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VELVET REVOLVER: Tour Dates Announced - Apr. 15, 2004
 
  VELVET REVOLVER will jump-start the June 8 release of their much-anticipated debut album, "Contraband" (RCA), with their first-ever tour. Launching May 13 in St. Louis, the intimate venue trek will take the band ? who've only played one show before (last year in Los Angeles) ? across the U.S. into such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and Detroit, among others.

"Slither", the album's first single, exploded at radio in its first week of release, airing on over 130 stations. The song was #1 Most Added at Modern Rock, Active Rock and Mainstream Rock.

For the "Slither" video, VELVET REVOLVER ? lead vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Dave Kushner ? joined forces with video director Kevin Kerslake (NIRVANA, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, IGGY POP). The band performed the powerful song in an underground "catacomb party" in front of hundreds of fans packed into the sprawling basement of a downtown Los Angeles warehouse. Other portions of the "Slither" video are being shot in Europe, where "catacomb parties" take place underground, reachable only by following a series of clues and traveling through the maze of tunnels that lay nearly a half-mile underneath the city. Look for the "Slither" video to premiere Tuesday, April 27 at 9:00 PM Eastern/Pacific as part of MTV2 "Makes The Video".

VELVET REVOLVER tour dates:

May 13 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
May 14 - Kansas City, MO @ Memorial Hall
May 15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest
May 19 - Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
May 20 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
May 21 - Toronto, ONT @ Kool Haus
May 26 - New York, NY @ Roseland
May 27 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
May 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
May 29 - Boston, MA @ TBA
Jun. 04 - Portland, OR Roseland
Jun. 05 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
Jun. 07 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
Jun. 08 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
Jun. 09 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre  

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How funny is that VR open their tour in St Louis.... Further taking a shot at Axl.....

Is it supposed to be some kind of secret show since it's not listed @ http://www.velvetrevolver.net/appearances/appearances.asp  ???


VELVET REVOLVER are planning a warm-up show for their upcoming tour in the Los Angeles area early next month ? most likely on Sunday, May 9 at the Roxy in West Hollywood, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET.


/jarmo

VELVET REVOLVER tour dates:

May 13 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant


The Pageant, YES! That's on the street where I work... it's a smaller venue, theatre like. The big bands they usually show there are bands like The Strokes, etc.
I hope it's Gen Adm.

Anyone else planning going to this show?

Wow, virtually a show a day, there really going for this!

Hurry up and get to Europe........

I really wanna see them at the Electric Factory in Philly....a pretty small place actually! When do tickets go on sale?!

I AM SO EXCITED! I'm trying to buy the tickets now, but it isn't even listed on the Kool Haus website (for the show in Toronto).... I am FOR SURE going! I don't care WHAT happens... my ass is there....

damn i hope they add the agora in cleveland, ohio.

Oh well, Ill either hit Philly or Toronto, both about 5 hour drives.

I CAN NOT WAIT! WOOO!

Awesome!  Can't wait for the 15th....  Tickets aren't on sale yet, though.  Shit.  I've already got a posse at work of like 6 people lined up to go, haven't even asked any of my friends yet.  Everyone just wants to see Slash.   : ok:

How big is the Quest?  Never been there before.  I'll be there with my posse also.   Just making sure there's room for the both of us   : ok:

How big is Kool Haus?  I'm definitely gonna have to fly to Toronto for this.

On May 15th I will damn sure be at the Quest!

?? wtf does the warm up show have to do with ST Louis?

Really wish they were playing in Pittsburgh, Philly is farther than I want to drive  >:(

Okay...tix for St. Louis, The Pageant go on sale Friday, April 23rd for $20.00!!!
The person at the office didn't know of any opening act.

Hahaha... it's decent size.  I've never actually been there, but according to my coworkers, it's about the size of 1st Ave, maybe smaller.

Sounds like there's a few HTGTHer's going to the Quest.  We should meet up sometime during the concert and see what total punks we are in real life!   ;D  : ok:

Nothing, I just added it to my post since I thought somebody reading the tour thread might be interested in reading about the warm-up show.


St. Louis wasn't listed on the VR site when I checked.


/jarmo

Yeah, St. Louis isn't listed, but it was confirmed by the venue earlier today.

I wonder what type of merch they'll have for sale for this tour.

I think it's great they're playing smaller venues. And tickets are reasonably priced, 20 bucks aint bad for this beast of a band!

It should be listed, Duff and Slash both confirmed it.

Anyways, I know where I'm gonna be on the 8th and 9th of june

I think it fits 2500....

How in the hell is playing in St Louis taking a shot at Axl?  You are aware that the tour managers and promoters schedule the dates, not the band, aren't you?

Memorial Hall, Kansas City - Great small venue (1200 tops).

I've seen Offspring, Foo Fighters and The Cult there before, it's fuckin awesome.

FUCK.... The Toronto show is on the 21st and I turn 19 on the 24th.... This better be a fuckin all ages gig or I will be PISSED.

Is there any way of finding out except for waiting until the gig is posted on ticketmaster??  Are all the other shows legal-age??

Call the venue?


/jarmo

Sky, I've gone to several gigs underaged at Kool Haus... come when they are especially busy getting people in... they won't ID you.

Velvet Revolver To Make Things 'Tight And Sweaty' In May
 
 
It might not have seemed possible just a few months ago, but Velvet Revolver ? whose lead singer was almost lost to them ? are going to hit the road.

The band has just one full show under its belt. Velvet Revolver have had hardly any other occasion to play with singer Scott Weiland because since their show last June he's been in and out of court and rehab, with his last stint threatening to keep him in lockdown until July. That order was modified last month, sending Weiland to a different level of live-in rehab and after-care where he would have more freedom to come and go.

Though Velvet Revolver were able to finish their forthcoming debut, Contraband, despite Weiland's limited availability, getting the tour lined up is what made the band feel like it was finally getting in gear.

"We were talking today to Scott, like, 'Can you imagine we'd get to this point?' " guitarist Slash said. "It's been rough, step A to step B, but it's a blast. We still have a record release coming and a whole tour to go, and that's as much as you can ask for. Getting started is the best part."

"When you start a band, you feel like five young punks," bassist Duff McKagan said. "After what we've been through and everything, we feel like five young punks again."

The tour is going to concentrate on club and theater shows, Slash said, so that they can get "toe-to-toe" with the crowd. "You should always be tight and sweaty," he said.

After the club tour, Velvet Revolver plan to travel to Europe for the festival season. Once there, they hope to fit in a few club gigs as well, just to have it both ways.

"It's great to play as a headliner," Slash said, "but just to break it up, playing festivals with other bands is more exciting than trying to go out on your own."

"That's what keeps a band real," McKagan said, "when you can hear the roar between songs. Hopefully, there's a roar ... or a few claps."

Still, as exciting as announcing the tour is to them, it doesn't quite take the place of actually being on tour, which is what they say is needed to convince them that this isn't just a pipe dream.

"When I see the bus pull up," Slash said, "then I'll know it's real."

Meanwhile, the band's video for "Slither," which was released to radio this week, premieres April 27 at 9 p.m. ET on MTV2's "Velvet Revolver Makes a Video Premiere".

Velvet Revolver tour dates, according to RCA Records:

5/13 - St. Louis, MO @ Pageant
5/14 - Kansas City, MO @ Memorial Hall
5/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest
5/19 - Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
5/20 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
5/21 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
5/26 - New York, NY @ Roseland
5/27 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
5/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
5/29 - Boston, MA @ TBA
6/4 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
6/5 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
6/7 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
6/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
6/9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre

?Jennifer Vineyard
   
 
Source(s): http://www.mtv.com  
 
 

/jarmo

Let's just say I won't be there.

I'm pissed they are not doing Atlanta....small venue would be nice. Never seen Slash up close and personal.

Anyone else remember a certain interview about getting things from point A to point B?  :hihi:   This is how to do it, Axl...

I'm not too confident about Weiland's ability to stay clean (given his own interview), but VR has made more success in connecting the dots.


I am "totally devastated" to hear that.

Yes my day was ruined after I read that

But how will VR go on without you at their show?   :P

It's your loss, kid.

I'll be there May 27th.

I just wanted to see if I could get you guys all riled up.  I hope ypu have a great time Dizzy!  Nice to see you all read my posts.

The gig in KC has been removed from the ticketmaster database..

Any ideas?

i cant wait! i wonder how much tickets will be...? Electric Factory May 28!!!!

THE KOOL HAUS  http://www.koolhaus.ca/images/1pixtrans.gif

I am feeling very weird anticipating what Guns songs VR is going to play on their tour.  I dont mind them playing Its So Easy, but in a way, it would piss me off if they did Paradise City, Rocket Queen, NR, etc.  I cant picture those songs without Axl.

Before you jump on me,  I cant picture those songs without Slash & Duff either, so I am equally pissed about nuGNR being a cover band and playing those songs.  But two wrongs dont a make a right.   :-\

I'd rather have a shorter concert and have them keep the old-band songs to a minimum.  Covering other songs would be cool though (like they did w/ Pink Floyd's Money).  Here's hoping for a good tour.

I doubt VR is going to play very many GNR songs.  Slash said himself that he didn't want to play them with Snakepit because the songs were too easily associated with GNR.  I think they'd be even moreso now because VR is looking to make a name for themselves apart from GNR.

So we may get "Brownstone" or "It's So Easy", but I doubt we'd hear the ones you mentioned.


BTW, does anyone know when tickets go onsale?  Ticketmaster only lists a Minnesota show so far.

A lot of the on-sale dates have been announced on http://www.velvetrevolver.net including April 22 (this Thursday) for Toronto.

and if you Reeely do belive in your heart that Slash, Duff, Matt didnt say they wanted to open the tour in St Louis then I have a giant statue in NY that il sell you really cheap...

Boy you are delusional.  Yeah, I'm sure the band sat down and said, "Remember the riot back in 1991?  We are going to play there first because of Axl, because our entire career is going to center around taking shots at Axl!  To hell with making music, we just want to take shots at Axl!"   ::)

And you're ignorant to boot.  Tour managers and promoters schedule the locations and decide in which order to play the cities.

Try getting informed before you make such absurd assertations.

This is unreal! Getting to see my favorite guitarist ever at the beginning of his 1st tour with his new SUPERGROUP!

I be at the Minny show & still can't believe I'm going to get to see 2/5's of the greatest hard rock band ever in a smallish theater. Too cool.

I will most likely be at Toronto Kool Haus

 : ok: : ok: : ok:
Yeah! OK! WHAT?!
Velvet Revolver playing in Boston on May 29th, the nite before I embark to the Holy Land for the summer?!
What a great way to leave the USA!

Very much anticipating seeing VR. They will be more successful than Audioslave. They are so much livelier and Weiland has proven to be a great match for Slash's tight guitar licks!

Tickets go on sale on Friday. Look forward to seeing other GNR/STP/VR fans from these message boards before the show.
 :peace:
MNR

hahaha you really belive that they made the St louis date first by accident??  your ignorant just coz Tour Managers and promoters schedule the locations and venues the band can say where they would like to have opening nite..  If they wanted to open in LA they could or NY they could. so its a big fucking coincidence to you?? plleeeeeze.

So ill bet you think they will say nothing about the last time they were in St Louis when they go on stage too. . oh yeah im sure they said that "our entire career centers around taking shots at axl" get real...

Check it out, VR are featured on The Pageant's website:

http://www.thepageant.com/index.html

Woohoo, got my tickets and my date for the May 15th, Quest show.  The tickets went on-sale at 10 AM this morning.  No idea if there's any rush, but I'd pick up your tickets soon, at least one radio station is promoting the hell out of the show.

I'll be wearing my UYI shirt (UYI 1 on the front, UYI 2 on the back), but I don't know if that'll be unique enough. It'd be cool to meet some HTGTHers though.

You can't spell "you're" correctly and you're calling me ignorant.  Amusing....


Yep.  



They probably don't care enough about that part of the past to say anything about it.


You completely missed the point on that one.  I was rolling my eyes at your assumption of the above.

would you be willing to bet on that??

Hey Kockstar99 you like coming here and starting up GN'R vs VR bullshit in all these threads here don't you?

Why do you insist that the whole basis of VR's existence is to upset Axl?
It is not possible to like both bands? I do, and I'm sure many others here do too.

I'm sure Slash, Duff & Matt are all bitter about the whole GN'R thing but they are hardly running around at every oppotunity trying to pull the rug out from under the guy. For the most part Axl seems to do that himself...

Get over it.

all what threads?? I never post in the VR section coz i dont really give a fuck about VR..This was in fact my first thread to post on in the VR section.. I never even enter this fucking section.. I wasnt "starting up shit" ..I made the observation that I thought having opening nite in St Louis was a little odd.. If you cant understand why then theres no use explaining it to you..

i didnt insist that.. reread what i posted butt nutt

This is possible yes....

thanks for sharing that....

since you brought it up..Ill bet my years paycheck to you that Axl Rose does not show up at any of VR's shows and then go public with it .....

oooo a nice little axl rose bash to finish!!!! how kewl!!!

get over what? The fact that i seem to find it strange that VR's opening nite for the tour could have been held in any major city in america and they chose St Louis??  

YES!  That's EXACTLY what you need to get over!

haha ok! i wanted to start some dialoge on the subject..  I guess you all dont find it odd.. I do,.. Im over it and wont post about it in this thread again!!