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*{{flag|Brazil}} 10/09 - São Paulo - SWU Festival
*{{flag|Brazil}} 10/09 - São Paulo - SWU Festival
*{{flag|Chile}} 10/11 - Santiago - Maquinaria Festival
*{{flag|Chile}} 10/11 - Santiago - Maquinaria Festival

==2011==
====European Tour====
*{{flag|Norway}} 07/01 - Tromøya - Hove Festival
*{{flag|England}} 07/09 - Knebworth House - [[Sonisphere Festival]]

====Japanese Tour====
*{{flag|Japan}} 08/13 - Tokyo / Osaka (tba) - [[Summer Sonic Festival]]
*{{flag|Japan}} 08/14 - Tokyo / Osaka (tba) - [[Summer Sonic Festival]]


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Revision as of 22:44, 24 March 2011

The following is a comprehensive listing of The Mars Volta tours and itineraries.

2001

United States Tour (with The Anniversary)

* without The Anniversary

2002

Californian Tour

  •  USA 2/24 - San Diego, CA - BrickByBrick
  •  USA 2/25 - West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
  •  USA 2/26 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
  •  USA 2/27 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland

European Tour (with The Apes, Les Savy Fav)

* concert played at the Rockpalast television show

Californian one-off

Californian Tour

2003

European Tour (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)

*not in support of RHCP

North-American Tour (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)

  •  USA 4/24 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour (private)*
  •  USA 4/27 - Indio, CA - Coachella Festival

Leg 1:

Leg 2 (cancelled):

*not in support of RHCP

De-loused In The Comatorium Tour (101 shows: 1st july 2003-13th march 2004)

North-American & European Tour (US dates with Saul Williams)

Japanese mini-tour

European & North-American Tour (N.-American dates with Saul Williams)

* cancelled because of the band choosing to give an interview and do a session at the BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Studios in London instead

European Tour

2004

Japanese Tour

Australasian Tour

United States Tour (with A Perfect Circle)

North-American mini-tour

Californian mini-tour

  •  USA 10/21 - Santa Cruz - Catalyst
  •  USA 10/23 - Irvine - Verizon Amphitheater*

* opening for Pixies

South-American Tour

2005

Frances The Mute Tour (96 shows: 5th february 2005-5th february 2006)

Japanese mini-tour

  •  Japan 2/05 - Tokyo - Sonic Mania
  •  Japan 2/06 - Osaka - Sonic Mania
  •  Japan 2/08 - Tokyo - Liquid Room

European Tour - 1st leg (winter)

North-American Tour

  •  USA 4/22 - San Diego, CA - RIMAC
  •  USA 4/25 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
  •  USA 4/26 - Houston, TX - Version Wireless Arena
  •  USA 4/28 - New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theater
  •  USA 4/29 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
  •  USA 5/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
  •  USA 5/03 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
  •  USA 5/05 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom*
  •  USA 5/06 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
  •  USA 5/07 - Providence, RI - Lupo's
  •  USA 5/09 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
  •  USA 5/10 - Boston, MA - Avalon
  •  Canada 5/12 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
  •  Canada 5/13 - Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
  •  USA 5/15 - Detroit, MI - State Theater
  •  USA 5/16 - Chicago, IL - Riviera
  •  USA 5/17 - Chicago, IL - Riviera
  •  USA 5/19 - Minneapolis, MN - Wilkins
  •  USA 5/20 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - KROQ Weenie Roast Festival°
  •  USA 5/31 - Denver, CO - Fillmore
  •  USA 6/02 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill§
  •  USA 6/03 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater
  •  USA 6/04 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater
  •  USA 6/07 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
  •  USA 6/08 - El Paso, TX - Abraham Chavez Theater
  •  USA 6/10 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival

* Larry Harlow joined the band onstage for some time on this gig

° instead of playing a traditional set, the band played a 40 minute improvisational jam: "Abortion, The Other White Meat"

§ secret show for less than a hundred people, the band only played an approximately-40 minute jam

European Tour - 2nd leg (summer)

* cancelled because of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez chest illness

° cancelled

Japanese one-off

North-American Tour (with System Of A Down)

* not in support of SOAD

English mini-tour (for All Tomorrow's Parties)

* cancelled for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness ° very special date, headlining a 3-days festival curated by them

2006

Australasian Tour

Amputechture Tour (55 shows: 7th august 2006-7th april 2007)

North-American Tour (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)

  •  USA 10/17 - East Rutherford, New Jersey - Continental Airlines Arena
  •  USA 10/18 - East Rutherford, New Jersey - Continental Airlines Arena
  •  USA 10/20 - Boston, MA - TD Bank North Garden
  •  USA 10/21 - Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena
  •  USA 10/23 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
  •  USA 10/24 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
  •  USA 10/26 - Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett
  •  USA 10/28 - Las Vegas, NV - Vegoose Festival*
  •  USA 10/30 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
  •  USA 10/31 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
  •  USA 11/02 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
  •  USA 11/03 - Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
  •  USA 11/05 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
  •  Mexico 11/11 - Mexico City - Corona Music Fest*

* not in support of RHCP

° with RHCP and notable for Cedric Bixler Zavala's absence due to voice illness. The set consisted of over 47 minutes of instrumental material, including a lengthy cover of the Pink Floyd composition "Interstellar Overdrive".

§ show notable due to an incident involving a person in the audience throwing urine to the stage, prompting Omar Rodriguez-Lopez to smash his guitar and leave the stage, followed by the rest of the band with Cedric Bixler Zavala saying the following to the audience before leaving: "I will pay $100-1,000 to somebody to find the person that's throwing urine up here. I will give you free merchandise and a lifetime supply [of tickets] to a Mars Volta show. Find that person and kick his ass for me, bring me his head-- and we'll be friends!"

Japanese Tour

2007

Australasian Tour #

# initially planned as taking place between November the 28th & December the 9th

* cancelled for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness

Californian Tour

  •  USA 3/28 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater
  •  USA 3/30 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
  •  USA 3/31 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theater
  •  USA 4/02 - West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour*
  •  USA 4/03 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theater

* secret show played under the moniker "Deimos"

Californian one-off

New Year's Eve

* website carried this nicely-clumsy Italian presentation, Greg Dulli-style: "Una notte di amici e le sorprese ha presentato in un modo sorprendente. Costumes are required." Special gig including an half hour-long acoustic set and then the 'regular' electric set

2008

The Bedlam In Goliath Tour (97 shows: 29th december 2007-8th november 2008)

North-American Tour - 1st leg (winter)

* postponed for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness ° concert played at the Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music

European Tour - 1st leg (winter)

North-American Tour - 2nd leg (spring)

* cancelled because of the Atlanta tornado damaging the venue and forcing it to temporarily close down ° postponed again for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness § postponed due to scheduling conflicts

Japanese Tour

  •  Japan 6/10 - Osaka - Namba Hatch
  •  Japan 6/11 - Nagoya - Club Diamond Hall
  •  Japan 6/13 - Tokyo - Shinkiba Studio Coast

Australasian Tour

European Tour - 2nd leg (summer)

* cancelled for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness

North-American Tour - 3rd leg (autumn)

* secret show in a smaller club than the rest of the tour

North-American & South-American Tour (with R.E.M.)

* not in support of R.E.M.

2009

Californian one-off

* MusiCares Benefit Concert honoring Anthony Kiedis, The Mars Volta were scheduled but didn't show up

Octahedron Tour (63 shows: 9th june 2009-31st january 2010)

United States mini-tour

  •  USA 6/09 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
  •  USA 6/13 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival

European Tour - 1st leg (summer)

North-American Tour

* canceled ° shorter than the regular set for Cedric Bixler Zavala voice illness § canceled for above reason

European Tour - 2nd leg (autumn)

2010

Australasian Tour

  •  New Zealand 1/15 - Auckland - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/17 - Gold Coast - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/18 - Brisbane - The Tivoli
  •  Australia 1/20 - Sydney - Hordern Pavilion
  •  Australia 1/22 - Sydney - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/23 - Sydney - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/25 - Melbourne - Festival Hall
  •  Australia 1/26 - Melbourne - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/29 - Adelaide - Big Day Out Festival
  •  Australia 1/31 - Perth - Big Day Out Festival

South-American mini-tour

  •  Brazil 10/09 - São Paulo - SWU Festival
  •  Chile 10/11 - Santiago - Maquinaria Festival

2011

European Tour

Japanese Tour