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The World Contamination Tour

The World Contamination Tour
Tour by My Chemical Romance
Left to right: Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, and Ray Toro at the Nottingham Capital FM Arena in February 2011
Associated albumDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Start dateOctober 23, 2010
End dateMay 12, 2012
Legs7
No. of shows
  • 41 in North America
  • 48 in Europe
  • 4 in Japan
  • 9 in Oceania
  • 102 in total
My Chemical Romance concert chronology
  • The Black Parade World Tour
    (2007–2008)
  • The World Contamination Tour
    (2010–2012)
  • Honda Civic Tour 2011
    (2011)

The World Contamination Tour was a concert tour supporting My Chemical Romance's fourth album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. 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

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Setlist

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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

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Date City Country Venue
Europe[1]
October 23, 2010 London England HMV Apollo
October 24, 2010 Manchester O2 Apollo
October 25, 2010 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Corn Exchange
October 30, 2010 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
November 1, 2010 Paris France Cigale
November 3, 2010 Berlin Germany Kesselhaus
November 4, 2010 Hamburg Gruenspan
November 5, 2010 Dortmund Freizeit Zentrum West
North America[2][3]
December 3, 2010 New York City United States Roseland Ballroom [A]
December 5, 2010 Tampa 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre [B]
December 8, 2010 Kansas City Midland Theatre [C]
December 10, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose [D]
December 11, 2010 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre [E]
December 12, 2010 San Diego Viejas Arena [E]
December 14, 2010 St. Louis The Pageant [F]
December 15, 2010 Chicago House of Blues [G]
December 18, 2010 Toronto Canada Sound Academy [H]
Asia[4]
January 31, 2011 Osaka Japan Zepp Osaka
February 2, 2011 Nagoya Zepp Nagoya
February 5, 2011 Tokyo Yokohama Arena
February 6, 2011
Europe[5]
February 12, 2011 London England Wembley Arena
February 13, 2011 Birmingham LG Arena
February 15, 2011 Glasgow Scotland SECC
February 16, 2011 Dublin Ireland The O2
February 18, 2011 Manchester England MEN Arena
February 19, 2011 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
February 21, 2011 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
February 22, 2011 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
February 26, 2011 Tilburg Netherlands Popcentrum 013
February 27, 2011 Cologne Germany Palladium
March 1, 2011 Paris France Le Casino de Paris
March 3, 2011 Toulouse Le Bikini
March 5, 2011 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
March 7, 2011 Milan Italy PalaSharp
March 8, 2011 Zürich Switzerland Komplex 457
March 9, 2011 Munich Germany Kesselhaus
March 12, 2011 Valencia Spain City of Arts and Sciences
March 14, 2011 Hamburg Germany Große Freiheit
March 15, 2011 Copenhagen Denmark K.B. Hallen
March 16, 2011 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
March 18, 2011 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
March 20, 2011 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
North America[6]
March 31, 2011 Oakland United States Fox Oakland Theatre
April 1, 2011 Portland Roseland Theatre
April 2, 2011 Vancouver Canada Center for Performing Arts
April 3, 2011 Seattle United States Showbox SoDo
April 5, 2011 Edmonton Canada Edmonton Event Centre
April 6, 2011 Calgary MacEwan Hall
April 8, 2011 Salt Lake City United States In the Venue
April 9, 2011 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
April 10, 2011 Des Moines Val Air Ballroom
April 12, 2011 Minneapolis First Avenue
April 13, 2011 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
April 15, 2011 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
April 16, 2011 Grand Rapids The Orbit Room
April 17, 2011 Cleveland House of Blues
April 19, 2011 Toronto Canada Kool Haus
April 20, 2011 Montreal Métropolis
April 22, 2011 New York City United States Terminal 5
April 23, 2011
May 5, 2011 Boston House of Blues
May 6, 2011 Upper Darby Township Tower Theatre
May 7, 2011 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
May 8, 2011
May 10, 2011 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
May 11, 2011 Atlanta The Tabernacle
Europe[7]
May 15, 2011 Carlisle England Carlisle Airport [I]
North America[8]
May 17, 2011 Fort Lauderdale United States Revolution
May 18, 2011 Orlando House of Blues
May 20, 2011 Houston
May 21, 2011 Dallas
May 22, 2011
May 25, 2011 Bakersfield Majestic Fox Theater
May 27, 2011 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
May 28, 2011
May 29, 2011 Las Vegas House of Blues
Europe[9][10][11][12][13]
June 17, 2011 Warsaw Poland Pepsi Arena [J]
June 18, 2011 Scheeßel Germany Eichenring [K]
June 19, 2011 Neuhausen ob Eck Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield [K]
June 24, 2011 Madrid Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid [L]
June 26, 2011 Bologna Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari [M]
June 27, 2011 Vienna Austria Arena Wien Open Air
June 29, 2011 Sopron Hungary Lover Camping [N]
July 1, 2011 Rotselaar Belgium Rock Werchter[O]
July 2, 2011 Stuttgart Germany Höhenpark Killesberg
July 3, 2011 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival[O]
July 4, 2011 Hradec Králové Czech Republic Festival Park [P]
July 7, 2011 Lisbon Portugal Algés riverside [Q]
July 8, 2011 Kildare Ireland Punchestown Racecourse [R]
July 9, 2011 London England Roundhouse [S]
July 10, 2011 Kinross Scotland Balado Airfield [T]
North America[14]
August 16, 2011 Canada Montreal Bell Center
August 17, 2011 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Europe[15]
August 26, 2011 Reading England Richfield Avenue [U]
August 27, 2011 Leeds Bramham Park [U]
August 28, 2011 Paris France Domaine National de Saint-Cloud [V]
North America[16]
October 28, 2011 New Orleans United States Voodoo Experience
Oceania[17]
January 20, 2012 Auckland New Zealand Big Day Out
January 22, 2012 Gold Coast Australia
January 24, 2012 Brisbane Eaton Hill Hotel
January 26, 2012 Sydney Big Day Out
January 27, 2012 Hordern Pavilion
January 29, 2012 Melbourne Big Day Out
January 31, 2012 Festival Hall
February 3, 2012 Adelaide Big Day Out
February 5, 2012 Perth
North America[18]
May 12, 2012 New Jersey United States The 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
May 24, 2011 Phoenix, United States Marquee Theatre This concert was cancelled because of the band's affiliation with Zach de la Rocha's Sound Strike Organisation.[26]

Personnel

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My Chemical Romance

Additional musicians

References

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