In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the band’s debut album Showbiz, Muse release the deluxe 9CD/4LP box set Origin of Muse. This deluxe set chronicles the band from their early beginnings in Devon, their early demos and first EPs, through the debut album and to breakthrough second record Origin of Symmetry.  The collection is housed in a 48 page casebound book, which contains an extensive and in depth interview with Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme as they talk about the earliest beginnings of the band, as well as the recording and release of Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry. The book also incorporates posters, setlists, photographs and contact sheets from the time. Track listing as follows:
CD1 – Newton Abbot Demos -15 previously unreleased demos by the band including an early version of the band’s hit “Plug in Baby”
CD2 – The Muse EPs + Showbiz Demos – Their debut releases on Dangerous Records and previously unreleased demos for Showbiz
CD3 – Showbiz – Remastered
CD4 – Showbiz B Sides – Contains a previously unreleased alternate version of “Recess”
CD5 – Showbiz Live – Previously unreleased recording of live shows broadcast on BBC Radio One in 1999
CD6 – Origin of Symmetry Instrumental Demos – Previously unreleased, recorded at the community centre in Teignmouth, Devon
CD7 – Origin of Symmetry – Remastered
CD8 – Origin of Symmetry B Sides – Every B side recorded for the singles released from the album
CD9 – Origin of Symmetry Live at Reading – Full version of band’s headline performance of entire album recorded at Reading Festival 2011 on the 10th Anniversary of it release
Vinyl 1 - 4 – Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry remastered, coloured vinyl.