Pledge of Allegiance Tour

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The Pledge of Allegiance Tour was a row of concerts in 2001. It was headlined by Slipknot and System of a Down. Rammstein supported the headliners, alongside American Head Charge, Mudvayne and No One. The band Mudvayne was meant to be present for the entire duration of the tour, but left after the performance on 30 September due to undisclosed "personal reasons". No One was scheduled to leave the tour and be replaced by American Head Charge, but decided to stay for the duration while American Head Charge took Mudvayne's spot.

Originally, the tour was meant to start on 14 September, but this date was postponed, alongside others, due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Concerts scheduled for 14, 15, 18 and 19 September were moved to October, with the planned show on 16 September getting cancelled without any replacement. Towards the end of the tour, Paul left the United States in order to go back home to Germany. A medical emergency in his family led to his departure. Because of this, Rammstein played with only 5 members on 23 October, and had Daron Malakian from System of a Down fill in his spot on 24 October.

While more concerts were planned, Rammstein dropped out of the tour soon after. The official reason was because of Paul's departure, but in reality, their reason for leaving was more complicated. The band later said that their departure from the tour was caused by exhaustion from non-stop touring, which lead to disagreements between Paul and Richard. This, combined with the bad atmosphere in the United States due to the terrorist attacks, lead to Flake leaving the country without alerting tour operators.

On 26 March 2002 a live CD of the tour was released, titled Pledge of Allegiance Tour: Live Concert Recording. The recorded date during this tour was 9 October, but for reasons unknown, the CD features every band except Rammstein.

Tour Dates

Date	Venue	City	Country
14 Sep 2001	Allstate Arena	Rosemont	United States		Postponed to 9 Oct 2001
15 Sep 2001	Xcel Energy Center	Saint Paul	United States		Postponed to 11 Oct 2001
16 Sep 2001	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Omaha	United States
18 Sep 2001	U.S. Cellular Center	Cedar Rapids	United States		Postponed to 14 Oct 2001
19 Sep 2001	Alliant Energy Center	Madison	United States		Postponed to 12 Oct 2001
21 Sep 2001	Denver Coliseum	Denver	United States
22 Sep 2001	Colorado Springs World Arena	Colorado Springs	United States
25 Sep 2001	Rose Garden	Portland, OR	United States
26 Sep 2001	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma	United States
28 Sep 2001	The Arena in Oakland	Oakland	United States
28 Sep 2001	Compaq Center	San Jose	United States
29 Sep 2001	ARCO Arena	Sacramento	United States
29 Sep 2001	Great Western Forum	Inglewood	United States
30 Sep 2001	Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl	San Diego	United States
1 Oct 2001	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise	United States		Postponed to 2 Oct 2001
2 Oct 2001	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise	United States
3 Oct 2001	America West Arena	Phoenix	United States
5 Oct 2001	Myriad Convention Center	Oklahoma City	United States
6 Oct 2001	Reunion Arena	Dallas	United States
7 Oct 2001	Alamodome	San Antonio	United States
9 Oct 2001	Allstate Arena	Rosemont	United States
10 Oct 2001	Savvis Center	St. Louis	United States		Postponed to 13 Oct 2001
11 Oct 2001	Xcel Energy Center	Saint Paul	United States
12 Oct 2001	Ice Palace	Tampa	United States
12 Oct 2001	Alliant Energy Center	Madison	United States
13 Oct 2001	Orlando Centroplex	Orlando	United States
13 Oct 2001	Savvis Center	St. Louis	United States
14 Oct 2001	Miami Arena	Miami	United States
14 Oct 2001	U.S. Cellular Center	Cedar Rapids	United States
16 Oct 2001	Baltimore Arena	Baltimore	United States
17 Oct 2001	First Union Spectrum	Philadelphia	United States
18 Oct 2001	First Union Arena at Casey Plaza	Wilkes-Barre	United States
18 Oct 2001	HSBC Arena	Buffalo	United States
19 Oct 2001	Hartford Civic Center	Hartford	United States
20 Oct 2001	Pepsi Arena	Albany	United States
21 Oct 2001	Cumberland County Civic Center	Portland, ME	United States
23 Oct 2001	Peoria Civic Center	Peoria	United States		Postponed to 27 Oct 2001
23 Oct 2001	Cobo Arena	Detroit	United States
24 Oct 2001	CSU Convocation Center	Cleveland	United States
26 Oct 2001	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park	United States		Postponed to 2 Nov 2001
26 Oct 2001	Mellon Arena	Pittsburgh	United States
27 Oct 2001	Cobo Arena	Detroit	United States		Moved to 23 Oct 2001
27 Oct 2001	Peoria Civic Center	Peoria	United States
28 Oct 2001	Van Andel Arena	Grand Rapids	United States
30 Oct 2001	Worcester's Centrum Centre	Worcester	United States
31 Oct 2001	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford	United States
2 Nov 2001	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park	United States
4 Nov 2001	Wendler Arena	Saginaw	United States