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The first and only book on Muse is now fully updated with exclusive interviews with the band themselves. By the release of their astonishing million-selling fourth album, "Black Holes & Revelations", Muse had become the biggest rock band in the UK, selling out Wembley Stadium for two nights - the first band ever to play at the new venue. "Muse: Inside The Muscle Museum" charts the band's ascension and includes exclusive interviews with the band and numerous associates over their entire career, and also includes the author's eyewitness accounts at various stages along the way.
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- Muses recently-released third album, Absolution, went straight to Number 1 in the charts.
- Reviews for that album were ecstatic for example, The Big Issue drooled, "Muse are truly as epic as they always believed. Absolution is the album to establish Muse as one of the greatest bands of our generation."
- Their recent UK tour saw them graduate to the arena circuit, taking in such huge venues as Wembley Arena, Manchester Evening News Arena, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff and the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
- Further album dates will follow in 2004, plus highly anticipated festival appearances throughout the UK and Europe (including headlining T In The Park) and Australias Big Day Out festival. Their world tour continues into 2005.
- Muse are perfectly poised to become the next Radiohead - not only massive in their native UK but also a band with a dedicated fanbase spread across most countries in the world. They have as many foreign language websites dedicated to them as any other current rock band (Hebrew, Russian, Japanese, Icelandic etc), their fans notoriously dedicated.
- They are a part of a tradition of British rock eccentric exports that include Pink
Floyd, Queen, Led Zeppelin etc
- Muse are widely expected to feature heavily in the award listings for 2003/4, including the Brits.
- In February 2004 Muse celebrate their ten year anniversary as a band.
- Muse: Inside The Muscle Museum includes exclusive new interviews with all three band members, manager and early supporters, plus the authors eye witness accounts.
- Ben Myers is arguably the foremost expert on the band, having written about them from their beginnings, followed them on tour and championed them from the outset.
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