Could Muse bring Starlight to the stars? The Devon trio have had “coherent conversations” about bringing their anthemic rock to suborbital spaceships, and hope to talk to Richard Branson about a collaboration with Virgin Galactic.
“Maybe I’ve seen The Jetsons too many times,” frontman Matt Bellamy told the Sun. Muse has had several discussions “about playing in space”, he said, “sometimes very coherent conversations and sometimes very late at night, but it’s for real.”
While countless bands have had drunkenly imagined zero-gravity guitar solos, Muse is in the uncommon position of being increasingly successful at a time when the prospect of space travel is increasingly close. Virgin Galactic, Branson’s model for tourist-friendly spaceflight, could launch later this year.
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