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Introduction

Projekt Revolution 2007 was Linkin Park's fourth edition of Projekt Revolution and their first North American Tour for Minutes To Midnight. The tour ran from late July to early September 2007, composed of 29 total shows. One show, 2007.08.05 Woodlands, TX, was sold out.

Despite interviews from 2002-2004 stating that the band wished to continue Projekt Revolution even when they weren't on it, the tour took a break in 2005 and 2006, coming back full-force in summer 2007. The "rival tour" in North America at the time was Warped Tour, and members of Projekt Revolution's bands (Linkin Park included) even hosted an Xbox Halo competition against Warped in the middle of the tour.

This was Linkin Park's largest tour since Projekt Revolution 2004, which encompassed 32 shows from the same time frame, late July to early September.

Before the tour

After the European Tour in May and June 2007, the band played three shows in July before Projekt Revolution began. 2007.07.07 Chiba, JP was the Live Earth event and Linkin Park played the Japan edition. Phoenix in an interview said, "Doing Live Earth took a bit of logistical tweaking, though. The reason we're playing in Japan is because our drummer, Rob Bourdon, is locked into a wedding as the best man on the 8th, so we had to figure out how to play the show and have him make it to the wedding. But we’re booked, and we’re going to play. And Rob will get to the wedding, too, which is important." Live Earth was a series of worldwide concerts and events that raised awareness of climate change, put together by Al Gore. It was broadcasted across the world. At this show, Linkin Park played 15 songs and dealt with their famous "barricade incident" after Lying From You, where rowdy fans broke through the barricade forcing the band to take a 20+ minute break mid-show while it was repaired.

Production rehearsals for the massive Projekt Revolution Tour began on July 16th at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, but Linkin Park played a show on 2007.07.17 Hollywood, CA for the grand opening of the Ritual Restaurant and Night Club. This was a private event, but proceeds went to Music For Relief. Linkin Park played 14 songs and Mike told a funny story about Xero's first show (opening for System of a Down) in 1997.

On 2007.07.19, the band and KROQ invited guests to their rehearsal space at The Forum for the Kevin and Bean Breakfast Show and a six song performance. Fans were treated to breakfast and an intimate performance. This show was webcasted online.

Summary

Besides Projekt Revolution being the band's big "comeback" tour after their 2005-2006 break, the most notable thing about the tour was that it was Linkin Park's first time rotating setlists. They rotated three different setlists for fans, with each set having a few exclusive songs. There is a full breakdown of all three setlists, which shows had what set, and more written by Astat that can be viewed here.

Set A opened with Wake and Given Up, closed with Faint, and had an encore of One Step Closer, In The End, and Bleed It Out.

Set B opened with No More Sorrow, closed with One Step Closer, and had an encore of Cure For The Itch, QWERTY, Bleed It Out, and Faint.

Set C opened with One Step Closer, closed with Bleed It Out, and had an encore of The Little Things Give You Away, What I've Done, and Faint.

There were many new intros and outros performed for songs that debuted on this tour, for a list of those click here.

Live debuts from these sets included Shadow of the Day in Set C at 2007.07.25 Auburn, WA, In Pieces in Set A at 2007.07.27 Wheatland, CA, and Hands Held High in Set B at 2007.07.29 Mountain View, CA.

The tour started with Set C at 2007.07.25 Auburn, WA and rotated C, A, A, B, B, before going A, B, C for a few more weeks. The band then experimented by changing Set B at 2007.08.25 Camden, NJ and then changing it once again at 2007.08.29 Holmdel, NJ so much that fans started referring to it as the unofficial "Set D." See the respective show pages for more information on the changes.

Other small changes started happening almost immediately. QWERTY made its comeback on this tour, but the band couldn't decide how to perform it...electing to play a mashup of the 2006 "live version" and the LP Underground 6 studio version. As a result, it was dropped several times from the setlists (2007.07.31 Chula Vista, CA and 2007.08.13 Raleigh, NC).

Two big things happened at 2007.08.01 Phoenix, AZ. Mike started rapping a verse over the intro of Points Of Authority and the band literally forced Rob to start playing a drum solo over Bleed It Out. The intro verse and drum solo both continued to be a staple of Linkin Park's setlists for years (2009 for Points Of Authority and 2012 for Bleed It Out). Click here for a full list of the verses Mike rapped over Points Of Authority on the tour. Verses included Fort Minor songs, rarer Linkin Park songs, and the collaboration tracks It's Goin' Down and Second To None.

The show at 2007.08.22 Clarkston, MI was webcasted by MySpace.com for a Projekt Revolution Tour all-day special.

This is the first tour that the band started selling professionally-mixed copies of their shows to fans. Commonly now referred to as DSPs (Digital Souvenir Packages), fans could purchase a blank CD with a custom code at the merch booth and then download the show 3-5 days afterward online. Linkin Park promoted fans sharing the concerts amongst each other online as well, due to the setlists and shows not all being the same. The show at 2007.08.15 Wantagh, NY was not sold at the last minute due to the venue demanding a portion of profits from the show.

Live Debuts

Memorable Moments

Collaborations

Starting at 2007.08.17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Mike joined Styles of Beyond to perform Second To None and the Fort Minor track Remember The Name during their set on the Revolution Stage.

Starting at 2007.08.19 Bristow, VA, Chester joined Julien-K to perform Technical Difficulties during their set on the Main Stage. At 2007.09.01 Tinley Park, IL, Chester filled in for the entire Julien-K set due to Ryan Shuck having to attend his brother's wedding. Due to this change, the band dropped Systeme De Sexe from the setlist in favor of Maestro, which Chester had sung previously with the band.

At 2007.09.03 Greenwood Village, CO, Mike invited members of every other Projekt Revolution band out on Faint, to close the tour. He had Rob pause on the outro of the song so he could name off the other bands on the bill.

Crew

Name	Job
Jim Digby	Director of Touring
Ken "Pooch" Van Druten	FOH Engineer
Kevin "Tater" McCarthy	Monitor Engineer
Warren Johnson	DJ Technician
Mark Fiore	Videographer