Matthew Bellamy

The band finished touring in January 2005, then visited the U.S. in April and May On 2 July 2005, Muse participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris, where they performed their singles "Plug In Baby", "Bliss", "Time Is Running Out", and concert rockall luxembourg "Hysteria".

The band retired to an old château in France to write for a new album.^[4] Lead singer Matthew Bellamy said that this was because the band wanted muse brit awards pics to be free from distractions so that they could "concentrate, spend time and be surrounded by different musical influences".^[4] The album was partially recorded in the same studio in France as Pink Floyd's album The Wall, which Wolstenhome said was a "great feeling to know that something big had been done [there]".^[7] However, the band found recording there very slow, and they found it hard to make decisions on which songs to include,^[4] so they decided to make a change in atmosphere and go to New York to finish the recording.^[4]

The band spent much of 2002 recording Absolution with producer Rich Costey.^[1] The album was recorded in studios in both Los Angeles and London.^{matthew bellamy, gaia id="cite_ref-seattlepi_0-1" class="reference">[1]}