The Messiah Tour

The **Messiah Tour** was The Infection's last concert tour before their hiatus in October 2005. The tour marked a period for the band wherein they reached new heights of attention and notoriety in news outlets for the Anime and manga fandom and the Anime industry due to the popularity of The Anime Album.

They spoke very positive about of the band's outspoken frontman, SpongeBob SquarePants. However, some people in the punk rock music industry and in the christian community critcized this as Anime propaganda.

## Broadcasts and recordings

Nearly every gig in the tour was recorded by die-hard Infection fans and some recordings took place on stage with some fans having backstage passes. Most of the recordings from the tour can be found on The Infection's Internet Archive page.

## Stage show

The band wore gothic clothing that were mostly multicolor in several performances. It included SpongeBob wearing a military trench coat with a Gold Lace Floral Finger bracelet on both arms, Sandy wearing Skeleton Cross Print Ankle Length leggings and a tank-top shirt referencing the Ouija board with a red tie and a Pentagram pendant, Yolandi wearing a steampunk skirt, Patrick wearing a Renaissance Black Men's Velvet tailcoat and Anna wearing a Brocade Apocalyptic Clasp corset.

The shows consisted of multiple set changes including statuary of figures for example, showing Sailor Moon doing satanic signals, and Sandy performing some sexual acts using a dildo.

## Setlist

1. Trash (In the City of Voices) (Lone Wolves song)
2. Connected
3. Transgressions
4. I Have Lips
5. Bubble Wrap
6. Magic Tricks
7. I've Messed You Up
8. The Address Is On My Brain
9. Dead Moon Circus
10. Welcome to Rock Bottom
11. Candy-Cane
12. Sway
13. That's When I Reach for My Revolver
14. Infected Stuff
15. Galactica
16. London's Burning
17. The Traffic Jam
18. Unspoiled
19. Lost City
20. Ocean Man (Sandy Cheeks song)
21. Langauge Reveals Thinking
22. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
23. My Frustration
24. Come On Tom, Really
25. Wait And Bleed
26. Eye In My Hand
27. Defying Gravity
28. Natural One (The Folks Implosion cover)
29. Inspire The Uninspired
30. Alpha 5
31. Who's Your God
32. Throwing Rocks In The Sea
33. Princess Sally
34. We Need An Replacement
35. Master Plan
36. Sweet Victory (Sandy Cheeks song)
37. Hurt
38. Black Hole of America

### The Infection

* *SpongeBob SquarePants - lead guitar, lead vocals*
* *Sandy Cheeks - bass guitar, backing vocals*
* *Yolandi Visser - rhythm guitar, backing vocals*
* *Anna Lake - keyboards*
* *Patrick Star**- drums, percussion*

## *Tour dates*

### Leg 1: July 19th - August 29th, 2005

* *July 19th, 2005 -*El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* *July 21th, 2005 -*Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
* *July 22nd, 2005 -*Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON, Canada
* *July 24th, 2005 -*Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* *July 25th, 2005 - University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ, USA*
* *July 26th, 2005 -*MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
* *July 27th, 2005 -*Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
* *July 28th, 2005 -*Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA
* *July 31st, 2005 -*Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, USA
* *August 1st, 2005 -*Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA
* *August 2nd, 2005 - Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, USA*
* *August 4th, 2005 -* Milton Keynes National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England [Part of the live album, "The Infection: End of the World"]
* *August 5th, 2005 -* Milton Keynes National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England [Part of the live album, "The Infection: End of the World"]
* *August 7th, 2005 -*Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, England
* *August 8th, 2005 - Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China*
* *August 9th, 2005 -*Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
* *August 11th, 2005 -*BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, FL, USA
* *August 12th, 2005 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA*
* *August 13th, 2005 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX, USA*
* *August 16th, 2005 - Sydney SuperDome, Sydney, Australia*
* *August 17th, 2005 -*Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
* *August 18th, 2005 -*Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
* *August 20th, 2005 -*Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA
* *August 21st, 2005 -*The Music Box at the Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ, USA
* *August 24th, 2005 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA*
* *August 25th, 2005 - Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ, USA*
* *August 27th, 2005 -*House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV, USA
* *August 28th, 2005 -*M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD, USA
* *August 29th, 2005 - Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, USA*

### Leg 2: September 2nd - October 31st, 2005

* *September 2nd, 2005 -*Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
* *September 3rd, 2005 -*Light House, Mito, Japan
* *September 4th, 2005 -*DIFFER Ariake, Tokyo, Japan
* *September 7th, 2005 -*The Casbah, San Diego, CA, USA
* *September 8th, 2005 -*The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI, USA
* *September 9th, 2005 -*Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
* *September 12th, 2005 -*Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA, USA
* *September 13th, 2005 -*Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA
* *September 14th, 2005 -*Palombaro Club, Ardmore, PA, USA
* *September 16th, 2005 -*Philadelphia Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA
* *September 17th, 2005 -*Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA
* *September 18th, 2005 -*Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, USA
* *September 20th, 2005 -*Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA
* *September 21st, 2005 -*Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC, USA
* *September 22nd, 2005 -*Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, USA
* *September 23rd, 2005 -*Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
* *September 24th, 2005 -*Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* *September 27th, 2005 -*Estadio Víctor Jara, Santiago, Chile
* *September 28th, 2005 -*Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada
* *September 29th, 2005 -*MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
* *October 1st, 2005 -*The Concourse, San Francisco, CA, USA
* *October 2nd, 2005 -*Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO, USA
* *October 3rd, 2005 -*Billy Bob's, Fort Worth, TX, USA
* *October 4th, 2005 -*Knights of Columbus Hall, Indianapolis, IN, USA
* *October 5th, 2005 -*Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX, USA
* *October 7th, 2005 -*Művészetek Palotája, Budapest, Hungary
* *October 8th, 2005 -*Lindenpark, Potsdam, Germany
* *October 9th, 2005 -*Klubi, Turku, Finland
* *October 11th, 2005 -*Club Infinity, Williamsville, NY, USA
* *October 12th, 2005 -*Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY, USA
* *October 14th, 2005 -*Club Passim, Cambridge, MA, USA
* *October 15th, 2005 -*Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, USA
* *October 17th, 2005 -*Palombaro Club, Ardmore, PA, USA
* *October 18th, 2005 -*House of Blues, Chicago, IL, USA
* *October 20th, 2005 -*Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
* *October 21st, 2005 -*The MARK of the Quad Cities, Moline, IL, USA
* *October 24th, 2005 -*Borgata Events Center, Atlantic City, NJ, USA
* *October 25th, 2005 -*Nation, Washington, DC, USA
* *October 27th, 2005 -*The Canyon, Agoura Hills, CA, USA
* *October 28th, 2005 -*Music Box at the Fonda, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* *October 31st, 2005 - Petco Park, San Diego, CA, USA* (final show of the tour; and final show of the original band as they went into hiatus the next month and would return in 2007.)