Muse have announced a surprise, intimate London show

Muse have just revealed details of a surprise, intimate London show.

The trio will hit the capital’s 5,000-capacity O2 Academy Brixton on April 3 – their first show since September 2025 – for a gig they’re describing as a ‘live transmission’. This space-y talk is because they announced their new, 10th studio album The WOW! Signal via a tablet that was sent some 33km up in the air yesterday (March 19), as well as premiering brand-new single Be With You.

Per a press release, the record takes its name from “one of the most compelling interstellar mysteries of the last century: a powerful 72-second radio burst detected in 1977 originating from the constellation Sagittarius with a bandwidth and intensity that suggested a possible extraterrestrial source. The astronomer who discovered the anomaly famously circled the now-iconic sequence 6EQUJ5 and wrote ‘WOW!’ on the printout beside it – giving the signal its name and cementing its place in scientific and pop-culture lore.”

Pre-order The WOW! Signal from Muse’s official store before 11:59am GMT on Tuesday, March 24 to get first access to Brixton tickets.

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