5 Reasons Why Muse Are The Modern Queen

by Sam Orchard

1. Live Performances

What makes the bands so brilliant, so unique, yet so alike to one another is their phenomenal live performances. Having never watched a Queen concert live apart from on video, it is obvious that I was missing out on an incredible experience. May's guitar skills, Taylor's drumming ability, Mercury's singing and Deacons swelling bass lines combined to create a memorable, inspiring set wherever they played, be it in America or Europe, Asia or South America. Queen, in fact, performed in front of 325,000 people in Rock In Rio in 1985, and in front of 75,000 at Wembley in 1986. Safe to say, neither performance has been quickly forgotten.

And the same can be said for Muse. They have recently been voted as the best live band of all time by NME, and with good reason. Maybe they have taken everything Queen did and amplified it another level. The stage design, above all, is more akin to a film than a concert, and as they have got more popular, so the crowds and ambitions have got higher - perhaps reaching a crescendo in 2013 with their epic 2nd Law tour, complete with pyrotechnic explosions and robots on stage. Muse can rightly claim to be an exciting, amazing live band, which more than anything solidifies the connection between themselves and the rock legends that are Queen.

Do you agree with these observations about both bands? Maybe there is another factor which links the two together? Post a comment below!

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Me? I'm 17 years old, from Dawlish, Devon and studying (tirelessly) at Exeter College. I love pretty much anything, am a fan of numerous TV programmes and films, countless books and topics, from Sherlock to the Cold War, Doctor Who to Muse and my ambition is to become a journalist in any field which I have an interest in, and I hope to show my opinions (although varied) to the full.