Here’s what Muse played as they debuted ‘The Wow! Signal’ songs and kicked off 2026 North American tour

Here’s what Muse played as they debuted ‘The Wow! Signal’ songs and kicked off 2026 North American tour

Musedebuted songs from ‘The Wow! Signal’on the opening night oftheir North American tour– see footage and the full setlist below.

The band launched their run of dates across the Atlanticat Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsinlast night(July 2), in support of their 10th studio album, whichwas releasedlast week(June 26).

The opening night saw Muse give live debuts to ‘Hexagons’ and ‘Nightshift Superstar’,while also including‘The Wow! Signal’tracks ‘Cryogen’,‘BeWithYou’ and ‘Unravelling’,the latter of which had to bestopped and restarted after the first verse due to a power outage.

The touris set to continueacross North America throughout July and August, withThe Temper Trapsupporting acrossthe run andBloc PartyandPortugal. The Manjoining on selected dates. The shows are set to wrap at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on August 31.Find any remaining ticketshere.

Check out footage and images from the show here:

Here’s what Muse played as they debuted ‘The Wow! Signal’ songs and kicked off 2026 North American tour
Matt Bellamy of Muse performs at Summerfest 2026 at Henry Maier Festival Park on July 02, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

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Matt Bellamy of Muse performs at Summerfest 2026 at Henry Maier Festival Park on July 02, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
Muse live at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

Muse will then bring ‘The Wow! Signal’ to the UK and Europe this autumn, including two nights at Manchester’s Co-op Live on November 12 and 13, and two London shows at The O2 on November 15 and 16.Find tickets for those showshere.

See Muse’s full Summerfest setlist below:

‘Hexagons’
‘Interlude’
‘Hysteria’
‘Cryogen’
‘Supermassive Black Hole’
‘Resistance’
‘Unravelling’
‘Intro’
‘Stockholm Syndrome’
‘Kill Or Be Killed’
‘Be With You’
‘Drill Sergeant’
‘Psycho’
‘Madness’
‘Plug In Baby’
‘Time Is Running Out’
‘JFK’
‘Uprising’
‘Knights Of Cydonia’

Encore:
‘The 2nd Law: Isolated System’
‘Nightshift Superstar’
‘Algorithm’
‘Undisclosed Desires’
‘Prelude’
‘Starlight’

Encore two:
‘Take A Bow’

Speaking toNMErecently,Matt Bellamyexplained that the North American dates would be slightly more restrained than the arena shows due to venue restrictions.

“It’ll be a similar production to what we used last summer, but with a few step-ups and a fewcustomisationsfor this show,” he said.

However, he added that the UK and European arena shows would feature a more ambitiousstageproduction.

“Erm, we’re trying to build a spaceship – as you do!” Bellamy said. “The quote came in andit’smore expensive than some of these London houses, andthat’ssaying something around here.

“We’re trying to work with that, build a spaceship, do some new stuff with lasers that’s never been done before, and yeah, it will be a classic. It’s going to be more in the space, sci-fi realm, which I think is cool for us.

“We’retrying to make it fly. Idon’tthink it will.That’sthe thing that costs more than a house, but it will be something cool, I promise.”

The tour takes its name from Muse’s new album, which itself references the real-life Wow! signal, a mysterious 1977 radio burst that some havespeculatedcould have come from beyond Earth.

Bellamy previously toldNMEthat the album found him leaning into “the unknown” after a difficult personal period, saying: “I can’t live without music – that feeling came back to me on this album.”

NMEgave the album four stars, noting: “In rekindling their own purpose, the Teignmouth trio have delivered undoubtedly their most consistent and satisfying album since ‘Black Holes & Revelations’ – doubling up as either a knowing gift to the fans or at least a response to any concerns that Muse had long disappeared too far up their own supermassive blackholes. Look up to the sky with a sigh of relief or a simple ‘wow’.”

Back in April,the band played an intimate show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, where they debuted ‘Cryogen’ and ‘BeWithYou’ live and mixed new material with fanfavourites.

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