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

Initial Date	Date	Venue	City	Country
	14 Sep 2001	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, IL	United States		Postponed to 9 Oct 2001
	15 Sep 2001	Xcel Energy Center	Saint Paul, MN	United States		Postponed to 11 Oct 2001
	16 Sep 2001	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Omaha, NE	United States
	18 Sep 2001	U.S. Cellular Center	Cedar Rapids, IA	United States		Postponed to 14 Oct 2001
	19 Sep 2001	Alliant Energy Center	Madison, WI	United States		Postponed to 12 Oct 2001
	21 Sep 2001	Denver Coliseum	Denver, CO	United States
	22 Sep 2001	Colorado Springs World Arena	Colorado Springs, CO	United States
	25 Sep 2001	Rose Garden	Portland, OR	United States
	26 Sep 2001	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma, WA	United States
	28 Sep 2001	The Arena in Oakland	Oakland, CA	United States
	28 Sep 2001	Compaq Center	San Jose, CA	United States
	29 Sep 2001	ARCO Arena	Sacramento, CA	United States
	29 Sep 2001	Great Western Forum	Inglewood, CA	United States
	30 Sep 2001	Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl	San Diego, CA	United States
	1 Oct 2001	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise, NV	United States		Postponed to 2 Oct 2001
[[Live:01.10.2001Date=2001-10-02|]]	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise, NV	United States
	3 Oct 2001	America West Arena	Phoenix, AZ	United States
	5 Oct 2001	Myriad Convention Center	Oklahoma City, OK	United States
	6 Oct 2001	Reunion Arena	Dallas, TX	United States
	7 Oct 2001	Alamodome	San Antonio, TX	United States
[[Live:14.09.2001Date=2001-10-09|]]	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, IL	United States
	10 Oct 2001	Savvis Center	St. Louis, MO	United States		Postponed to 13 Oct 2001
[[Live:15.09.2001Date=2001-10-11|]]	Xcel Energy Center	Saint Paul, MN	United States
	12 Oct 2001	Ice Palace	Tampa, FL	United States
[[Live:19.09.2001Date=2001-10-12|]]	Alliant Energy Center	Madison, WI	United States
	13 Oct 2001	Orlando Centroplex	Orlando, FL	United States
[[Live:10.10.2001Date=2001-10-13|]]	Savvis Center	St. Louis, MO	United States
	14 Oct 2001	Miami Arena	Miami, FL	United States
[[Live:18.09.2001Date=2001-10-14|]]	U.S. Cellular Center	Cedar Rapids, IA	United States
	16 Oct 2001	Baltimore Arena	Baltimore, MD	United States
	17 Oct 2001	First Union Spectrum	Philadelphia, PA	United States
	18 Oct 2001	First Union Arena at Casey Plaza	Wilkes-Barre Township, PA	United States
	18 Oct 2001	HSBC Arena	Buffalo, NY	United States
	19 Oct 2001	Hartford Civic Center	Hartford, CT	United States
	20 Oct 2001	Pepsi Arena	Albany, NY	United States
	21 Oct 2001	Cumberland County Civic Center	Portland, ME	United States
	23 Oct 2001	Peoria Civic Center	Peoria, IL	United States		Postponed to 27 Oct 2001
[[Live:27.10.2001Date=2001-10-23|]]	Cobo Arena	Detroit, MI	United States
	24 Oct 2001	CSU Convocation Center	Cleveland, OH	United States
	26 Oct 2001	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park, PA	United States		Postponed to 2 Nov 2001
	26 Oct 2001	Mellon Arena	Pittsburgh, PA	United States
	27 Oct 2001	Cobo Arena	Detroit, MI	United States		Moved to 23 Oct 2001
[[Live:23.10.2001Date=2001-10-27|]]	Peoria Civic Center	Peoria, IL	United States
	28 Oct 2001	Van Andel Arena	Grand Rapids, MI	United States
	30 Oct 2001	Worcester's Centrum Centre	Worcester, MA	United States
	31 Oct 2001	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	United States
[[Live:26.10.2001Date=2001-11-02|]]	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park, PA	United States
	4 Nov 2001	Wendler Arena	Saginaw, MI	United States