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Muse Never Asked Glenn Beck to Retract His Endorsement

Love him or hate him, you have to admit Glenn Beck knows how to start a controversy, even if it's not based in fact. A few weeks ago, the Fox News commentator made headlines in the music world when he claimed that representatives of Muse asked him to stop praising the British rockers. Now, he admits that the whole thing was simply a joke.

Back in August, Beck announced that Muse was one of his favorite bands and played their new single 'Uprising' on his radio show. Then, last month, Beck compared the band and their lyrics to his own political views, writing "They 'get it.' Libertarian!" on his Twitter feed. Last month, Beck raved about the band again on his show then claimed that a representative of Muse had just e-mailed him, asking him to retract his endorsement.

Even though Beck laughed while making this announcement, saying "I didn't mean to destroy all their credibility and all their coolness," many took him seriously. Now, Beck is claiming that it was all just a misunderstanding. "After raving about Muse for four minutes, Glenn made a joke about their representatives e-mailing him to stop," Christopher Balfe, a spokesperson for Beck, said in a statement Monday. "While it is entirely possible that Muse do not like having Glenn as a fan, he was making a joke and their representatives never reached out to him."

For their part, Muse have so far declined to comment on Beck's fandom or views. Their latest album, 'The Resistance,' was released last month and peaked at No. 3 on the US album charts.

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Kimberly

I don't get it. Glenn said something good about this band and they did not like it? Like him or not, he is very popular and his favorable mention may be a very good " endorsement". I never heard of this band until now; I will probably check them out.

February 16 2010 at 5:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Franklin

Glen Beck just talks too much. He reminds me of that other guy, the big one who is losing weight, Rash Libuagh or something like that. Open mouth, insert foot. I can only imagine these guys in the band are thinking they are better off not to say anything or Beck will want to start labeling them "conservative followers".

October 06 2009 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

I don't even know why this is a story. I have never heard of "Muse", I don't plan on ever buying their music, and anyway... Obama is the problem. I am only interested when Beck is attacking the socialist pretender.

October 06 2009 at 2:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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evanmarks

You really are missing out. Glenn is right about Muse. I've been a pro musician and producer/engineer for decades. They are the new Queen musically and prophetic in their lyrics.

December 23 2009 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply