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Campaigns :: 24 August 2022 – Muse, Superorganism, Kendrick Lamar, Xbox

Campaigns :: 24 August 2022 - the latest campaigns by Muse, Superorganism, Kendrick Lamar, Xbox
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Stageverse raises $7.5m and launches Muse virtual concert

In August 2020, we reported on Muse’s plans to launch a ‘Simulation Theory: Virtual Experience’ with virtual reality startup Stageverse. It was originally due to launch that autumn, but just over a year later, the...
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NFTs update: Grateful Dead, Muse, Harvey Mason Jr and more

If this is the trough of disillusionment for NFTs, nobody told... well, a whole range of artists and industry figures, who are still piling in.
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Sandbox Issue 260: Twitch for Artists

Lead: Twitch for artists – Artists were drifting towards livestreaming platform Twitch before COVID-19 hit, and Twitch has been making overtures to musicians for a while. But since live performance was halted, interest...
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Muse create limited edition virtual merch with Cryptokitties

Rock behemoths Muse have created two crypto-collectibles – characters called Marty and Mibbles taken from recent album ‘Simulation Theory’ – which are digitally-scarce collectibles that fans can buy and...
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Muse to bring Simulation Theory show to virtual reality

Muse's live shows are famously spectacular when it comes to the staging, so it's no surprise that the band's new concert film is out of the ordinary too. Drawn from their 'Simulation Theory' tour in 2019, it will be released...
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Sandbox Issue 216: Tuning In. Connected TV Marketing in Focus

Lead: Music on TV increasingly feels like a relic of the past. Only a handful of shows have any kind of musical guests today and even MTV stopped having promo videos as its main focus years ago. But marketing music on TV...
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Muse to hold ‘mixed reality pre-show party’ for upcoming tour

British rock band Muse are preparing for the release of their latest album ‘Simulation Theory’ and an accompanying stadium tour. The latter has an interesting tech element, with fans able to buy an ‘Enhanced Experienced...
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Sandbox 184: Save of the century, why pre-save is the new rave

Lead: A decade ago, the focus in album marketing was around the pre-order, using instant grats at the bait to get fans to order albums before they had even come out. Now the emphasis has shifted to the pre-save – primarily...
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Brand Aid Part 1 – Sandbox 159

Brand partnerships used to be straightforward for musicians. But with the steady march of digital, these deals can include anything from app sponsorship to VR. Over the next two sandboxes, we will examine where brand partnerships...
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Apple Music’s second VR video is live, for Muse

Last month, we reported on Apple Music’s involvement in a virtual-reality music video for U2, produced by director Chris Milk’s VR startup Vrse. Now the companies have collaborated again, on a VR video for Muse’s song...
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Muse Drones album has a premium-only track on Spotify

British rock band Muse’s new album Drones is available to stream on Spotify, but with a twist: its 11th track (‘The Globalist’) is marked as “premium only”. That’s right: people on Spotify’s free tier can’t...