One More Light World Tour

One More Light World Tour
Tour by Linkin Park
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumOne More Light
Start dateMay 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)
End dateJuly 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)
Legs2
No. of shows21
Linkin Park concert chronology

The One More Light World Tour[1] was the ninth headlining (eleventh overall) concert tour by American rock band Linkin Park. The tour supported their seventh studio album, One More Light (2017).[2] Beginning in May 2017, the tour visited 21 cities in South America and Europe. Following the death of lead vocalist and frontman Chester Bennington on July 20, 2017, the North American leg was cancelled the following day, followed by the final leg of the tour in Japan on October 3, 2017.[3] It was also the last tour to feature drummer Rob Bourdon and guitarist Brad Delson, although the latter participated in the development of future shows.

Background

Starting October 2016, the band announced several music festival appearances in Argentina, France and Germany. Throughout the remainder of the year, more shows were revealed. In March 2017, a promotional trailer was released on YouTube to promote standalone concerts in the U.K. This was followed by the band performing several promotional concerts and press interviews.

The band announced the North American tour with a comical trailer which was released through Genius. The trailer showed Machine Gun Kelly being interviewed and Bennington and Shinoda intervening and asking him to tour with them, resulting him to leave the interview in amusement.[4] Another comical video, for the promotion of Blink-182 co-headlining shows, known as "Welcome to Blinkin Park".[5] The video included a couple on a tinder date taking Linkin Park and Blink-182 with them to decrease the awkwardness.[6]

Tickets for the North American leg were sold through Ticketmaster's new "Verified Fan" program, an initiative to help prevent ticket scalping. The band announced $1 from each ticket sale would be donated to "Music for Relief", a charity foundation to aid survivors of natural disasters and environmental protection.[7] Each ticket also included a physical or digital copy of the band's latest album.[8]

Commenting on the upcoming tour, guitarist Brad Delson stated:

"Our fans know how much love we put into our live show. They know how much we enjoy the connection when we play a fan favorite on stage. The emotional and sonic content of this new batch of songs is going to bring a whole new dimension to the show."[9]

On July 20, 2017, Chester Bennington died by suicide in his home in Los Angeles suburbs of Palos Verdes Estates, California. His final performance with the band was on July 6 at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, England.[10] Due to his death, the status of the remaining tour dates was placed into question. The next day, Live Nation announced that the North American leg would be canceled, and customers would be refunded.[11] Two months later, the band announced the cancellation of the Japan leg of the tour, while also providing refund information.

Opening acts

The planned supports for the cancelled North American leg were Machine Gun Kelly (main support),[14] One Ok Rock (Mansfield, Camden, Bristow, Uncasville, Chiba),[15] Wu-Tang Clan (New York),[16] and Snoop Dogg (Seattle, Vancouver, Fresno, San Jose, Chula Vista, Los Angeles).[17]

Setlist

The following setlists were obtained from the concert of May 11, 2017, held at the Estadio Nacional de Lima in Lima, Peru,[18] and the concert of July 3, 2017, held at The O2 Arena in London, England.[19] It is not intended to represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

South America
  1. Instrumental Sequence (contains elements of "Fallout" and "Roads Untraveled")
  2. "The Catalyst" (contains elements of "War")
  3. "Wastelands"
  4. "Talking to Myself"
  5. "Burn It Down"
  6. "One Step Closer"
  7. "Castle of Glass" (Includes Mike Shinoda remix)
  8. "Good Goodbye"
  9. "Lost in the Echo"
  10. "Battle Symphony"
  11. "New Divide"
  12. "Breaking the Habit"
  13. "Crawling" (Piano version)
  14. "Leave Out All the Rest"
  15. "Somewhere I Belong"
  16. "What I've Done"
  17. "Faint"
  18. "Numb" (contains excerpts from "Numb/Encore")
  19. "Heavy"
  20. "Papercut"
  21. "Bleed It Out"
Europe
  1. Instrumental Sequence (contains elements of "Fallout" and "Roads Untraveled")
  2. "Talking to Myself"
  3. "Burn It Down"
  4. "The Catalyst"
  5. "Wastelands" (contains outro sample from "War")
  6. "One Step Closer"
  7. "Castle of Glass" (Includes M. Shinoda remix, contains excerpts from "A Place for My Head")
  8. "Good Goodbye"
  9. "Lost in the Echo"
  10. "Battle Symphony" (occasionally replaced with "Nobody Can Save Me")
  11. "New Divide"
  12. "From the Inside"
  13. "Invisible" (contains excerpts from "Hands Held High")
  14. "Waiting for the End" (contains excerpts from "Remember the Name")
  15. "Breaking the Habit"
  16. "One More Light"
  17. "Crawling" (Piano version)
  18. "Leave Out All the Rest"
  19. "Somewhere I Belong"
  20. "What I've Done"
  21. "In the End"
  22. "Faint"
Encore
  1. "Sharp Edges" (acoustic)
  2. "Numb" (contains excerpts from "Numb/Encore")
  3. "Heavy"
  4. "Papercut"
  5. "Bleed It Out"

Songs performed

Songs performed

Completed shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Support Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 – South America[20][21][22][23]
May 6, 2017[A] Buenos Aires Argentina Tecnópolis Slayer, Rob Zombie 18,812 / 20,000 $1,750,400
May 9, 2017 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena Rise Against 13,489 / 14,974 $1,049,590
May 11, 2017 Lima Peru Estadio Nacional de Lima Turbopótamos 31,642 / 31,642 $1,908,490
May 13, 2017[A] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Slayer, Rob Zombie 32,384 / 35,000 $2,743,850
Leg 2 - Europe[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
June 9, 2017[B] Paris France Base Aérienne 217 Blink-182, Pierce The Veil — —
June 11, 2017[C] Prague Czech Republic Prague-Letňany Airport Simple Plan — —
June 12, 2017 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena Machine Gun Kelly 12,884 / 14,040 $929,122
June 14, 2017[D] Nickelsdorf Austria Pannonia Fields II Five Finger Death Punch, Steel Panther, Airbourne — —
June 15, 2017[E] Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Machine Gun Kelly — —
June 17, 2017[F] Monza Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Nothing but thieves, Sum 41, Blink-182 — —
June 18, 2017[G] Clisson France Hellfest Prophets of Rage, Alter Bridge, A Day To Remember — —
June 20, 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Sum 41 — —
June 22, 2017[B] Madrid Spain Caja Mágica Five Finger Death Punch, A Day To Remember, Code Orange — —
June 24, 2017[H] Scheeßel Germany Eichenring Blink-182 77,570 / 77,570 —
June 25, 2017[I] Neuhausen ob Eck Flugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck — —
June 27, 2017[J] Sopron Hungary Lővér Camping Site — 45,000 / 45,000 —
June 29, 2017[K] Norrköping Sweden Norrköping-Bråvalla Airfield Adept 34,509 / 50,000 —
July 1, 2017[L] Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter System of a Down, Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World — —
July 3, 2017 London England The O2 Arena Stormzy
(appearance for "Good Goodbye") 		16,249 / 18,228 $1,241,970
July 4, 2017 Brixton Academy — —
July 6, 2017 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena — — —
Total 125,460 / 133,884 $9,623,422

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue Reason
July 7, 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena Damages from the Manchester Arena bombing were not repaired in time[39]
July 27, 2017 Mansfield United States Xfinity Center Death of Chester Bennington[41]
July 28, 2017[M] New York City Citi Field
July 30, 2017[M] Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
August 1, 2017 Camden BB&T Pavilion
August 2, 2017 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 5, 2017 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
August 7, 2017 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 8, 2017 Toronto Canada Budweiser Stage
August 10, 2017 Montreal Bell Centre
August 12, 2017 Cincinnati United States Riverbend Music Center
August 14, 2017 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 15, 2017 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
August 17, 2017 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
August 19, 2017 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 20, 2017 West Palm Beach Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre
August 22, 2017 Houston Toyota Center
August 23, 2017 San Antonio AT&T Center
August 25, 2017 Dallas Starplex Pavilion
August 26, 2017 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
August 28, 2017 Denver Pepsi Center
August 30, 2017 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
September 1, 2017 Stateline Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
September 2, 2017 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 14, 2017 Seattle KeyArena
October 15, 2017 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
October 17, 2017 Fresno United States Save Mart Center
October 18, 2017 San Jose SAP Center
October 20, 2017 Chula Vista Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
October 22, 2017 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
November 2, 2017 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
November 4, 2017
November 5, 2017

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

A Maximus Festival[42]
B Download Festival[43]
C Aerodrome[44]
D Nova Rock Festival[45]
E Impact Festival[46]
F Independent Days Festival[47]
G Hellfest Open Air[48]
H Hurricane Festival[49]
I Southside Festival[50]
J Volt Fesztivál[51]
K Bråvalla festival[52]
L Rock Werchter[53]
M Welcome to Blinkin Park[54]
N Welcome to Blinkin Park[54]

Personnel

  • Chester Bennington – lead vocals, and rhythm guitar
  • Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion
  • Brad Delson – lead guitar, keyboards on "Waiting for the End", acoustic guitar on "Sharp Edges", synthesizer on "Burn It Down"
  • Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals, samplers on "Good Goodbye" and "Lost in the Echo", rhythm guitar on "Leave Out All the Rest"
  • Joe Hahn – turntables, samples, backing vocals
  • Mike Shinoda – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards, piano, rapping, and backing vocals (first half of tour)

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