The 2nd Law World Tour

The 2nd Law World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English alternative rock band Muse. It was the band's eighth concert tour, which supported their sixth studio album The 2nd Law.[1][2] Muse announced the tour via their official website and Twitter account on 7 June 2012.[3] The European summer stadium tour was called The Unsustainable Tour, and saw the band's biggest stadium tour to that date.

The 2nd Law World Tour
Tour by Muse
Official poster for The 2nd Law Tour in Italy.
Associated albumThe 2nd Law
Start date16 October 2012
End date19 April 2014
Legs8
No. of shows51 in Europe
57 in North America
7 in Asia
6 in Oceania
3 in South America
124 in total
Muse concert chronology

A live album and video of the tour, Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, was released in cinemas and on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray in November 2013. The release featured their performance at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in July 2013, in front of a crowd of 60,963 people, in addition to a few songs from the arena leg of the tour. At the conclusion of 2013, the tour was placed on Pollstar's annual "Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours", and appeared 13th worldwide, earning over $103 million with 79 shows in 2013.[4] The 2nd Law World Tour sold over 1.7 million tickets, making it the biggest tour in the history of the band yet.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Box Office
Non-Tour Dates (The 2nd Law Launch Shows)
20 September 2012[A] Cologne Germany E-Werk
30 September 2012[B] London England Roundhouse
2 October 2012 Paris France L'Olympia
Europe[3]
16 October 2012 Montpellier France Park&Suites Arena The Joy Formidable
18 October 2012 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
20 October 2012 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes
22 October 2012 Nantes France Zénith de Nantes Métropole
24 October 2012 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
26 October 2012 London England The O2 Arena 34,200 / 35,314 $2,851,580
27 October 2012
30 October 2012 Birmingham LG Arena
31 October 2012[C] London BBC Radio Theatre
1 November 2012 Manchester Manchester Arena The Joy Formidable 18,754 / 19,220 $1,500,370
3 November 2012 Dublin Ireland The O2 Everything Everything
12 November 2012 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
14 November 2012 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
16 November 2012 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena
17 November 2012 Pesaro Adriatic Arena
19 November 2012 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
20 November 2012 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
22 November 2012 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
23 November 2012 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
10 December 2012 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena Deap Vally
11 December 2012 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall Arena
13 December 2012 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
15 December 2012 Hamburg Germany O2 World Hamburg 13,885 / 13,885 $830,727
17 December 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Andy Burrows
18 December 2012 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 20,630 / 20,636 $1,413,490
19 December 2012 Strasbourg France Zénith de Strasbourg
Asia
11 January 2013 Saitama Japan Saitama Super Arena
12 January 2013
North America
21 January 2013 San Diego United States Valley View Casino Center Band of Skulls
23 January 2013 Los Angeles Staples Center 43,836 / 43,836 $2,580,539
24 January 2013
26 January 2013
28 January 2013 Oakland Oracle Arena 11,431 / 11,431 $772,873
29 January 2013 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena 6,085 / 7,671 $274,303
31 January 2013 Portland Rose Garden Arena 6,824 / 7,364 $412,760
1 February 2013 Seattle KeyArena
3 February 2013 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
4 February 2013 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
6 February 2013 Vancouver Rogers Arena
8 February 2013[D] Los Angeles United States The Grammy Museum
Europe
18 February 2013[E] London England O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire The Vaccines
North America
22 February 2013 Sunrise United States BB&T Center Dead Sara 6,470 / 7,235 $390,380
23 February 2013 Tampa Tampa Bay Times Forum 7,697 / 12,964 $459,675
25 February 2013 Orlando Amway Center 5,786 / 6,331 $350,020
27 February 2013 Cincinnati US Bank Arena 4,983 / 7,050 $220,523
28 February 2013 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
2 March 2013 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
4 March 2013 Chicago United Center 12,760 / 14,654 $650,119
5 March 2013 Columbus Value City Arena 5,568 / 6,100 $269,206
7 March 2013 Minneapolis Target Center 6,904 / 8,500 $411,832
8 March 2013 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 7,708 / 7,708 $461,930
10 March 2013 Tulsa BOK Center 7,735 / 7,735 $466,705
12 March 2013 Houston Toyota Center 10,314 / 10,314 $632,620
13 March 2013 Dallas American Airlines Center 10,719 / 10,719 $638,140
16 March 2013 Phoenix US Airways Center 9,578 / 10,500 $429,999
17 March 2013 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
6 April 2013[F] Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park
9 April 2013 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre Biffy Clyro 22,526 / 22,526 $1,336,500
10 April 2013
12 April 2013 Boston United States TD Garden 12,187 / 12,187 $729,695
13 April 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena Circa Survive 4,970 / 5,715 $299,610
15 April 2013 New York City Madison Square Garden Biffy Clyro
16 April 2013
19 April 2013 East Rutherford Izod Center Dead Sara 14,073 / 14,073 $729,435
23 April 2013 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 24,939 / 25,000 $1,359,740
24 April 2013
26 April 2013 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi We Are Wolves 10,398 / 11,815 $590,067
The Unsustainable Tour: Europe
22 May 2013 Coventry England Ricoh Arena Dizzee Rascal
Bastille
25 May 2013 London Emirates Stadium
26 May 2013 Dizzee Rascal
The 1975
1 June 2013 Manchester Etihad Stadium Dizzee Rascal
Bastille
2 June 2013[G] London Horse Guards Parade
4 June 2013 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena Biffy Clyro
Bastille
7 June 2013 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys You Don't Know Me
L.A
10 June 2013 Porto Portugal Estádio do Dragão We Are the Ocean
15 June 2013 Bern Switzerland Stade de Suisse Arcane Roots
We Are the Ocean
18 June 2013 Werchter Belgium Werchter Festival Grounds Balthazar
SX
21 June 2013 Saint-Denis France Stade de France Paramore
Fun.
150,936 / 150,936 $12,311,700
22 June 2013 Biffy Clyro
Dizzee Rascal
Polly Money
26 June 2013 Nice Stade Charles-Ehrmann Skip the Use
Biffy Clyro
28 June 2013 Turin Italy Stadio Olimpico di Torino Arcane Roots
We Are the Ocean
65,228 / 65,228 $5,316,0820
29 June 2013 Biffy Clyro
Calibro 35
6 July 2013 Rome Stadio Olimpico Arcane Roots
We Are the Ocean
60,963 / 60,963 $5,181,855
12 July 2013 Sankt Goarshausen Germany Freilichtbühne Loreley Deaf Havana
14 July 2013 Berlin Waldbühne Biffy Clyro
19 July 2013 Bergen Norway Brann Stadion Datarock
24 July 2013 Oslo Telenor Arena
27 July 2013 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium Mew
French Films
Asia
10 August 2013[H] Osaka Japan Maishima Sports Island
11 August 2013[H] Chiba Chiba Marine Stadium
13 August 2013[I] Tokyo Zepp Diver City
17 August 2013[J] Seoul South Korea Olympic Stadium
North America
3 September 2013 Charlotte United States Time Warner Cable Arena Cage the Elephant
4 September 2013 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 6,749 / 9,500 $394,876
6 September 2013 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 7,010 / 8,463 $426,820
8 September 2013 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center
9 September 2013 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 10,643 / 12,500 $575,175
11 September 2013 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 10,255 / 10,255 $587,359
South America
14 September 2013[K] Rio de Janeiro Brazil City of Rock
North America
17 September 2013 Denver United States Pepsi Center Cage the Elephant
19 September 2013 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena
20 September 2013[L] Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
4 October 2013[M] Austin Zilker Park
7 October 2013 Guadalajara Mexico Arena VFG The Ruse 11,963 / 11,984 $866,928
9 October 2013 Monterrey Monterrey Arena
11 October 2013[M] Austin United States Zilker Park
South America
13 October 2013[N] Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
North America
18 October 2013 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes The Ruse 95,533 / 98,220 $4,954,975
19 October 2013
20 October 2013
22 October 2013
Asia
2 November 2013[O] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Du Arena
Oceania
30 November 2013 Perth Australia Perth Arena Birds of Tokyo 12,585 / 13,456 $1,278,210
4 December 2013 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6 December 2013 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
7 December 2013
10 December 2013 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 9,789 / 10,373 $1,035,520
13 December 2013 Sydney Allphones Arena 16,106 / 16,337 $1,581,640
South America
5 April 2014[P] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace
North America
12 April 2014[Q] Indio United States Empire Polo Club
19 April 2014[Q]
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "1Live Radiokonzert"
B This concert was a part of "iTunes Festival"
C This concert was a part of "Radio 2 in Concert"
D This concert was a part of "War Child BRITs Show 2013"
E This concert was a part of "KROQ's GRAMMY Pre-Party"
F This concert was a part of "2013 Big Dance Concert Series"
G This concert was a free concert for the promotion of World War Z
H This concert was a part of "Summer Sonic Festival"
I This concert was a part of "Summer Sonic Extra Special"
J This concert was a part of "Hyundai Card Super Concert 19 City Break"
K This concert was a part of "Rock in Rio"
L This concert was a part of "iHeartRadio Music Festival"
M This concert was a part of "Austin City Limits Music Festival"
N This concert was a part of "Personal Fest"
O This concert was a part of "Yasalam F1 After-Race Concerts"
P This concert was a part of "Lollapalooza"
Q This concert was a part of "Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
5 December 2012 Oslo Oslo Spektrum Cancelled. Later rescheduled to 24 July 2013 and moved to Ullevaal Stadion and later moved again to Telenor Arena.[5]
6 December 2012 Stockholm Ericsson Globe Cancelled.
7 December 2012 Malmö Malmö Arena Cancelled.
21 April 2013 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Cancelled.
3 April 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Grand Metropole Cancelled.

References

  1. "Muse announce UK arena tour for October – ticket details". NME. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. "Muse announce European tour dates as they gear up to release new album The 2nd Law". STV. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. "UK & European Tour Announced". Muse. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. "2013 YearEnd: Top 20 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). Pollstar's. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. "Muse intar Telenor Arena | Festivalrykten". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  • Muse.mu – Muse's Official Website
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