Minutes to Midnight World Tour was the fourth concert tour by the 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.variety.com, Music: Linkin Park's hybrid theories, Retrieved on July 26, 2007 There were also informative booths that showed concert goers how to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.phoenixnewtimes.com, Rock Politics , Retrieved on July 26, 2007 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.
"Gunshot Intro #1" / "One Step Closer" "Lying from You" "Somewhere I Belong" "No More Sorrow" "Papercut" "Points of Authority" "From the Inside" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Numb" "The Little Things Give You Away" "Breaking the Habit" "Shadow of the Day" "Crawling" "In the End" "Bleed It Out" Encore "Pushing Me Away" (Piano Version) "What I've Done" "Faint"
Personnel Chester Bennington - vocals, rhythm guitar on "Shadow of the Day" Mike Shinoda - rap/lead/backing vocals; rhythm guitar, keyboards, piano, samplers Brad Delson - lead guitar Dave Farrell - bass, backing vocals on "The Little Things Give You Away"; rhythm guitar on "Leave Out All the Rest" Joe Hahn - turntables, samplers Rob Bourdon - drums, percussion
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold/AvailableBox office Promo TourEurope-Linkin Park shows 2007 LPLiveApril 28, 2007BerlinGermanyKesselhausApril 30, 2007CologneProSieben StudiosMay 2, 2007LondonEnglandBBC Maida Vale StudiosMay 3, 2007AstoriaMay 4, 2007The London StudiosMay 6, 2007East RutherfordUnited StatesGiants StadiumMay 11, 2007New York CityWebster HallMay 12, 2007GE Building (Studio 8H)May 18, 2007West HollywoodHouse of BluesMay 19, 2007IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre European TourMay 24, 2007CopenhagenDenmarkForum CopenhagenMay 25, 2007StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe ArenaMay 27, 2007HamburgGermanyColor Line ArenaMay 28, 2007LandgraafNetherlandsMegalandMay 30, 2007ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-BercyJune 1, 2007AdenauGermanyNürburgringJune 2, 2007NurembergVolkspark DutzendteichJune 5, 2007Saint PetersburgRussiaNew ArenaJune 6, 2007MoscowSports Complex OlimpiyskiyJune 8, 2007LisbonPortugalPasseio Marítimo de AlgésJune 9, 2007Castle DoningtonEnglandDonington ParkJune 11, 2007ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionJune 12, 2007PragueCzech RepublicSazka arenaJune 13, 2007ChorzówPolandStadion SlaskiJune 16, 2007NickelsdorfAustriaPannonia Fields II Oceanian TourOctober 11, 2007AucklandNew ZealandVector ArenaOctober 12, 2007October 14, 2007MelbourneAustraliaRod Laver ArenaOctober 15, 2007October 16, 2007AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment CentreOctober 18, 2007PerthBurswood DomeOctober 20, 2007SydneySydney Entertainment CentreOctober 21, 2007October 22, 2007BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre Asian TourNovember 11, 2007BangkokThailandAktive SquareNovember 13, 2007SingaporeSingapore Indoor StadiumNovember 16, 2007TaipeiTaiwanZhongshan Soccer StadiumNovember 18, 2007ShanghaiChinaHong Kou StadiumNovember 20, 2007Hong KongAsiaWorld–ArenaNovember 23, 2007SaitamaJapanSaitama Super ArenaNovember 24, 2007November 26, 2007NagoyaNippon Gaishi HallNovember 27, 2007OsakaPrefectural Gymnasium NaniwaNovember 30, 2007SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Park European TourLinkin Park shows 2008 LPLiveJanuary 16, 2008HanoverGermanyTUI ArenaJanuary 17, 2008AmnévilleFranceGalaxie AmnévilleJanuary 18, 2008BaselSwitzerlandSt. JakobshalleJanuary 20, 2008FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle FrankfurtJanuary 21, 2008CologneKölnarenaJanuary 22, 2008ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-BercyJanuary 24, 2008NottinghamEnglandNottingham ArenaJanuary 25, 2008SheffieldSheffield ArenaJanuary 27, 2008ManchesterManchester Evening News ArenaJanuary 28, 2008LondonThe O2 ArenaJanuary 29, 2008 North American TourFebruary 12, 2008OmahaUnited StatesQwest Center9,461 / 9,461 (100%)$439,937February 13, 2008Saint PaulXcel Energy Center12,630 / 15,261$574,339February 15, 2008ColumbusNationwide ArenaFebruary 16, 2008DetroitJoe Louis Arena12,505 / 22,290 (54%)$542,874February 18, 2008ManchesterVerizon Wireless ArenaFebruary 19, 2008Baltimore1st Mariner Arena11,304 / 12,104 (94%)$517,542February 21, 2008New York CityApple StoreMadison Square Garden18,664 / 18,664 (100%)$861,188February 22, 2008MontrealCanadaBell Centre14,487 / 16,096 (90%)$808,469February 23, 2008LondonJohn Labatt Centre9,730 / 9,887 (83%)$559,952February 25, 2008LexingtonUnited StatesRupp ArenaFebruary 26, 2008NashvilleSommet CenterFebruary 29, 2008Oklahoma CityFord CenterMarch 4, 2008Los AngelesStaples Center16,232 / 16,232$864,062March 6, 2008Las VegasThe Joint @ Hard Rock HotelMarch 7, 2008March 8, 2008West Valley CityE CenterMarch 10, 2008SacramentoARCO Arena European Tour June 5, 2008SkiveDenmarkStrandtangenJune 6, 2008LisbonPortugalParque da Bela VistaJune 7, 2008MadridSpainLa CubiertaJune 10, 2008VilniusLithuaniaSiemens ArenaJune 11, 2008RigaLatviaArena RigaJune 13, 2008SeinajokiFinlandTörnävä June 17, 2008BrnoCzech RepublicVelodromJune 18, 2008GrazAustriaStadthalle June 20, 2008VeniceItalyParco San Giuliano
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