Muse

Muse formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1994, and the lineup has never changed: Matt Bellamy on guitar, keys and that unmistakable falsetto, Chris Wolstenholme on bass, Dominic Howard on drums. What started as a scrappy alt-rock band grew into something far stranger and more ambitious — a group willing to graft classical piano, prog structures and full orchestras onto stadium rock without apology.

Albums like Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations, The Resistance and Drones built a catalog of songs — "Hysteria," "Supermassive Black Hole," "Starlight," "Uprising," "Knights of Cydonia" — that pair conspiracy-tinged, dystopian lyrics with riffs designed to be heard from the back of an arena. The approach has earned them multiple Grammys and a reputation as one of rock's most reliable big-room acts.

The live show is the point. Muse have spent years escalating their productions with towers, drones, video walls and lighting rigs that treat the venue as an instrument, and even a festival-length set gets the full treatment.