All Hope Is Gone World Tour
European leg II
European leg II
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[250px\|thumb\|right\|Vocalist Corey Taylor performing at [Alive festival](/wiki/Optimus_Alive%21 "Optimus Alive!") in 2009](/wiki/File:Corey_Taylor_of_Slipknot_at_Optimus_Alive_Festival_2009_2.jpg "Corey Taylor of Slipknot at Optimus Alive Festival 2009 2.jpg")

Slipknot's performance on June 13, 2009, at [Download Festival](/wiki/Download_Festival "Download Festival") was streamed live on the internet, along with various other acts performing at the festival. During an interview prior to their performance on June 20, 2009, in the Netherlands, percussionist [Chris Fehn](/wiki/Chris_Fehn "Chris Fehn") revealed that he suspected he had broken his hand. He did not say when the injury happened, but he did explain, "I lost a stick at a show and got a bit mad about it." Towards the end of the leg, Fehn left the tour due to a "tragic death in his family", which forced him to miss the final two dates in Spain. Additionally, [Sid Wilson](/wiki/Sid_Wilson "Sid Wilson") was absent from the Rock Am Ring show.

### Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 6, 2009 | [Nürburgring](/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring "Nürburgring") |Germany

[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park](/wiki/Rock_am_Ring_and_Rock_im_Park "Rock am Ring and Rock im Park")

| June 7, 2009 | [Nuremberg](/wiki/Nuremberg "Nuremberg") |
| June 9, 2009 | [Warsaw](/wiki/Warsaw "Warsaw") | Poland | [Torwar Hall](/wiki/Torwar_Hall "Torwar Hall") |
| June 10, 2009 | [Ostrava](/wiki/Ostrava "Ostrava") | Czech Republic | [ČEZ Aréna](/wiki/%C4%8CEZ_Ar%C3%A9na_%28Ostrava%29 "ČEZ Aréna (Ostrava)") |
| June 13, 2009 | [Donington Park](/wiki/Donington_Park "Donington Park") | England | [Download Festival](/wiki/Download_Festival "Download Festival") |
| June 14, 2009 | [Interlaken](/wiki/Interlaken "Interlaken") | Switzerland | [Greenfield Festival](/wiki/Greenfield_Festival "Greenfield Festival") |
| June 16, 2009 | [Zagreb](/wiki/Zagreb "Zagreb") | Croatia | [Dom Sportova](/wiki/Dom_Sportova "Dom Sportova") |
| June 17, 2009 | [Belgrade](/wiki/Belgrade "Belgrade") | Serbia | [Belgrade Arena](/wiki/Belgrade_Arena "Belgrade Arena") |
| June 19, 2009 | [Nickelsdorf](/wiki/Nickelsdorf "Nickelsdorf") | Austria | [Nova Rock Festival](/wiki/Nova_Rock_Festival "Nova Rock Festival") |
| June 20, 2009 | [Nijmegen](/wiki/Nijmegen "Nijmegen") | Netherlands | [Sonisphere](/wiki/Sonisphere_Festival "Sonisphere Festival") at Goffert Park |
| June 24, 2009 | [Arendal](/wiki/Arendal "Arendal") | Norway | [Hove Festival](/wiki/Hove_Festival "Hove Festival") |
| June 26, 2009 | [Gothenburg](/wiki/Gothenburg "Gothenburg") | Sweden | [Metaltown](/wiki/Metaltown "Metaltown") |
| June 27, 2009 | [Dessel](/wiki/Dessel "Dessel") | Belgium | [Graspop Metal Meeting](/wiki/Graspop_Metal_Meeting "Graspop Metal Meeting") |
| June 28, 2009 | [Milan](/wiki/Milan "Milan") | Italy | [Gods of Metal](/wiki/Gods_of_Metal "Gods of Metal") |
| June 30, 2009 | [Athens](/wiki/Athens "Athens") | Greece | [Rockwave Festival](/wiki/Rockwave_Festival "Rockwave Festival") |
| July 3, 2009 | [Turku](/wiki/Turku "Turku") | Finland | [Ruisrock](/wiki/Ruisrock "Ruisrock") |
| July 4, 2009 | [Roskilde](/wiki/Roskilde "Roskilde") | Denmark | [Roskilde Festival](/wiki/Roskilde_Festival "Roskilde Festival") |
| July 5, 2009 | [Belfort](/wiki/Belfort "Belfort") | France | [Eurockéennes](/wiki/Eurock%C3%A9ennes "Eurockéennes") |
| July 7, 2009 | [Santiago de Compostela](/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela "Santiago de Compostela") | Spain | [Multiusos Fontes do Sar](/wiki/Multiusos_Fontes_do_Sar "Multiusos Fontes do Sar") |
| July 9, 2009 | [Lisbon](/wiki/Lisbon "Lisbon") | Portugal | [Alive Festival](/wiki/Optimus_Alive%21 "Optimus Alive!") |
| July 10, 2009 | [Madrid](/wiki/Madrid "Madrid") |Spain

 Palacio de los Deportes |
| July 11, 2009 | [Barcelona](/wiki/Barcelona "Barcelona") | Sonisphere at [Barcelona Forum](/wiki/Forum_Building "Forum Building") |
| July 16, 2009 | [Zagreb](/wiki/Zagreb "Zagreb") | Croatia | Dom sportova |

### Critical reception

[thumb\|right\|250px\|](/wiki/File:Metaltown_2009%2C_Slipknot.jpg "Metaltown 2009, Slipknot.jpg")
[250px\|thumb\|right\|Greg Cochrane of the BBC noted the flame cannons used by Slipknot as a particular highlight.](/wiki/File:Slipknot_Rock_am_Ring_2009_-_2.jpg "Slipknot Rock am Ring 2009 - 2.jpg")
Several reporters reviewed Slipknot's headlining slot at England's Download Festival on June 13, 2009\. Greg Cochrane, writing for the [BBC](/wiki/BBC "BBC"), championed Slipknot as "spectacular headliners", explaining: "Flame throwers, pneumatic drum kits and mass screaming, it has it all." *[NME](/wiki/NME "NME")* said Slipknot's performance "saw the Main Stage become a scene of chaos", noting how the band members "roamed the stage randomly smashing the set up with baseball bats, throwing barrels around and hanging off \[Crahan's] revolving drumkit." Christa Ktorides of *Clickmusic* said, "The sight of 70,000 people sitting down on command is something we won't long forget." She also described their performance as "simply ferocious." *[Metal Hammer](/wiki/Metal_Hammer "Metal Hammer")* reviewer Ted Bezer called it "arguably the greatest headline performance of the Download era", adding, "Slipknot absolutely destroyed 70,000 people in a way that it didn't seem was possible." He declared the performance of "Duality" the best moment at the whole festival.


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