Minutes to Midnight World Tour
Tour by Linkin Park
Promotional Poster for the tour
Associated albumMinutes to Midnight
Start dateApril 28, 2007
End dateJuly 13, 2008
Legs5
No. of shows10 as promo tour
27 in Europe (divided in two legs)
9 in Australia and New Zealand
10 in Asia
19 in North America
93 in Total
Linkin Park tour chronology
Meteora World Tour
(2004) 		Minutes to Midnight World Tour
(2007–08) 		International Tour
(2009)

Minutes to Midnight World Tour was the fourth concert tour by American rock band Linkin Park. It was launched in support of Linkin Park's third studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). Linkin Park Underground the official fan club of the band released a live album as a part of their annual releases named as LP Underground 7.0. It consisted of the live performances of the shows across the 2007-Minutes to Midnight tour.

Background

The tour was announced in April 2007 after the release of the hit single What I've Done. The tour consists of five legs. The first leg consisted of shows in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. The leg under the name Promo Tour began on April 28, 2007 in Berlin, Germany and ended on May 19, 2007 in Irvine, California, where they played at KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta. The first leg consisted of ten shows which took place for twenty-two days.

After three days band moved towards Europe and started the "Minutes To Midnight European Tour" which consisted of sixteen shows and a tenure of twenty-four days. Bands like Thirty Seconds to Mars, Blindside and Jane Air, served as special guests for the leg. The band played in various European countries like Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France and Russia. After the European tour the band continued their Projekt Revolution festivals chain in America, as Projekt Revolution 2007. Linkin Park decided to make the tour ostensibly "green" by donating $1 of every ticket to American Forests through their charity Music for Relief and using biodiesel on a majority of their buses, eliminating an estimated 350 tons of carbon emissions.[1] There were also informative booths that showed concert goers how to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.[2] Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance was married backstage to Lyn-Z, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence, after the final show on the Revolution tour.

Later on the band continued the tour after Project Revolution as Australian and New Zealand Tour, Minutes To Midnight Asian Tour, Minutes To Midnight North American Tour and again European tour.

Set list

These set lists are representative of the average set list throughout shows.

Set A
  1. "Gunshot Intro #1" / "One Step Closer"
  2. "Lying from You"
  3. "Somewhere I Belong
  4. "No More Sorrow
  5. "Papercut"
  6. "Points of Authority"
  7. "From the Inside"
  8. "Leave Out All the Rest"
  9. "Numb"
  10. "The Little Things Give You Away"
  11. "Breaking the Habit"
  12. "Shadow of the Day"
  13. "Crawling"
  14. "In the End"
  15. "Bleed It Out"
Encore
  2. "Pushing Me Away" (Piano Version)
  3. "What I've Done"
  4. "Faint"

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold/Available Box office
Promo Tour[3]
April 28, 2007 Berlin Germany Kesselhaus
April 30, 2007[A] Cologne ProSieben Studios
May 2, 2007[B] London England BBC Maida Vale Studios
May 3, 2007 Astoria
May 4, 2007[C] The London Studios
May 6, 2007[D] East Rutherford United States Giants Stadium
May 11, 2007 New York City Webster Hall
May 12, 2007[E] GE Building (Studio 8H)
May 18, 2007[F] West Hollywood House of Blues
May 19, 2007[G] Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
European Tour
May 24, 2007 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
May 25, 2007 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
May 27, 2007 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena
May 28, 2007[H] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland
May 30, 2007 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 1, 2007[I] Adenau Germany Nürburgring
June 2, 2007[J] Nuremberg Volkspark Dutzendteich
June 5, 2007[K] Saint Petersburg Russia New Arena
June 6, 2007 Moscow Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy
June 8, 2007[L] Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés
June 9, 2007[M] Castle Donington England Donington Park
June 11, 2007 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
June 12, 2007 Prague Czech Republic Sazka arena
June 13, 2007[N] Chorzów Poland Stadion Slaski
June 16, 2007[O] Nickelsdorf Austria Pannonia Fields II
Australian and New Zealand Tour
October 11, 2007 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
October 12, 2007
October 14, 2007 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
October 15, 2007
October 16, 2007 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 18, 2007 Perth Burswood Dome
October 20, 2007 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
October 21, 2007
October 22, 2007 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Asian Tour
November 11, 2007 Bangkok Thailand Aktive Square
November 13, 2007 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 16, 2007 Taipei Taiwan Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
November 18, 2007 Shanghai China Hong Kou Stadium
November 20, 2007 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
November 23, 2007 Saitama Japan Saitama Super Arena
November 24, 2007
November 26, 2007 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
November 27, 2007 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Naniwa
November 30, 2007 Seoul South Korea Olympic Park
European Tour[4]
January 16, 2008 Hanover Germany TUI Arena
January 17, 2008 Amnéville France Galaxie Amnéville
January 18, 2008 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
January 20, 2008 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
January 21, 2008 Cologne Kölnarena
January 22, 2008 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
January 24, 2008 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
January 25, 2008 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
January 27, 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
January 28, 2008 London The O2 Arena
January 29, 2008
North American Tour
February 12, 2008 Omaha United States Qwest Center 9,461 / 9,461 (100%) $439,937
February 13, 2008 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 12,630 / 15,261 $574,339
February 15, 2008 Columbus Nationwide Arena
February 16, 2008 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
February 18, 2008 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
February 19, 2008 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
February 21, 2008 New York City Apple Store[P]
Madison Square Garden
February 22, 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 14,487 / 16,096 (90%) $808,469
February 23, 2008 London John Labatt Centre 9,730 / 9,887 (83%) $559,952
February 25, 2008 Lexington United States Rupp Arena
February 26, 2008 Nashville Sommet Center
February 29, 2008 Oklahoma City Ford Center
March 4, 2008 Los Angeles Staples Center
March 6, 2008 Las Vegas The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel
March 7, 2008
March 8, 2008 West Valley City E Center
March 10, 2008 Sacramento ARCO Arena
European Tour [6]
June 5, 2008 Skive Denmark Strandtangen
June 6, 2008[Q] Lisbon Portugal Parque da Bela Vista
June 7, 2008[R] Madrid Spain La Cubierta
June 10, 2008 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
June 11, 2008 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
June 13, 2008[S] Seinajoki Finland Törnävä
June 17, 2008 Brno Czech Republic Velodrom
June 18, 2008 Graz Austria Stadthalle
June 20, 2008[T] Venice Italy Parco San Giuliano

Notes

  1. ^ This was a performance for "TV total".
  2. ^ This was a performance at "BBC Radio 1"
  3. ^ This was a performance for "Popworld"
  4. ^ This show was a part of "Bamboozle Festival".
  5. ^ This show was a part of "Saturday Night Live (season 32)"
  6. ^ This show was played at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
  7. ^ This was played at "KROQ Weenie Roast"
  8. ^ This show was a part of "Pinkpop"
  9. ^ This show was a part of "Rock am Ring".
  10. ^ This show was a part of "Rock im Park".
  11. ^ This show was a part of "Tuborg GreenFest".
  12. ^ This show was a part of "Oeiras Alive!"
  13. ^ This show was a part of "Download Festival".
  14. ^ Opening for Pearl Jam
  15. ^ This show was a part of "Nova Rock Festival"
  16. ^ This show was recorded as EP – "iTunes Live from SoHo".[5]
  17. ^ This show was a part of "Rock in Rio Lisboa"
  18. ^ This show was a part of "Festimad"
  19. ^ This show was a part of "Provinssi"
  20. ^ This show was a part of "Heineken Jammin' Festival"

References

  1. ^ variety.com, Music: Linkin Park's hybrid theories, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
  2. ^ phoenixnewtimes.com, Rock Politics Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
  3. ^ Europe-Linkin Park shows 2007 LPLive
  4. ^ Linkin Park shows 2008 LPLive
  5. ^ "iTunes Live from SoHo – EP by Linkin Park". iTunes Store (US). Apple. 4 March 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "Shows". 31 August 2011.

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