Avenged Sevenfold Tour

The Avenged Sevenfold Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold between 2007 and 2009, promoting their album Avenged Sevenfold. It was the band's last tour with the drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan who died on December 28, 2009.

Avenged Sevenfold Tour
Tour by Avenged Sevenfold
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Asia
  • South America
Associated albumAvenged Sevenfold
Start dateOctober 29, 2007
End dateAugust 2, 2009
Legs11
Avenged Sevenfold concert chronology
  • Cities of Evil Tour
    (2004–07)
  • Avenged Sevenfold Tour
    (2007–09)
  • Nightmare Tour
    (2010–11)

The tour began on October 29, 2007, with a North American leg, shortly after the band finished its previous tour in support of City of Evil. The tour ended on August 2, 2009, at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, England.

During the band's North American leg in autumn 2008, after a show on September 6, 2008, the vocalist M. Shadows had difficulties singing, and flew to see his doctor, cancelling the Baltimore show the next day. The whole co-headlining tour with Buckcherry was then cancelled because of Shadows' case of vocal fatigue. The band resumed the tour after Shadows took some rest, with a short Japanese leg starting on October 15, 2008, and then on November 4, 2008, the band rescheduled its cancelled North American leg and played through November and December a co-headlining tour with Buckcherry and the support acts Shinedown and Saving Abel, in place of the cancelled tour.

The summer leg 2008 was as an opening act for Iron Maiden. The band also played three dates in June 2009, in support of Metallica.

During the band's headlining of the North American Taste of Chaos 2008 tour, it recorded the April 10, 2008, performance, for its first live DVD, entitled Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, which was a bundle of a live DVD, and a CD of B-sides and unreleased tracks from the Avenged Sevenfold album.

On 16 April 2009, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash joined the band on stage to play a cover version of the Guns N' Roses song "It's So Easy".

Set list

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2007

Based on the first leg of the 2007 tour

  1. "Critical Acclaim"
  2. "Remenissions"
  3. "Beast and the Harlot"
  4. "Burn It Down"
  5. "Afterlife"
  6. "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)"
  7. "Almost Easy" (some dates had this second in the set with "Remenissions" later)
  8. "Scream"
  9. "Bat Country"
    Encore
  10. "Seize the Day"
  11. "Unholy Confessions"
2008

Based on the Taste of Chaos 2008 tour

  1. "Critical Acclaim"
  2. "Second Heartbeat"
  3. "Afterlife"
  4. "Beast and the Harlot"
  5. "Scream"
  6. "Seize the Day"
  7. "Brompton Cocktail" (played only during the summer European leg)
  8. "Walk" (Pantera cover)
  9. "Bat Country"
  10. "Almost Easy"
  11. "Gunslinger"
    Encore
  12. "Unholy Confessions"
  13. "A Little Piece of Heaven"
Late 2008–2009

Based on the 2008–2009 North American tour with Buckcherry

  1. "Critical Acclaim"
  2. "Afterlife"
  3. "Beast and the Harlot"
  4. "Eternal Rest" / "Chapter Four" (varied between shows when played)
  5. "Scream"
  6. "Dear God"
  7. Guitar solo
  8. "Bat Country"
  9. "Gunslinger"
  10. "Unholy Confessions"
    Encore
  11. "Almost Easy"
  12. "A Little Piece of Heaven"
Note: This setlist is not entirely representative as "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Eternal Rest" and "Chapter Four", were not performed in Greensboro, North Carolina, Johnson City, Tennessee or Asheville, North Carolina, (North American legs 3 and 4). Also, Johnson City had an impromptu run-through of "Walk" in place of "Gunslinger" because of a fan's request and subsequent participation.

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North American leg 1[1]
Support acts: Black Tide, The Confession and Operator
October 29, 2007 Los Angeles United States The Wiltern
October 31, 2007 Las Vegas House of Blues
November 2, 2007 Albuquerque Sunshine Theatre
November 4, 2007 Denver Ogden Theatre
November 5, 2007 Omaha Sokol Auditorium
November 6, 2007 St. Louis Pageant
November 8, 2007 Chicago Congress Theater
November 9, 2007 Detroit State Theatre
November 10, 2007 Columbus Lifestyles Pavilion
November 12, 2007 Providence Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
November 14, 2007 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom
November 15, 2007 Philadelphia Electric Factory
November 17, 2007 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
November 18, 2007 Atlanta The Tabernacle
November 20, 2007 Charlotte Amos' Southend
November 21, 2007 Richmond Toad's Place
November 23, 2007 Orlando House of Blues
November 24, 2007 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
November 25, 2007 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
November 27, 2007 New Orleans House of Blues
November 28, 2007 Houston Warehouse Live
November 30, 2007 Corpus Christi Concrete Street Amphitheater
December 1, 2007 Austin La Zona Rosa
December 2, 2007 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom
December 4, 2007 Lubbock The Pavilion
December 6, 2007 Tucson Rialto Theatre
December 7, 2007 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 8, 2007 Los Angeles KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
December 9, 2007 Chico Senator Theater
December 10, 2007 San Francisco The Warfield
December 11, 2007 Fresno Rainbow Ballroom
December 13, 2007 Portland Roseland Theatre
December 14, 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
December 16, 2007 Seattle Showbox at the Market
December 17, 2007 Spokane Knitting Factory
December 19, 2007 Blackfoot El Rey
Asian leg 1[2]
January 6, 2008 Tokyo Japan Studio Coast
January 8, 2008 Nagoya Diamond Hall
January 9, 2008 Osaka Namba Hatch
January 11, 2008 Yokohama Yokohama Blitz
European leg 1[3]
Support acts: Black Tide and Bloodsimple
January 17, 2008 Southampton England Southampton Guildhall
January 18, 2008 Norwich Norwich U.E.A.
January 20, 2008 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
January 21, 2008 Manchester Club Academy
January 23, 2008 Nottingham Rock City
January 24, 2008 London Brixton Academy
January 26, 2008 Leeds Leeds University Union
January 27, 2008 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University
January 29, 2008 Newcastle upon Tyne England O2 Academy Newcastle 2 (Bleeding Through filling in for Bloodsimple)
January 30, 2008 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy Glasgow
February 1, 2008 Dublin Ireland Ambassador Theatre
North American leg 2 (Taste of Chaos Tour 2008)[4][5]
w/ Bullet for My Valentine, Atreyu, Blessthefall and Idiot Pilot
Support acts: D'espairsRay, The Underneath and Mucc
February 29, 2008 Denver United States Fillmore Auditorium
March 1, 2008 Kansas City Memorial Hall
March 2, 2008 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
March 4, 2008 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium
March 5, 2008 St. Charles Family Arena
March 7, 2008 Trotwood Hara Arena
March 8, 2008 Detroit Cobo Hall
March 10, 2008 Rochester Main Street Armory
March 11, 2008 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
March 13, 2008 Norfolk Constant Convocation Center
March 14, 2008 Camden Tweeter Center
March 15, 2008 Asbury Park Asbury Park Convention Hall
March 17, 2008 Washington, D.C. Patriot Center
March 18, 2008 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
March 20, 2008 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
March 21, 2008 Lowell Tsongas Arena
March 22, 2008 Albany Washington Avenue Armory
March 24, 2008 Duluth Gwinnett Center
March 25, 2008 Tampa USF Sundome
March 26, 2008 Miami Bayfront Park
March 28, 2008 Orlando UCF Arena
March 29, 2008 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
March 30, 2008 Little Rock River Market Amphitheatre
April 1, 2008 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
April 3, 2008 Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Arena
April 4, 2008 Corpus Christi Concrete Street Amphitheater
April 5, 2008 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
April 6, 2008 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
April 8, 2008 Las Vegas The Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms
April 9, 2008 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
April 10, 2008 Long Beach Long Beach Arena (Recorded for a live DVD)
April 12, 2008 San Jose Event Center
April 13, 2008 Sacramento ARCO Arena
April 15, 2008 Seattle WaMu Theater
April 17, 2008 Vancouver Canada PNE Forum
April 19, 2008 Calgary Stampede Corral
April 21, 2008 Regina Brandt Centre
April 22, 2008 Edmonton Northlands Agricom
Oceania leg 1[6][7][8]
w/ Bullet for My Valentine and Atreyu
Support act: Behind Crimson Eyes
May 6, 2008 Brisbane Australia Riverstage
May 7, 2008 Sydney Hordern Pavilion
May 8, 2008 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
May 10, 2008 Melbourne Festival Hall
May 11, 2008 Perth Metro City
May 12, 2008
May 14, 2008 Auckland New Zealand Auckland Town Hall
South American leg 1[2]
May 27, 2008 Santiago Chile Teatro Caupolicán
May 29, 2008 São Paulo Brazil Citibank Hall
May 31, 2008 Mexico City Mexico Vive Cuervo Salón
European leg 2[9][10]
Supporting Iron Maiden, w/ Lauren Harris
June 24, 2008 Arendal Norway Hove Festival
June 27, 2008 Bologna Italy Gods of Metal
June 29, 2008 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
July 1, 2008 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
July 2, 2008
July 4, 2008 Löbnitz Germany With Full Force Festival
July 5, 2008 London England Twickenham Stadium
July 9, 2008 Lisbon Portugal Super Bock Super Rock
July 11, 2008 Mérida Spain Via de la Plata Festival
July 12, 2008 Zaragoza Spain Monsters of Rock
July 16, 2008 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium
July 18, 2008 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium
July 19, 2008 Tampere Ratinan Stadion
July 22, 2008 Trondheim Norway Lerkendal Stadion
July 24, 2008 Oslo Valle Hovin
July 26, 2008 Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi Stadium
July 27, 2008 Horsens Denmark Horsens Gods Bane Pladsen
Headlining dates
July 30, 2008 Zürich Switzerland Rohstofflager
July 31, 2008 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
August 20, 2008 London England London Astoria
August 22, 2008 Leeds England Leeds Festival
August 24, 2008 Reading England Reading Festival
North American leg 3[11][12]
Support act: Bleeding Through
September 6, 2008 Huntington, West Virginia United States X-Fest
September 7, 2008 Baltimore United States Rams Head Live!
September 9, 2008 Quebec City Canada Pavillon de la Jeunesse
September 10, 2008 Montreal Métropolis
September 11, 2008 Toronto Sound Academy
September 13, 2008 Chicago United States Q101 Block Party
September 14, 2008 Dayton, Ohio X-Fest
w/ Buckcherry
Support acts: Saving Abel and Shinedown
September 16, 2008 Moline United States iWireless Center
September 18, 2008 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Stadium
September 19, 2008 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
September 20, 2008 Maryland Heights KPNT Pointfest
September 22, 2008 Lincoln Pershing Center
September 23, 2008 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum
September 24, 2008 Tulsa Riverparks
September 26, 2008 Huntsville Big Spring Jam
September 28, 2008 Knoxville Civic Coliseum
September 30, 2008 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum
October 4, 2008 Mobile Bayfest
Asian leg 2[13][14]
October 15, 2008 Osaka Japan Namba Hatch
October 16, 2008 Nagoya Diamond Hall
October 18, 2008 Tokyo Loud Park Festival
October 20, 2008 Studio Coast
October 22, 2008 Jakarta Indonesia Tennis Indoor Arena
October 24, 2008 Central Area Singapore The MAX Pavilion
North American leg 3 (rescheduled)[15][16]
w/ Buckcherry
Support acts: Saving Abel and Shinedown
November 2, 2008 Sioux City United States Gateway Arena
November 4, 2008 Casper United States Casper Events Center
November 5, 2008 Billings Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
November 6, 2008 Rapid City United States Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
November 8, 2008 Saint Paul United States Roy Wilkins Auditorium
November 9, 2008 Fargo Fargodome
November 11, 2008 Bloomington U.S. Cellular Coliseum
November 12, 2008 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
November 14, 2008 Madison Alliant Energy Center
November 15, 2008 Waterloo McElroy Auditorium
November 16, 2008 La Crosse La Crosse Center
November 18, 2008 Walker DeltaPlex Arena
November 19, 2008 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
November 21, 2008 Ypsilanti EMU Convocation Center
November 22, 2008 Youngstown Covelli Centre
November 23, 2008 Columbus Jerome Schottenstein Center
November 25, 2008 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
November 26, 2008 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
November 29, 2008 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
November 30, 2008 Augusta James Brown Arena
December 2, 2008 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
December 3, 2008 Orlando UCF Arena
Headlining dates
December 5, 2008 Fort Myers United States City of Palms Park
December 6, 2008 West Palm Beach Buzz Bake Sale
December 7, 2008 Tampa 97X Next Big Thing
Support acts: Burn Halo and Shadows Fall
December 9, 2008 Baltimore United States Rams Head Live!
December 10, 2008
December 12, 2008 Atlantic City House of Blues
December 13, 2008 Wallingford Chevrolet Theatre
December 15, 2008 Quebec City Canada Pavillon de la Jeunesse
December 16, 2008 Montreal Métropolis
December 17, 2008 Toronto Sound Academy
North American leg 4[17]
w/ Papa Roach and Buckcherry
Support acts: Saving Abel and Burn Halo (one support slot each night)
January 28, 2009 Salt Lake City United States E Center
January 30, 2009 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
January 31, 2009 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
February 2, 2009 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena
February 3, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena
February 5, 2009 Yakima Yakima SunDome
February 6, 2009 Portland Memorial Coliseum
February 7, 2009 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
February 9, 2009 Spokane Star Theater
February 10, 2009 Great Falls Four Seasons Arena
February 12, 2009 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
February 13, 2009 Mankato Alltel Center
February 14, 2009 Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
February 16, 2009 Fort Wayne United States Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 17, 2009 St. Charles United States Family Arena
February 19, 2009 Indianapolis Murat Centre
February 20, 2009 Cleveland Wolstein Center
February 21, 2009 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
February 23, 2009 Highland Heights The Bank of Kentucky Center
February 24, 2009 Pikeville Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
February 25, 2009 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
February 27, 2009 Rosemont Allstate Arena
w/ Papa Roach and Buckcherry
Support act: Burn Halo
March 19, 2009 Camden United States Susquehanna Bank Center
March 20, 2009 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium
March 21, 2009 Hershey Giant Center
March 23, 2009 Columbus Columbus Civic Center
March 24, 2009 Chattanooga Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
March 26, 2009 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
March 27, 2009 Lexington Rupp Arena
March 28, 2009 Asheville Asheville Civic Center
March 30, 2009 Nashville Sommet Center
March 31, 2009 Memphis Minglewood Hall
April 2, 2009 Poplar Bluff Amphitheater
April 3, 2009 Grand Island Heartland Events Center
April 4, 2009 Topeka Topeka Event Center
April 6, 2009 Tulsa Brady Theater
April 7, 2009 Belton Bell County Expo Center
April 9, 2009 Amarillo United States Amarillo Civic Center
April 10, 2009 Lubbock United States LoneStar Amphitheater
April 11, 2009 Las Cruces Pan American Center
April 13, 2009 Prescott Valley United States Tim's Toyota Center
April 13, 2009 Colorado Springs United States World Arena
April 16, 2009 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre (featuring Slash)
April 17, 2009 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
w/ Atreyu
April 18, 2009 Las Vegas United States The Joint
Supporting Korn, w/ The Used
May 15, 2009 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
Headlining date
May 17, 2009 Columbus United States Crew Stadium
South American leg 2[18]
May 24, 2009 Santiago Chile Scream Crazy Fest
Supporting Metallica, w/ Resorte
June 4, 2009 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
June 6, 2009
June 7, 2009
European leg 3
August 1, 2009 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park
August 2, 2009 Hertfordshire England Sonisphere Festival

Personnel

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  • M. Shadows – lead vocals, organ on "Critical Acclaim"
  • Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • The Rev – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals
  • Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Christ – bass guitar, backing vocals

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