The Path of Totality Tour was a concert tour in support of Korn's tenth studio album of the same name. The tour kicked off on November 3, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. Supporting acts for the first North American leg of the tour were Downlink, Datsik, and Dope D.O.D. Kill the Noise and Sluggo will each open certain dates of the second North American leg; Jonathan Davis' dubstep side project, JDevil, will perform on all dates. Downlink, JDevil, and The Dirty Youth are among the opening acts for the European leg. The tour is scheduled to continue overseas in Europe on March 12, 2012, following an appearance at the SmokeOut Festival in

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with Cypress Hill. On May 5, 2012, former guitarist

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joined the band onstage for the first time in 7 years at the Carolina Rebellion Festival. The tour saw its final Leg on December 1, 2012 as part of the Shiprocked Cruise. And it was also Korn's last tour as a quartet before original guitarist

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returns to the band in 2013

Setlist

;Other songs "Let's Go" was performed once at the Boston show. "

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" had been listed on the setlist for Boston but it was not performed for unspecified reasons. "Proud" was a staple on the tour's first North American leg; it has since been replaced. "Illuminati" was played during ''The Path of Totalitys album release party at the Hollywood Palladium. "

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" was played once in Oberhausen, only to be replaced with "Oildale (Leave Me Alone)" at the next show. "Porno Creep" was played at the Indianapolis show, but has since been omitted from the set list, but was played at the Gurgaon show in Delhi, NCR in India. Jonathan Davis confirmed via video chat that "B.B.K." is performed during rehearsals for the tour but is difficult to pull off live and may be performed in the future.

Tour dates

Broadcasts and recordings

An official release party for ''The Path of Totality'' took place on December 6 at the

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, and featured several producers who worked on the album. This included

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performing " Get Up!" and " Narcissistic Cannibal" on guitar with the band. This event was filmed for a

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release, which will also be available in 3D and

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formats. The March 20 show in Amsterdam was specially streamed live on Korn's website and official

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page; the stream brought in a staggering 750,000 viewers online and may have a future DVD release. Korn was scheduled to perform in Los Angeles at the 2012 '' Revolver'' Golden Gods Awards on April 11, but the band had to cancel due to Jonathan Davis' knee injury. ''Korn: The Path of Totality Tour – Live at the Hollywood Palladium'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 4, 2012 by Shout! Factory.

VIP packages

The tour offered special Limited VIP Packages which will vary in price. Packages available include a ''Guitar VIP Experience'', ''Double Platinum VIP Experience'' (fans can choose of three different types: Listing session, Gaming session, or a drum lesson), ''Platinum VIP Experience'', and ''Gold VIP Experience''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Path Of Totality Tour 2011 concert tours 2012 concert tours Korn concert tours