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Rating: The Muse Return to Italy, fresh from a world tour and millions of copies sold of their latest album "Black holes and revelations"; two grand outdoor concerts, framed by scenic backdrops: Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence and the Verona Arena for the July date.
A resounding and epic introduction for the Muse, thanks to Knights of Cydonia, where even the digital animations projected on stage rally to "fight for our rights" and "struggle for survival." Scenes from an interstellar wild west alternate with ambiguous dialogues and distorted love declarations, as in Supermassive black hole, last winter's hit; on the splendid Starlight guitars and sound effects swirl, not always and not entirely "live." It was evident to many of the spectators, in fact, that a large part of the songs were complemented by perfectly synchronized recorded tracks with vocal and instrumental sound. A widely used technique that allows even the less experienced not to disgrace themselves in terms of performance and sound power; it's unclear why in this case a band like Muse has overused it, despite having considerable live experience.
Bellamy's voice, always impeccable, offered us heart-wrenching ballads like the poignant Plugin baby and the sweet Feeling good, where red rose petals flew around the piano to remind the most devoted of the music video of this beautiful cover. Hysteria: a true anthem to the power of Muse-style guitars, an anthem to distorted, screaming, screeching, baroque sound; Time is running out, one of the iconic tracks of their worldwide success, becomes a collective celebration, as does Invincible, their latest single release. Someone noticed that it was almost the end of the concert because the white balloons appeared and bounced for a while on the audience. Unfortunately, in this short concert (not even an hour and 20 minutes), some historic tracks were missing, which would have delighted many fans: Bliss, Unintended, Muscle museum.
Noteworthy are some "screensavers" (the animations projected on the stage screens) very well elaborated: the bee buzzing from flower to flower on Feeling good, with relaxing and bucolic atmospheres of blue skies and trees swayed by the wind; the robots marching to the rhythm of Supermassive black hole, then more reworkings of the '80s video game Space Invaders, the karaoke-style lyrics of Knights of Cydonia and Map Of The Problematique, the luminous vortices of Newborn.
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