Thought Contagion (live)

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Live information
Name Thought Contagion
Tours Simulation Theory (1)
Drones (8)
First performance 24th February 2018
Latest performance 23rd June 2018
Pro-shots 2018:
Lisbon (06/23/2018)
Manchester (06/08/2018)
Nurburg (06/02/2018)
Napa (05/25/2018)
Paris (02/24/2018)
Audience footage 2018:
Nuremburg (06/03/2018)
Charlotte (05/06/2018)
Monterrey (04/20/2018)
Audio recordings None
# of performances 9
Uno Live Database 100%




This page contains a list of all known performances of Thought Contagion.

Analysis and Explanation

Thought Contagion, as the second single to be released off Simulation Theory, was performed live for the first time in 2018 at the Paris Cigale "by-request" show. It was received surprisingly positively by the crowd, dedicated fans who had traveled for miles to hear the band perform a setlist filled with songs such as Eternally Missed and Space Dementia live. Long-time fans and new fans tend to agree that Thought Contagion is a welcome addition to the live repertoire, a notable contrast to the controversial Dig Down, released the year prior.

To no surprise, Thought Contagion was performed at every 2018 show, with the added bonus of the majority of the 2018 shows released online in pro-shot quality. It is believed that Thought Contagion, as the band's highest charting song in years, will continue to hold a strong setlist presence in the upcoming Simulation Theory tour in 2019.

Simulation Theory era

2018

# Date Venue Location Link
1 2018-09-21 Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg, Germany Watch here

Drones era

2018

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# Date Venue Location Link
8 2018-06-23 Rock in Rio Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal Watch here
7 2018-06-08 Great Stage Park (Bonnaroo) Manchester, TN, USA Watch here
6 2018-06-03 Zeppelinfeld (Rock Im Park) Nuremberg, Germany Watch here
5 2018-06-02 Nürburgring (Rock am Ring) Nürburg, Germany Watch here
4 2018-05-25 Bottlerock Napa Valley Napa, CA, USA Watch here
3 2018-05-06 Carolina Rebellion Charlotte, NC, USA Watch here
2 2018-04-20 Parque Fundidora Monterrey, México Watch here
1 2018-02-24 La Cigale Paris, France Watch here

See also

This is a table of Drones-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title Release 2007 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 #
Dead Inside Drones 0 58 81 23 0 0 0 0 162
Drill Sergeant Drones 0 43 23 34 12 61 28 56 257
Psycho Drones 0 66 82 34 14 61 28 56 341
Mercy Drones 0 57 82 33 8 59 0 0 239
Reapers Drones 0 60 60 0 2 57 0 0 179
The Handler Drones 0 41 79 11 5 57 0 0 192
JFK * Drones 14 31 67 0 0 0 0 52 164
Defector Drones 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 9
Revolt Drones 0 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 22
Aftermath Drones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Globalist Drones 0 13 80 17 0 0 0 0 110
Drones ** Drones 0 25 143 17 0 0 0 0 185

* JFK was played at a small amount of gigs in 2007 as intro music.

** Drones was played twice at every performance from its debut with three exceptions as of the last update. The actual total of gigs is highly inflated in comparison with other songs as a result. It has not been performed twice at festival dates, however, since the end of the 360 Tour in 2016.

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