From students' unions to supermassive stadiums: Steve Lamacq's journey with Muse

They’ve released seven successful studio albums, packed out stadiums around the world, and won a plethora of awards but Steve Lamacq has supported Muse from the start. As Steve catches up with the band about their latest album Drones, we bring you some Muse milestone memorabilia from the BBC Archives…

Following the release of their debut album Showbiz, Steve invited this fledging new band to perform at his Radio 1 Evening Session Tour in 1999. Listen to them play Uno here.

Muse perform Uno at the Radio 1 Evening Session Tour

An early performance from Muse at Radio 1's Evening Session Tour in Portsmouth in 1999

“Whatever you expect from Muse, expect the unexpected”

Back in the early noughties, Matt and the band were already keen to re-write the rules of what a live show is. Listen to them share some of their ambitious theatrical ideas with Steve here. Some ideas caught on, some not so much!

Muse on their live show ambitions

Muse tell Steve Lamacq in 2003 how they wanted to inject some theatre into their shows...

With all this fire in their belly and some killer rock anthems to boot, it was only inevitable that Muse had bigger things ahead of them. In June 2007, the band made their Wembley debut, playing to a sold out stadium of around 90,000 people! This was an experience that they just had to share with their loyal supporter Lammo. Hear what they had to say here...