There’s been an uprising ? #iHeartALT highlight of the night came a little later with a fellow young musician. Truly, we’re all living in 2019, but Muse is already in 3019. Reason enough to geek out, until one noticed that bassist Chris Wolstenholme, too, was switching between a guitar with light-up inlays that changed with each song - and a unique doubleneck bass, which also featured a touch screen. At ALTer Ego, frontman Matt Bellamy played his custom “Mattocaster,” a guitar of his own design with MIDI capability and a touch screen. If you’re new to the alt rock institution that is Muse, you might not know that it’s kind of their thing to embrace technology, and more or less invent their own instruments.

said “save the best for first” and said “save the best for the middle” - #iHeartALT Oh, and they played “Africa,” as they likely will for the rest of time. set off the first confetti cannons of the night (by Muse, the floor was three layers of confetti deep) during “Buddy Holly,” then gave fans a taste of their upcoming Black Album with a performance of lead single “Can’t Knock the Hustle.” Cuomo also called back to Twenty One Pilots’ opening quip, retorting, “Save the best for the middle.” Still, he made amends by admitting he’d love for 21P to invite Weezer on tour this summer. She closed out the set with breakout hit “River,” drawing everyone to their feet as if by magnetic force. “There was the Women’s March today,” she added, “and I just want to thank iHeart and 98.7 for representing female musicians.” Briggs then weathered some tech issues ahead of her single “Baby,” but got through it like a pro, chatting with the crowd about the song’s meaning.

“I’m the woman on this lineup!” she yelled mid-performance. this song’s for you” - #iHeartALT /jeztaZ3x0Aīishop Briggs dominates as the solo woman on the billīritish musician and singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs was the sole woman on the lineup, and she told the crowd that she wasn’t about to take that responsibility lightly. “To all the public school teachers, to all the educators…. (Morello also recently performed at a teachers’ rally in L.A. The band’s energy then skyrocketed when McIllrath brought out a surprise guest, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, to perform their collaboration “How Long.” In true rockstar fashion, Morello stuck a guitar pick between his teeth and proceeded to play flawlessly. “To all the public school teachers, to all the educators, this song’s for you,” he said, earning thunderous applause. Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath dedicated “Re-Education (Thru Labor)” to the teachers of Los Angeles, who have been striking over a labor dispute for the past week.

Tom Morello shreds a guitar with his teeth during Rise Against’s set ? I C O N I C ? #iHeartALT | NOW: /wubQhyq70Y The duo then employed their usual physical stunts and pyrotechnics anyone who’s seen their tour will be familiar with them setting a car aflame, but it’s impressive every time. He then joked that once the rest of the bands were announced, he and bandmate Josh Dun thought, “That makes sense.” Joseph also announced their intention to establish a new phrase - “save the best for first” - which Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo had his own response for, but more on that later. Tyler Joseph, the more talkative half of Twenty One Pilots, told the crowd that they had come up with the idea of opening the show a while back. Twenty One Pilots bring the jokes, set a car on fire Here are the highlights from the second annual 2019 iHeartRadio ALTer Ego.

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