Muse swap instruments on Italian TV - watch online

I never had Muse down as the most fun-loving band. They always look so desperately earnest and impassioned. However, while miming to their new single Uprising on Italian TV, singer-guitarist Matt Bellamy swapped instruments with drummer Dominic Howard.

Apparently, the instrument-swapping stunt was Muse's subversive response to being asked to mime. Like most bands, they prefer to play live on TV.

To be honest, Bellamy makes an amusingly rubbish drummer, banging away crazily out of time and gurning like one of the aye-ayes Stephen Fry was searching for in the most recent episode of Last Chance to See.

Howard looks far more adept in his new position. Looks like he knows all the words, even if he was only pretending to sing.

Muse swap instruments on Italian TV - watch video