Muse fans launch petition for 'by request' club tour & Matt Bellamy is keen

The idea was sparked in the wake of Muse’s performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland last Saturday night where the trio played a string of older songs that haven’t been performed in a while.

In direct response, fans took to Twitter to ask vocalist/guitarist Matt Bellamy to play more rarities on tour.

Answering their pleas, Matt suggested that a “club setting” similar to 2015’s ultra-intimate Psycho UK Tour would work best and it could be a “by request type thing.”

Since then, the ever ardent fans have launched a petition calling on Muse to undertake a by request club tour. At the time of writing it has 2,385 signatures.

Karen Grey, who launched the petition, wrote: “(Matt's idea of a by request tour) has received a lot of positive feedback from the fan community and is something everyone would love to be a part of.

“Suggestions have been made to allow those only in attendance have the ability to select from a list of songs they would like to be played, or have access to a poll created by the band before the gig.

“Something like this wouldn't be a easy task for the band to administer but it is certainly achievable (and being a web developer I am happy to put my hand up to help with this!)

“In 2015 Muse did a similar tour in the UK where they performed rarities and this had a great response from the fans. The locations were intimate and gave a great boost for club venues across the UK.”

You can sign the petition here (if it floats your boat) and check out Matt’s responses to the fans below:

> How can I make it up..?? Didn't we do rarities stuff on UK club tour last year? https://t.co/YLjHkFfifn > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016

> Hmmm I feel like 99% audience don't know the deep deep cuts https://t.co/LsYnFevd7T > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016

> Sorry, didn't realise so much love for The Groove. We'll do a rarities tour maybe ? Or like by request type thing https://t.co/sKanGqB43y > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016

> When we play certain rarities in really big shows, seems to fall flat (US or otherwise). I think club setting best? https://t.co/JgtFz8APIQ > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016

> Might be a good idea, but I bet democracy won't pick 'yes please' lol https://t.co/AyXLc1Xg6b > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016

> I like this idea, just need to work out how best to do it. https://t.co/TXHwLk2ZTq > > — Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) July 2, 2016