Minutes to Midnight World Tour was the fourth

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by American rock band

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. It was launched in support of Linkin Park's third studio album, ''

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'' (2007). ''Linkin Park Underground'' the official fan club of the band released a live album as a part of their annual releases named as '' LP Underground 7.0''. It consisted of the live performances of the shows across the 2007-Minutes to Midnight tour.

Background

The tour was announced in April 2007 after the release of the hit single ''

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''. The tour consists of five legs. The first leg consisted of shows in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. The leg under the name ''Promo Tour'' began on April 28, 2007 in Berlin, Germany and ended on May 19, 2007 in

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, where they played at KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta. The first leg consisted of ten shows which took place for twenty-two days. After three days band moved towards Europe and started the "Minutes To Midnight European Tour" which consisted of sixteen shows and a tenure of twenty-four days. Bands like

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, Blindside and

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, served as special guests for the leg. The band played in various European countries like Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France and Russia. After the European tour the band continued their ''

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'' festivals chain in America, as '' Projekt Revolution 2007''. Linkin Park decided to make the tour ostensibly "green" by donating $1 of every ticket to

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through their charity

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and using

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on a majority of their buses, eliminating an estimated 350 tons of carbon emissions.variety.com
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, lead singer of

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was married backstage to Lyn-Z, bassist of

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, after the final show on the Revolution tour. Later on the band continued the tour after ''Project Revolution'' as ''Australian and New Zealand Tour'', ''Minutes To Midnight Asian Tour'', ''Minutes To Midnight North American Tour'' and again European tour.

Set list

These set lists are representative of the average set list throughout shows.

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, backing vocals on "The Little Things Give You Away"; rhythm guitar on "Leave Out All the Rest" * Joe Hahn - turntables, samplers * Rob Bourdon - drums, percussion

Tour dates

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minutes to Midnight World Tour Linkin Park concert tours 2007 concert tours 2008 concert tours