Muse recruit Bring Me The Horizon collaborator Dan Lancaster for live band

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Muse have recruited British songwriter and Bring Me The Horizon collaborator Dan Lancaster to be part of their live band.Performing their first major shows of 2022 with two special charity gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith earlier this week, Muse treated fans to new songs and “deep cut” rarities, as well as unveiling a live line-up that features Lancaster on additional synths, keys, percussion and guitar duties.

Lancaster also provided mixing duties for their recent single ‘Won’t Stand Down‘.Lancaster took to Twitter to say that he’d had an “amazing couple of nights playing with Muse”, adding that he was “looking forward to the summer”.Amazing couple of nights playing with @muse thank you everyone!

Looking forward to summer pic.twitter.com/iPBvLK6UOk— Dan Lancaster (@DanJLancaster) May 11, 2022Alongside his work as a solo artist, Lancaster’s life as a producer and mixer has seen him work on records by the likes of Blink-182, Enter Shikari, Don Broco, Mallory Knox and One OK Rock.

He mixed Bring Me The Horizon’s 2015 album ‘That’s The Spirit’, 2019’s’ ‘amo‘ and a number of songs on their ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR‘ mini album/EP.Taking to Instagram stories, BMTH’s Jordan Fish shared footage of Lancaster on stage with Muse at Hammersmith Apollo with the caption “I feel like a proud dad”.Since 2006, this role in Muse’s live band had been filled by former Senseless Things member Morgan Nicholls, who had previously toured with The Streets and collaborated with Gorillaz.Writing on Twitter earlier this week, Morgan posted: “Wishing MUSE and all their family, friends, crew, management and lovely fans all the very best for the ‘Will Of Th People’ album tour.