The One More Light World Tour was the ninth headlining (eleventh overall) concert tour by the American rock band Linkin Park. The tour supported their seventh studio album, One More Light (2017). Beginning in May 2017, the tour visited 21 cities in South America and Europe. Following the death of lead vocalist and frontman Chester Bennington on July 20, 2017, the North American leg was cancelled the following day, followed by the final leg of the tour in Japan on October 3, 2017. It was also the last tour to feature drummer / band co-founder Rob Bourdon and lead guitarist Brad Delson, although the latter participated in the development of future shows.
Background Starting October 2016, the band announced several music festival appearances in Argentina, France and Germany. Throughout the remainder of the year, more shows were revealed. In March 2017, a promotional trailer was released on YouTube to promote standalone concerts in the U.K. This was followed by the band performing several promotional concerts and press interviews.
The band announced the North American tour with a comical trailer which was released through Genius. The trailer showed Machine Gun Kelly being interviewed and Bennington and Shinoda intervening and asking him to tour with them, resulting in his leaving the interview in amusement. Another comical video, for the promotion of Blink-182 co-headlining shows, known as "Welcome to Blinkin Park". The video included a couple on a tinder date taking Linkin Park and Blink-182 with them to decrease the awkwardness.
Tickets for the North American leg were sold through Ticketmaster's new "Verified Fan" program, an initiative to help prevent ticket scalping. The band announced $1 from each ticket sale would be donated to "Music for Relief", a charity foundation to aid survivors of natural disasters and environmental protection. Each ticket also included a physical or digital copy of the band's latest album.
Commenting on the upcoming tour, guitarist Brad Delson stated: "Our fans know how much love we put into our live show. They know how much we enjoy the connection when we play a fan favorite on stage. The emotional and sonic content of this new batch of songs is going to bring a whole new dimension to the show."
On July 20, 2017, Chester Bennington died by suicide in his home in Los Angeles suburbs of Palos Verdes Estates, California. His final performance with the band was on July 6 at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, England."Watch Linkin Park Perform With Chester Bennington for the Last Time". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2017 The day following his death, Live Nation announced that the North American leg would be canceled, and customers would be refunded. Two months later, the band announced the cancellation of the Japan leg of the tour, while also providing refund information.
Opening acts
Machine Gun Kelly Rise Against Turbopótamos Nothing but Thieves, Sum 41, Blink-182 Sum 41 Rob Zombie Slayer
The planned supports for the cancelled North American leg were Machine Gun Kelly (main support), One Ok Rock (Mansfield, Camden, Bristow, Uncasville, Chiba), Wu-Tang Clan (New York), and Snoop Dogg (Seattle, Vancouver, Fresno, San Jose, Chula Vista, Los Angeles).
Set list The following set list was obtained from the concert of July 3, 2017, held at The O2 Arena in London, England. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
Instrumental Sequence "Talking to Myself" "Burn It Down" "The Catalyst" "Wastelands" "One Step Closer" "Castle of Glass" "Good Goodbye" "Lost in the Echo" "Battle Symphony" "New Divide" "From the Inside" "Invisible" "Waiting for the End" "Breaking the Habit" "One More Light" "Crawling" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Somewhere I Belong" "What I've Done" "In the End" "Faint" Encore "Sharp Edges" "Numb" "Heavy" "Papercut" "Bleed It Out"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Support Attendance RevenueLeg 1 – South AmericaBoxscore:May 6, 2017Buenos AiresArgentinaTecnópolisSlayer, Rob Zombie18,812 / 20,000$1,750,400May 9, 2017SantiagoChileMovistar ArenaRise Against13,489 / 14,974$1,049,590May 11, 2017LimaPeruEstadio Nacional de LimaTurbopótamos31,642 / 31,642$1,908,490May 13, 2017São PauloBrazilAutódromo José Carlos Pace Slayer, Rob Zombie32,384 / 35,000$2,743,850Leg 2 - EuropeBoxscore:June 9, 2017ParisFranceBase Aérienne 217Blink-182, Pierce The Veil——June 11, 2017PragueCzech RepublicPrague-Letňany AirportSimple Plan——June 12, 2017BerlinGermanyMercedes-Benz ArenaMachine Gun Kelly12,884 / 14,040$929,122June 14, 2017NickelsdorfAustriaPannonia Fields IIFive Finger Death Punch, Steel Panther, Airbourne ——June 15, 2017KrakówPolandTauron ArenaMachine Gun Kelly——June 17, 2017MonzaItalyAutodromo Nazionale MonzaNothing but thieves, Sum 41, Blink-182——June 18, 2017ClissonFranceHellfestProphets of Rage, Alter Bridge, A Day To Remember——June 20, 2017AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeSum 41——June 22, 2017MadridSpainCaja MágicaFive Finger Death Punch, A Day To Remember, Code Orange——June 24, 2017ScheeßelGermanyEichenringBlink-18277,570 / 77,570—June 25, 2017Neuhausen ob EckFlugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck——June 27, 2017SopronHungaryLővér Camping Site 45,000 / 45,000—June 29, 2017NorrköpingSwedenNorrköping-Bråvalla AirfieldAdept 34,509 / 50,000—July 1, 2017WerchterBelgiumRock WerchterSystem of a Down, Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World——July 3, 2017LondonEnglandThe O2 ArenaStormzy(appearance for "Good Goodbye")16,249 / 18,228$1,241,970July 4, 2017Brixton Academy——July 6, 2017BirminghamBarclaycard Arena——Total125,460 / 133,884$9,623,422
Cancelled dates + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue Date City Country Venue ReasonJuly 7, 2017ManchesterEnglandManchester ArenaDamages from the Manchester Arena bombing were not repaired in timeJuly 27, 2017MansfieldUnited StatesXfinity CenterDeath of Chester BenningtonJuly 28, 2017New York CityCiti FieldJuly 30, 2017HersheyHersheypark StadiumAugust 1, 2017CamdenBB&T PavilionAugust 2, 2017BristowJiffy Lube LiveAugust 5, 2017UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaAugust 7, 2017ClarkstonDTE Energy Music TheatreAugust 8, 2017TorontoCanadaBudweiser StageAugust 10, 2017MontrealBell CentreAugust 12, 2017CincinnatiUnited StatesRiverbend Music CenterAugust 14, 2017Tinley ParkHollywood Casino AmphitheatreAugust 15, 2017Saint PaulXcel Energy CenterAugust 17, 2017CharlottePNC Music PavilionAugust 19, 2017TampaMidFlorida Credit Union AmphitheatreAugust 20, 2017West Palm BeachPerfect Vodka AmphitheatreAugust 22, 2017HoustonToyota CenterAugust 23, 2017San AntonioAT&T CenterAugust 25, 2017DallasStarplex PavilionAugust 26, 2017Oklahoma CityChesapeake Energy ArenaAugust 28, 2017DenverPepsi CenterAugust 30, 2017PhoenixTalking Stick Resort ArenaSeptember 1, 2017StatelineLake Tahoe Outdoor ArenaSeptember 2, 2017Las VegasMGM Grand Garden ArenaOctober 14, 2017SeattleKeyArenaOctober 15, 2017VancouverCanadaRogers ArenaOctober 17, 2017FresnoUnited StatesSave Mart CenterOctober 18, 2017San JoseSAP CenterOctober 20, 2017Chula VistaMattress Firm AmphitheatreOctober 22, 2017Los AngelesHollywood BowlNovember 2, 2017ChibaJapanMakuhari MesseNovember 4, 2017November 5, 2017
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
Maximus FestivalSources for Maximus Festival: Download FestivalSources for Download Festival: Aerodrome Nova Rock Festival Impact Festival Independent Days Festival Hellfest Open Air Hurricane Festival Southside Festival Volt Fesztivál Bråvalla festival Rock Werchter Welcome to Blinkin Park
Personnel Chester Bennington – lead vocals Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion Brad Delson – lead guitar, keyboards on "Waiting for the End", acoustic guitar on "Sharp Edges", synthesizer on "Burn It Down" Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals, samplers on "Good Goodbye" and "Lost in the Echo", rhythm guitar on "Leave Out All the Rest" Joe Hahn – turntables, samples, backing vocals Mike Shinoda – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, piano, rapping, backing vocals
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