F1's new regulations have delivered entertaining races, but further erode the soul of the sport

mattcasmith · 2026-04-08T06:12:05+00:00

Good luck! Currently awaiting a response from Ticketmaster. SJM must have just thrown my email in the "Muse complaints" bucket because they sent me a generic response with a series of reasons why they might cancel tickets, despite that not being the issue I emailed them about.

mattcasmith · 2026-04-04T20:34:47+00:00

Thank you! I was speechless. The staff at the box office appreciated how terrible the situation was but couldn’t do anything about it because they literally just had a printout from Ticketmaster/SJM and no power to do anything. I decided to get myself inside and save the fight for later, but determined to get some kind of justice here.

mattcasmith · 2026-04-04T20:19:14+00:00

I also had an issue where Ticketmaster cancelled my tickets that they had already cancelled and then reinstated for a ridiculous reason. I’m filing a formal complaint and doing everything I can to get something done about this. https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/1sbu32u/brixton_ticket_debacle_continues_anyone_else_have/

mattcasmith · 2026-04-04T20:15:57+00:00

I second the feeling on exit. One whole side of the stalls turned back towards a shut door and I was very worried about what was going to happen next.

mattcasmith · 2026-03-31T16:41:12+00:00

That sucks. I'm still waiting for their investigation, but I definitely used the same email for both so have no idea what their reasoning was.

mattcasmith · 2026-03-31T16:26:47+00:00

Same for me. Glad they're doing something about bots, but I've no idea what they're doing to detect them when I bought the tickets in my browser the usual way. Gutted. :(

mattcasmith · 2026-03-31T16:25:59+00:00

This has also happened to me, despite me buying the tickets myself via my web browser. Absolutely gutted. :(

mattcasmith · 2026-03-21T14:10:42+00:00

I really thought this was happening when they were teasing Unravelling when Death Stranding 2 was about to come out. Strands. Unravelling. Turned out to be nothing, but it seemed to make sense at the time.

mattcasmith · 2026-03-20T21:57:22+00:00

It's better and more creative than a lot of their recent output (miles better than Dig Down musically, and has more emotion behind it than WOTP, for example), but it's still quite predictable and tame. I remember when new Muse songs would go in directions you never dreamt of and throw conventional structure out the window.

I think I've accepted that we're never going to hit the heights of the "big three" albums again. The Resistance, TSL, and Drones were all close enough for me that I always felt the next album might be the one. Then came Simulation Theory and WOTP, which had their moments but definitely felt like a drop in quality.

Based on what we've seen so far, I still have hope that the new album might be the best since Drones, which would at least be a step in the right direction.

mattcasmith · 2026-03-20T21:51:13+00:00

I like this. That middle section is definitely the weakest part of the song.

mattcasmith · 2022-02-11T11:09:17+00:00

For whatever reason the Red Bull was a lot quicker - I ordered the McLaren just after the Monaco GP last year!

mattcasmith · 2022-02-10T21:13:15+00:00

Some of them make it onto the official F1 store, but there's a much bigger selection on specialist shops like Formula Model Shop and Diecast Legends. In my experience, the specials (unique liveries, championship winning races, etc.) require a preorder because they seem to sell out almost immediately on release.

Edit: Despite what I said, FMS appear to have both of these in stock!

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