Muse in Cardiff

Muse are an English rock band formed in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1994 by Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard. Their music combines alternative and progressive rock with electronic and orchestral elements. Albums including Origin of Symmetry, Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations produced songs such as “Plug In Baby,” “Time Is Running Out,” “Starlight” and “Knights of Cydonia.” The band’s two 2007 concerts at Wembley Stadium were documented on HAARP. Muse later headlined Glastonbury in 2010, and their 2013 performance at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico became the concert film Live at Rome Olympic Stadium. The Drones World Tour used a circular central stage and autonomous drones above the performance area, taking the production into arenas during 2015 and 2016. The band has returned to New York for concerts at Madison Square Garden and to Milan for stadium dates at San Siro. Amsterdam has also hosted Muse at Ziggo Dome.

CHVRCHES are a Scottish synth-pop band formed in Glasgow in 2011 by Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. The group is known for songs including “The Mother We Share,” “Leave a Trace” and “Clearest Blue,” as well as the albums The Bones of What You Believe, Every Open Eye and Screen Violence. In 2013, CHVRCHES opened for Depeche Mode on European dates of the Delta Machine Tour. They followed with the Every Open Eye Tour, then supported Coldplay on selected 2016 dates of the A Head Full of Dreams Tour. Further headline runs included the Love Is Dead Tour and the Screen Violence Tour.