since 2007 and 'Guiding Light' for the first time since 2011.

Watch Muse open the show with pyro-technics and 'Supremacy' below:

Muse played:

1. Supremacy
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. Panic Station
4. Bliss
5. Resistance
6. Animals
7. Knights of Cydonia
8. Dracula Mountain (Lightning Bolt cover)
9. Sunburn
10. Dead Star
11. Feeling Good
12. Follow Me
13. Liquid State
14. Madness
15. Time Is Running Out
16. Stockholm Syndrome (with Rage Against the Machine's Freedom outro)
17. Unintended
18. Blackout
19. Guiding Light
20. Undisclosed Desires

Encore 1:

21. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
22. Plug In Baby
23. Survival

Encore 2:

24. The 2nd Law: Isolated System
25. Uprising
26. Starlight

Muse continue their UK tour with dates at the Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, and at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Saturday 1st June.

For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets. 

Below: Muse live (in Finland, in 2012)