The Official Muse YouTube Channel

Check out the new gallery of pictures of the band in the recording studio over on http://www.muse.mu These photos have been taken over the past few months while they are busy working on the new album.

We wanted to say a big thanks to all of you who voted again for Muse at this year's NME Awards. Matt was honoured with the accolade of 'Hero Of The Year' but most importantly you Musers earned recognition as the Most Dedicated Fans. Thank you!

Will it be another victorious year for Muse at the NME Awards?

The band are up for several awards including Best Band and Best Live Band. Thanks to your votes Muse have won both these awards several times in the past. So it makes sense that this year YOU the Musers are up for a new award - Most Dedicated Fans! The Awards will be presented at London's Brixton Academy on 29th February.

So if you think Muse deserve to win go to http://www.nme.com/awardsvote

We're pleased to announce that Muse are supporting Nordoff Robbins's Christmas Appeal:

"Music has an amazing power to transform the lives of vulnerable children & adults and Nordoff Robbins is all about the music. We've seen ourselves that the work they do is life changing and that is why we are supporting their appeal this Christmas time and asking people to donate - even £1 can make a huge difference." http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/donate-now

The Muse store has been replenished in time for the festive season, there is now a full selection of all items available. Plus we have a couple of new items - The Resistance Tour Photography Book and the Muse No.10 Football Shirt based on the design Chris and the Muse team wear at matches. And don't forget if you wanted to make this Christmas a little more Musey - the Muse Baubles are onsale over in the store now!

http://muse.mu/news/article/775/new-merch-in-stock-now/

Muse Christmas Competition.

We'd like you to design something that is Christmassy and Muse themed to become the background for muse.mu. There have been some great entries in previous years, so we are excited to see what you come up with this year.

The winner will receive a signed copy of The Resistance Tour Photography Book and eight runners up will win a set of Muse Christmas baubles and all nine will feature on muse.mu. Click the link below to find out how to enter. Good luck

http://muse.mu/

It's MOVEMBER the 1st so Chris will be growing a moustache for the month to help raise funds for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. He has promised to provide regular photo updates, so we can see how the moustache gets on.

To donate to the appeal and see the updates on his moustache progress visit http://uk.movember.com/mospace/486053

Children urgently need your help. Download Bob Marley & The

Wailer's single ''High Tide or Low Tide' to support Save The

Children's East Africa appeal. Do it now. Do it For the Children

#beafriend www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org

And the winner is ....Melody Deyerle.

Here is her excellent winning t-shirt design from the competition on www.muse.mu chosen by the band. http://muse.mu/images/official/photo/42954/

Congratulations Melody, your design will be sold online to fans across the world and you will receive the first print of your t-shirt signed by the band, plus VIP tickets to Reading Festival! Thanks to everyone who entered, we were really impressed by the quality of entries.

Salute to Italian Fans

As many of you know Muse's album Origin Of Symmetry celebrated its tenth anniversary last week. We'd like to give a special mention to all the Italian Muse fans who made 'Plug In Baby' No.1 on the Italian Alternative Chart, 10 years on and to those who organised the campaign. Thank you Italy!

The shortlist is in and our finalist's designs for the t-shirt competition are now available for you to view at http://bit.ly/n5VTYQ Thank you to those of you who entered, we had a very large number of entries and the standard was very high.

Congratulations to those of you who made the shortlist. The band will be picking the winner next week. Good Luck!

Nominations are open for the 2011 Q Awards. These awards are decided by you - all the winners are chosen by a public vote. So if you think Muse deserve to win the Best Act In The World Today or maybe Best Live Act or even the Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award get voting! http://awards.qthemusic.com/

Win VIP Reading Festival tickets. To celebrate Muse headlining Reading and Leeds festivals in August we have a great competition. To enter, get creative and design a limited edition Muse t-shirt and if you win your design will be sold online to fans across the world. The lucky winner will also receive 2x VIP tickets to Reading Festival to watch Muse headline, and receive the first print of their t-shirt signed by the band. http://bit.ly/lcoaE4

Fans have voted in their thousands to crown Muse the winners of Wembley's Greatest Event competition. There was fierce competition from the likes of Michael Jackson, Queen and Live Aid not to mention England's triumphant World Cup performance in 1966. But thanks to the incredible support of Muse fans - the HAARP tour in 2007 is now officially Wembley's Greatest Event.

Muse's Glasto performance in 2004 has topped an NME Magazine poll as the best ever headline slot at Glastonbury Festival (official). Over 20,000 votes were cast in 24hrs to bring Muse out on top http://bit.ly/kfIrQ6

You can relive Muse at Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) 2010 when their set broadcasts at 9pm on Sat 18th June on Palladia. More info here http://www.palladia.tv/

MTV UK will be showing Muse's unforgettable live set from Rock am Ring last year this Saturday 18th June at midnight as part of their World Set series. http://worldstage.mtv.com

25 legendary events are going head to head to be crowned as Wembley stadium's greatest event and Muse have been chosen as one of them.

Muse were the first band to play the new Wembley Stadium when they performed in 2007 as part of the HAARP tour and this show has been chosen as one of Wembley's 25 best ever events. Vote for Muse at http://greatestevent.wembleystadium.com/

Pre-sale for Muse and Rage Against The Machine at LA Rising starts TODAY 10am (local time)

We know that this show is going to be one of the hottest tickets in town, so we wanted to give Muse fans a head start. We are pleased to confirm there will be an exclusive pre-sale TODAY AT 10AM (PST). Click on the link below for tickets.

http://tix.concertmaps.com/MUSE/

Muse will be playing Verizon Wireless Music Center in Indianapolis on 3rd August, they will be joined by Cage The Elephant and Middle Class Rut.

If you want to be there don't miss the pre-sale starting TODAY at 1pm (Indianapolis time). Tickets will be available from the link below from 1pm today to 6pm on May 13th. On general sale May 14th 10am. http://tix.concertmaps.com/MUSE/

Muse fans - www.muse.mu will be out of action temporarily between the hours of 10pm tonight and 7am tomorrow morning GMT while the site servers are updated. Back tomorrow!

The rumours are true - we are very pleased to confirm that Muse will be playing alongside the mighty Rage Against the Machine at LA Rising on Saturday July 30th at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Also on the bill are Rise Against, Immortal Technique and El Gran Silencio.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (13th) at 10am.

On The Road in South America. Check out the tour photos on muse.mu http://muse.mu/images/170/on-the-road-in-south-america/

Muse, or to be more precise, YOU are up for an MTV O Music Award in the Fan Army category! This award is all about you 'Musers' who have been nominated as one of the biggest and most loyal fan bases in Music.

The MTV O Music Awards are a new awards show all about music online. You can vote online now (Musers are currently 12th) and watch the results tables over the next couple of weeks. Final awards announced via a live stream on the 28 April. http://www.omusicawards.com/vote/fan-army-ftw/

.It has just been announced that Muse have been nominated for two Billboard Music Awards. The band are up for Best Rock Artist and Best Alternative Artist.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on 22 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. To find out more about the awards and who Muse are up against click here http://www.billboard.com/#/features/billboard-1005122862.... There's even a chance to win tickets to the ceremony!

We are very pleased to announce that Muse will be headlining the Saturday night at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco on 13 August.

The festival takes place in Golden Gate Park from 12 - 14 August. For more information on the line up and how to buy tickets check out the festival website at http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

It's sale time in the muse.mu shop! Head over there now to browse through the t-shirts, hoodies and accessories including 2010 designs. T-shirts start at £6 and hoodies at £15 so there are loads of bargains to be had! Click here http://muse.mu/shop/menu/18/sale/

Muse will be headlining this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. The band will close the main stage on Friday August 26th in Leeds and on Sunday August 28th in Reading.

To buy tickets for Reading and Leeds, click http://www.seetickets.com/

MTV US's March Madness launched this week and Muse are in the running for the trophy. March Madness is a music tournament where the public decide the winners. In this first round Muse are up against Cobra Starship and are currently leading with 60.6% of the votes!

Lend your support to the cause by clicking here http://newsroom.mtv.com/tag/march-madness/

We're delighted to announce that Muse will be returning to Russia and Ukraine this summer for three live shows.

The dates are as follows:

20.05.11: SKK Arena, St. Peterbsurg, Russia http://www.muzbilet.ru/concert.php?item=17-3586

22.05.11: Olympiski Arena, Moscow, Russia http://www.parter.ru/portal/ru/muzika/rock_pop/muse/92168/

24.05.11: Sport Palace, Kiev, Ukraine http://www.melnitsa.org/rus/order?id=93

muse.mu shop now accepting Paypal. To take advantage of this new feature just click the Paypal button when you reach the payment details page at checkout on www.muse.mu

Plus, as promised at the end of last year, we've just made a new range of iPhone cases available for sale. The four new designs for both iPhone 3 and 4 feature the art...work from Showbiz, Origin Of Symmetry, Absolution and Black Holes & Revelations.

Muse will be performing at this year's 53rd Annual The GRAMMYs in LA on Feb 13th. The show will be broadcast on CBS from 8--11:30 p.m. ET/PT More info coming..

Now you can watch Muse at Wembley Stadium in 360 degrees. If you were there, relive two tunes from the spectacular live show all over again and if you weren't, see what you missed! http://muse.mu/news/article/737/watch-muse-at-wembley-in-...

U2 Dates: Third Night In Sao Paulo Added.

U2 have announced that they will be playing a third night in Sao Paul next April with Muse as support.

The date will take place at Estadio Morumbi on 13th April 2011, tickets go on sale at 12:01am on Monday 20th December.

U2 Dates: Second Night In Buenos Aires.

U2 have just announced a second night in Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of their South American tour.

This show will be on the 2nd April 2011 and tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 15th December at 12:01am. There will not be a Muse fan pre-sale for this second date. For more information on how to buy tickets, check out u2.com

U2 Dates: Santiago And Second Night In Sao Paulo Added

U2 have announced two additional dates in South America with Muse as support.

The first date is at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on 25th March 2011.

In addition to this there will now be a second show at Estadio Morumbi in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 10th April.

Check www.muse.mu for details of spacial Muse fan pre-sale

Decorate your tree with Muse this Christmas!.

Over in the muse.mu shop, we've added a couple of new items for sale!

First up you can decorate the family tree with Muse with our awesome new baubles! These come in red, gold, blue, black (of course) and a set of all four!

Or, if you'd rather give your iPhone a splash of Muse this Christmas, then check out the new Resistance iPhone cases for both iPhone 3 and 4. We'll have the rest of the albums for you early next year...

http://muse.mu/shop

Muse supporting U2 in South America. Pre-sale Update.

We're pleased to confirm that the Muse fan pre-sale for tickets to see the band with U2 in Argentina and Brazil is live now. Click here http://muse.mu/news/article/730/muse-supporting-u2-in-sou... for details.

To celebrate Muse's forthcoming tour of Australia, Triple J, Channel V, Video Hits and Faster Louder have all been running competitions for Muse fans to submit videos of their own interpretations of Plug In Baby. The winners have been chosen and those that are available to view over at www.muse.mu right now!

Muse have been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards!

The band have been shortlisted in the following categories:

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Resistance

Best Rock Song: Resistance

Best Rock Album: The Resistance

The GRAMMYs take place in Los Angeles on February 13th 2011. For more information on the awards, check out their website below.

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Muse nominated for three GRAMMY awards! For more info check out http://www.grammy.com...