Assassin (live)

69%	MuseWiki ULD has 59/85 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	Assassin
Tours	Will of the People (1) Drones (11) Black Holes and Revelations (54) Absolution (20)
First performance	8th April 2005
Latest performance	24th February 2018
Pro-shots	2018: Paris (02/24/2018) 2015: Los Angeles (05/15/2015) 2007: Inglewood (04/10/2007) 2006: Devore (09/23/2006) London (06/28/2006)
Audience footage	2017: Belfast (08/23/2017) London (08/19/2017) 2016: Krakow (08/21/2016) Nimes (07/18/2006) Kiev (07/08/2016) Montreux (07/02/2016) London (04/14/2016) 2015: Cologne (06/30/2015) Newport (03/19/2015) 2007: Riga (07/02/2007) Newport (06/09/2007) Mexico City (04/12/2007) San Francisco (04/09/2007) Osaka (03/14/2007) Seoul (03/07/2007) Hong Kong (03/03/2007) Kuala Lumpur (02/25/2007) Melbourne (01/30/2007) Melbourne (01/28/2007) Sydney (01/24/2007) 2006: Antwerp (12/19/2006) Geneva (12/05/2006) Rome (12/01/2006) London (11/22/2006) London (11/21/2006) Newcastle (11/19/2006) Nottingham (11/17/2006) Birmingham (11/14/2006) Cardiff (11/12/2006) Manchester (11/10/2006) Glasgow (11/07/2006) Dublin (11/03/2006) Toulouse (10/30/2006) Salt Lake City (09/26/2006) Cleveland (09/10/2006) Phoenix (07/22/2006) San Diego (07/21/2006) Belfort (07/03/2006) Werchter (06/30/2006) 2005: College Park (04/16/2005)
Audio recordings	2007: Tokyo (03/12/2007) Tokyo (03/11/2007) 2006: Lille (12/18/2006) Portland (10/03/2006) Grand Prairie (09/19/2006) Arras (07/01/2006) Milan (06/07/2006) 2005: Louisville (04/30/2005) Columbus (04/27/2005) St. Louis (04/26/2005) East Lansing (04/23/2005) Buffalo (04/21/2005)
# of performances	85
Uno Live Database	69% (missing 26/85 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Assassin.

Analysis and Explanation

Assassin, alongside Exo-Politics, made its debut on the 2005 Campus Invasion Tour, where it was performed at all but two gigs, sometimes as the opener. These 2005 performances differed from the album versions, mostly notably featuring different drums, lyrics, along with the heavy breakdown that was included in the Grand Omega Bosses edit of the final song. The song was then given its debut in its finished formed in 2006, and made regular appearances, with the band alternating between playing the album version and the extended version. (The "extended" version was essentially the same as the Grand Omega Bosses version, but with the breakdown played as an instrumental jam at the end of the song instead of the middle). It continued to be played in 2007 but made only occasional appearances before it was dropped in July that year, making no appearances during The Resistance or The 2nd Law Tours.

On the first dates of the Psycho UK Tour in 2015 some fans repeatedly requested the band play Assassin, though the band didn't rehearse it beforehand and Matt couldn't remember how to play more than just a few riffs from the song so it was not played. It was finally played again for the first time in eight years in the following week. Assassin made two more appearances afterwards that year, including a well known performance at the Mayan Theatre. The song was then performed a handful of times from 2016 to 2018, which included two by-request shows, mostly due to high fan demand. Due to its popularity it was also included as part of the Metal Medley for the Simulation Theory World Tour in 2019, though only the intro was played.

It once again returned in 2022 at the Exeter Cavern Club gig in April which marked the first time the song had been played in it's original Grand Omega Bosses Edit form (which included the whammy lead guitar during the intro along with the breakdown being played during the middle of the song with the additional vocals) since its early performances in 2005. It was subsequently played at both London gigs in May 2022 and throughout the 2022 Theatre Tour towards the end of the year. It also made a surprise appearance during the main Will of the People World Tour in Philadelphia in 2023, making it the first time since 2016 that Assassin was played in full in an arena, and only the second time since 2007.

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Will of the People era

2023

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
1	2023-03-19	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses

2022

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
11	2022-10-28	Admiralspalast	Berlin, Germany		Grand Omega Bosses
10	2022-10-26	Alcatraz	Milan, Italy		Grand Omega Bosses
9	2022-10-25	Salle Pleyel	Paris, France	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
8	2022-10-23	Royal Theatre Carré	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
7	2022-10-16	Beacon Theatre	New York, NY, USA	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
6	2022-10-14	History	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
5	2022-10-11	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
4	2022-10-04	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
3	2022-05-10	Eventim Apollo (The Big Issue Charity Gig)	London, UK	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
2	2022-05-09	Eventim Apollo (War Child & Médecins Sans Frontières Charity Gig)	London, UK	Watch here	Grand Omega Bosses
1	2022-04-07	Cavern Club (Secret Promo Gig)	Exeter, UK	Watch here (Incomplete)	Grand Omega Bosses

Drones era

2018

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
1	2018-02-24	La Cigale	Paris, France	Watch here	Normal

2017

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
2	2017-08-23	Belfast Vital Festival	Belfast, North Ireland	Watch here[B]	Normal + Main riff variation played at the end
1	2017-08-19	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, England	Watch here[B]	Extended

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
5	2016-08-21	Krakow Live	Krakow, Poland	Watch here[B]	Normal
4	2016-07-18	Nîmes Festival	Nîmes, France	Watch here[B]	Normal
3	2016-07-08	U-Park Festival	Kyiv, Ukraine	Watch here[B]	Normal
2	2016-07-02	Auditorium Stravinski (Montreux Jazz Festival)	Montreux, Switzerland	Watch here[B]	Normal
1	2016-04-14	O2 Arena	London, England	Watch here[B]	Extended

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
3	2015-06-30	Gloria Theater	Cologne, Germany	Watch here[B]	Extended
2	2015-05-15	The Mayan	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here[B]	Extended
1	2015-03-19	Newport Centre	Newport, Wales	Watch here[B]	Extended

Black Holes and Revelations era

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link	Version
16	2007-07-02	Riga Arena	Riga, Latvia	Watch here[B]	Extended
15	2007-06-09	Seaclose Park (Isle of Wight Festival)	Newport, UK	Watch here[B]	Extended
14	2007-04-25	Municipal Auditorium (Supporting My Chemical Romance)	Nashville, TN, USA		Extended
13	2007-04-12	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, DF, Mexico	Watch here[B]	Extended
12	2007-04-10	The Forum	Inglewood, CA, USA	Watch here[B]	Extended
11	2007-04-09	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	San Francisco, CA, USA	Watch here[B]	Extended
10	2007-03-14	Osaka Zepp	Osaka, Japan	Watch here	Extended
9	2007-03-12	International Forum	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here[B]	Extended
8	2007-03-11	Studio Coast	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here[B]	Extended
7	2007-03-07	Chamsil Gymnasium	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here	Extended
6	2007-03-03	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong, China	Watch here[B]	Extended
5	2007-02-25	Stadium Negara	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Watch here (Incomplete)[B]	Extended
4	2007-02-23	Gelora Bung Karno	Jakarta, Indonesia		Normal
3	2007-01-30	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here (Incomplete)[B]	Normal
2	2007-01-28	Princes Park South (Big Day Out)	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here	Normal
1	2007-01-24	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Watch here[B]	Normal

BONUS: this soundcheck from 2007-11-10, Perth^[B], where it was not performed live.

2006

NOTE: A lot of the early 2006 footage is incomplete/of poor quality. Camera recording at concerts had not become as mainstream at this time.
To ensure quality, it is recommended to avoid incomplete links.

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
38	2006-12-19	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here [B]
37	2006-12-18	Zénith	Lille, France	Listen here[B]
36	2006-12-05	Arena	Geneva, Switzerland	Watch here (Incomplete)[B]
35	2006-12-01	PalaLottomatica	Rome, Italy	Watch here[B]
34	2006-11-29	Sporthalle	Böblingen, Germany
33	2006-11-22	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here[B]
32	2006-11-21	Wembley Arena	London, UK	Watch here[B]
31	2006-11-19	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle, UK	Watch here [B]
30	2006-11-17	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Watch here [B]
29	2006-11-14	National Exhibition Centre	Birmingham, UK	Watch here [B]
28	2006-11-12	International Arena	Cardiff, UK	Watch here [B]
27	2006-11-10	Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here [B]
26	2006-11-07	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Arena	Glasgow, UK	Watch here [B]
25	2006-11-03	Point Theatre	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here [B]
24	2006-10-30	Zénith	Toulouse, France	Watch here [B]
23	2006-10-24	Bilbao Exhibition Centre	Barakaldo, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete)
22	2006-10-03	Roseland Theater	Portland, OR, USA	Listen here [B]
21	2006-09-26	Saltair Pavilion	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Watch here [B]
20	2006-09-24	Tucson Electric Park (KFMA Fall Ball)	Tucson, AZ, USA
19	2006-09-23	Hyundai Pavilion (KROQ Inland Invasion)	Devore, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
18	2006-09-21	The Joint	Las Vegas, NV, USA
17	2006-09-19	Nokia Theater	Grand Prairie, TX, USA	Listen here [B]
16	2006-09-18	Verizon Wireless Theater	Houston, TX, USA
15	2006-09-15	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
14	2006-09-14	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
13	2006-09-10	Agora Theatre	Cleveland, OH, USA	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
12	2006-07-28	State Theater	Detroit, USA
11	2006-07-26	State Theater	Minneapolis, USA	Listen here
10	2006-07-24	Fillmore Auditorium	Denver, CO, USA
9	2006-07-22	Celebrity Theatre	Phoenix, AZ, USA	Watch here [B]
8	2006-07-21	Soma	San Diego, USA	Watch here [B]
7	2006-07-08	Quart Festival	Kristiansand, Norway
6	2006-07-03	Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)	Belfort, France	Watch here (Incomplete) [B]
5	2006-07-01	Grande Place	Arras, France	Listen here [B]
4	2006-06-30	Werchter Festival	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here [B]
3	2006-06-28	Shepherds Bush Empire	London, UK	Watch here [B]
2	2006-06-24	Southside Festival	Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
1	2006-06-07	Rolling Stone	Milan, Italy	Listen here

BONUS: This soundcheck from 2006-09-11, Columbus, where it was not performed live as well as this soundcheck from 2006-11-28, Den Bosch, where it was not performed live.

Absolution era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
20	2005-05-07	Austin Music Hall	Austin, TX, USA
19	2005-05-05	Cullum Auditorium	Houston, TX, USA
18	2005-05-04	Gypsy Tea Room and Ballroom	Dallas, TX, USA
17	2005-05-03	Sunset Station	San Antonio, TX, USA
16	2005-05-01	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, USA
15	2005-04-30	Jillian's	Louisville, KY, USA	Listen here [B]
14	2005-04-27	PromoWest Pavilion	Columbus, OH, USA	Listen here [B]
13	2005-04-26	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA	Listen here [B]
12	2005-04-24	Emens Auditorium	Muncie, IN, USA
11	2005-04-23	Breslin Student Events Center	East Lansing, MI, USA	Listen here [B]
10	2005-04-21	Sphere Entertainment Complex	Buffalo, NY, USA	Listen here [B]
9	2005-04-20	Curry Hicks Cage	Amherst, MA, USA
8	2005-04-19	Jorgensen Auditorium	Mansfield, CT, USA
7	2005-04-17	Peterson Fieldhouse	Providence, RI, USA
6	2005-04-16	Cole Field House	College Park, MD, USA	Watch here [B]
5	2005-04-15	Liacouras Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
4	2005-04-13	Disco Rodeo	Raleigh, NC, USA
3	2005-04-12	Dale F. Halton Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA
2	2005-04-09	Plush	Jacksonville, FL, USA
1	2005-04-08	Auditorium Field	Boca Raton, FL, USA

BONUS: this soundcheck from 04/19/2004 of an unidentified song which bears a resemblance to Assassin.

See also

This is a table of Black Holes and Revelations-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Take a Bow	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	79	81	14	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	35	12	7	52	0	0	296
Starlight	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	101	17	50	95	17	31	93	3	59	82	33	13	61	32	57	840
Supermassive Black Hole	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	96	98	17	48	95	13	29	91	0	62	82	33	14	61	33	57	829
Map of the Problematique	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	95	97	17	36	62	8	11	31	0	5	43	6	1	0	10	11	433
Soldier's Poem	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	41	51	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Invincible	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	71	85	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	170
Assassin	Black Holes & Revelations	0	20	38	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	1	57	11	1	154
Exo-Politics	Black Holes & Revelations	0	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
City of Delusion	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	30	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
Hoodoo	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	35	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63
Knights of Cydonia	Black Holes & Revelations	0	0	97	101	17	44	95	17	28	90	3	62	82	34	13	60	33	56	832
Glorious	Black Holes & Revelations	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Crying Shame	Supermassive Black Hole	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Easily	Starlight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Man of Mystery	The Supermassive Selection	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21

References

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