Muse's Live at Rome Olympic Stadium came out today on CD and DVD/Blu Ray. Rolling Stone spoke with frontman Matt Bellamy about what the band has planned in terms of a next album.
According to Bellamy, the band began working on new material right after they played the show in Rome. He says that the next album will take a step back and return to basics.
"It's the come-down and the sort of waking up the next day being like, 'What the f**k? What the f**k? That was crazy,'" he told them. "In some ways, the band has gone on this pretty insane journey since we formed as teenagers. ...I want to bring it back to just being about the music that we are playing, about the instruments, the guitar, the bass, the drums and these personalities. I have this strong feeling that the next album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we've experimented with on the last two albums, which is electronics, symphonics and orchestral work and all that kind of stuff. I kind of feel like it will be nice to reconnect and remind ourselves of just the basics of who we are."
Next year is also the band's 20th anniversary, a fitting time to put out a new album. Bellamy says that it will be nice to go back to the mentality the band had when they first began 20 years ago for the new album. He also mentions that, following recent stadium shows, he would like to do more innovative shows at theaters and music festivals. "Maybe we go for a couple of nights in major cities and do something with a bit more higher concept," he told them.
Check out the trailer for Live at Rome Olympic Stadium here, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
