International Tour

The International Tour was the fifth concert tour by American rock band Linkin Park. It was launched in support of Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The tour was announced on June 22, 2009 at the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiere outside Mann's Village Theater where the band performed a show in support of the film. The tour featured special guests like Funeral for a Friend and Coheed and Cambria. The tour was sponsored by MTV.

International Tour
Tour by Linkin Park
Promotional Poster for the tour
Associated albumMinutes to Midnight
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Memory and Humanity
No World For Tomorrow
Start dateJuly 19, 2009
End dateAugust 22, 2009
Legs1
No. of shows17
Linkin Park tour chronology
Minutes to Midnight World Tour
(2007-08)		 International Tour
(2009)		 A Thousand Suns World Tour
(2010-11)

Background

The tour started with Rock'n Coke show at Istanbul on July 19, 2009. The band played with bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Hayko Cepkin, maNga vs. Cartel, Cold War Kids and D2. The duration of the tour was 35 days long and included a span of 17 shows all over the world. It was a tour of Turkey, Greece, Austria, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, Germany and various other countries. The tour ended in United States. The last show played was entitled as Epicenter '09, where the band played with various artists like Tool, Alice In Chains, Wolfmother, Atreyu, Hollywood Undead and Street Sweeper Social Club.

Set list

Istambul, Athens, Graz, Pori, St Petersburg, Zürich, Portimão, Okinawa, Taipei & Macau Setlist:

  1. "Session" (Intro)
  2. "Given Up"
  3. "From the Inside"
  4. "Somewhere I Belong"
  5. "No More Sorrow"
  6. "Lying From You
  7. "Points of Authority"
  8. "What I've Done
  9. "Leave Out All The Rest"
  10. "Numb"
  11. "Breaking The Habit
  12. "Shadow Of The Day
  13. "Hands Held High
  14. "Crawling"
  15. "In The End"
  16. "Bleed It Out"
  17. "New Divide
  18. "Faint
  19. "One Step Closer"

Stuttgart, Knebworth, Gräfenhainichen, Chiba, Osaka, & Pomona Setlist:


  1. "Session" (Intro)
  2. "Given Up"
  3. "From The Inside"
  4. "Somewhere I Belong"
  5. "No More Sorrow"
  6. "Lying From You"
  7. "Points of Authority"
  8. "What I've Done"
  9. "Leave Out All The Rest"
  10. "Numb"
  11. "Breaking The Habit"
  12. "Shadow Of The Day"
  13. "Hands Held High"
  14. "Crawling"
  15. "In The End"
  16. "Bleed It Out
  17. "Crawl Back In (Dead By Sunrise)
  18. "Fire" (Dead By Sunrise)
  19. "My Suffering" (Dead By Sunrise)
  20. "New Divide"
  21. "Faint"
  22. "One Step Closer"

Shanghai Setlist:


  1. "Session" (Intro)
  2. "From the Inside"
  3. "Somewhere I Belong"
  4. "No More Sorrow"
  5. "Lying From You
  6. "Points of Authority"
  7. "What I've Done
  8. "Leave Out All The Rest"
  9. "Numb"
  10. "Breaking The Habit
  11. "Shadow Of The Day
  12. "Hands Held High
  13. "Crawling"
  14. "In The End"
  15. "Bleed It Out"
  16. "New Divide
  17. "Faint
  18. "One Step Closer"

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, rhythm guitar on "Leave Out All the Rest"
  • Joe Hahn - turntables, samplers
  • Rob Bourdon - drums, percussion

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
International Tour[1]
European and Turkish tour
July 19, 2009 Istanbul Turkey Istanbul Park
July 21, 2009 Athens Greece Terra Vibe Park
July 23, 2009 Graz Austria Stadthalle Graz
July 25, 2009 Pori Finland Kirjurinluoto Arena
July 26, 2009 St. Petersburg Russia Stadion Telebashnya
July 28, 2009 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
July 30, 2009 Stuttgart Germany Cannstatter Wasen
August 1, 2009 Knebworth United Kingdom Knebworth Park
August 2, 2009 Gräfenhainichen Germany Ferropolis 'Stadt aus Eisen'
August 5, 2009 Portimão Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
Asian Tour
August 8, 2009 Chiba Japan Chiba Marine Stadium
August 9, 2009 Osaka Maishima Sports Island
August 11, 2009 Okinawa Mihama Athletic Field at Chatan Park
August 13, 2009 Taipei Taiwan Taipei County Stadium
August 15, 2009 Shanghai China Shanghai Stadium
August 16, 2009 Macau Cotai Arena @ The Venetian Resort
North American Tour
August 22, 2009 Pomona United States Fairplex

References
  1. 2009-Linkin Park international Tour LPLive
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