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Montreal favourite Muse performed Wednesday night at the Bell Centre. Drummer Dominic Howard sat down with the Montreal Gazette’s Jordan Zivitz before the concert to talk about the British trio’s new album, Drones, and their elaborate stage show. Here’s a transcript of the conversation.

Muse is back at the Bell Centre on Thursday, Jan. 21; tickets cost $52 to $94 and are available via Evenko (514-790-2525; evenko.ca). The review of the concert is here.

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Montreal Gazette: You’re doing these shows in the round, with the stage in the centre of the arena. I was wondering if you could talk a bit about the benefits and the challenges of that setup, compared to how you performed on previous tours.

Dominic Howard: Yeah, sure. It’s completely different being in the round. I mean, trying to get your head around how to perform with the audience all around you, kind of realizing that you’ve always got your back to someone. (Laughs) It’s quite a challenge, you know. It’s something we’ve been wanting to take on for many, many years. We kind of talked about it on The 2nd Law (2012), and on The Resistance(2009) we talked about it, but to be completely in the middle of the arena was something this time we thought, “Yes, we have to do it.”