The Living Things World Tour was the eighth

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by American

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band Linkin Park. It was launched in support of Linkin Park's fifth studio album '' Living Things'' (2012). The tour was officially announced in April 2012 through a teaser released after the release of trailer of the 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour by Linkin Park and

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. Later tour was officially announced during the Honda Civic Tour. Its first official leg under the name ''Living Things South American Tour'' began on September 14, 2012, in

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and ended on October 12, 2012, in Porto Alegre. Two shows during the whole tour were cancelled. Both the shows were in Brazil. The following statement was issued on the official site: "Due to logistical issues, some changes have been made to Linkin Park's upcoming Brazilian tour.

Background

The tour's first leg was in Latin America where the band played 6 shows. The tour began on September 14, 2012 in

and ended on October 12, 2012 in Porto Alegre. The second leg of the tour started after a month, and was titled as "Living Things South African Tour". The duration of the second leg was 4 days which included only 2 shows. Kongos were included as Special guest during this leg. It started on November 7, at

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. This show marked the band's first show in Africa. A number of fans were injured before the show when scaffolding outside the venue fell on them due to the high winds. One fan died as a result and a number of others were hospitalized.

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addressed the accident at the following show on November 10, 2012, Johannesburg. The show in Johannesburg included 65,300 people in attendance.Woman dies in Linkin Park concert crash
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'' Nov 8, 2012 The third leg of the tour started on February 21, 2013, with a LPU summit. Parts of the event were live streamed via the "LPU livestream.com" account. There was no DSP (Digital Souvenir Package) for the entire leg which was confirmed on February 25, 2013, as Las Vegas and the entire New Zealand/Australia Tour (8 shows) in February and March would not be getting DSPs. The fourth and the final leg was announced May 15, 2013. The tickets were made available on the same date by "SMTickets".Linkin Park Living Things World Tour in Asia
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'' May 15, 2013. The final leg was presented by "Scala events". The first show was played on August 10, 2013, at Chiba for the "

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", where the band played with various bands like Metallica,

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Development

Sales for general tickets began on October 2, 2012. "SMTickets" made tickets as pre-sale for the fourth leg. The set list mixed ''Living Things'' with the rest of the band's catalog. A half-minute-long trailer for the tour premiered in May 2013, featuring a Japanese narrator and assorted live scenes, paired with some of the bands' songs, including " Burn It Down", "

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Support Acts

*Vetamadre (Buenos Aires) * Charlie Brown Jr. (São Paulo) *Reação em Cadeia (Porto Alegre) * Kongos (South Africa) * Stone Sour (Australia & New Zealand)

Set list

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" Burn It Down"

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" Bleed It Out" (contains excerpts of "

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Tour dates

References

External links

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