Aerosmith/Crue tour

[ALinChainz]

By Jonathan Cohen Thu Jun 22, 2:32 AM ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Enduring rock acts Aerosmith and Motley Crue are hitting the road together for the first time with a joint U.S. fall tour set to open September 14 in Holmdel, New Jersey.

The "Route of All Evil" tour will run for more than two months before wrapping November 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pre-sales are underway for some shows via Aerosmith's Aero Force One fan club.

Aerosmith has been off the road since March, when it was forced to cancel a host of dates with Cheap Trick due to frontman Steven Tyler's throat surgery. The group has been working recently on its next studio album, which will be the follow-up to 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo."

Motley Crue will be extending its mega-successful reunion tour with its original four members, which began in February 2005. Since then, the group has grossed more than $45 million from 120 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 45 of them sellouts.

"It's going to be quite a trip," Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tells Billboard.com of the pairing. "I still remember when Motley Crue's first record came out. It was exciting to see them blossom. ... They really put on a rock show in capital letters. It is always inspiring to play with a band like that."

Here are Aerosmith/Motley Crue's tour dates:

September 14: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)

September 19: Wantagh, N.Y. (Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater)

September 23: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center on the Waterfront)

September 26: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center)

September 30: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion)

October 5: Tinley Park, Ill. (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

October 7: East Troy, Wis. (Alpine Valley Music Theater)

October 9: Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverbend Music Center)

October 11: Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Theater)

October 13: Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)

October 15: Maryland Heights, Mo. (UMB Bank Pavilion)

October 17: Bonner Springs, Kan. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

October 19: Nashville (Starwood Amphitheatre)

October 21: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

October 23: Raleigh, N.C. (Alltel Pavilion)

October 25: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless)

November 2: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)

November 4: Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena)

November 7: Hollywood, Calif. (Hollywood Bowl)

November 9: San Diego (Coors Amphitheatre)

November 11: Devore, Calif. (Hyundai Pavilion)

November 13: Phoenix (Cricket Pavilion)

November 15: Dallas (Smirnoff Music Center)

November 17: San Antonio (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

November 19: Houston (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)

November 22: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre)

November 24: West Palm Beach, Fla. (Sound Advice Amphitheatre)

Reuters/Billboard

[Unchainme]

WHAT?????

NO CLEVELAND!!!!!

WTF?

[sadaist]

Are they rotating the headline position?

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Tampa Florida!

I'll be there!

[thome]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ALinChainz
[B]By Jonathan Cohen Thu Jun 22, 2:32 AM ET



Motley Crue will be extending its mega-successful reunion tour with its original four members, which began in February 2005. Since then, the group has grossed more than $45 million from 120 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 45 of them sellouts.

Far out ,good goin!

Power to the crue.



October 17: Bonner Springs, Kan. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

Far out, I'm goin!

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I saw crue in 2004 I believe and I saw Aerosmith/KISS in 2002 I think.

[thome]

I saw the crue here in kc in 2005 two months into this new tour they were great and worth every penny, i just do think they had some bugs
to iron out ,i'm shure they are tighter, than when i saw them.

I saw Aerosmith 10 times in the 70s and havn't since then, this will
be cool.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I saw crue in 2004 I believe and I saw Aerosmith/KISS in 2002 I think.

Kiss/Aerosmith was 2003.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Bill Lumbergh
Kiss/Aerosmith was 2003.

Thanks, that was a good show.

[binnie]

I saw Crue last year in Manchester, UK

Phenomenal band!

One of the best gigs I've ever been too...

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Thanks, that was a good show.


I hated seeing the band with toomy Thayer, but it was at least a chance to see Peter one last time before retirement. I wanted to hate Aerosmith, but I gotta admit they were pretty damn good.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Bill Lumbergh
I hated seeing the band with toomy Thayer, but it was at least a chance to see Peter one last time before retirement. I wanted to hate Aerosmith, but I gotta admit they were pretty damn good.

The last time I saw KISS, Eric Singer was playing. 2/4 is not good enough for me.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
The last time I saw KISS, Eric Singer was playing. 2/4 is not good enough for me.


No doubt........and now, on top of it, Paul's voice is fucking shot........

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Bill Lumbergh
No doubt........and now, on top of it, Paul's voice is fucking shot........

damn seriously? Do you have a sample?

[sadaist]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
The last time I saw KISS, Eric Singer was playing. 2/4 is not good enough for me.

The last time, and only time I saw Kiss was with Bruce Kulick. They had some weak ass horseshoe shaped stage. The entire stage show was weak. The lighting sucked. The only real pyro type thing was at the very end, some lighting kind of tried to explode and break apart above the stage, and the entire rig lowered a couple of feet. Very, very, very weak. After all I had heard about this great stage show, I was utterly dissappointed. Never went back. Had the hype about the Kiss stage & show not been so huge, maybe I would have had a different take. The music was mediocre.

[DrMaddVibe]

I'd go to see the Crue, but Aerosmith?

Only if they were restrained to their 1st 4 records.

[binnie]

That's a good point, Aerosmith might knock out ballad after ballad


Cryin

Crazy

Amazing

they're all the same song!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Give Aerosmith credit where credit's due-they are a solid live band.

I hope they bring it over here.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Originally posted by sadaist
The last time, and only time I saw Kiss was with Bruce Kulick. They had some weak ass horseshoe shaped stage. The entire stage show was weak. The lighting sucked. The only real pyro type thing was at the very end, some lighting kind of tried to explode and break apart above the stage, and the entire rig lowered a couple of feet. Very, very, very weak. After all I had heard about this great stage show, I was utterly dissappointed. Never went back. Had the hype about the Kiss stage & show not been so huge, maybe I would have had a different take. The music was mediocre.

I think that might have been the tour way back in 1988 for Crazy Nights. They had a stage that looked like half a compact disk.

In Toronto it was actually a pretty good show, The sound was good and they had some pyro, but not much of it.

It ceratinly wasn't the KISS we all love to see.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
I think that might have been the tour way back in 1988 for Crazy Nights. They had a stage that looked like half a compact disk.

In Toronto it was actually a pretty good show, The sound was good and they had some pyro, but not much of it.

It ceratinly wasn't the KISS we all love to see.


Yep, 1988 sounds about right. I had a couple of friends who were hardcore Kiss Army. I never was a huge Kiss fan, but figured I had to see them once. I know I should have seen them a while back when they put back the makeup and toured, but just couldn't do it.


And Aerosmith sucks. If I want to hear Aerosmith, I'll watch a Ben Afleck romance movie. Do they even remember that they wrote songs like "Back In The Saddle"?

[PHOENIX]

I'd go see this show.

Aerosmith are very good live and its been 16 years since i've seen the CRUE live.

[Hardrock69]

Another show where I will have more fun doing nothing than if I went.

I have only seen Aerosmith once and it was so boring I was almost falling asleep only 30 minutes into their set.

I saw Crue about 3 times back in the 80s before I realized they suck fucking ass.

I never want to see them again either.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
I think that might have been the tour way back in 1988 for Crazy Nights. They had a stage that looked like half a compact disk.

In Toronto it was actually a pretty good show, The sound was good and they had some pyro, but not much of it.

It ceratinly wasn't the KISS we all love to see.


The Crazy Nights tour(like the album) was abysmal..........

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by sadaist
The last time, and only time I saw Kiss was with Bruce Kulick. They had some weak ass horseshoe shaped stage. The entire stage show was weak. The lighting sucked. The only real pyro type thing was at the very end, some lighting kind of tried to explode and break apart above the stage, and the entire rig lowered a couple of feet. Very, very, very weak. After all I had heard about this great stage show, I was utterly dissappointed. Never went back. Had the hype about the Kiss stage & show not been so huge, maybe I would have had a different take. The music was mediocre.
no makeup = less pyro ;(

[NATEDOG001976]

What no Minneapolis?? WTF?

[1984dlrvh12]

i saw crue on the 2006 carnival of sins tour. they were good.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Give Aerosmith credit where credit's due-they are a solid live band.

I hope they bring it over here.

So do I!


When was the last time Aerosmith toured here?

[Terry]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Tampa Florida!

I'll be there!

Me, too!

Won't be seeing that show, though!!!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by binnie
So do I!


When was the last time Aerosmith toured here?

I honestly have no idea.

I do know that they planned to tour here around now, but then Tyler got sick, so they didn't.

[binnie]

Damn it!


I'd kill to see them live.

Got all the live DVD's, and they've still got it as long as they stick away from the ballads..

[simplerhyme]

I saw Crue last year, they when fantastic.

Although Vince is a fat bastard.

[Hardrock69]

A fat whiny bastard who cannot sing his way out of a paper bag....

[vheddyrmv8]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
What no Minneapolis?? WTF?

Exactally...or at least the Excel if not in Minneapolis...

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
A fat whiny bastard who cannot sing his way out of a paper bag....

Sounds like Spambo

[Keeyth]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I saw crue in 2004 I believe and I saw Aerosmith/KISS in 2002 I think.

Uh, the Crue didn't reunite until February of 2005... ...so I don't know how you saw them in 2004.

I saw them in May 2005 and they brought the house down at the Oakland Collesium. It was like 1987 all over again!