SINGAPORE, Sept 28 — Just in case there are people out there who still wonder about Muse’s power and ability to drive its audiences berserk, the band’s gig at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday night should put those doubts to rest.

The band’s previous shows in Singapore — at Fort Canning Park and the Indoor Stadium — would surely have been marked as highlights in any concertgoer’s calendar, and Muse once again showed why.

The English alternative rock band’s concert was a musical spectacle, pure and simple. The much-too-short 90-minute show was a series of non-stop highs, with nearly no down-time, besides the occasional water break.

With the help of its signature, explosive lighting and stage effects, frontman and guitarist Matt Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard thrilled the sold-out crowd of 10,000, with a set list that sought to satisfy both new and old fans alike.

Including hits such as Plug In Baby (with its extended outro), Supermassive Black Hole and Starlight (from their huge hit album, Black Holes And Revelations), Dead Inside, Madness, Psycho and fan favourites Time Is Running Out (arguably the band’s big international breakout hit), Knights Of Cydonia and Citizen Erased.

Bellamy, in particular, blew his fans away with his searing guitar riffs, while his bandmates impressed with their drum and bass solos. Their latest album may be called Drones, but they were hardly mindless drones when they were on stage.

But no gig is complete without an exuberant audience, and it is a part the crowd on Saturday night played exceedingly well. Thanks to American indie rock band The Ruse, which performed as the opening act, the audience was primed and ready to rock by the time the British trio took the stage at 9.30pm.

The crowd went positively mad from the first song to the last, and every song in between was greeted with explosive enthusiasm, as fans screamed, jumped and danced along.

Even though Muse barely addressed the audience with stage banter — besides a “hello Singapore” and “thank you” — they spoke through their songs, their instruments as well as their infectious energy and stage presence.

And it was obvious they were heard by the crowd. Loud and clear. — TODAY