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Because i am such a fan-boy, here are some cooler facts about the greatest band in the world. (i could qualify that, but lets not)

1. On the Big Day Out tour of 2004, on which Muse played down the bill, Metallica would set up a rehearsal tent next to the main stage in which to warm up before they went on. Often Muse would come offstage to hear Metallica warming up by playing ‘New Born’.

2. In his time off from Muse, bassist Chris Wolstenholme plays drums in a local pub band in the Devon town of Teignmouth

3. The band are keen poker players and once fleeced Robert Smith of The Cure for a hefty wad of cash

4. Matt on the first love of his life: "My babysitter. She saved my life when I was choking once and after that I loved her."

5. Drummer Dominic Howard has a penchant for dressing up behind the drumkit, and has played gigs dressed as Spiderman and Gandalf.

6.During the 'Black Holes And Revelations' sessions the band began playing jazz versions of their classics for fun and briefly considered becoming a jazz band.

7. Bellamy made it into the Guinness Book of World Records 2010. He currently holds the world record for the most guitars smashed on a tour - 140 guitars.

8. Drummer Dominic Howard's earliest memory is of being on a rubber ring at the beach as it burst.

9. After spending much of his twenties collecting gadgetry such as an MP3-playing watch and a jet-pack, Matt has since got rid of most of it since he lost his mobile phone a few years ago and realised that life was so much better without it.

10. Muse frotman Matt Bellamy is a keen scuba diver, and claims that on one excursion an instructor tried to kill him by only filling his oxygen tank halfway because he fancied Matt's girlfriend.

11. During writing sessions for 'Absolution' in a warehouse space in East London, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, who was staying at the warehouse, was provided with an inflatable bedroom to sleep in.

On sale 21 May - a 100-page special collector's edition of NME Icons, devoted to Muse.

Thanks Shu/Huimin! Count it in my ever growing tab.

All the best with exams, those still taking.