- ObZen Tour
-
ObZen World Tour 
Meshuggah poster for the North American 2009 part of the obZen tour.World tour by Meshuggah Start date February 15, 2008 End date February 20, 2009 Legs 4 Shows 101 Meshuggah tour chronology 2007 European Festival Tour obZen World Tour
(2008-2009)The ObZen World Tour is a concert tour by Swedish Metal band Meshuggah. It was in support of the band's 6th studio album obZen. It is the biggest tour the band has done to date; and the band has travelled to places around the world they previously have not performed in. In early 2009 Meshuggah has returned to North America on a tour with Cynic and The Faceless.
Contents
History
In 2007, Meshuggah returned to the studio to record their latest 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.[1]
Song debutes
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.
- Perpetual Black Second
- Bleed
- Humiliative
- Stengah
- The Mouth Licking What You've Bled
- Electric Red
- Suffer In Truth
- Rational Gaze
- Pravus
- Straws Pulled At Random
- Future Breed Machine
- Soul Burn (Encore)
Tour dates
Date City Country Venue North American Leg I February 15, 2008 Umeå Sweden House of Metal Headlining In support of: Ministry and Hemlock on the C-U-LaTour[5] March 25, 2008 Spokane, Washington United States Big Easy March 26, 2008 Calgary, Alberta Canada Whiskey Nightclub* March 27, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia Croatian Cultural Centre March 28, 2008 Commodore Ballroom March 29, 2008 Seattle, Washington United States The Showbox March 30, 2008 Portland, Oregon Roseland Theatre April 1, 2008 San Francisco, California The Fillmore April 2, 2008 April 5, 2008 Los Angeles, California House of Blues April 6, 2008 April 7, 2008 San Diego, California House of Blues April 8, 2008 Tempe, Arizona Marquee Theatre April 9, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada House of Blues April 11, 2008 Salt Lake City, Utah The Great SaltAir April 12, 2008 Denver, Colorado Ogden Theatre April 15, 2008 Austin, Texas La Zona Rosa April 17, 2008 Dallas, Texas Palladium April 18, 2008 Houston, Texas Verizon Wireless Theater April 19, 2008 New Orleans, Lousiana House of Blues April 22, 2008 Orlando, Florida House of Blues April 23, 2008 St. Petersburg, Florida Jannus Landing April 24, 2008 Charlotte, North Carolina Tremont Music Hall April 25, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia The Masquerade April 26, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland Rams Head Live! April 27, 2008 Worcester, Massachusetts The Palladium April 29, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fillmore Theatre of the Living Arts May 1, 2008 New York City, New York Irving Plaza May 2, 2008 May 3, 2008 Montreal, Quebec Canada Metropolis May 4, 2008 Toronto, Ontario Kool Haus May 5, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio United States Agora Theatre May 7, 2008 Detroit, Michigan Emerald Theatre May 8, 2008 Chicago, Illinois House of Blues May 9, 2008 May 10, 2008 May 11, 2008 European Leg Supported by: Dillinger Escape Plan and Between the Buried and Me June 20, 2008 Brussels Belgium VK June 21, 2008 Tilburg Netherlands 013 June 22, 2008 Clisson France Hellfest June 24, 2008 Winterthur Switzerland Salzhaus June 25, 2008 Prague Czech Republic Roxy June 26, 2008 Warsaw Poland Progresja June 28, 2008 Bologna Italy Gods of Metal Festival June 29, 2008 Bolzano Palasport July 2, 2008 Saarbrücken Germany Roxy July 3, 2008 Aschaffenburg Colos-Saal July 4, 2008 Leipzig With Full Force July 5, 2008 Maribor Slovenia Metalcamp July 20, 2008 Athens Greece Rock 'Em All Festival July 31, 2008 Storås Norway Storåsfestivalen August 8, 2008 Mikkeli Finland Jurassic Rock Festival August 15, 2008 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Festival August 16, 2008 Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival August 29, 2008 Bergen Norway Hole in the Sky Festival August 30, 2008 Gothenburg Sweden Brew House August 31, 2008 Malmoe KB Supported by: Trigger the Bloodshed and others. September 1, 2008 Hamburg Germany Logo September 2, 2008 Wiesbaden Schlachthof September 3, 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg September 4, 2008 Brighton England Barfly September 5, 2008 London Astoria 2 September 6, 2008 Newcastle Academy September 8, 2008 Glasgow Scotland Garage September 9, 2008 Manchester England Academy September 10, 2008 Sheffield Corporation September 11, 2008 Birmingham Academy 2 September 12, 2008 Bristol Academy 2 September 13, 2008 Nottingham Rock City September 15, 2008 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique September 16, 2008 Köln Germany Underground September 17, 2008 Lucerne Switzerland Schuur September 18, 2008 Vienna Austria Szene Wien September 19, 2008 Munich Germany Backstage September 20, 2008 Berlin Kato Supported by: Scarpoint and CB Murdoc September 22, 2008 Stockholm Sweden Debaser Medis October 4, 2008 Moscow Russia Club Tochka October 5, 2008 St. Petersburg Orlandina Oceania & Asia Leg Supported by: New Way Home October 10, 2008 Auckland New Zealand Transmission Room Supported by: Alchemist October 12, 2008 Brisbane Australia The Arena October 13, 2008 Sydney Roundhouse October 14, 2008 Adelaide HQ October 15, 2008 Melbourne The Palace October 16, 2008 Perth Capitol October 18, 2008 Tokyo Japan Loudpark Festival October 20, 2008 Osaka Club Quattro Headlining North American Leg II Supported by: Cynic and The Faceless[6] February 1, 2009 Anaheim, California United States House of Blues February 2, 2009 San Diego, California House of Blues February 3, 2009 Hollywood, California House of Blues February 4, 2009 San Francisco, California Slim’s February 6, 2009 Seattle, Washington El Corazón February 7, 2009 Portland, Oregon Hawthorne Theatre February 8, 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Commodore Ballroom February 9, 2009 Spokane, Washington United States Knitting Factory February 11, 2009 Englewood, Colorado Gothic Theatre February 12, 2009 Des Moines, Iowa People's Court February 13, 2009 St. Paul, Minnesota Station 4 February 14, 2009 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eagles Club February 15, 2009 Chicago, Illinois House of Blues February 17, 2009 Toronto, Ontario Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre February 18, 2009 Montreal, Quebec Club Soda February 19, 2009 New York City, New York United States Irving Plaza February 20, 2009 Towson, Maryland Recher Theatre European Leg II April 8, 2009 Uppsala Sweden Konsert & Kongress April 9, 2009 Oslo Norway Inferno Festival April 10, 2009 Karlstad Sweden Arena Nattklubb April 11, 2009 Örnsköldsvik Musikhuset April 12, 2009 Umeå Scharinska April 13, 2009 Tampere Finland Klubi April 14, 2009 Helsinki Nosturi April 25, 2009 Stockholm Sweden Melloboat June 12, 2009 Donington Park England Download Festival June 26, 2009 Gothenburg Sweden Metaltown Festival[7] June 27, 2009 June 28, 2009 July 11, 2009 Nijmegen Netherlands Fortarock Festival July 12, 2009 Kraków Poland Knock Out Festival July 18, 2009 Hultsfred Sweden Sonisphere Festival July 24, 2009 Lorca Spain Lorca Rock Festival[8] July 25, 2009 - Meshuggah missed their date at the Whiskey Nightclub, with the official story that they did not have their paperwork in order and they were delayed trying to cross the border into Canada.
References
- Meshuggah official tour dates archive from January 12, 2009 (link 1, link 2)
- ^ a b Jason Ankeny and Bradley Torreano. "Meshuggah Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p169489/biography. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Jon Wiederhorn. "MESHUGGAH". Revolver. http://revolvermag.com/content/meshuggah. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH's 'obZen' Cracks 50,000 U.S. Sales Mark - Sep. 17, 2008". Blabbermouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104986. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH Guitarist: 'We're Always Experimental In One Way Or Another'". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101386. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH: Perth Soundcheck Footage Available - Oct. 23, 2008". Blabbermouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107515. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH, CYNIC: More North American Dates Announced - Dec. 9, 2008". Blabbermouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110523. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links
Tomas Haake · Mårten Hagström · Jens Kidman · Dick Lövgren · Fredrik Thordendal
Niklas Lundgren · Peter Nordin · Gustaf HielmStudio albums Extended plays Live albums AliveCompilation albums Related articles Categories:- 2008 concert tours
- 2009 concert tours
- Meshuggah concert tours
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
