The Sacrament World Tour was a concert tour by American metal band Lamb of God. It was in support of the band's 5th studio album Sacrament. It was the biggest tour the band has done to date; and their new DVD, Walk with Me in Hell, which was released on July 1, 2008, contains a documentary and live footage from the World Tour.

Sacrament World Tour
World tour by Lamb of God
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Start dateJuly 15, 2006
End dateDecember 17, 2007
Legs11
No. of shows237
Lamb of God concert chronology
  • Ashes of the Wake Tour
    (2004–05)
  • Sacrament World Tour
    (2006–07)
  • Wrath Tour
    (2008–09)
Guitarist Mark Morton performing at the With Full Force music festival in 2007.

History

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Bassist John Campbell performing at With Full Force 2007

After touring extensively in 2004 and 2005 for their album Ashes of the Wake, Lamb of God took some time off in late 2005, early 2006 to write material for their new record. In June and July 2006, Lamb of God took some time out of the studio to perform in Mastodon, Children of Bodom, and Thine Eyes Bleed.[1] After the tour, the band went back into the studio to complete their new album.

In August 2006 Lamb of God released its fifth studio album, Sacrament. The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and sold nearly 65,000 copies in its first week of sales, nearly doubling the first week sales of Ashes of the Wake.[2] The album received generally positive reviews, with Cosmo Lee of Stylus Magazine stating, "Sacrament has the band's most memorable songs to date. Musically, there's no fat. The band plays with laser precision and songs move smoothly through riffs and transitions."[3] Ed Thompson of IGN referred to Sacrament "one of the best metal albums of 2006",[4] and Jon Pareles of Blender called it a "speed rush all the way through".[5] After the release, Lamb of God took part in the 2006 Gigantour, supporting Megadeth, then continued to tour in Japan, Australia, Europe (as part of The Unholy Alliance European Tour.

In 2007, the band did a headlining tour of the United States and Canada and then returned to Australia and Japan for a "headlining" tour. This tour also took them to Auckland, New Zealand for the first time. The band went on to play major European Festivals in the summer including Rock am Ring and Rock im Park and Download Festival. Lamb of God returned home in July to co-headline Ozzfest with Ozzy Osbourne. The band went on to play in England and Scotland supporting Heaven and Hell and then back the US for a headlining tour.

Walk with Me In Hell DVD

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Randy Blythe at With Full Force 2007

On July 1, 2008, Lamb of God released their new DVD; Walk with Me in Hell. The DVD is a double-disc and has nearly five hours of footage. It contains the feature documentary Walk with Me in Hell and multiple live performance extras from across the globe on the Sacrament World Tour. As well as the additional full-length feature "Making of Sacrament" plus Lamb of God's entire performance at the 2007 Download Festival, where they performed in front of over 72,000 fans. Extras include deleted scenes, live performance videos for various tour stops, the official music video for "Redneck", and a "Making of ‘Redneck’" documentary.[citation needed]

Typical setlist

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  • Taken from show at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on November 30, 2007.
    • Hourglass
    • Again We Rise
    • Walk With Me In Hell
    • Ruin
    • Pathetic
    • As The Palaces Burn
    • Descending
    • More Time To Kill
    • Blacken The Cursed Sun
    • Bloodletting
    • 11th Hour
    • Now You've Got Something To Die For
    • What I've Become
    • Laid To Rest
    • Vigil
    • Redneck
    • Black Label

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North American leg I – The Unholy Alliance Tour
June 15, 2006 Camden United States Tweeter Center
June 16, 2006 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
June 17, 2006 Lowell Tsongas Arena
June 19, 2006 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
June 20, 2006 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
June 21, 2006 St. Louis Pop's Outside
June 23, 2006 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
June 24, 2006 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre
June 25, 2006 Houston Reliant Arena
June 27, 2006 Atlanta Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
June 29, 2006 Albany Washington Avenue Armory
June 30, 2006 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheatre
July 2, 2006 Quebec City Canada Colisée Pepsi
July 3, 2006 Montreal Bell Centre
July 4, 2006 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
July 6, 2006 Detroit United States Cobo Arena
July 7, 2006 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
July 8, 2006 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium
July 9, 2006 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
July 11, 2006 Edmonton Shaw Conference Center
July 13, 2006 Vancouver GM Place
July 14, 2006 Seattle United States Qwest Field Event Center
July 15, 2006 Eugene McDonald Theater
July 16, 2006 Spokane Star Theatre
July 19, 2006 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 20, 2006 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
July 21, 2006 Mesa Mesa Amphitheatre
July 22, 2006 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
July 24, 2006 Paradise Orleans Arena
July 26, 2006 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
North American leg II – Gigantour
September 6, 2006 Nampa United States Idaho Center
September 8, 2006 Oakland Oakland Coliseum
September 9, 2006 San Diego Cox Arena
September 10, 2006 San Bernardino Hyundai Pavilion
September 12, 2006 Las Vegas House of Blues
September 13, 2006 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
September 15, 2006 West Valley City E Center
September 16, 2006 Greenwood Village Coors Amphitheatre
September 17, 2006 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
September 19, 2006 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
September 21, 2006 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
September 22, 2006 Chicago Congress Theater
September 23, 2006 Columbus Nationwide Arena
September 24, 2006 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 25, 2006 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
September 27, 2006 Montreal Bell Centre
September 28, 2006 Uniondale United States Nassau Coliseum
September 29, 2006 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
September 30, 2006 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
October 1, 2006 Atlantic City House of Blues
October 3, 2006 Portsmouth Ntelos Pavilion Harbor Center
October 4, 2006 Charleston The Plex
October 6, 2006 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
October 7, 2006 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
October 8, 2006 Orlando Hard Rock Live
Japan/Australian leg I
October 15, 2006 Tokyo Japan Loudpark Festival
Supporting: Killswitch Engage with Unearth and I Killed the Prom Queen
October 17, 2006 Brisbane Australia The Arena
October 18, 2006 Sydney Big Top Luna Park
October 19, 2006 Melbourne The Palace
October 20, 2006 Perth Capitol
European leg I – The Unholy Alliance Tour
October 22, 2006 Milan Italy Mazda Palace
October 23, 2006 Winterthur Switzerland Eulachhalle
October 25, 2006 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
October 26, 2006 Erfurt Thuringenhalle
October 27, 2006 Munich Zenith
October 28, 2006 Stuttgart Sporthalle
October 30, 2006 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Arena
November 1, 2006 Birmingham England NEC
November 2, 2006 Glasgow Scotland SECC
November 3, 2006 Manchester England MEN Arena
November 5, 2006 Dublin

Point Theatre

November 7, 2006 Paris France Bercy
November 8, 2006 Trier Germany Messe Park
November 9, 2006 Leuven Belgium Brabanthal
November 12, 2006 Helsinki Finland Jahalli
November 13, 2006 Tampere Jahalli
November 15, 2006 Oslo Norway Spektrum
November 16, 2006 Stockholm Sweden Hovet
November 19, 2006 London England Brixton Academy
November 20, 2006
North American leg IV
Supported by: Trivium, Machine Head and Gojira
February 16, 2007 Dallas United States The Palladium
February 17, 2007 Corpus Christi Concrete St. Amphitheatre
February 18, 2007 Austin Stubbs
February 20, 2007 Albuquerque Sunshine Theatre
February 22, 2007 Anaheim The Grove
February 23, 2007 Fresno Rainbow Ballroom
February 23, 2007 Santa Cruz The Catalyst
February 25, 2007 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
February 27, 2007 Chico The Senator Theatre
February 28, 2007 Portland Roseland Theatre
March 1, 2007 Spokane Big Easy
March 3, 2007 Edmonton Canada Ed's – The Venue
March 4, 2007 Calgary Macewan Hall
March 6, 2007 Winnipeg Burton Cummings Theatre
March 7, 2007 Frago United States Playmakers Pavilion
March 8, 2007 Omaha Sokol Auditorium
March 9, 2007 Tulsa Cains Ballroom
March 10, 2007 Kansas City Beaumont Club
March 11, 2007 Sioux Falls Empire Expo Hall
March 13, 2007 Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs
March 14, 2007 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
March 15, 2007 Fort Wayne Pierres
March 16, 2007 Toledo Headliners
March 17, 2007 Grand Rapids Orbit Room
March 18, 2007 Guelph Canada Cowboys Bar
March 20, 2007 Montreal Medley
March 21, 2007 Providence United States Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
March 22, 2007 New York City Roseland Ballroom
March 23, 2007 Atlantic City House of Blues
March 24, 2007 Albany Northern Lights
March 25, 2007 Rochester Harro East
March 26, 2007 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
March 28, 2007 Norfolk Norva Theatre
March 29, 2007 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
March 30, 2007 Jacksonville Plush
March 31, 2007 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
April 1, 2007 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
April 3, 2007 Nashville City Hall
April 4, 2007 Memphis The New Daisy Theatre
April 5, 2007 Cincinnati Bogart's
Australian/Japan leg II
Supported by: Subtract
April 25, 2007 Auckland New Zealand Powerstation
Supported by: Sydonia
April 27, 2007 Melbourne Australia The Palace
April 28, 2007 Brisbane The Arena
April 29, 2007 Sydney Roundhouse
April 30, 2007 Adelaide HQ
May 1, 2007 Perth Metropolis
Supported by: The Sword
May 5, 2007 Nagoya Japan Club Quattro
May 6, 2007 Osaka Club Quattro
May 7, 2007 Tokyo Club Quattro
European leg II
Support acts on selected Headlining dates:
Chimaira, As I Lay Dying, Unearth, DevilDriver, In This Moment, End of Everything and Criminal
June 2, 2007 Nürburgring Germany Rock am Ring
June 3, 2007 Nuremberg Rock im Park
June 4, 2007 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique *
June 5, 2007 Northampton

England

Soundhaus *
June 6, 2007 Edinburgh Scotland Liquid Rooms *
June 7, 2007 Glasgow Carling Academy *
June 9, 2007 Sheffield England Corporation *
June 10, 2007 Donington Park Download Festival
June 11, 2007 London Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards
June 12, 2007 Colchester Arts Centre *
June 13, 2007 Hellendoorn Netherlands Lantaarn *
June 15, 2007 Hultsfred Sweden Hultsfred Festival
June 17, 2007 Seinajoki Finland Provinssirock
June 20, 2007 Berlin Germany SO36 *
June 21, 2007 Tilburg Netherlands 013 *
June 22, 2007 Clisson France Hellfest
June 23, 2007 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
June 25, 2007 Hamburg Germany Grunspan *
June 27, 2007 Arendal Norway Hovefestivalen
June 28, 2007 Copenhagen Denmark Pumpehuset *
June 29, 2007 Twistringen Germany Reload Festival
June 30, 2007 Leipzig With Full Force
North American leg V – Ozzfest
Support acts on Headlining dates: Hatebreed, 3 Inches of Blood and Behemoth
July 12, 2007 Auburn United States White River Amphitheatre
July 13, 2007 Vancouver Canada Croatian Cultural Center *
July 14, 2007 George United States The Gorge Amphitheatre
July 15, 2007 Eugene McDonald Theatre *
July 16, 2007 Sparks New Oasis *
July 17, 2007 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 19, 2007 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 19, 2007 Bakersfield Stramler Park *
July 21, 2007 San Bernardino Hyundai Pavilion
July 22, 2007 San Diego Soma San Diego *
July 23, 2007 Las Vegas House of Blues *
July 24, 2007 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
July 26, 2007 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
July 27, 2007 Boulder Boulder Theatre *
July 28, 2007 Greenwood Village Coors Amphitheatre
July 29, 2007 Wichita The Cotillion *
July 30, 2007 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 1, 2007 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
August 2, 2007 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 3, 2007 Lubbock Lonestar Events Center *
August 4, 2007 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre
August 5, 2007 Clear Channel Metroplex *
August 6, 2007 Maryland Heights UMB Bank Pavilion
August 8, 2007 Columbus Germain Amphitheater
August 10, 2007 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 11, 2007 Louisville Waverly Hills Sanatorium **
August 12, 2007 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 13, 2007 Cleveland Agora Theatre *
August 14, 2007 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 16, 2007 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
August 17, 2007 Buffalo Town Ballroom *
August 18, 2007 Hartford New England Dodge Music Center
August 19, 2007 Johnson City Magic City Music Hall *
August 20, 2007 Mansfield Tweeter Center
August 22, 2007 Camden Tweeter Center
August 23, 2007 Baltimore Rams Head Live! *
August 24, 2007 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
August 25, 2007 Toronto Canada Kool Haus *
August 26, 2007 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 28, 2007 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29, 2007 Atlanta The Tabernacle *
August 30, 2007 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheatre
August 31, 2007 Lake Buena Vista House of Blues *
September 1, 2007 North Charleston The Plex *
September 2, 2007 Richmond Toad's Place *
European leg III
Supporting: Heaven and Hell with Iced Earth
November 4, 2007 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
November 6, 2007 Glasgow Scotland SECC
November 7, 2007 Sheffield England Hallam FM Arena
November 9, 2007 Manchester MEN Arena
November 10, 2007 London Wembley Arena
November 11, 2007 Brighton Brighton Centre
November 13, 2007 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
November 14, 2007 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
November 15, 2007 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
November 17, 2007 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
November 18, 2007 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre
North American leg VI
Supported by: Killswitch Engage, DevilDriver and Soilwork
November 28, 2007 Lowell United States Tsongas Arena
November 29, 2007 Reading Reading Eagle Theatre
November 30, 2007 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom
December 1, 2007 Lewiston Androscoggin Bank Colisée
December 2, 2007 Albany Washington Ave. Armory
December 4, 2007 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
December 5, 2007 Chicago Congress Theater
December 7, 2007 Kansas City Memorial Hall
December 8, 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
December 9, 2007 Corpus Christi Concrete St. Amphitheatre
December 10, 2007 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
December 12, 2007 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
December 13, 2007 Salt Lake City SaltAir Pavilion
December 14, 2007 Reno Grand Sierra Theatre
December 15, 2007 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
December 16, 2007 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
December 17, 2007 Albuquerque Santa Ana Star Center

* Lamb of God Headlining Shows
** Headlined the final show of the 2007 Sounds Of The Underground Tour

References

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  1. ^ "Slayer: Unholy Alliance Tour DVD Preview Available". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-10-30. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  2. ^ Hasty, Katie (2006-08-23). "Danity Kane Sidesteps OutKast To Claim No. 1". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  3. ^ Lee, Cosmo (2006-09-07). "SacramentStylus Magazine review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  4. ^ Thompson, Ed (2006-11-09). "Lamb of God – Sacrament LoG progresses, takes aim". IGN. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  5. ^ Pareles, Jon (2006-08-22). "SacramentBlender review". Blender Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2007-12-27.