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Fans attending a Muse concert at the Royal Albert Hall held signs in protest at "enhanced experience" tickets on the band's upcoming tour costing between £185 and £319.

A small number of the Enhanced experience tickets are available per show on the band’s upcoming tour. The ticket allows early access to inside the venue, along with other benefits such as specific tour posters and an interactive photo experience.

However fans with general admission tickets are still able to queue up and get a good view of the show.

The protest on Monday came during one song when some fans chose to hold up signs against the tickets claiming that it was hurting “hardcore fans” of the band.

Images and video from the Albert Hall concert shows fans in several areas of the arena holding up signs.

Astrid Bouvart, one of the fans who was at the show explained to the Standard: “Our intention wasn’t to annoy them but to raise awareness on this issue. The signs said ‘Enhanced Experience is killing hardcores’ and ‘Don’t replace front row fans by VIPs’”.

“We’re unhappy because we feel left aside. We’ve been rocking with Muse for years but now we’re told that we’ll be replaced by VIPs! We get that it’s a part of what they are paying for but it’s not very fair to condemn all the front row."

Ms Bouvart said she hoped that the band would consider allowing people who have purchased the Enhanced package a restricted area so that other fans that can’t afford the packages can have a chance of being close to their favourite band too.

She explains fans’ decision to hold signs during the Royal Albert Hall show.

“Muse have always been very nice to their fans so we hope we can work something out together. It might not be an issue for most people but for us, die-hard fans, it is. It means that we won’t be able to be in the first 1-2 rows unless we buy one of these expensive experiences.

“The majority of us can’t afford them. We usually queue for hours in all kinds of weather to be close to the stage. We help each other and we make friends whilst queueing, in fact we created quite a good community of fans. We have known each other for years now and we all come from around the world.”

A petition has also been set up by fans to ask that some space is set aside for fans wanting to get close to the band. It described the idea of having a space on the floor in front of the stage as a “compromise for all fans.”

One fan who signed the petition told the Standard: “It means now that if you’re not rich enough you can’t be anywhere close to the band. And that is very unfair. It’s segregating fans by how wealthy you are.”

Muse are not the only band to offer early entry packages to their shows.

The Killers offered packages on the UK leg of their Wonderful Wonderful tour last year, while Beyonce and Jay Z offered fan packages allowing early access.

The Standard have asked Muse’s representatives for comment.