''HAARP'' is a live album and video by English

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band

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, released on 17 March 2008 in the United Kingdom and 1 April 2008 in the United States. The CD documents the band's performance at London's

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, as part of their

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, on 16 June 2007, while the DVD contains 20 tracks from the performance on 17 June. The total number of audiences watching the band's shows on 16 and 17 June 2007 was 180,000 (150,000 seated and 30,000 standing). It was named the 40th greatest live album of all time by ''

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'' in 2010.

Set design

For their performances at Wembley, Muse had the stadium decked out with massive props to dress it as the Ionospheric Research Instrument of the

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(HAARP), a US government-funded ionospheric research program in

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which uses

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to cause changes in the

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. and stated in a 2006 interview "Some people think it's designed to tap into the ionosphere to control the weather. Others think it's there to diffuse

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beams, or to send out

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s to control our thoughts". In 2008 they explained to

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"All these sort of

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, cables,

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and stuff are based on the same sort of layout as the HAARP layout".

Release and promotion

In the build-up to the release of the recordings, the band released a number of web-format clips from the DVD. The full performance of " Unintended" was added to the band's official website on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2007, dubbed as a "little taste of things to come". On 11 January 2008, a

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at www.he-3.mu was announced, featuring a grid of six boxes representing thumbnails of short clips from the DVD. As of 17 March, all six clips have been filled, featuring short clips from "

Knights of Cydonia "Knights of Cydonia" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is the closing track on their 2006 album ''Black Holes and Revelations''. The song's title refers to the Cydonia region of Mars, which gained public attention from the ill ...

", "

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", " Feeling Good", "

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", "Blackout" and the outro riffs of "

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". "Feeling Good" was also released in full to radio and television stations shortly afterwards, although it was not advertised on the official website.

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cinemas held special screenings of the concert in high definition on 11 March 2008 at select cinemas. A special edition of ''HAARP'' was released in addition to the regular CD/DVD, which features additional backstage footage and bonus postcards showing pictures of the three band members. The ''HAARP'' microsite is available for visitors to download

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- and

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-/ iPhone-formatted videos and mp3s of "Knights of Cydonia", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Unintended" and "

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" featured on the DVD for free. Included is a bonus video of "Micro Cuts" and an mp3 of "Soldier's Poem" from the performance on 16 June.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matthew Bellamy, except where otherwise noted. ;Notes :1. "Knights of Cydonia" incorporates elements of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", written by

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:2. "Map of the Problematique" incorporates elements of "

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" as performed by

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, originally written and performed by

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" as performed by Rage Against the Machine, originally written and performed by Eric B. & Rakim and containing elements of "School Boy Crush", written by

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, Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball, Molly Duncan and Onnie McIntyre and originally performed by the

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:4. "Stockholm Syndrome" incorporates elements of " Township Rebellion" originally written and performed by

and " Endless, Nameless" written and performed by

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, as well as a rudimentary version of the main riff of their future song "Psycho" :5. An

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features on the DVD. If the 'Gallery' screen is displayed, the left button on the remote control can be clicked to highlight Dominic Howard's trousers. If the enter button is pressed whilst the trousers are highlighted, a screen will come up advertising the band's website.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Credits

Muse *

Matthew Bellamy Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English singer, musician, producer, and songwriter. He is primarily known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his eccen ...

– lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, production, mixing *

Christopher Wolstenholme Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (born 2 December 1978) is an English musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse. Early life Chris Wolstenholme grew up in the English town of Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, ...

– bass, backing vocals, rhythm guitar on "Hoodoo", production, mixing *

Dominic Howard Dominic James Howard (born 7 December 1977) is an English musician who is the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Muse. Early life Howard was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. When he was around 8 years old he moved with hi ...

– drums, backing vocals on "Supermassive Black Hole", synthesizer on "Take a Bow", production, mixing Additional musicians *

Morgan Nicholls Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, member of English pop band Senseless Things and best known for performing with Muse, Gorillaz, The Streets and Lily Allen. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morg ...

– keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals,

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on "Supermassive Black Hole", bass on "Hoodoo",

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on "Soldier's Poem" *Dan Newell – trumpet on "Knights of Cydonia" and "City of Delusion" Additional personnel *

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– mixing *Thomas Kirk – directing, editing, screen visuals * Tommaso Colliva – assistant mixing *Justin Gerrish – assistant mixing *Vlado Meller – mastering *Mark Santangelo – assistant mastering *Ben Curzon –

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*Hans-Peter Van Velthoven – photography

References

External links

Official Muse website
HAARP website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Haarp Muse (band) live albums Live albums recorded at Wembley Stadium 2008 live albums 2008 video albums Muse (band) video albums Live video albums