ObZen Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:obZen World Tour
Type:World
Artist:Meshuggah
Album:obZen
Start Date:February 15, 2008
End Date:February 20, 2009
Number Of Legs:4
Number Of Shows:101
Last Tour:2007 European Festival Tour
This Tour:obZen World Tour
(2008–09)

The obZen World Tour was a concert tour by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, in support of the band's sixth studio album obZen.

It is the biggest tour the band has done to date; and the band travelled to places around the world they had previously not performed in. In 2009, Meshuggah returned to North America on a tour with Cynic and The Faceless.

The Alive concert film was produced during the tour.

History

In 2007, Meshuggah returned to the studio to record their sixth album, obZen, which was released in March 2008.[1] The band spent almost a year on the album; their longest recording session yet. A significant portion of the year was spent learning to perform the songs they wrote; the recording itself took six months.[2] obZen reached number 59 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and sold 11,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and 50,000 copies after six months.[3] With this album Meshuggah got more media attention and new fans.[4] The release was followed by a world tour, which started in the US and proceeded to Europe, Asia and Australia.

Song debuts

In the first North American leg, three new songs from the new album were slated into the band's setlist: Electric Red, Bleed and Pravus.In the 2009 North American leg, Meshuggah debuted a full live version of the song Bleed. Up until then, live shows featured a shorter version, one similar to the video edit of the song. This leg also saw the debuts of the songs Combustion and Lethargica, also from the obZen album.

Typical setlist

Taken from show at Club Tochka in Moscow, Russia on October 4, 2008.

  1. "Perpetual Black Second"
  2. "Bleed"
  3. "Humiliative"
  4. "Stengah"
  5. "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"
  6. "Electric Red"
  7. "Suffer in Truth"
  8. "Rational Gaze"
  9. "Pravus"
  10. "Straws Pulled at Random"
  11. "Future Breed Machine"
Encore
  1. "Soul Burn"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North American Leg I
February 15, 2008UmeåSwedenHouse of Metal Headlining
In support of: Ministry and Hemlock on the C-U-LaTour[5]
March 25, 2008SpokaneUnited StatesBig Easy
March 26, 2008CalgaryCanadaWhiskey Nightclub*
March 27, 2008VancouverCroatian Cultural Centre
March 28, 2008Commodore Ballroom
March 29, 2008SeattleUnited StatesThe Showbox
March 30, 2008PortlandRoseland Theatre
April 1, 2008San FranciscoThe Fillmore
April 2, 2008
April 5, 2008Los AngelesHouse of Blues
April 6, 2008
April 7, 2008San DiegoHouse of Blues
April 8, 2008TempeMarquee Theatre
April 9, 2008Las VegasHouse of Blues
April 11, 2008Salt Lake CitySaltAir
April 12, 2008DenverOgden Theatre
April 15, 2008AustinLa Zona Rosa
April 16, 200TulsaCain's Ballroom
April 17, 2008DallasPalladium
April 18, 2008HoustonVerizon Wireless Theater
April 19, 2008New OrleansHouse of Blues
April 22, 2008OrlandoHouse of Blues
April 23, 2008St. PetersburgJannus Landing
April 24, 2008CharlotteTremont Music Hall
April 25, 2008AtlantaThe Masquerade
April 26, 2008BaltimoreRams Head Live!
April 27, 2008WorcesterThe Palladium
April 29, 2008PhiladelphiaTheatre of Living Arts
May 1, 2008New York CityIrving Plaza
May 2, 2008
May 3, 2008MontrealCanadaMetropolis
May 4, 2008TorontoKool Haus
May 5, 2008ClevelandUnited StatesAgora Theatre
May 7, 2008DetroitEmerald Theatre
May 8, 2008ChicagoHouse of Blues
May 9, 2008
May 10, 2008
May 11, 2008
European Leg
Supported by: The Dillinger Escape Plan and Between the Buried and Me
June 20, 2008BrusselsBelgiumVK
June 21, 2008TilburgNetherlands013
June 22, 2008ClissonFranceHellfest
June 24, 2008WinterthurSwitzerlandSalzhaus
June 25, 2008PragueCzech RepublicRoxy
June 26, 2008WarsawPolandProgresja
June 27, 2008LindauGermanyVaudeville
June 28, 2008BolognaItalyGods of Metal
June 29, 2008BolzanoPalasport
July 2, 2008SaarbrückenGermanyRoxy
July 3, 2008AschaffenburgColos-Saal
July 4, 2008LeipzigWith Full Force
July 5, 2008MariborSloveniaMetalcamp
July 20, 2008AthensGreeceRock 'Em All Festival
July 31, 2008StoråsNorwayStoråsfestivalen
August 8, 2008MikkeliFinlandJurassic Rock Festival
August 15, 2008HasseltBelgiumPukkelpop
August 16, 2008BudapestHungarySziget Festival
August 29, 2008BergenNorwayHole in the Sky
August 30, 2008GothenburgSwedenBrew House
August 31, 2008MalmöKB
Supported by: Trigger the Bloodshed and others.
September 1, 2008HamburgGermanyLogo
September 2, 2008WiesbadenKulturzentrum Schlachthof
September 3, 2008AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg
September 4, 2008BrightonEnglandBarfly
September 5, 2008LondonAstoria 2
September 6, 2008NewcastleAcademy
September 8, 2008GlasgowScotlandGarage
September 9, 2008ManchesterEnglandManchester Academy
September 10, 2008SheffieldCorporation
September 11, 2008BirminghamAcademy 2
September 12, 2008BristolAcademy 2
September 13, 2008NottinghamRock City
September 15, 2008BrusselsBelgiumAncienne Belgique
September 16, 2008KölnGermanyUnderground
September 17, 2008LucerneSwitzerlandSchuur
September 18, 2008ViennaAustriaSzene Wien
September 19, 2008MunichGermanyBackstage
September 20, 2008BerlinKato
Supported by: Scarpoint and CB Murdoc
September 22, 2008StockholmSwedenDebaser Medis
October 4, 2008MoscowRussiaClub Tochka
October 5, 2008Saint PetersburgOrlandina
Oceania & Asia Leg
Supported by: New Way Home
October 10, 2008AucklandNew ZealandTransmission Room
Supported by: Alchemist
October 12, 2008BrisbaneAustraliaThe Arena
October 13, 2008SydneyRoundhouse
October 14, 2008AdelaideHQ
October 15, 2008MelbourneThe Palace
October 16, 2008PerthCapitol
October 18, 2008TokyoJapan
October 20, 2008OsakaClub Quattro Headlining
North American Leg II
Supported by: Cynic and The Faceless[6]
February 1, 2009AnaheimUnited StatesHouse of Blues
February 2, 2009San DiegoHouse of Blues
February 3, 2009Los AngelesHouse of Blues
February 4, 2009San FranciscoSlim's
February 6, 2009SeattleEl Corazón
February 7, 2009PortlandHawthorne Theatre
February 8, 2009VancouverCanadaCommodore Ballroom
February 9, 2009SpokaneUnited StatesKnitting Factory
February 11, 2009EnglewoodGothic Theatre
February 12, 2009Des MoinesPeople's Court
February 13, 2009Saint PaulStation 4
February 14, 2009MilwaukeeEagles Club
February 15, 2009ChicagoHouse of Blues
February 17, 2009TorontoCanadaPhoenix Concert Theatre
February 18, 2009MontrealClub Soda
February 19, 2009New York CityUnited StatesIrving Plaza
February 20, 2009TowsonRecher Theatre
European Leg II
April 8, 2009UppsalaSwedenKonsert & Kongress
April 9, 2009OsloNorwayInferno Festival
April 10, 2009KarlstadSwedenArena Nattklubb
April 11, 2009ÖrnsköldsvikMusikhuset
April 12, 2009UmeåScharinska
April 13, 2009TampereFinlandKlubi
April 14, 2009HelsinkiNosturi
April 25, 2009StockholmSwedenMelloboat
June 12, 2009Donington ParkEnglandDownload Festival
June 26, 2009GothenburgSwedenMetaltown Festival[7]
June 27, 2009
June 28, 2009
July 11, 2009NijmegenNetherlandsFortarock Festival
July 12, 2009KrakówPolandKnock Out Festival
July 16, 2009DourBelgiumDour Festival
July 18, 2009HultsfredSwedenSonisphere Festival
July 24, 2009LorcaSpainLorca Rock Festival[8]
July 25, 2009

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169489/biography|pure_url=yes}} Meshuggah Biography ]. Allmusic. Jason Ankeny and Bradley Torreano. 2008-05-11.
  2. Web site: MESHUGGAH. Revolver. Jon Wiederhorn. 2008-09-02.
  3. Web site: MESHUGGAH's 'obZen' Cracks 50,000 U.S. Sales Mark - Sep. 17, 2008 . . 2008-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918063844/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104986 . 2008-09-18 . dead .
  4. Web site: MESHUGGAH Guitarist: 'We're Always Experimental In One Way Or Another'. Blabbermouth.net. 2008-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000420/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101386. 2008-12-26. dead.
  5. Web site: MESHUGGAH: Perth Soundcheck Footage Available - Oct. 23, 2008. Blabbermouth. 2008-10-25.
  6. Web site: MESHUGGAH, CYNIC: More North American Dates Announced - Dec. 9, 2008. Blabbermouth. 2009-01-12.
  7. Web site: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - OPETH, MESHUGGAH, ALL THAT REMAINS, EVERGREY Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival . www.roadrunnerrecords.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306111421/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=115406 . 2009-03-06.
  8. Web site: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MESHUGGAH, DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For Spain's LORCA ROCK . www.roadrunnerrecords.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090226093537/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114572 . 2009-02-26.

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