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After All Muse Not Really Into Twilight

Muse is in the midst of a strategy to build its American fan base one 13 year old girl at a time.
In an apparent effort to shield his band from the guffaws that come with being the only band with music featured in all three Twilight flicks, bassist Chris Wolstenholme said the band only participated in the soundtracks because it wanted to get its name out in the United States.
Wolstenholme also says he's skipped watching the two latest vampire movies, because, you know, that'll help his band gain back credibility. The bassist didn't go so far as to express pity toward Twilight fans, but you can be sure that's what's going on here at Aversion right now.

Vacation, Muse Want To Try Something New

Though the members of Muse are recently occupied with such tasks as "canoodling" with Hollywood royalty, writing music for vampires to sparkle by, and touring, touring, the band's bassist, Chris Wolstenholme, revealed that they're already plotting the follow up to last year's album, The Resistance.
"We'll definitely start working on a new album next year," Wolstenholme told NME, during some downtime at UK festival T In the Park. But before the bombastic rockers figure out how they'll top their 2009 ode to Orwell, Wolstenholme says the band will try something new: taking a vacation.
"I think we'll definitely take some time off after this touring period because it's something we've never done," Wolstenholme said. "I think the most time we've had off is about six weeks in the last 12 years, so we're due a break."
The band's recently on tour in Europe, with dates scheduled worldwide until December 19. They return to Canada for one show, playing Quebec City Oct. 21.

Muse thank Rick Rubin for teaching them 'how not to produce' at Music Producers Guild Awards

Muse had a dig at Rick Rubin at this year's Music Producers Guild Awards tonight (February 11), as Paul Epworth was named Producer Of The Year at the London ceremony.
Matt Bellamy joked about the veteran producer as his band picked up the UK Single Of The Year for 'Uprising'.

"We produced something! I'd like to thank John Leckie for teaching us how to produce and Rick Rubin for teaching us how not to produce," the singer told the room to a chorus of oohs, before adding, "I thought you'd like that one!"

Meanwhile Epworth was recognised for his work with the likes of Jack Penate, Friendly Fires and Florence And The Machine, with the latter's Florence Welch coming onstage to present him with the trophy.

The award also means Epworth will pick up Best Producer at this year's BRIT Awards next week (February 16).

"I'm just over the moon man, it's not something you desire to work towards, you desire to make good music, but it's always nice when that's honoured and recognised. Ultimately a good producer is someone who helps an artists be the best they can be. I've really enjoyed working with the people I've worked with," Epworth told NME.COM after receiving his award.
"I just try to make each record different. I like to think I don't have a sound . With Florence it felt like we found something we could get excited about and channel, with Jack we found something totally different and channelled it and sometimes the job isn't production you have to tell them what to do and then make sure they don't get bogged down with the details. It's a funny artform."

Muse, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal for Big Day Out festival

Muse, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian, Calvin Harris and The Temper Trap have been announced as set to play the Big Day Out festival in Australia next year.

The travelling event takes place in Australia and New Zealand in January next year and will also feature Powderfinger, The Mars Volta, Ladyhawke, Peaches and The Horrors.

The festival will take place in Auckland (January 15), Gold Coast (17), Sydney (22), Melbourne (27), Adelaide (29) and Perth (31). See Bigdayout.com for more information

The Big Day Out line-up so far is:

Muse
Powderfinger
Lily Allen
Eskimo Joe
Groove Armada
Grinspoon
The Mars Volta
Ladyhawke
Dizzee Rascal
Karnivool
Peaches
The Temper Trap
Kasabian
Midnight
Juggernauts
Rise Against
Magic Dirt
Mastodon
Lisa Mitchell
The Horrors
Bluejuice
Calvin Harris
Kisschasy
The Decemberists
Tame Impala
Girl Talk

Debuts At Top Of Euro Chart

British rock band Muse goes straight to No. 1 on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums with its fifth album "The Resistance" (Helium 3/Warner Music). David Guetta's "Sexy Chick" (Gum/Positiva/Virgin/EMI), featuring Akon, withstands the challenge of Madonna's "Celebration" (Warner Bros.) to start a third week atop European Hot 100 Singles.The Muse album goes straight to the top in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. Outside Europe, it tops the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Korea and Mexico, in addition to a career-best No. 3 debut on the Billboard 200. Across Europe, the No. 1 rankings in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy and Norway are Muse's first in those markets.In the United Kingdom, the album's first week generated 148,000 sales, the highest weekly tally there for a British act this year, and well up on the 115,000 for Muse's 2006 predecessor "Black Holes and Revelations." Matthieu Lauriot-Prevost, SVP, international marketing, Warner Music, tells Billboard that the album "has taken Muse's popularity to the next level. There's a palpable sense of genuine excitement amongst both their long-term following and the newer fans."Mark Knopfler's "Get Lucky" (Mercury/Universal) also makes a confident start, at No. 2 overall. U.K. sales of 14,000 take it to No. 9 there, and it's new at No. 2 in Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark, No. 3 in Holland, No. 4 in Spain, No. 5 in Switzerland, No. 6 in Sweden, No. 9 in Portugal and No. 10 in France. Knopfler's last studio set "Kill To Get Crimson" also debuted at No. 2 on the collective chart in 2007.Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" (Arista/RCA/Sony Music Entertainment), which fell 1-2 overall last week, dips again to No. 3, while last week's leader on Top 100 Albums, Guetta's "One Love," is down to No. 4.Two more heavyweight debuts are next on the composite chart: Jay-Z's "The Blueprint III" (Roc Nation/Warner Music) at No. 5 and Nelly Furtado's "Mi Plan" (Nelstar/Universal Music Latino) at No. 6. Jay-Z's album starts at No. 3 in Ireland and a career-best No. 4 in the United Kingdom, on sales of 38,000. Furtado's new entries include No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Germany, No. 6 in Austria and No. 8 in Spain.Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)" (Interscope/Universal), now in its 15th week on the aggregate survey, falls 6-7. Two albums in Apple/EMI's Beatles remasters campaign are up into the top ten: "Abbey Road" 12-8 and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 13-10. Michael Jackson is down 5-9 with "King of Pop" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)."Sexy Chick" continues to rule the European Hot 100 ahead of a 12-2 climb for the Madonna single. Shakira's "She Wolf" (Sony Music Latin/Epic) is up 8-4 and Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" rebounds 30-5 thanks to a No. 3 debut in Germany.

APORTHEOSIS A MUSE'S FULL RESUME

VAIL, Colo. — On Thursday and Friday nights the Vail International Dance Festival looked both forward and back. An UpClose evening on Thursday, at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, was called “Wendy Whelan: Dancer and Muse.” The first half looked back over Ms. Whelan’s 24-year career (beginning in 1985) with New York City Ballet; the second half homed in on her work with the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and, most recently, as a guest with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.Morphoses menachem begin life at the Vail festival two years ago. It has begun its annual season here each year, then gone on to dance, in the fall, in both London (Sadler’s Wells Theater) and New York (New York City Center), as it will this year. It now seems work a day that its dancers are drawn from diverse American and European companies and that its duets often feature trans-Atlantic partnerships.In its Friday performance at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, Ms. Whelan was partnered successively by Rory Hohenstein (a former San Francisco Ballet soloist), Edwaard Liang (a former New York City Ballet soloist) and Edward Watson (a Royal Ballet principal), yet nobody made an issue of this. Her repertory, all Wheeldon, included two previews of new works to music by Martha Wainwright, one of which, “The Tears of St. Lawrence,” will have its original on Friday at Central Park SummerStage.