Motley Crue/Aerosmith 2006 Tour Thread

[Malcolm]

Since first announcing plans last month for a fall co-headlining run dubbed the "Route of All Evil Tour," Aerosmith and Motley Crue have added a half-dozen new shows to their itinerary.

Among the new dates are second shows in Wantagh, NY, and, as expected, in Aerosmith's Boston-area stomping ground. Tickets for half of the new shows are on sale now, while those for the additional Wantagh date, as well as new stops in Pittsburgh and Darien Center, NY, go on sale this month. Details are included below.

The new shows move the tour's originally announced mid-September start up to Sept. 5 in Columbus, OH. As previously reported, the outing is scheduled to wrap up in late November.

Aerosmith fans who score seats some distance from the stage may find themselves closer to the band than expected, as the Boston-based rock vets plan to hit a stage outfitted with a ramp that will stretch 70 feet into the audience, according to a press release.

September 2006
5 - Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheatre
7 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
9 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion (on sale 7/22)
12 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lakes PAC (on sale 7/29)
14 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
17 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach (on sale 7/22)
19 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
23 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
26, 28 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
30 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion

October 2006
5 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
9 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center (on sale 8/19)
11 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
13 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
15 - Maryland Heights, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
17 - Bonner Springs, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
19 - Nashville, TN - Starwood Amphitheatre (on sale 8/19)
21 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23 - Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion
25 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless

November 2006
2 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
4 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
9 - San Diego, CA - Coors
11 - Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
15 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
17 - Selma, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
24 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre

A Toronto Show for Oct.2 has also been confirmed

[anythinggoes]

its me again WHAT ABOUT THE UK

[Malcolm]

I dont think ull see any dates out of North America

[WeHeldTogether]

I wanna go see em but ticket prices are way too fucking high...

[Malcolm]

 9/21 Charlotte -Verizon Wireless Charlotte
10/2 Toronto - Air Canada Centre
10/15 St. Louis - UMB Bank Pavilion

[Malcolm]

Tennessee singer-songwriter LENNON (a.k.a Lennon Murphy) has been confirmed as the opening act for AEROSMITH and M?TLEY CR?E on the upcoming "The Route of All Evil" tour, which is set to kick off in early September. LENNON will be on the road to support the September 19 release of her new album, "Damaged Goods",

LENNON tour dates:

Sep. 05 - Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheater *
Sep. 09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavillion *
Sep. 21 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wirless Amp. *
Sep. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Tweeter Cente *
Sep. 24 - Albany, NY - Northern Lights
Sep. 26 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center *
Sep. 28 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center *
Sep. 30 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavillion *
Oct. 05 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Ctrr *
Oct. 06 - Crown Point, IN - On The Square Sports Academy
Oct. 07 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley *
Oct. 09 - Tallahassee, FL - Floyds Music Store
Oct. 10 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
Oct. 11 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Oct. 12 - Myrtle Beach, SC - Planet Rock
Oct. 13 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless *
Oct. 15 - St Louis, MO - UMB Bank Pavillion *
Oct. 17 - Kansas City, MO - Verizon Wireless *
Oct. 19 - Nashville, TN - Starwood Amp. *
Oct. 21 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amp *
Oct. 23 - Raleigh, NC - Alltel Amp. *
Oct. 25 - Chattanooga, TN - Midtown Music Hall
Oct. 26 - Johnson City, TN - Casbah
Oct. 27 - Huntington, WV - Huntington Music Hall
Nov. 02 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amp. *
Nov. 11 - Devore, CA - Glen Helen Amp. *
Nov. 13 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavillion *
Nov. 17 - San Anotonio, TX - Verizon Wireless *
Nov. 19 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Pavillion *
Nov. 22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater *
Nov. 24 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amp. *

* with AEROSMITH and M?TLEY CR?E

[Malcolm]

Just got 3 tickets in sec 107 row 20 for the show in Toronto...Cant wait

[Malcolm]

In a recent posting on his web site, M?TLEY CR?E bassist Nikki Sixx had the following to say regarding the group's new stage set-up: "It's hard to design a show as a co-headliner. There's different rules, concerns and limitations that apply for both bands, and you have to have your show mobile and fast to take down ? it's a lot of work. With that being said, I hope I'm not building anybody's hopes up to high (mine too), but I think this show (visually) is even better than the 'Carnival of Sins' tour. I don't wanna give it away; the Internet sorta kills the element of surprise after the first show anyway."

[Malcolm]

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton will be sitting out a few gigs at the beginning of the band's upcoming "The Route of All Evil" tour. Hamilton has just completed a seven-week course of radiation treatment for throat cancer. He will be with his family recovering and will join the tour in mid-October. He and his band mates look forward to his return. Filling in for Hamilton will be David Hull, a longtime friend of the band who played in the JOE PERRY PROJECT.

[Malcolm]

Posted on Motleys message board

Just got off the phone with the manager of Johnny B in Whitby. He confirmed Vince will be hosting an after party October 2 after the Crue show. More details to follow next week.

Just wanted to give you all a heads up....its all over the radio here

[-Jack-]

How much is tickets to a gig like this?

I might see em in November at the Hollywood Bowl

[axlrosegnr]

i would LOVE to go to this...but alas, I live in Las Vegas, the show is at MGM, like 190 bucks for decent seats....if it were at the Hard Rock, I would pay that, but not the MGM

[Malcolm]

Aerosmith's Joe Perry is one of the few classic rock axemen still around to tell his tales, though he endured years of hard living to get here.
 
On the eve of the band's tour kickoff in Columbus with co-headliners M?tley Crue, I chatted long distance with the now long-sober family man about the changing face of the music business, and how Aerosmith always seems to escape the industry's fickle, throat-cutting jaws in one piece.
 
Can we expect anything new from Aerosmith on this tour?
 At this point, every tour is like a challenge for us, to mount it up. I never know what to expect, with the way the music business has changed. Each has its own set of problems.
 
We're playing with a band [M?tley Crue] that I still think of as a baby band, but they got a generation of fans turned onto rock 'n' roll through their music, they're a formidable show.
 
You know, we're going in with all the guns loaded. The friendly competition between the two bands means the audience gets a better show. That's why we like to do these packages with other headliners, like we did with Lenny [Kravitz] or Kiss. It gives the audience a really good night.
 
It costs a lot of money to put up a show like this. Tickets are expensive! We want to give fans as much value for the dollar as we can.
 
This tour, we're going to go out there and top what we did last time. We'll change the set around. We'll go out there and give the fans the skeleton set of the songs we know they'd be disappointed if we didn't play, but we'll also going to bring in some of the old songs.
 

What: Aerosmith with M?tley Crue

When: Tuesday, September 5

Where: Germain Amphitheater, Polaris

Web: aerosmith.com
 

How do you keep your finger on the pulse of what fans want?
 We just listen to what everybody has to say. We're fans first. We know what we like, but we're entertainers. We've seen so many bands that will go out there and go, "We're not going to play that because it's really not our sound." And I say, "Yeah, but it was your biggest hit. Your fans want to hear it."
 
We come from a totally different school. We're out there because fans want to see us, and for no other reason. We listen to feedback from every resource we can. Now with the Internet, there's a pretty good cross-section of fans out there.
 
We did a poll last year of most requested songs. We were a little surprised by where some of the songs ended up on the most-wanted list.
 
Which ones surprised you?
 Like, say, "Angel." It ended up not even being in the Top 30, and that really surprised us. That was a really big, big single for us. It kind of steers you in that direction again, to go back and maybe play a few songs that people want to hear from the early, early days which we just have never played live, or at least haven't in recent memory.
 
Columbus is your first stop on this tour, right?
 Yes. We're really looking forward to coming out there. I don't know if people know it or not, but we're setting up the tour there and we'll be in town for awhile. So you may see us at the movies, you may see us out on the town!
 

[Malcolm]

http://wzlx.com/pages/64787.php

New interviews with Joe & Steven

Joe says Aerosmith will do a little acoustic set on the upcoming tour

[Malcolm]

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH and M?TLEY CR?E are in Columbus, Ohio, for the start of their Route Of All Evil tour at the Germain Amphitheatre tonight (Tuesday, September 5). AEROSMITH spent time earlier this year working on a new studio album, and the plan was to have it ready by now, but it probably won't be out until the middle of next year. Lead guitarist Joe Perry told Launch they decided to push things back to make sure the band was ready for opening night. "I just know from experience, the last tour we mounted (while making a new album), we just didn't give ourselves enough time in front to give the show what it needed," he said. "When you start off with a new (tour) like that, after about two or three weeks, you feel like you're hitting your stride, and this time, we want to be hitting our stride at the first gig, instead of the 14th gig, or the 13th gig."

Perry was talking about 2003, when he thought AEROSMITH didn't spend enough time getting ready for their tour with KISS while also working on the album "Honkin' On Bobo".

The CR?E are also in the midst of making a new album.

AEROSMITH will release a new greatest-hits collection in October titled "Devil's Got a New Disguise





Some person lives near the ampitheater in columbus, and could hear them practicing! Where looking at atleast:

Train Kept A Rollin
Big 10" Record
Jaded
Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
Dude Looks Like A Lady
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Cryin'
Back In The Saddle
Rag Doll

[Malcolm]

This is not an Official Setlist but what appears to be the Crues setlist from the opening night

1. Dr. Feelgood
2. Shout at the Devil '97
3. Wild Side
4. Live Wire
5. Same Ol' Situation
6. Home Sweet Home
7. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
8. Louder than Hell
9. Too Fast for Love
10. Sick Love Song
11. Primal Scream
12. Girls Girls Girls
13. Kickstart My Heart

Notes:
: 14 songs, no encore
: 78 minute set.
: During "Devil", pics of Saddam, Osama, Hitler, and yes...George Bush sprinkled the video screens.

Its also possible that Looks That Kill was played

[-Jack-]

This is not an Official Setlist but what appears to be the Crues setlist from the opening night

1. Dr. Feelgood
2. Shout at the Devil '97
3. Wild Side
4. Live Wire
5. Same Ol' Situation
6. Home Sweet Home
7. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
8. Louder than Hell
9. Too Fast for Love
10. Sick Love Song
11. Primal Scream
12. Girls Girls Girls
13. Kickstart My Heart

Notes:
: 14 songs, no encore
: 78 minute set.
: During "Devil", pics of Saddam, Osama, Hitler, and yes...George Bush sprinkled the video screens.

Its also possible that Looks That Kill was played

God damn.. I really wanna go see these guys!

[Malcolm]

SETLIST:Apparently Steven sounds fantastic...........Apparently they had the same intro music as last tour, and were behind a white curtain.

01. Toys In The Attic
02. Mama Kin
03. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
04. Cryin
05. Walkin' The Dog
06. Jaded
07. Back In The Saddle
08. Stop Messin Around
09. Seasons Of Wither
10. What It Takes
11. Dream On
12. Eat The Rich
13. Rag Doll
14. Sweet Emotion
15. Draw The Line
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16. Love In An Elevator
17. Walk This Way


K I have to go to school tomororw so Im going to bed now lol...Ill post as much as I can aboutt he show tomrorow....i pray they play Dont Wanan miss A Thing,Dream On,Walk This Way,Sweet Emotion and No More No More still...Well at least in toronto

[Malcolm]

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton is sitting out the first part of the band's "The Route of All Evil" tour after completing a seven-week course of radiation treatment for throat cancer. Filling in for Hamilton is David Hull, a longtime friend of the band who played in the JOE PERRY PROJECT.

Hamilton has issued the following statement regarding the matter:

"Last spring I was diagnosed with throat cancer and told I would have to go through seven weeks of radiation and chemo. The doctors asked me what my schedule would be and when I told them I was going out on tour in September they all looked at each other with their eyebrows down. They told me I wouldn't be ready by that time. The tour had been in the planning stages for far too long to postpone so I realized I would miss at least the beginning of it. They explained my treatment and what I had to deal with and I realized that there would be no decisions to agonize about. At least that was easy. The only things I agonize about in life are decisions. In this case there were none to make.

"So that became my summer project. I had radiation five days a week and chemo one day a week. The first two weeks were a piece of cake but the rest has been a piece of something else. I'll tell you about it someday.

"I'm just getting to the point where the side effects of the treatment are getting better but I still have a way to go just like the doctors predicted in the beginning.

"I'll be getting out there as soon as possible, believe me. [Tueday night, September 5] is the first gig and it feels really weird not being there. As a matter of fact, this is going to ruin my perfect attendance record. A good friend of ours, David Hull, is going to fill in for me 'til i get back. He's a killer musician and a guy we've known since the 1325 days. He played with Joe during some of the JOE PERRY PROJECT days and I've had the pleasure of hangin' and jammin' with him at some charity gigs over the last few months. So treat him right!

"I'll see you out there in a few weeks."

[Malcolm]

United Press International reports that Boston rockers AEROSMITH find inspiration these days by touring with other big names.

The group has shared bills in recent years with KID ROCK, KISS and LENNY KRAVITZ and began a 33-show run with M?TLEY CR?E Tuesday (Sept. 5) in Columbus, Ohio.

"It keeps your edge," guitarist Joe Perry says of having another multi-platinum act on the shows. "It doesn't mean you go out and try to blow the other guys off the stage, but I think there's a friendly competition to go out there and make yourself remembered with the audience.

"So that's definitely an added attraction for everybody."