So in conclusion, Chris' amp and Matt's mic seemed to have cut off and died about 30 seconds into Knights of Cydonia. They stopped and restarted about a minute in, tried to check some controls and start again.
Two stops and starts, no voice, no bass.
Eventually Matt says "we're very sorry, we've run out of time". They won't be able to fix the tech issues in time, it is now 1 AM, their scheduled end time.
Muse go off stage, fans continue to chant and cheer and sing Knights of Cydonia themselves.
Dom comes out and apologises for the tech problems, thanks the crowd for their patience, says give us a few minutes as we try and navigate a tech meltdown off stage.
They're trying a few controls with their sound tech off stage, you hear guitar channels being tried, Matt and Chris can be seen on the cameras off stage, in intense discussion with tech.
Matt comes out and says something on the mic, we can't hear him. They go back in, more discussion.
Dom comes out and says they've had a "tech meltdown" nightmare off stage, but they're going to try and play something for them anyway before they "get kicked off stage".
Matt's guitar seems okay, he comes out to the mic, starts playing his guitar.
Chris and Dom follow him.
It looks like they won't be able to play Knights of Cydonia tonight.
They start playing Showbiz instead.
Rock Werchter crowd get Showbiz, complete with the outros, Matt hopping around, Matt destroying his amp in frustration, blue Manson's chucked across, the energies are like the old days.
At the end of the song, Dom comes to the mic, apologises, thanks the crowd, says they'll definitely be back to play Knights for Belgium some other time.
Solitary brother, is there still a part of you that wants to live?
Solitary sister, is there still a part of you that wants to give?
Editors · “Killer” (Adamski cover) live at Rock Werchter 2023
Loved the little color patch thingy on the right side of his shirt near the lapel
02/07/2023 Rock Werchter
4 out of 5 ⭐️ ;) for AM at Rock Werchter: “Arctic Monkeys took us to the promised land of rock-‘n-roll”
“Alex Turner doesn’t follow the rhythm, the rhythm follows Alex Turner”
Love the article cause during 4 out of 5 that night Alex sang:”it was well reviewed...4 stars out of 5..and thats unheard of.. in Rock Werchter or Rock anywhere! nobody did that! Nobody !!” And then they got a four stars out of five rating 🤣
Full version of I wanna be yours X star treatment at Rock Werchter 2023
tamino will perform at rock werchter (belgium’s biggest music festival) on june 30th (fri).
“rock werchter is a unique experience. the line-up of artists is always world-class, the conditions exceptional, and that unique festival feeling omnipresent. rock werchter is a multi-awardwinning international hit and a regular fixture in every music lover’s diary.
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watch tamino’s previous rock werchter performances: 2017; 2017 studio brussels interview; 2019