The band’s widely expected new studio album “Simulation Theory” will be released this coming Friday and the Budapest concert is scheduled for May 28th, 2019 at the Budapest Sports Arena.
Muse – consisting of Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard – formed in 1994 and has since sold 20 million copies of its seven studio albums and has won two Grammy Awards: in 2011 for their album The Resistance and in 2016 for Drones.
They are considered the 21st century equivalent of Queen, mixing various styles in an innovative manner. This will be their fifth concert in Budapest.
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