{{Short description|2006–07 concert tour by the Killers}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox concert | concert_name = Sam's Town Tour | image = File:TheKillersSamsTownPoster.png | caption = Poster announcing tour dates in early 2007 | artist = the Killers | type = Concert tour | start_date = August 23, 2006 | end_date = November 14, 2007 | venue = | tour = | album = ''Sam's Town, Sawdust'' | number_of_shows = 80 in North America<br>60 in Europe<br>13 in Oceania<br>5 in South America<br>3 in Asia<br>Total: 161 | duration = | support_act = <!-- or | support_acts = --> | attendance = | gross = | website = | last_tour = Hot Fuss Tour<br>(2003–2005) | this_tour = '''Sam's Town Tour'''<br>(2006–2007) | next_tour = Day & Age World Tour<br>(2008–2010) | chronology = The Killers concert chronology | location = {{hlist|North America|Europe|Oceania|South America|Asia}} | number_of_legs = 12 }}
The '''Sam's Town Tour''' was the second major concert tour by Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers. The tour took place throughout 2006 and 2007 in support of the band's sophomore studio album ''Sam's Town'', released in September 2006, as well as the band's 2007 compilation album ''Sawdust''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The tour started on August 23, 2006, at the Celebrity Theater in Downtown Las Vegas, and ended on November 14, 2007, at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, playing over 150 shows in less than two years.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The Sam's Town Tour also saw the band play in countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile for the first time.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
== Background == The Sam's Town Tour was announced alongside ''Sam's Town''{{'s}} release date and track listing at a media gathering in New York on July 24, 2006. In the announcement, the band stated that they "will tour North America in October and begin a European jaunt November" and that they would be joined by Ted Sablay for the tour, stating: “[Ted] will be for us like Pat Smear was for Nirvana — he’ll play keys, guitar and sing a little bit. It will help us match the live versions a little closer to the album.”<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2006-07-25 |title=The Killers Debut 'Sam's Town' In New York |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-killers-debut-sams-town-in-new-york-57738/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The tour was re-announced to the public in August of that year, with pre-sale tickets going up on September 14, and the rest of the tickets going on sale the next day on Ticketmaster.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-08-21 |title=The Killers announce tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-313-1359566 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=SPIN |date=2006-08-18 |title=Killers Take 'Sam's Town' on the Road |url=https://www.spin.com/2006/08/killers-take-sams-town-road/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=SPIN |language=en-US}}</ref>
A series of "warm-up shows" set to take place throughout August and September at smaller, intimate venues before the main tour had tickets quietly released in venue box offices in August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Troubadour |url=https://troubadour.com/history/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> Most of the tickets were released just days before, with some venues like the Popscene Theater in San Francisco labeling the band as a "special surprise guest" who, according to Popscene co-founder Aaron Axelsen, didn't have "their identity [...] disclosed until they took the stage at the very intimate confines of [the Popscene Theater]."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popscene Celebrates 25 Years of Indie Dance Parties |url=https://www.sfstation.com/2022/08/02/popscene-celebrates-25-years-of-indie-dance-parties |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=SF Station {{!}} San Francisco's City Guide |language=en-US}}</ref>
The first warm-up show of the Sam's Town Tour took place at the Celebrity Theater on the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas on August 23, 2006. Songs such as "When You Were Young," "Read My Mind," and "For Reasons Unknown" were debuted live at the show, along with six others from ''Sam's Town''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-08-23 |title=The Killers to make live return with low key shows |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-311-1359107 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> "Uncle Jonny" was debuted live at the Popscene Theater the following day, while "Why Do I Keep Counting" was debuted live in Japan in January 2007, and "This River Is Wild" in Australia in February of that year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The band played nine more warm-up shows throughout August and September, including the inaugural Virgin Festival in Baltimore on September 23.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}thumb|The Killers performing a warm-up show in August 2006
The Sam's Town Tour proper started in October 2006 with back-to-back shows at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on October 6 and 7.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The first North American leg of the tour, with bands such as Immigrant, the Envy Corps, and the Red Romance opening for the Killers on select dates, lasted throughout October and ended with a show at the Vegoose festival in Las Vegas on October 28.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
The previously announced European tour leg of the tour, whose tickets sold out in just 5 minutes, began in November, touring in countries such as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, with bands such as Howling Bells, The Brakes, and The Rapture opening for the Killers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-09-12 |title=The Killers announce UK and Irish tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-290-1355614 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-12 |title=The Killers announce full UK tour |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/1138604-the-killers-announce-full-uk-tour |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=DrownedInSound |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004030431/https://drownedinsound.com/news/1138604-the-killers-announce-full-uk-tour |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-12-11 |title=The Killers: Brixton Carling Academy, London; Sunday, November 26 |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-the-killers-8104-306598 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> The band further extended the Sam's Town Tour past the initial North American and European tour legs with a second North American leg in December 2006, a three-show run in Japan in January 2007, during which the official music video for "Read My Mind" was filmed, and an Oceania leg in January and February of that year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=tokyofox |date=2012-08-01 |title=Music Videos Filmed In Japan #1 The Killers – 'Read My Mind' (2007) |url=https://tokyofox.net/2012/08/01/music-videos-filmed-in-japan-1-the-killers-read-my-mind-2007/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Tokyo Fox (東京狐) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-16 |title=2007 Shows |url=https://killersbootlegarchive.wordpress.com/tours/2007-shows/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Killers Bootleg Archive |language=en}}</ref>
In February 2007, during a show on a part of the second European leg of the tour, the Killers performed a cover of "Shadowplay" by Joy Division.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The song, covered by the band for the 2007 biopic ''Control'', became a staple of live shows throughout the rest of the Sam's Town Tour, the Day & Age World Tour, and the Battle Born World Tour, and would later go on to be released as the first single from their B-sides and rarities compilation album, ''Sawdust'', released in November of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2007-01-15 |title=The Killers confirm Joy Division cover |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-269-1349169 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2007-06-23 |title=The Killers play tribute to Joy Division at Glastonbury |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/glastonbury-364-1348677 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-15 |title=The Killers close T in the Park with Travis and Joy Division covers |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-killers-close-t-in-the-park-with-travis-and-joy-division-covers-8709432.html |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The band debuted the song "Tranquilize" from ''Sawdust'' on October 12, 2007, the same day the song was released as the second single from the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2007-10-11 |title=The Killers to release Lou Reed duet tomorrow |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-275-1352386 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
The Killers returned to Europe in February and March 2007, being joined by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Mumm-Ra as openers, and performing in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-10-31 |title=The Killers unveil UK arena dates |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-322-1346320 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Punknews.org |date=2007-02-01 |title=Tours: The Killers |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22025/tours-the-killers |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.punknews.org |language=en}}</ref> The band rebounded back to North America for a run of shows in the United States and Canada in April and May 2007, before performing a plethora of festival dates across Europe in the summer of 2007, including Greenfield, Glastonbury, and Oxegen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2007-08-18 |title=The Killers bring first night of V Festival to an emotional close |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/v-festival-82-1338364 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Porter |first=Hugh |date=2007-06-25 |title=Glastonbury Festival 2007 Wrapup - TIME |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1635585_1635604_1636630,00.html |access-date=2025-10-31 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> The band returned to North America in fall 2007, and then headlined the TIM Festival and Yeah Festival in Brazil and Argentina, respectively, as part of their first shows in South America.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The band played a string of five shows in Australia to close out the tour, which ended on November 14 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Killers - Australia 2007 {{!}} Frontier Touring |url=https://www.frontiertouring.com/past-tours/2007/the-killers-australia-2007 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.frontiertouring.com}}</ref>
The Killers' "Murder Trilogy", consisting of "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" from ''Sawdust'', as well as "Midnight Show" and "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" from ''Hot Fuss'', detailing the fictional story of the murder of a girl named Jenny at the hands of her deranged ex-boyfriend, was played in full twice during the Sam's Town Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2007-10-17 |title=Missing part of The Killers' 'murder trilogy' appears online |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-268-1350066 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> The trilogy, which also marked the live debut of "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", was first played live on October 12, 2007, in Athens, being played in the show's encore.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} The trilogy was then played again on November 11 in Sydney, again being played near the end of the show.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} During both performances, the Killers performed "All These Things That I've Done" immediately following the trilogy, leading to speculation about its inclusion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The full story behind The Killers' Murder Trilogy |url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the-killers/the-full-story-behind-the-killers-murder-trilogy/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Radio X |language=en}}</ref>
=== Festivals === The Killers played at a number of festivals throughout the Sam's Town Tour. The band first headlined the Virgin Festival in September 2006, and later went on to headline Big Day Out in January and February 2007, and the Glastonbury Festival in June.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolan |first=Patrick |date=2007-01-29 |title=Big Day Out 2007: Sydney |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/29/big-day-out-2007-sydney |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> The band performed at a number of other festivals, including, but not limited to, Hove, Rock Werchter, Roskilde, V, and Austin City Limits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-09-13 |title=The best festivals of summer 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2007/sep/13/festivals |access-date=2025-10-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hoinski |first=Michael |date=2007-09-17 |title=Austin City Limits 2007: The Killers, Bob Dylan and Queens of the Stone Age Beat the Texas Heat |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/austin-city-limits-2007-the-killers-bob-dylan-and-queens-of-the-stone-age-beat-the-texas-heat-110292/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Woodcraft |first=Molloy |date=2007-06-30 |title=The first festival without a footprint |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/jul/01/escape.festivals |access-date=2025-10-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The band also performed at festivals during their inaugural South American leg of the tour.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Festival no Rio reúne 27 mil pessoas em dois dias; sábado teve maior público - 28/10/2007 - UOL Música - TIM Festival 2007 |url=https://musica.uol.com.br/timfestival/ultnot/2007/10/28/ult4089u175.jhtm |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=musica.uol.com.br}}</ref>
== Reception == The Sam's Town Tour garnered fairly positive reviews from critics. Christian Hoard of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine remarked that the Killers' concert at Madison Square Garden "might pack more unfortunate big-rock bombast than its new wave debut, ''Hot Fuss'', but it shares a generous hook quotient and a Vegas-y talent for crowd-pleasing. Before a frothy crowd, the Killers proved they've become a tight live band."<ref>Hoard, Christian (November 16, 2006). "The Killers". ''Rolling Stone''. No. 1013. p. 133. ISSN 0035-791X.</ref> Jeff Miller of ''Variety'' magazine reviewed the show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, noting "the grand, sweeping epic reach of many songs [...] became a blessing live, with a stage show obviously designed for arenas mixing pomposity and intimacy."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Jeff |date=2006-10-08 |title=The Killers |url=https://variety.com/2006/music/markets-festivals/the-killers-4-1200512830/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Kitty Empire at The Guardian attended the Killers' show in Glasgow and reported that "Flowers has taken the icy feeling from the Killers' first album and thawed it out, opening up their previously airless club-bound sound to the elements. And they tackle bigger themes - Flowers' father's drinking, horizon-sized regrets and betrayals - with the same gusto as they once did pithy love-gone-wrong songs."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=2006-11-26 |title=Born in the USA; bloom in the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/26/popandrock1 |access-date=2025-10-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> thumb|The Killers performing in October 2006 ''The New York Times'' assessed the Killers' show at Madison Square Garden, saying: "Although the band is from Las Vegas, it was drawn to the shameless artifice of British glam, new wave and the grander Britpop that followed it; with borrowed sounds, the Killers tapped into the gawky self-consciousness, the mixed yearning and irony, of adolescents grappling with grand passions," noting that "the Killers have learned their pop mechanics well: the pealing guitar lines, the big crescendos. Fans were singing along on all the older songs and some of the new ones, too."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Week 84 : Day 6 : Bones, Vegoose webcast, Charts, CityLife interview, NYC & Boston reviews... |url=https://community.livejournal.com/-killmenow-/252701.html |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=community.livejournal.com |language=en-us}}</ref> The Los Angeles Times reviewed a performance during the Sam's Town Tour, stating that "Flowers grew a thick push broom worthy of that record’s grandiloquent Americana. Drummer Ronnie Vannucci one-upped him with a fearsome Fu Manchu, and bassist Mark Stoermer let his blond scruff run wild. That album’s unapologetic Springsteen-philia proved something of a critical brick."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-29 |title=The Killers enter a new 'Day & Age' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-nov-29-et-killers29-story.html |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In a review of a show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, SFGate critiqued that "the Killers graduated into a proper arena band with an extremely sold out show at the Bill Graham Civic that left no grand rock 'n' roll cliche unturned" while also describing how "even as The Killers become the domain of backwards cap-wearing, beer-swilling dudes that high-five each other after every drum roll, singer Brandon Flowers still looks completely out of his league as the band's frontman."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Week 101 : Day 2 : Charts, FRU video, soundcheck song, San Francisco reviews |url=https://community.livejournal.com/-killmenow-/293215.html |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=community.livejournal.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Personnel == Credits adapted from the ''Las Vegas Sun'' and ''Las Vegas Weekly''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-11-06 |title=Partying with the Killers: Cooler and tamer! |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/06/partying-killers-cooler-and-tamer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608194017/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/06/partying-killers-cooler-and-tamer/ |archive-date=2024-06-08 |access-date=2025-10-29 |work=Las Vegas Sun |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-01 |title=Killers touring guitarist Ted Sablay has taken a long, interesting road to his first music as a solo artist - Las Vegas Weekly |url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2021/jul/01/killers-touring-guitarist-ted-sablay/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=lasvegasweekly.com}}</ref>
=== The Killers ===
* Brandon Flowers – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, bass (on "For Reasons Unknown") * Dave Keuning – lead guitar, background vocals * Mark Stoermer – bass, background vocals, rhythm guitar (on "For Reasons Unknown") * Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums, percussion, gong
=== Additional musicians ===
* Ted Sablay – keyboards, rhythm and lead guitar * Rob Whited – percussion
== Set list ==
=== First set list === This set list of representative of the show on October 12, 2006, in Seattle.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.
# "Sam's Town" # "Enterlude" # "When You Were Young" # "Somebody Told Me" # "Smile Like You Mean It" # "Bones" # "Bling (Confession of a King)" # "Read My Mind" # "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" # "Uncle Jonny" # "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" # "Mr. Brightside"
Encore:
# <li value=13> "My List" # "For Reasons Unknown" # "All These Things That I've Done" # "Exitlude"
=== Second set list === This set list of representative of the show on April 13, 2007, in Austin.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour. # "Sam's Town" # "Enterlude" # "When You Were Young" # "Bones" # "Somebody Told Me" # "Smile Like You Mean It" # "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" # "Uncle Jonny" # "This River is Wild" # "Read My Mind" # "On Top" # "Bling (Confession of a King)" # "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" # "Mr. Brightside"
Encore:
# <li value="15"> "My List" # "Shadowplay" <small>(Joy Division cover)</small> # "For Reasons Unknown" # "All These Things That I've Done" # "Exitlude" # "When You Were Young" <small>(reprise)</small>
=== Third set list === This set list of representative of the show on October 12, 2007, in Athens.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour. # "Sam's Town" # "Enterlude" # "When You Were Young" # "Bones" # "Somebody Told Me" # "Smile Like You Mean It" # "For Reasons Unknown" # "Tranquilize" # "This River is Wild" # "Read My Mind" # "Shadowplay" <small>(Joy Division cover)</small> # "Bling (Confession of a King)" # "Mr. Brightside"
Encore:
# <li value="14"> "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" # "Midnight Show" # "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" # "All These Things That I've Done"
== Tour dates == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! width="170"| Date ! width="140"| City ! width="140"| Country ! width="220"| Venue !Opening act(s) |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Warm-up dates''' |- |August 23, 2006 |Las Vegas |rowspan="4"|United States |Celebrity Theater ! rowspan="10" |— |- |August 24, 2006 |San Francisco |Popscene |- |August 25, 2006 |West Hollywood |The Troubadour |- |August 26, 2006 |Las Vegas |Empire Ballroom |- |September 8, 2006 |Blackpool |United Kingdom |Empress Ballroom |- |September 14, 2006 |Cologne |rowspan="2"|Germany |Yard Club |- |September 15, 2006 |Berlin |E-Werk |- |September 18, 2006 |London |United Kingdom |Electric Ballroom |- |September 22, 2006 |New York City |rowspan="2"|United States |Webster Hall |- |September 23, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Virgin Festival".|name=Virgin}} |Baltimore |Pimlico Race Course |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''North America I''' |- |October 6, 2006 |rowspan="2"|Los Angeles |rowspan="5"|United States |rowspan="2"|Wiltern | rowspan="7" |Immigrant |- |October 7, 2006 |- |October 8, 2006 |rowspan="2"|San Francisco |rowspan="2"|The Warfield |- |October 9, 2006 |- |October 10, 2006 |Portland |Roseland Theatre |- |October 11, 2006 |Vancouver |Canada |Orpheum Theatre |- |October 12, 2006 |Seattle |rowspan="5"|United States |Paramount Theatre |- |October 14, 2006 |Magna |The Great Salt Air | rowspan="4" |The Envy Corps |- |October 15, 2006 |Denver |Fillmore Auditorium |- |October 17, 2006 |Chicago |Congress Theater |- |October 18, 2006 |Detroit |State Theatre |- |October 20, 2006 |Toronto |Canada |Kool Haus !— |- |October 21, 2006 |Atlantic City |rowspan="5"|United States ||Borgata Events Center | rowspan="4" |The Red Romance |- |October 24, 2006 |rowspan="2"|New York City |rowspan="2"|Madison Square Garden |- |October 25, 2006 |- |October 26, 2006 |Boston |Orpheum Theatre |- |October 28, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of "Vegoose".}} |Las Vegas |Sam Boyd Stadium !— |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Europe I''' |- |November 1, 2006 |Copenhagen |Denmark |Vega !— |- |November 3, 2006 |Hamburg |rowspan="4"|Germany |Große Freiheit 36 | rowspan="7" |Howling Bells |- |November 4, 2006 |Berlin |Huxley's Neue Welt |- |November 5, 2006 |Cologne |E-Werk |- |November 7, 2006 |Munich |Tonhalle |- |November 8, 2006 |Milan |Italy |Rolling Stone |- |November 9, 2006 |Zürich |Switzerland |X-tra |- |November 11, 2006 |Barcelona |Spain |Razzmatazz |- |November 14, 2006 |Brussels |Belgium |Ancienne Belgique | rowspan="7" |The Brakes |- |November 15, 2006 |Paris |France |Bataclan |- |November 16, 2006 |Amsterdam |Netherlands |Paradiso |- |November 18, 2006 |Wolverhampton |rowspan="9"|United Kingdom |Wolverhampton Civic Hall |- |November 20, 2006 |Manchester |Manchester Apollo |- |November 21, 2006 |Hull |Hull Arena |- |November 22, 2006 |Glasgow |Glasgow Academy |- |November 23, 2006 |Newcastle |Newcastle Academy | rowspan="2" |The Broken Stars |- |November 25, 2006 |Nottingham |Rock City |- |November 26, 2006 |rowspan="3"|London |rowspan="3"|Brixton Academy | rowspan="3" |The Broken Stars, The Rapture |- |November 27, 2006 |- |November 28, 2006 |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''North America II''' |- |December 8, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of "Not So Silent Night".}} |San Francisco |rowspan="2"|United States |Bill Graham Civic Auditorium ! rowspan="7" |— |- |December 10, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of "KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas".}} |Los Angeles |Gibson Amphitheatre |- |December 12, 2006 |Monterrey |rowspan="2"|Mexico |Monterrey Arena |- |December 13, 2006 |Mexico City |Palacio de los Deportes |- |December 15, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Z100 Jingle Ball".}} |New York City |rowspan="3"|United States |Madison Square Garden |- |December 16, 2006 |Philadelphia |Electric Factory |- |December 18, 2006{{efn|This concert was a part of the "99X Mistletoe Jam".}} |Atlanta |Philips Arena |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Asia''' |- |January 13, 2007 |Tokyo |rowspan="3"|Japan |Zepp ! rowspan="3" |— |- |January 14, 2007 |Nagoya |Diamond Hall |- |January 15, 2007 |Osaka |Nanba Hatch |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Oceania I''' |- |January 19, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |Auckland |New Zealand |Mount Smart Stadium ! rowspan="8" |— |- |January 21, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |Gold Coast |rowspan="7"|Australia |Gold Coast Parklands |- |January 25, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |rowspan="2"|Sydney |Sydney Showground Stadium |- |January 26, 2007 |Hordern Pavilion |- |January 28, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |rowspan="2"|Melbourne |Princes Park South |- |February 1, 2007 |Festival Hall |- |February 2, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |Adelaide |Adelaide Showgrounds |- |February 4, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Big Day Out".|name=Big Day Out}} |Perth |Claremont Showground |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Europe II''' |- |February 16, 2007 |Sheffield |rowspan="8"|United Kingdom |Sheffield Arena | rowspan="13" |Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |- |February 17, 2007 |Manchester |M.E.N. Arena |- |February 18, 2007 |Birmingham |NEC Arena |- |February 20, 2007 |Newcastle |Metro Radio Arena |- |February 21, 2007 |Aberdeen |AECC |- |February 22, 2007 |Glasgow |SECC |- |February 24, 2007 |rowspan="2"|London |rowspan="2"|Wembley Arena |- |February 25, 2007 |- |February 27, 2007 |rowspan="2"|Dublin |rowspan="2"|Ireland |rowspan="2"|RDS Main Hall |- |February 28, 2007 |- |March 3, 2007 |Brighton |rowspan="3"|United Kingdom |Brighton Centre |- |March 4, 2007 |Nottingham |National Ice Centre |- |March 5, 2007 |Cardiff |Cardiff International Arena |- |March 7, 2007 |Amsterdam |Netherlands |Heineken Music Hall | rowspan="4" |Mumm-Ra |- |March 9, 2007 |Cologne |rowspan="3"|Germany |Palladium |- |March 10, 2007 |Berlin |Columbiahalle |- |March 11, 2007 |Frankfurt |Jahrhunderthalle Höchst |- |March 12, 2007 |Paris |rowspan="2"|France |Zénith de Paris ! rowspan="2" |— |- |March 15, 2007 |Lille |L'Aéronef |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''North America III''' |- |April 6, 2007 |Santa Barbara |rowspan="17"|United States |UC Santa Barbara Events Center | rowspan="7" |Howling Bells |- |April 7, 2007 |San Francisco |Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |- |April 9, 2007 |Los Angeles |Staples Center |- |April 10, 2007 |San Diego |RIMAC Arena |- |April 11, 2007 |Phoenix |Dodge Theatre |- |April 13, 2007 |Austin |Frank Erwin Center |- |April 15, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "EdgeFest".}} |Frisco |FC Dallas Stadium |- |April 18, 2007 |Tampa |USF Sun Dome | rowspan="3" |Howling Bells, The Rapture |- |April 19, 2007 |Hollywood |Hard Rock Live |- |April 20, 2007 |Orlando |UCF Arena |- |April 22, 2007 |Atlanta |Fox Theatre | rowspan="2" |Silver Beats |- |April 23, 2007 |Nashville |Ryman Auditorium |- |April 26, 2007 |Fairfax |Patriot Theater | rowspan="4" |Silver Beats, The Red Romance |- |April 27, 2007 |Camden |Tweeter Center |- |April 28, 2007 |New York City |Madison Square Garden |- |April 29, 2007 |Lowell |Paul E. Tsongas Arena |- |May 5, 2007 |Atlantic City |Borgota Events Center | rowspan="6" |The Red Romance |- |May 6, 2007 |Montreal |rowspan="2"|Canada |Bell Centre |- |May 7, 2007 |Toronto |Air Canada Centre |- |May 9, 2007 |Detroit |rowspan="6"|United States |Fox Theatre |- |May 10, 2007 |Hoffman Estates |Sears Centre |- |May 11, 2007 |Kansas City |City Market |- |May 12, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Pointfest".}} |Maryland Heights |Verizon Wireless Amphitheater !— |- |May 14, 2007 |Des Moines |Val Air Ballroom | rowspan="2" |The Envy Corps |- |May 15, 2007 |Saint Paul |Roy Wilkins Auditorium |- |May 21, 2007 |Vancouver |rowspan="3"|Canada |Thunderbird Stadium | rowspan="3" |Hot Hot Heat |- |May 23, 2007 |Edmonton |Rexall Place |- |May 24, 2007 |Calgary |Pengrowth Saddledome |- |May 26, 2007 |Portland |rowspan="5"|United States |Keller Auditorium | rowspan="5" |Louis XIV |- |May 27, 2007 |Seattle |WaMu Theater |- |May 29, 2007 |Sacramento |Memorial Auditorium |- |May 31, 2007 |Magna |The Great Salt Air |- |June 1, 2007 |Las Vegas |The Joint @ Hard Rock |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Europe III''' |- |June 12, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "PepeWorld Festival".}} |Madrid |Spain |Plaza de Toros La Cubierta ! rowspan="17" |— |- |June 16, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Greenfield Festival".}} |Interlaken |Switzerland |Interlaken Airfield |- |June 17, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Nova Rock Festival".}} |Nickelsdorf |Austria |Patagonia Fields |- |June 23, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Glastonbury Festival".}} |Pilton |United Kingdom |Glastonbury Festival |- |June 24, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Rock-A-Field Festival".}} |Roeser |Luxembourg |Rock-A-Field |- |June 26, 2007 |Helsinki |Finland |Helsinki Ice Hall |- |June 27, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Hove Festival".}} |Arendal |Norway |Tromøy |- |June 30, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Rock Werchter".}} |Leuven |Belgium |Werchter |- |July 4, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Rock for People".}} |Hradec Králové |Czech Republic |Věkoše Airport |- |July 5, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Roskilde Festival".}} |Roskilde |Denmark |Roskilde Festival |- |July 7, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "T in the Park".}} |Kinross |United Kingdom |Balado |- |July 8, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Oxegen".}} |Naas |Ireland |Punchestown Racecourse |- |August 14, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Sziget Festival".}} |Budapest |Hungary |Óbuda Island |- |August 17, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Lowlands Festival".}} |Biddinghuizen |Netherlands |Spijk en Bremerberg |- |August 18, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "V Festival".|name=V Festival}} |Weston-under-Lizard |rowspan="3"|United Kingdom |Weston Park |- |August 19, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "V Festival".|name=V Festival}} |Chelmsford |Hylands Park |- |August 22, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Tennent's Vital".}} |Belfast |Ormeau Park |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''North America IV''' |- |September 3, 2007 |Boulder |rowspan="5"|United States |Fox Theatre | rowspan="17" |Louis XIV |- |September 4, 2007 |Morrison |Red Rocks Amphitheatre |- |September 5, 2007 |Council Bluffs |Mid-America Center |- |September 7, 2007 |Cleveland |Wolstein Center |- |September 8, 2007 |Columbus |Lifestyle Communities Pavilion |- |September 9, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Virgin Festival".|name=Virgin}} |Toronto |Canada |Island Park |- |September 11, 2007 |Louisville |rowspan="9"|United States |The Louisville Palace |- |September 13, 2007 |Grand Prairie |Nokia Theater |- |September 14, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Austin City Limits Music Festival".}} |Austin |Zilker Park |- |September 15, 2007 |Houston |Reliant Center |- |September 17, 2007 |El Paso |Chavez Theatre |- |September 21, 2007 |Lake Tahoe |Mont Bleu |- |September 23, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Street Scene".}} |San Diego |Del Mar Fairgrounds |- |October 12, 2007 |Athens |40 Watt Club |- |October 13, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "The Echo Project".}} |Fairburn |Bouckeart Farm |- |October 19, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of "Festival Motorokrfest".}} |Mexico City |rowspan="2"|Mexico |Foro Sol |- |October 21, 2007 |Guadalajara |Telmex Auditorium |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''South America''' |- |October 27, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "TIM Festival".|name=TIM}} |Rio de Janeiro |rowspan="3"|Brazil ||Marina da Glória ! rowspan="5" |— |- |October 28, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "TIM Festival".|name=TIM}} |São Paulo |Arena Skol Anhembi |- |October 31, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "TIM Festival".|name=TIM}} |Curitiba |Pedreira Paulo Leminski |- |November 2, 2007{{efn|This concert was a part of the "Yeah Festival".}} |Buenos Aires |Argentina |José Amalfitani Stadium |- |November 4, 2007 |Santiago |Chile |Pista Atletica |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" | colspan="5" | '''Oceania II''' |- |November 9, 2007 |Brisbane |rowspan="5"|Australia |Brisbane Entertainment Centre | rowspan="5" |Louis XIV |- |November 10, 2007 |rowspan="2"|Sydney |rowspan="2"|Sydney Entertainment Centre |- |November 11, 2007 |- |November 13, 2007 |rowspan="2"|Melbourne |rowspan="2"|Rod Laver Arena |- |November 14, 2007 |}
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