Muse in America!

Like many other people on this planet, I have a bucket list. It's a collection of things that I want to do before I die.

A part of that list is some bands that I really want to see perform live in my lifetime. Smashing Pumpkins is one of those bands. I just bought tickets to their concert, which I will attend later this month. Green Day is another band that I feel the need to see perform, so I bought tickets to their concert, which I am extremely excited to go to. Being in the crowd of a Muse concert is also on my bucket list, but, as I wrote in my "2nd Law" post, they don't seem to come to America to play very often.

If I close my eyes, I can picture myself standing in the crowd at a Muse concert. I have a couple of my closest friends at my side, but I'm mostly surrounded by total strangers. The people playing on stage aren't strangers, though, despite the fact that we've never met. I've heard Matt Bellamy sing his most private thoughts to me more times than I will ever be able to count, even though he doesn't know me. Muse's music has made my life one much more worth living, although I've never met them. The arena was dark, but now is illuminated by a beautiful light show.

This reverie used to seem so far-fetched, but now it's so delightfully realistic.

Earlier today, I logged onto their official website and found out that they will be playing in my state next year and the presale for that concert starts tomorrow!

I'm so excited to write that Muse is coming to the U.S. and Canada for a North American tour. They'll be playing concerts all across the two countries from January 21 to April 26 in 2013.

Muse, in my opinion, is one of the best bands of all time so I am really happy about this North American tour. If you don't know the band very well, you can listen to one of my favorite Muse songs below.

Here is "Hysteria" played live at Wembley Stadium: