The World Contamination Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:The World Contamination Tour
Artist:My Chemical Romance
Album:
Start Date:October 23, 2010
End Date:May 12, 2012
Number Of Legs:7
Last Tour:The Black Parade World Tour
(2007–2008)
This Tour:The World Contamination Tour
(2010–2012)
Next Tour:Honda Civic Tour 2011
(2011)

The World Contamination Tour was a concert tour supporting My Chemical Romance's fourth album . This was the first tour My Chemical Romance had done since the departure of their drummer Bob Bryar. For the tour, Michael Pedicone was the stand-in drummer.

Support acts

Setlist

The band's setlist contained mostly songs from Danger Days, but also from their other three albums. There was not a steady setlist the band used, although the song "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" was used as the intro to all shows.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe[1]
October 23, 2010LondonEnglandHMV Apollo
October 24, 2010ManchesterO2 Apollo
October 25, 2010EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Corn Exchange
October 30, 2010AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg
November 1, 2010ParisFranceCigale
November 3, 2010BerlinGermanyKesselhaus
November 4, 2010HamburgGruenspan
November 5, 2010DortmundFreizeit Zentrum West
North America[2] [3]
December 3, 2010New York CityUnited States
December 5, 2010Tampa
December 8, 2010Kansas City
December 10, 2010San Jose
December 11, 2010Los Angeles
December 12, 2010San Diego
December 14, 2010St. Louis
December 15, 2010Chicago
December 18, 2010TorontoCanada
Asia[4]
January 31, 2011OsakaJapanZepp Osaka
February 2, 2011NagoyaZepp Nagoya
February 5, 2011TokyoYokohama Arena
February 6, 2011
Europe[5]
February 12, 2011LondonEnglandWembley Arena
February 13, 2011BirminghamLG Arena
February 15, 2011GlasgowScotland
February 16, 2011DublinIreland
February 18, 2011ManchesterEnglandMEN Arena
February 19, 2011NottinghamCapital FM Arena
February 21, 2011CardiffWales
February 22, 2011NewcastleEngland
February 26, 2011TilburgNetherlandsPopcentrum 013
February 27, 2011CologneGermanyPalladium
March 1, 2011ParisFranceLe Casino de Paris
March 3, 2011ToulouseLe Bikini
March 5, 2011BarcelonaSpain
March 7, 2011MilanItaly
March 8, 2011ZürichSwitzerlandKomplex 457
March 9, 2011MunichGermanyKesselhaus
March 12, 2011ValenciaSpainCity of Arts and Sciences
March 14, 2011HamburgGermanyGroße Freiheit
March 15, 2011CopenhagenDenmark
March 16, 2011OsloNorway
March 18, 2011StockholmSweden
March 20, 2011HelsinkiFinland
North America[6]
March 31, 2011OaklandUnited StatesFox Oakland Theatre
April 1, 2011PortlandRoseland Theatre
April 2, 2011VancouverCanadaCenter for Performing Arts
April 3, 2011SeattleUnited States
April 5, 2011EdmontonCanadaEdmonton Event Centre
April 6, 2011CalgaryMacEwan Hall
April 8, 2011Salt Lake CityUnited StatesIn the Venue
April 9, 2011DenverFillmore Auditorium
April 10, 2011Des MoinesVal Air Ballroom
April 12, 2011MinneapolisFirst Avenue
April 13, 2011MilwaukeeEagles Ballroom
April 15, 2011ChicagoAragon Ballroom
April 16, 2011Grand RapidsThe Orbit Room
April 17, 2011ClevelandHouse of Blues
April 19, 2011TorontoCanadaKool Haus
April 20, 2011Montreal
April 22, 2011New York CityUnited States
April 23, 2011
May 5, 2011BostonHouse of Blues
May 6, 2011Upper Darby TownshipTower Theatre
May 7, 2011Sayreville
May 8, 2011
May 10, 2011Washington, D.C.
May 11, 2011AtlantaThe Tabernacle
Europe[7]
May 15, 2011CarlisleEngland
North America[8]
May 17, 2011Fort LauderdaleUnited StatesRevolution
May 18, 2011OrlandoHouse of Blues
May 20, 2011Houston
May 21, 2011Dallas
May 22, 2011
May 25, 2011BakersfieldMajestic Fox Theater
May 27, 2011Los Angeles
May 28, 2011
May 29, 2011Las VegasHouse of Blues
Europe[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
June 17, 2011WarsawPoland
June 18, 2011ScheeßelGermanyEichenring
June 19, 2011Neuhausen ob Eck
June 24, 2011MadridSpainUniversidad Complutense de Madrid
June 26, 2011BolognaItaly
June 27, 2011ViennaAustriaArena Wien Open Air
June 29, 2011HungaryLover Camping
July 1, 2011RotselaarBelgium Rock Werchter
July 2, 2011StuttgartGermanyHöhenpark Killesberg
July 3, 2011RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde Festival
July 4, 2011Hradec KrálovéCzech RepublicFestival Park
July 7, 2011LisbonPortugalAlgés riverside
July 8, 2011KildareIreland
July 9, 2011LondonEngland
July 10, 2011KinrossScotland
North America[14]
August 16, 2011CanadaMontrealBell Center
August 17, 2011TorontoMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
Europe[15]
August 26, 2011ReadingEnglandRichfield Avenue
August 27, 2011Leeds
August 28, 2011ParisFrance
North America[16]
October 28, 2011New OrleansUnited StatesVoodoo Experience
Oceania[17]
January 20, 2012AucklandNew ZealandBig Day Out
January 22, 2012Gold CoastAustralia
January 24, 2012BrisbaneEaton Hill Hotel
January 26, 2012SydneyBig Day Out
January 27, 2012Hordern Pavilion
January 29, 2012MelbourneBig Day Out
January 31, 2012Festival Hall
February 3, 2012AdelaideBig Day Out
February 5, 2012Perth
North America[18]
May 12, 2012New JerseyUnited StatesThe Bamboozle
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
  • A This concert is a part of the 101.9 RXP Yule Rock Holiday Concert Show.
  • B This concert is a part of 9X's NBT 10.
  • C This concert is a part of the KRBZ's The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas show.[19]
  • D This concert is a part of LIVE 105's Not So Silent Night.
  • E This concert is a part of 91X's Wrex the Halls.
  • F This concert is a part of KPNT 105.7's The Pageant.
  • G This concert is a part of Q101’S Twisted Show.
  • H This concert is a part of The Edge Jingle Bell Rock 2010
  • I This concert is a part of Radio 1's Big Weekend.
  • J This concert is a part of the Orange Warsaw festival.
  • K These concerts are a part of the Hurricane and Southside festivals.[20]
  • L This concert is a part of the DCode Festival.
  • M This concert is a part of the Sonisphere festival.[21]
  • N This concert is a part of the Volt Festival.
  • O This concert is a part of the Rock Werchter Festival.
  • P This concert is a part of the Rock For People festival.
  • Q This concert is a part of the Optimus Alive! festival.
  • R This concert is a part of the Oxegen festival.[22]
  • S This concert is a part of the iTunes Festival
  • T This concert is a part of the T in the Park festival.[23]
  • U These concerts are a part of the Reading and Leeds festivals.[24]
  • V This concert is a part of the Rock en Seine festival.[25]
    Cancelled shows

    Personnel

    My Chemical Romance

    Additional musicians

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    2. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    3. Web site: KRBZ announces 2-night line up for the Night the Buzz Stole Xmas feat. Jimmy Eat World & My Chemical Romance. Popwreckoning . 2011-03-21.
    4. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    5. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    6. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    7. Web site: Radio 1's Big Weekend latest line-up. BBC Radio 1. 2011-03-30.
    8. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    9. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    10. Web site: Sonisphere Italy line-up . Sonisphere . 2011-03-21.
    11. Web site: Oxegen 2011 Line-up . Oxegen . 2011-03-21.
    12. Web site: T in the Park 2011 Line-up . T in the Park . 2011-03-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316050423/http://www.tinthepark.com/content/default.asp?page=s3_25 . 2011-03-16 .
    13. Web site: Reading, Leeds Festival 2011 lineups revealed. 21 March 2011 . Digital Spy . 2011-03-21.
    14. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    15. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    16. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    17. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    18. Web site: MCR Tour Dates . My Chemical Romance . 2011-03-21.
    19. Web site: KRBZ announces 2-night line up for the Night the Buzz Stole Xmas feat. Jimmy Eat World & My Chemical Romance. Popwreckoning . 2011-03-21.
    20. Web site: Hurricane / Southside: out BLINK-182, INCUBUS in! . In Your Face . 2011-05-10.
    21. Web site: Sonisphere Italy line-up . Sonisphere . 2011-03-21.
    22. Web site: Oxegen 2011 Line-up . Oxegen . 2011-03-21.
    23. Web site: T in the Park 2011 Line-up . T in the Park . 2011-03-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316050423/http://www.tinthepark.com/content/default.asp?page=s3_25 . 2011-03-16 .
    24. Web site: Reading, Leeds Festival 2011 lineups revealed. 21 March 2011 . Digital Spy . 2011-03-21.
    25. Web site: Rock en Seine 2011 Line-up. Rock en Seine . 2011-03-22.
    26. Web site: A Message From My Chemical Romance Regarding the Phoenix Show . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110121162220/http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/jeff/message-my-chemical-romance-regarding-phoenix-show . 2011-01-21 . 2010-11-18 . My Chemical Romance.