Back to the Future and Teen Wolf; films that Bellamy had enjoyed during his childhood and wanted to recall as part of the video's simulation setting. The following video, "The Dark Side", continues where the ending of "Something Human" left off and features Bellamy driving through a simulated dystopian landscape populated by giant robots. The video has invited comparisons to Cyberpunk and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City by critics. The fifth music video, "Pressure", continues the 1980s pop culture references, and stars the band as performing as Rocket Baby Dolls (Muse's original band name) at a homecoming dance akin to a scene from Back to the Future, and Terry Crews as a chaperone who uses a Ghostbusters-esque proton pack to subdue an outbreak of gremlin-like creatures. Critics also identified homages to Critters, the work of John Hughes, and Stranger Things. A film based on the album and tour, Muse – Simulation Theory, was released in August 2020. Tour In September 2018, Muse revealed through a post on Twitter the name of twenty cities in North America and seventeen cities in Europe that the band intended to visit on their Simulation Theory World Tour. In the same post, the band promised early access to tickets for the tour for people who pre-ordered the album. Technology was a focus in the design of the tour, with an intent to showcase "something that no one's ever seen before". Early ideas for the tour included a system of magnets that would allow the band to levitate without wires. The tour began in Houston on 22 February 2019, and ended on 15 October 2019, in Lima. Multiple bands played in the opening act, such as Tom Morello, Walk the Moon or SWMRS. The shows on 14 and 15 September at The O2 Arena, London were filmed. The tour has grossed $100.4 million with more than 1.280 million tickets sold, based on 53 reported dates. Critical reception Simulation Theory received generally mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Simulation Theory has an average score of 63 based on 19 reviews. AllMusics Neil. Z Yeung praised the combination of electronic pop with "urgent, stadium rock foundation". Andrew Trendell of NME described the album as a "Tron-style pastiche of [Muse's] own adolescence", adding that "you'll be ashamed to tell anyone how much you love it." The Guardians Michael