Hybrid Theory World Tour

Hybrid Theory World Tour

Tour by Linkin Park
Promotional Poster for the tour
Associated album	Hybrid Theory
Start date	January 8, 2001
End date	September 24, 2001
Legs	4
Number of shows	5 as Promo Tour 20 as Street Soldiers Tour in United States 21 as US-To-Europe Tour 11 in Europe 57 in Total
Linkin Park tour chronology Hybrid Theory World Tour (2001) Street Soldiers Tour (2001)

Hybrid Theory World Tour was the first concert tour by American rock band Linkin Park. It was launched in support of Linkin Park's debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000). The tour started on January 8, 2001 in Paris and ended on September 24, 2001 in Amsterdam. The duration of the tour was almost half year. The tour consisted of four legs which made a total of 57 shows. The duration of the tour was very short compared to all other "world" tours by the band. The promotion for the album was done by various other tours like Deftones' "Back To School" Tour, "Ozzfest", "Family Values Tour", "Countdown To Revolution Tour" and "Projekt Revolution" which the band headlined or acted as a supporting act.

Background

The tour was never officially announced. But in an article by MTV named as Hybrid Odyssey in honour of the album, the dates of all the shows by Linkin Park were included. The same was announced in a documentary with the same name.^[1]

Hybrid Theory European Promo Tour

The tour started as "Hybrid Theory European Promo Tour" in Paris. It acted as the first leg for the tour. It consisted only five shows. All the shows in the leg were in Europe. The concert was played in France, Germany and England. The duration of the first leg was just four days. The leg was played for various events like "Nulle Part Ailleurs" and "BBC Radio One Evening Session". The first show in the tour was a promo show for Rock Sound Magazine. The second show by the band was Linkin Park's first TV appearance. The show by the band in London was aired by BBC. The song "Papercut" recorded while the show was made available as a special edition with the album.

Street Soldiers Tour

The "Street Soldiers Tour" acted as the American leg for the tour. The tour started in January 2001, and ended in February 2001. Taproot and Styles of Beyond were included as special guests in the tour. Later Alien Ant Farm replaced Styles of Beyond as Special guests. Whereas Stephen Richards gave a special appearance for a few shows in the tour besides he was with his own band "Taproot". The first show was played for 107.7 The End 'Endsession' which was the first ever headlining show for the band. The duration of the leg was a month and it included 20 shows across the United States. During the show at San Bernardino, B-Real from Cypress Hill introduced Linkin Park to the stage. The Dragon festival consisted of two stages, each inside a separate hangar at the Events Center - Jade Chamber and Crimson Chamber. Between the two hangars many booths were set up promoting various radio stations and selling food, drink, and products ranging from T-shirts to CDs to water pipes. Bands that played in the Jade Chamber consisted mainly of electronica and turntablists, while groups in the Crimson Chamber consisted of live bands and hip-hop bands. "Crawling" was released in a multi-angle video on the "Frat Party at the Pankake Festival" DVD with the studio version overdubbed, but with the crowd noise mixed in. After the show at Minnesota, Mike Shinoda wrote in the tour diary as,

“	Styles of Beyond has finished their time on our tour, and we were all sad to see them go home. They are really nice guys, and put on an excellent show. I heard they're going to go home to save up some money and showcase for some more record labels, as they are as of yet an unsigned act.	”
	— Mike Shinoda

US-To-Europe Tour

The first show was played in support for Boarding for Breast Cancer. The duration of the leg was three months and it included 21 shows across the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe. This leg was a compact world tour in support of the album. Mike wrote on internet as tour diary as,

“	Getting out there again. Playing a few shows here in the states before we go to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Then more US dates. then Europe. then Ozzfest. And off dates (during ozzfest) with Slipknot, Papa Roach, Disturbed, and Mudvayne. We should be your town soon, so come say hi... And we're trying to work out a way to hang out with fans at Ozzfest; at most shows, we like to just come down and say hi, but Ozzfest is a different monster. We may have a booth, or be at the streetwise booth; we aren't sure yet. But just letting ya know.	”
	— Mike Shinoda

Hybrid Theory European Tour

As the band played around with their touring schedule in September 2001, originally they were to take a break after Ozzfest and then kick off an eleven show headlining tour of Europe in September. This show in Stockholm was the first show of the tour. Stockholm and Frederiksberg were cancelled just before the tour began for an unknown reason. The first three shows were cancelled due to various reasons. The reason for cancelling the second show was given as "Because of the "restructuring" of their U.S. tour has Linkin Park decided to cancel their concert in KB Hallen 9 September. Since there is no immediate prospect of a replacement concert, the tickets will be refunded where they were purchased until 15 October." The third show was cancelled due to the September 11 attacks. Addressing to the fans Mike said,

“	Due to the tragedy in the U.S., our show tonight was cancelled. We are unaware of the status of the upcoming shows. Berlin, tomorrow, is scheduled to go on as scheduled. Further updates can be found by calling your local venue, or by checking here.	”
	— Mike Shinoda

Set list

This set list is representative of the average set list throughout tour.

1. "With You"
2. "Runaway"
3. "Papercut"
4. "By Myself"
5. "Points of Authority"
6. "High Voltage"
7. "Crawling"
8. "Pushing Me Away"
9. "And One"
10. "In the End"
11. "A Place for My Head"
12. "Forgotten"
13. "One Step Closer"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Promo Tour[2]
January 8, 2001[upper-alpha 1]	Paris	France	La Boule Noire
January 9, 2001[upper-alpha 2]			StudioCanal
January 10, 2001	Hamburg	Germany	Grünspan
January 11, 2001[upper-alpha 3]	England	England	Yalding House
			Tutu's (KCLSU - Macadam Building)
Street Soldiers Tour
January 26, 2001[upper-alpha 4]	Seattle	United States	Showbox Theatre
January 27, 2001	Portland		Roseland Theatre
January 29, 2001	Sacramento		Crest Theatre
January 30, 2001[upper-alpha 5]	San Francisco		The Fillmore
February 1, 2001	San Diego		Canes Bar and Grill
February 2, 2001	Las Vegas		House Of Blues
February 3, 2001[upper-alpha 6]	San Bernardino		National Orange Show Events Center
February 5, 2001[upper-alpha 7]	Magna, Utah		Saltair Pavilion
February 6, 2001	Englewood		Gothic Theatre
February 8, 2001	Minneapolis		Quest Club
February 9, 2001	Lawrence		Liberty Hall
February 10, 2001	St. Louis		The Pageant
February 11, 2001	Chicago		House Of Blues
February 13, 2001	Pontiac		Clutch Cargo's
February 14, 2001	Columbus		Newport Music Hall
February 15, 2001	Pittsburgh		Metropol
February 21, 2001	New York City		Roseland Ballroom
February 22, 2001	Washington		9:30 Club
February 23, 2001	Philadelphia		Electric Factory
February 24, 2001	Providence		Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
US-To-Europe Tour
April 14, 2001[upper-alpha 8]	Twin Bridges	United States	Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Arena
April 16, 2001	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
April 17, 2001	Mesa		Mesa Community Amphitheatre
April 20, 2001[upper-alpha 9]	Boston		Roxy
April 22, 2001[upper-alpha 10]	Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 27, 2001[upper-alpha 11]	Miami		Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
April 28, 2001[upper-alpha 12]	Zephyrhills		Festival Park
May 2, 2001	Australia	Newtown	Enmore Theatre
May 4, 2001		West Melbourne	Festival Hall
May 5, 2001		Brisbane	Festival Hall
May 8, 2001	New Zealand	Auckland	Town Hall
May 14, 2001	Japan	Tokyo	Zepp Tokyo
May 15, 2001		Osaka	IMP Hall
May 16, 2001		Nagoya	Diamond Hall
May 30, 2001	Denmark	Kobenhavn	Pumpehuset
June 4, 2001	England	London	Brixton Academy
European Tour
September 12, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle
September 15, 2001	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
September 16, 2001	London		Docklands Arena
September 18, 2001	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
September 20, 2001	Wien	Austria	Libro Music Hall
September 21, 2001	München	Germany	Zenith
September 23, 2001	Köln		Palladium
September 24, 2001	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall

Notes

1. This was a promo show for "Rock Sound Magazine".
2. This was a performance for "Nulle Part Ailleurs".
3. This was a performance for "BBC Radio One Evening Session".
4. This show was played for "107.7 The End 'Endsession'".
5. Linkin Park collaborated with Ryu and Tak of "Styles of Beyond" during the play of Points of Authority.
6. This show was a part of "Dragon Festival".
7. After this show "Alien Ant Farm" replaced S.O.B.
8. This show was played for "Boarding for Breast Cancer".
9. This show was played for "NEMO Music Showcase"
10. This show was a part of "Buzzfest VII".
11. This show was a part of "Zeta's Bonzai Show".
12. This show was a part of "98 Rock's Livestock Festival 11".

References

1. Linkin Park - A Hybrid Odyssey Full Video (Hybrid Theory Documentary) YouTube September 12, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
2. Linkin Park shows 2001 LPLive