There are ways to fill Madison Square Garden with just a great voice and instruments, but Muse was all about massive spectacle as it headlined the famous New York arena on Friday (March 5). If it wasn't dazzling excess -- from ascending video platforms and bloody eyeball balloons to piercing green lights worthy of Laser Pink Floyd -- Muse wasn't interested.
Taking its moves from equal parts Queen, Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, and even a note or two of Led Zeppelin, the British trio stormed the Garden with an intricate industrial stage setup, most of the soaring-yet-angular dystopian tunes from its 2009 smash, "The Resistance," and a throbbing pit of fist-pumping fans.