<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Muse News</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/</link><description>Muse News</description><item><title>New gallery online now!</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/778/new-gallery-online-now/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/7f966a27-aea1-49e2-9a12-2e3cebed08af.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out the new gallery of pictures of the band in the recording studio in the Images section of the website. These photos have been taken over the past few months while they are busy working on the new album.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of you may have seen these along with a few messages from the band on Twitter. if you haven't &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/muse&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt; to follow Muse on Twitter and be the first to know what they are up to.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:26:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Muse nominated for NME Awards</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/777/muse-nominated-for-nme-awards/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/ad904a54-d63f-4340-9040-5db617369825.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will it be another victorious year for Muse at the NME Awards?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The band are up for several awards including &lt;strong&gt;Best Band &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Best Live Band&lt;/strong&gt;. Thanks to your votes Muse have won both these awards several times in the past. So it makes sense that this year YOU &amp;nbsp;the Musers are up for a new award - &lt;strong&gt;Most Dedicated Fans&lt;/strong&gt;!&amp;nbsp;The Awards will be presented at London's Brixton Academy on 29th February.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So if you think Muse deserve to win click on the link below and get voting!&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:40:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Christmas background competition winner is...</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/776/christmas-background-competition-winner-is/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/d407cecc-045e-4796-9025-06f08434c058.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nyssa Ross &lt;/strong&gt;for her festive interpretation of the Absolution artwork now showing on the Home page. The winner was chosen by Dom and she will receive a signed copy of &lt;strong&gt;The Resistance Tour Photography Book&lt;/strong&gt;. The runners up can be seen on the other pages of the muse.mu and they are:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kristi Verdha&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sprite Ko&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yelena kovalenko&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ollie Farnden&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fres Carrasco&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doug Wilson&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yura Bogdanov&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mark White&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thank you to everyone who entered, there was a huge number of entries and the standard was very high.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope you agree that muse.mu is now looking very festive!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:53:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New merch in stock now!</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/775/new-merch-in-stock-now/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/65f6512b-03a6-4762-a404-8e0e515b9712.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Muse store has been replenished in time for the festive season, there is now a full selection of all items available. Plus we have a couple of new items - &lt;a href=&quot;http://muse.mu/shop/product/361/the-resistance-tour-photography-book-limited-edition/menu/17/accessories/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Resistance Tour Photography Book&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://muse.mu/shop/product/360/muse-no-10-football-shirt/menu/12/mens/&quot;&gt;Muse No.10 Football Shirt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;based on the design Chris and the Muse team wear at matches. And don't forget if you wanted to make this Christmas a little more Musey - the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://muse.mu/shop/menu/17/accessories/?detail=baubles&quot;&gt;Muse&amp;nbsp;Baubles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are onsale over in the store now!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;deadlines for Christmas delivery&lt;/strong&gt; are fast approaching. So if you are thinking about getting any gifts from the muse.mu store this year, to ensure you receive it in time for Christmas please make sure you order before the dates listed below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rest of World &amp;ndash; Thursday 1st December&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North America &amp;ndash; Monday 5th December&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Europe (EU) &amp;ndash; &amp;nbsp;Thursday 8th December&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:55:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Christmas Competition</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/774/christmas-competition/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/ea20543f-2aa3-43e1-86b1-d2d71dde4e7c.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christmas is just around the corner and muse.mu is in need of some festive cheer. So to help us get in to the festive spirit, it is time for the annual muse.mu Christmas Competition!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For those of you who are new to the competition, all you need to do is design something that is Christmassy and Muse themed to become the background for muse.mu. There have been some great entries in previous years, so we are excited to see what you come up with this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The winner will receive a signed copy of&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://muse.mu/shop/product/361/the-resistance-tour-photography-book/menu/17/accessories/&quot;&gt;The Resistance Tour Photography Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and eight runners up will win a set of Muse Christmas baubles and all nine will feature on muse.mu.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What you need to know:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Please make sure your entries are RGB JPEGS of around 100kb file size and with dimensions of 1680 x 1050 in landscape format. Please stick to these dimensions otherwise we won't be able to use your entry. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Please send your email to &lt;strong&gt;competitions@muse.mu&lt;/strong&gt; with the subject title CHRISTMAS BACKGROUND COMPETITION. If you don't put this as the title of your email then we won't see your entry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Feel free to send in more than one design, but please don't send in your entry (or entries) more than once.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- The competition will be open until&lt;strong&gt; Monday 5 December&lt;/strong&gt; so get designing!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:06:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote for Muse for Best Headline Performance   </title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/773/vote-for-muse-for-best-headline-performance---/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/b62d95bc-ad15-478d-9b5c-f4760d5f6d0b.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Voting is open for the UK Festival Awards where Muse are up for &lt;strong&gt;Best Headline Performance&lt;/strong&gt; at Reading and Leeds Festivals. Those who were lucky enough to be there or have seen the BBC coverage will agree that the band were on top form on both nights.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voting closes on Monday 10 October&lt;/strong&gt;, so there isn't long to get your votes in. And if seeing Muse crowned as winners isn't enough of an incentive, everyone who votes gets entered into a competition to win an amazing prize - a pair of tickets to every winning festival at the awards!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don't forget that voting closes for the Q Awards on Friday, so if you haven't yet voted for Muse as&lt;strong&gt; Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Best Act in the Word&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Today&lt;/strong&gt; you haven't got long to&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://awards.qthemusic.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;cast your votes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:45:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote for muse.mu at the DMA’s</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/772/vote-for-musemu-at-the-dmas/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/7119aac0-99e2-4d64-b547-160c4b9c1690.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again muse.mu has be nominated for Best Official Site For An Artist at the BT Digital Music Awards. We won last year&amp;hellip;can we make it 2 in a row? Head over to the DMA site now and register to place your vote. You will be entered into a prize draw to win VIP tickets to the Awards Ceremony on the 29th September, the more you vote the more chances you get to win and at the same time helping Muse to win the award. So everyone's a winner! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:54:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote for Muse at the Q Awards </title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/771/vote-for-muse-at-the-q-awards-/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/2f3f039d-eded-448b-8540-16ac3a2425bf.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to your votes Muse have made the shortlist for the &lt;strong&gt;Q Awards&lt;/strong&gt;, and not just any awards but the &lt;strong&gt;Bes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t Act in the World Today&lt;/strong&gt; and th&lt;span&gt;e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;reatest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Act Of The Last 25 Years -&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;a special award to celebrate Q's 25th Birthday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The competition is tough, the band are up against the likes of Nirvana, Radiohead, Arcade Fire and U2. So if you think Muse deserve to win&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://awards.qthemusic.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;click here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also Muse are up for a &lt;strong&gt;BT Digital Music Award&lt;/strong&gt; - the &lt;strong&gt;People's Choice Award &lt;/strong&gt;for the &lt;strong&gt;Best Official Site for An Artist&lt;/strong&gt;. If you would like to see Muse win this award&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.btdma.com/index.php/vote/site/SITE-FEE94C64CD1515C&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;click here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So get voting!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:46:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reading Festival Photo Gallery</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/770/reading-festival-photo-gallery/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/b1f02453-b1a7-4512-a28e-073b5baff3b9.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out the new gallery of photos taken at Muse's great headline show at Reading Festival. These photographs, taken by Hans-peter Van Velthoven, show the Origin of Symmetry inspired stage set designed especially for Reading and Leeds Festival.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:34:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Watch Muse at Reading on BBC Three</title><link>http://muse.mu/news/article/769/watch-muse-at-reading-on-bbc-three/</link><description>&lt;img src="http://muse.mu/upload/image/news/66x66/79f56d25-1a55-4ed6-bbf4-93b01b923c04.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px;" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those of you not at Reading or Leeds Festival this weekend, don't worry you can watch Muse on BBC Three on Sunday night. Tune in from 10.20pm to watch Muse at Reading playing what promises to be a fantastic set.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC Three are broadcasting from the festival throughout the weekend so those of you in the UK won't miss out and can enjoy the festival from the comfort of your own home!&lt;/p&gt;
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