Part sci-fi Tron future-scape, part dystopian Mad Max rock-pocalypse, when Muse’s theatrical spectacular rolled into town for the first of two dates at the O2 Arena last night, onlookers could have been forgiven for thinking they’d accidentally stumbled into War of the Worlds, were it not for the supermassive setlist of hits.
Entering in faceless silver robot masks like a WarhammerDaft Punk, backed by a flaming sign searing recent album Will of the People’s initials into the air, there were bursts of fire, streamer cannons, fake snow and oodles of lasers – and that was just the first 30 minutes.
