The Betrayed Tour was a

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band

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, taking place in 2010, in support of their fourth studio album '' The Betrayed''. The tour began on 18 January 2010, with three special dates in London,

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and

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, as well as a festival appearance at the Outside-In Festival in

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. The official UK tour began on 4 February 2010 and lasted until 28 February 2010, with support act

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on all dates, with a changing slot support from Hexes (4–13 February), We Are the Ocean (14–15 February) and

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(17 February – 1 March). The

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1 March 2010 date was cancelled due to a fire in

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which caused damage to the venue. The date was rescheduled to 1 May 2010, at the

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, with the same support acts. The band then headlined a short tour of Australia and Japan, with The Blackout supporting on all dates. The Blackout also supported the band on their second European leg which took the bands to such countries as the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and more, with some additional UK & Irish dates, and two Russian dates supported by Those Days. The end of the tour saw the band performing at the

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, with some additional UK & Scottish dates, with supporting acts Attack! Attack! and Young Guns. No US dates were played during the tour in support of the album, as the album wasn't even released in the US.

Set list

Tour dates

Support acts

* Attack! Attack! (21 May 2010; 24–25 August 2010) *

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(25 August 2010) *Hexes (4–13 February, 1 May 2010) * Jody Has A Hitlist (18–19 May 2010) *

(4–28 February, 1 May 2010) *

(17–28 February, 1 May 2010) *

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(2 May 2010) * The Blackout (27–30 March, 6–30 April, 2 May 2010)
*The Dead Formats (21 May 2010) * The Maple Room (12 April 2010) *Those Days (24–25 May 2010) *Tonight Alive (27–30 March 2010) *

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(2 May 2010) * We Are the Ocean (14–15 February 2010) * Young Guns (23 August 2010)

Personnel

* Ian Watkins – lead vocals *

Lee Gaze Lee James Gaze (born 21 May 1975 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh musician. He is the lead guitarist, and also one of the founding members, of the Welsh/American alternative rock band No Devotion and previously a member of the Welsh rock band L ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals * Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Stuart Richardson – bass, backing vocals *

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– synth, turntables, samples, vocals * Luke Johnson – drums, backing vocals

References

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