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 and '. The tour was announced on June 22, 2009 at the ' 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.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:
- "Session"
- "Given Up"
- "From the Inside"
- "Somewhere I Belong"
- "No More Sorrow"
- "Lying From You
- "Points of Authority"
- "What I've Done
- "Leave Out All The Rest"
- "Numb"
- "Breaking The Habit
- "Shadow Of The Day
- "Hands Held High
- "Crawling"
- "In The End"
- "Bleed It Out"
- "New Divide
- "Faint
- "One Step Closer"
Stuttgart, Knebworth, Gräfenhainichen, Chiba, Osaka, & Pomona Setlist:
- "Session"
- "Given Up"
- "From The Inside"
- "Somewhere I Belong"
- "No More Sorrow"
- "Lying From You"
- "Points of Authority"
- "What I've Done"
- "Leave Out All The Rest"
- "Numb"
- "Breaking The Habit"
- "Shadow Of The Day"
- "Hands Held High"
- "Crawling"
- "In The End"
- "Bleed It Out
- "Crawl Back In
- "Fire"
- "My Suffering"
- "New Divide"
- "Faint"
- "One Step Closer"
Shanghai Setlist:
- "Session"
- "From the Inside"
- "Somewhere I Belong"
- "No More Sorrow"
- "Lying From You
- "Points of Authority"
- "What I've Done
- "Leave Out All The Rest"
- "Numb"
- "Breaking The Habit
- "Shadow Of The Day
- "Hands Held High
- "Crawling"
- "In The End"
- "Bleed It Out"
- "New Divide
- "Faint
- "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