Iowa World Tour was a worldwide

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in 2001 and 2002 headlined by Slipknot in support of their second studio album ''

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''.

Setlists

Set list

Kill The Industry

Kill The Industry was a leg of the Iowa World Tour in Europe. Musicians that accompanied the tour include Static-X,

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and

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. The band was supposed to play at Dynamo Open Air, but the festival was cancelled. As a result, this date was replaced by an headlining show in 's-Hertogenbosch with some bands supposed to play at Dynamo that day opening. However, the band also cancelled their appearance at

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Ozzfest 2001

Slipknot joined the 2001

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, performing on the main stage after Papa Roach and before Marilyn Manson.

Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance Tour was a leg co-headlined by the heavy metal band

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

. Both groups used the tour as a promotion for their new albums. The band played 27 shows all over the United States and had support from

Rammstein Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, ...

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and No One. The tour was scheduled to start on September 14 but was postponed for a week due to the terrorist attacks on

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, 5 dates were rescheduled and 4 dates were cancelled, the rest of the dates went ahead as originally scheduled. Originally, No One were to open the tour and American Head Charge was to take their set for the second half of the tour. Due to the terrorist attacks, Mudvayne dropped off the tour leaving an open set on October 2. To fill the gap, American Head Charge came onto the tour early and No One stayed on for the entire tour. A ''

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'' CD, reported by ''Metal Hammer'' to have been largely recorded at the Rosemont date in October, includes SOAD's '

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', 'Bounce' and '

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', Slipknot's 'People = Shit', 'The Heretic Anthem' and 'New Abortion', Mudvayne's 'Under My Skin' and 'Pharmaecopia', American Head Charge's 'Seamless' and No One's 'My Release'. However, complained

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, "Mudvayne's two tracks… are taken from their DVD ''L(ive) D(osage) 50: Live in Peoria''. And, for reasons best known to themselves, Rammstein are completely absent. So this is far from being the complete live documentation of the tour many would have hoped and liked to experience on the CD." Bands: *

* Slipknot *

(dropped from the tour on 24th October) *

(dropped from the tour on 30th September due to unknown reasons) * No One *

(started 5th October. dropped from the last show of the tour due to tour with Slayer)

Cancelled headlining US leg

The band was supposed to play their own headlining shows after the Pledge of Allegiance Tour, with

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as direct support. However, this portion of the tour ended up being cancelled just nine days after its announcement, due to the wife of the band's percussionist,

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, undergoing surgery for Crohn's disease, which forced Crahan to not participate in Slipknot's live performances. However, the group announced that they plan to go ahead with their upcoming European tour, which had its start date moved ahead to January 2002.

European leg

The European Iowa Tour was intended to begin around the

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, but because of the incident, the tour was postponed to February 2002. Slipknot arrived in

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for a performance on January 20, 2002 to kick off the European Iowa Tour, which was its penultimate leg. On February 16, 2002, Slipknot performed at the

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, the show they filmed for their live DVD ''

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'', released November 22 of the same year. Despite significant tabloid coverage, the European Iowa Tour was not sold out.

Japanese leg

The Japanese leg kicked off on March 18, 2002 at the Rainbow Hall in Nagoya. The tour is part of a worldwide tour to promote ''Iowa''; the Japan Iowa Tour was preceded by the European Iowa Tour.

European Open Air Leg

This leg consisted of several festival appearances across Europe, beginning with the Festival Ilha Do Ermal on August 20, 2002, and ending with an appearance at the 2 Days a Week Festival in Austria. They also notably performed at the 2002 Reading and Leeds Festivals in the United Kingdom. Because of the shorter set times available at festivals, "Gently" and "New Abortion" were removed from the setlist on this leg.

References

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