Product Description

This first full live album (discounting 2002's part-studio 'Hullabaloo') from the epic Devonshire prog rockers is the follow-up to 2006's hugely successful studio set 'Black HolesAnd Revelations'. Recorded at their massive Wembley Stadiumshows in June 2007, this CD/DVD package captures the band, who have always been renowned for their live work, in blistering form. The title, too, becomes Muse's reputation - HAARPis the US military's High-frequency Active Auroral ResearchProgram, which has long been a bete noire of conspiracy theorists everywhere.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Intro
2. Knights Of Cydonia
3. Hysteria
4. Supermassive Black Hole
5. Map Of The Problematique
6. Butterflies And Hurricanes
7. Invincible
8. Starlight
9. Time Is Running Out
10. New Born
11. Unintended
12. Microcuts
13. Stockholm Syndrome
14. Take A Bow

Disc 2:

1. Intro
2. Knights Of Cydonia
3. Hysteria
4. Supermassive Black Hole
5. Map Of The Problematique
6. Butterflies And Hurricanes
7. Hoodoo
8. Apocalypse Please
9. Feeling Good
10. Invincible
11. Starlight
12. Improv
13. Time Is Running Out
14. New Born
15. Blackout
16. Plug In Baby
17. Stockholm Syndrome
18. Take A Bow
19. Backstage Footage
20. Take A Bow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7861 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Live

Amazon.co.uk Review
It takes a certain sort of band to fill Wembley stadium, one unafraid to embrace scale, flirt with pomposity, and perform the odd grand gesture. Watching Muse's live CD/DVD H.A.A.R.P--recorded over two nights in June 2007--you're left wondering if Wembley is quite big enough to hold them. From the grand opening, when Muse ascend from an underground chamber and walk down a central ramp flanked by men in yellow chemical splash suits to Matt Bellamy's lengthy, florid turns at the grand piano, no opportunity is missed to make H.A.A.R.P seem anything less than a spectacle. Shot in high definition, the camera-work is as snappy and dynamic as any movie blockbuster, with special attention to the crowd, who are picked out with sometimes breathtaking detail. Fans may gripe over the tracklisting--the DVD has been edited down, meaning four tracks, including "Bliss" have been left on the cutting floor–-but casuals should be satisfied with the selection: there's the hits ("Supermassive Black Hole", "Knights of Cydonia") and on the DVD, a noble rendition of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good".--Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Special Edition / Standard Edition?
Just to make it clear, the difference between this version and the standard version are:

1: This version comes in a deluxe card box rather than the standard jewel case.

2: This version also contains 3 limited edition cards (one of each band member).

THIS VERSION DOES NOT HAVE EXTRA TRACKS AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING

therefore I would say that unless you are an absolute fanatic who has to have all the limited edition stuff then the standard edition is fine. On the Dvd itself the concert is excellent but a bit disappointed that the "backstage footage" is only 10 mins long. good though.

Blown away by Muse live
There are so few bands out there than exceed your expectations, I got hold of a copy of hubaloo only a year ago as I started to "get" Muse. Once I watched it the mist opened and I saw something live which was far better then anything any other band has done in the last 10 years. I got tickets for the Cape Town concert of this tour and for an hour my senses were completly overawed by the Muse experience.

The DVD is not like being in the midst of a real Muse show but its a great copy...

Go see them live and then watch all the live DVD's and understand...

Bad DVD editing
There are far too many quick cuts away from Matt and the band, to crowd, LOADS of really high overhead shots which are fine once or twice to appreciate the ammount of people there but why 5 times per song?
The reading festival video was awesome as it stayed almost completely focussed on the stage so you could appreciate what you were watching instead of insanely quick cuts from guitar to sky to crowd to sky to 3 seconds of Matt.
Well you get the idea it kinda ruined it for me.
Thankfully the songs are still amazing, though they cut out some of the best ones.