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
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Start date	October 23, 2010
End date	May 12, 2012
Legs	7
No. of shows	102
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

• Twin Atlantic (Europe—Leg 1) (select dates)
• Lostalone (Europe—Leg 2)
• The Blackout (Europe—Leg 2) (select dates)
• Architects (North America—Leg 2)
• Bring Me the Horizon (North America—Leg 2) (select dates)
• Anti-Flag (North America—Leg 2) (Toronto and Montreal)
• Thursday (North America—Leg 2) (select dates)
• Circa Survive (North America—Leg 2) (select dates)

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

List of 2010 concerts ^[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue
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
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]

List of 2011 concerts ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 31, 2011	Osaka	Japan	Zepp Osaka
February 2, 2011	Nagoya		Zepp Nagoya
February 5, 2011	Tokyo		Yokohama Arena
February 6, 2011
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
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
May 15, 2011	Carlisle	England	Carlisle Airport [I]
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
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]
August 16, 2011	Canada	Montreal	Bell Center
August 17, 2011		Toronto	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
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]
October 28, 2011	New Orleans	United States	Voodoo Experience

List of 2012 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
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
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. ^[7]

^ 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. ^[8]

^ L This concert is a part of the DCode Festival.

^ M This concert is a part of the Sonisphere festival. ^[9]

^ 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. ^[10]

^ S This concert is a part of the iTunes Festival

^ T This concert is a part of the T in the Park festival. ^[11]

^ U These concerts are a part of the Reading and Leeds festivals. ^[12]

^ V This concert is a part of the Rock en Seine festival. ^[13]

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. [14]

Personnel

My Chemical Romance

• Frank Iero — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ray Toro — lead guitar, backing vocals
• Gerard Way — lead vocals
• Mikey Way — bass
• James Dewees — synth, keyboards and percussion

Additional musicians

• Michael Pedicone — drums

References

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