Nirvana Inspire Muse To Make Tour Documentary

One wouldn't really think Muse were that inspired by Nirvana, given their sound is operatic nu-prog that's more influenced by the likes of Queen than anyone else.

But regardless, Muse say they want to copy Nirvana's 1994 Live! Tonight! Sold Out! tour documentary.

"We'd like to do something a little bit more along the lines of a touring documentary as opposed to just a live gig this time," bassist Chris Wolstenholme said in an interview with BBC 6music.

"Something a little bit more like Nirvana's Live! Tonight! Sold Out! I think that was one of the best tour documentaries I've ever watched; just life on the road and what it's like, with obviously a bit of music here and there, and other loads of other random stuff as well."

Muse have released live albums and tour DVDs before in 2002's Hullabaloo: Live At Le Zenith, Paris, 2005's Absolution Tour and 2008's HAARP. But those were all live albums depicting the band's gigs, and they didn't really focus on backstage chicanery or Muse's experiences on the road.

Most of the video on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!, which contains footage of the band's performances from 1991 to 1993, was compiled by the late Kurt Cobain, and the film itself wasn't finished when he committed suicide on April 5, 1994.

Following Cobain's death, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic worked with director Kevin Kerslake to finish the film, which came out in November of that year on VHS and laserdisc(!!!). The film also follows the band on the road.

In other Muse-related news, the band are auctioning a drum kit Dominic Howard used on tour from 2006 to 2008 to raise money for Haitian earthquake relief.

The band are part of an Oxfam-organized auction that also features items from Florence + The Machine, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys and PJ Harvey up for grabs.

You can bid on Howard's kit here. Be aware you'll need plenty of cash to do so, though, as it's already going for 501 pounds (about $860 Canadian) and that includes shipping.

The rest of the items in the Oxfam auction can be found here.

Muse will play these dates in support of 2009's The Resistance:

Jan. 29 Adelaide, Australia @ Royal Adelaide Showgrounds (Big Day Out 2010)
Jan. 31 Perth, Australia @ Claremont Showground (Big Day Out 2010)
Feb. 3 Singapore, Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
Feb. 6 Hong Kong, China @ AsiaWorld Expo
Feb. 27 Atlanta, GA @ Gwinnett Center
March 1 Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
March 2 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
March 3 Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
March 5 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
March 6 Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
March 8 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
March 10 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
March 12 Chicago, IL @ United Center
March 13 Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
March 15 Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
March 17 Dallas, TX @ Fort Worth Convention Center
March 18 Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
March 29 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
March 30 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
April 1 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
April 2 Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
April 3 Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
April 5 Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center
April 6 Denver, CO @ Odeum Colorado
April 9 Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
April 10 Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center
April 14 San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Arena
April 17 Indio, CA @ Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival)
April 20 Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol
April 27 Lisbon, Portugal @ Bela Vista Park (Rock In Rio Festival)