Nine Lives Tour

Nine Lives Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album	Nine Lives and A Little South of Sanity
Legs	11
Shows	??? (scheduled); 204 (played); 43 (cancelled); 36 (rearranged)
Aerosmith tour chronology
Get a Grip Tour (1993-94) Nine Lives Tour (1997-99) Roar of the Dragon Tour (1999-2000)

The Nine Lives Tour was a tour headlined by Aerosmith which ran for over 2 years and saw the band playing shows in North America, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. The tour was put on in support of their 1997 release Nine Lives and ran from May 1997 to July 1999. The tour included a range of opening bands, some of which opened the show for entire legs of the tour. Some legs of the tour would see a band open the first half of the shows whilst another band opened the second half of the shows. A small number of band only appeared at a select few dates on the tour whilst others only performed once.

Opening acts on this tour included Shed Seven, Kula Shaker, 3 Colours Red, Jonny Lang, Marry Me Jane, Talk Show, Days of the New, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Spacehog, Monster Magnet, Fuel, Fighting Gravity, Seven Mary Three, Candlebox, The Afghan Whigs, The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Adams, Stereophonics, Skunk Anansie, Ministry and Guano Apes.

The tour was a great success, however a large number of dates were cancelled due to both Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer suffering serious injuries on separate occasions during the tour.

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe I
May 8, 1997	Newcastle	England	Newcastle Arena
May 10, 1997	Manchester		Nynex Arena
May 12, 1997	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
May 15, 1997	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
May 17, 1997	Nürburg	Germany	Rock am Ring, Nürburgring
May 18, 1997	Nuremberg		Rock im Park
May 20, 1997	Prague	Czech Republic	Sports Hall
May 23, 1997	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
May 25, 1997	Milan	Italy	Forum di Assago
May 27, 1997	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
May 29, 1997	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Sports Arena
May 31, 1997	Birmingham	England	NEC
June 2, 1997	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
June 4, 1997	London	England	Wembley Arena
June 5, 1997
June 7, 1997	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
June 9, 1997	Zurich	Switzerland	Halle Tony Garnier
June 11, 1997	Paris	France	Bercy
June 13, 1997	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
June 15, 1997	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
North America I
June 30, 1997	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	United States	Maine Entertainment Center
July 2, 1997	Kanata, Ontario	Canada	Corel Centre
July 4, 1997	Montreal, Quebec		Molson Centre
July 6, 1997	Toronto, Ontario		Molson Amphitheatre
July 9, 1997	Darien Lake, New York	United States	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 11, 1997	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Great Woods
July 12, 1997
July 14, 1997	Richmond, Virginia		Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill
July 16, 1997	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Star Lake Amphitheater
July 18, 1997	Camden, New Jersey		Blockbuster - Sony Entertainment Pavilion
July 20, 1997	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 29, 1997	Virginia Beach, Virginia		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater
July 31, 1997	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hershey Park Stadium
August 2, 1997	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion
August 4, 1997	Scranton, Pennsylvania		Montage Mountain Amphitheater
August 6, 1997	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
August 9, 1997	Hartford, Connecticut		Meadows Music Theater
August 10, 1997	Holmdel, New Jersey		P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
August 12, 1997	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
August 14, 1997	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Target Center
August 16, 1997	East Troy, Wisconsin		Alpine Valley Music Center
August 18, 1997	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Music Center
August 21, 1997	Auburn Hills, Michigan		Palace of Auburn Hills
August 22, 1997
August 24, 1997	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport PAC
August 26, 1997	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater
August 28, 1997	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheatre
August 30, 1997	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Amphitheatre
August 31, 1997	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Music Center
September 23, 1997	Raleigh, North Carolina		Walnut Creek Amphitheater
September 25, 1997	Charlotte, North Carolina		Blockbuster Pavilion
September 27, 1997	Atlanta, Georgia		Lakewood Amphitheater
September 29, 1997	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome
October 1, 1997	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid
October 3, 1997	Orlando, Florida		Orlando Arena
October 5, 1997	West Palm Beach, Florida		Coral Sky Amphitheater
October 7, 1997	Antioch, Tennessee		Starwood Amphitheater
October 9, 1997	Dallas, Texas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheater
October 11, 1997	Houston, Texas		The Summit Arena
October 13, 1997	Phoenix, Arizona		Desert Sky Amphitheater
October 16, 1997	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheater
October 18, 1997	Devore, California		Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
October 20, 1997	Concord, California		Concord Pavilion
October 22, 1997	Seattle, Washington		Key Arena
October 24, 1997	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena
October 25, 1997	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Universal Concerts Canada
November 22, 1997	Jacksonville, Florida	United States	Jacksonville Coliseum
November 24, 1997	Tampa, Florida		Ice Palace
November 26, 1997	Biloxi, Mississippi		Coast Coliseum
November 28, 1997	Tupelo, Mississippi		Tupelo Coliseum
November 29, 1997	Birmingham, Alabama		Jefferson County Coliseum
December 2, 1997	Little Rock, Arkansas		Barton Coliseum
December 4, 1997	Austin, Texas		Frank Irwin Center
December 8, 1997	El Paso, Texas		Don Haskins Center
December 10, 1997	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
December 12, 1997	San Diego, California		Cox Arena
December 14, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada		MGM Grand Garden
December 16, 1997	Anaheim, California		Arrowhead Pond
December 18, 1997	San Antonio, Texas		Alamo Dome
December 20, 1997	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Myriad Convention Center
December 21, 1997	Wichita, Kansas		Kansas Coliseum
December 30, 1997	Boston, Massachusetts		Fleet Center
December 31, 1997
January 3, 1998	Landover, Maryland		US Air Arena
January 7, 1998	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center
January 9, 1998	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
January 11, 1998	Rochester, New York		War Memorial Auditorium
January 13, 1998	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena
January 15, 1998	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Corestates Spectrum
January 16, 1998	Boston, Massachusetts		Mama Kins Music Hall
January 17, 1998	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
January 19, 1998	State College, Pennsylvania		Bryce Jordan Center
January 21, 1998	Syracuse, New York		Oncenter
January 23, 1998	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
January 24, 1998	North Charleston, South Carolina		North Charleston Coliseum
January 27, 1998	Roanoke, Virginia		Roanoke Civic Center
January 29, 1998	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum
January 31, 1998	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
February 2, 1998	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
February 4, 1998	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andell Arena
February 6, 1998	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum
February 8, 1998	Madison, Wisconsin		Kohl Center
February 10, 1998	Auburn Hills, Michigan		Palace of Auburn Hills
Asia
March 1, 1998	Nagoya	Japan	Nagoya Dome
March 3, 1998	Osaka		Osaka Dome
March 5, 1998	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome
March 8, 1998	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome
March 9, 1998
March 12, 1998	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
March 14, 1998
North American II
April 18, 1998	Salt Lake City, Utah	United States	Delta Center
April 20, 1998	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
April 22, 1998	Colorado Springs, Colorado		World Arena
April 24, 1998	Spokane, Washington		Spokane Arena
April 27, 1998	Anchorage, Alaska		Sullivan Arena
April 29, 1998
June 29, 1998	Cape Canaveral, Florida		Cape Canaveral Armageddon premiere
Europe II Dates were canceled after Steven Tyler suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury after dropping the microphone stand on his knee during "Mama Kin" on April 29, 1998.
June 26, 1998	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Kirov or Petrovsky Stadium
June 28, 1998	Moscow		Luzhniki Stadium
July 1, 1998	Oulu	Finland	Oulu Baseball Stadium
July 3, 1998		Denmark	Midtfyns Festival
July 5, 1998	Belfort	France	Les Eurockéenes de Belfort
July 7, 1998	Paris		L'Olympia
July 9, 1998	Cologne	Germany	Sporthalle
July 10, 1998	Frauenfeld	Switzerland	Out in the Green Festival
July 12, 1998	Andorra-la-Vella	Andorra	Dr. Music Festival
July 14, 1998	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
July 16, 1998	Pistoia		Pistoia Festival
July 18, 1998	Stuttgart	Germany	Blindman's Ball
July 19, 1998	Magdeburg		Blindman's Ball
July 21, 1998	Katowice	Poland	Stadion Slaski
July 24, 1998	Stockholm	Sweden	Lollipop Festival
July 26, 1998	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
July 28, 1998	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena with Run-D.M.C.
July 30, 1998	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Depot Theatre
August 1, 1998	London	England	Wembley Arena with Run-D.M.C.
North America III
September 9, 1998	Scranton, Pennsylvania	United States	Montage Mountain Amphitheater
September 11, 1998	Camden, New Jersey		Blockbuster - Sony Entertainment Pavilion
September 13, 1998	Clarkston, Michigan		New Pine Knob Music Theater
September 15, 1998
September 17, 1998	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Music Center
September 19, 1998	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Theatre
September 21, 1998	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Music Center
September 23, 1998	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheater
September 25, 1998	St. Louis, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheater
September 27, 1998	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater
September 29, 1998	Antioch, Tennessee		Starwood Amphitheater
October 1, 1998	Raleigh, North Carolina		Walnut Creek Amphitheater
October 3, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia		Lakewood Amphitheater
October 5, 1998	Charlotte, North Carolina		Blockbuster Pavilion
October 7, 1998	Virginia Beach, Virginia		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheate
October 9, 1998	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion
October 11, 1998	Hartford, Connecticut		The Meadows
October 13, 1998	Wantagh, New York		Jones Beach Amphitheater
October 15, 1998
October 17, 1998	Holmdel, New Jersey		P.N.C. Bank Arts Center Webcast
October 20, 1998	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Molson Centre
October 22, 1998	Quebec City, Quebec		Quebec Coliseum Arena
October 24, 1998	Hamilton, Ontario		Copps Coliseum
October 26, 1998	Toledo, Ohio	United States	Toledo Sports Arena
November 3, 1998	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Bradley Center
November 5, 1998	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Target Center
November 7, 1998	Mankato, Minnesota		Civic Center
November 9, 1998	Omaha, Nebraska		Civic Auditorium
November 11, 1998	Fargo, North Dakota		Fargo Dome/Bison Arena
November 13, 1998	Duluth, Minnesota		Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
November 15, 1998	La Crosse, Wisconsin		La Crosse Center
November 17, 1998	Sioux Falls, South Dakota		Sioux Falls Arena
November 19, 1998	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center
November 21, 1998	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Stadium
November 23, 1998	Fort Wayne, Indiana		War Memorial Coliseum
November 25, 1998	Moline, Illinois		The Mark of the Quad Cities
November 27, 1998	Rockford, Illinois		Metro Center
November 29, 1998	Notre Dame, Indiana		JACC, Arena Dome
December 1, 1998	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andel Arena
December 3, 1998	Dayton, Ohio		Ervin J. Nutter Center
December 5, 1998	Carbondale, Illinois		Southern Illinois University Arena
December 7, 1998	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson Boling Center
December 9, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall
December 11, 1998	Champaign, Illinois		UoI Assembly Hall
December 13, 1998	Huntington, West Virginia		Huntington Civic Center
December 15, 1998	Cleveland, Ohio		Gund Arena
December 17, 1998	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		First Union Spectrum
December 19, 1998	Washington, D.C.		MCI Arena
December 27, 1998	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena
December 29, 1998	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena
December 31, 1998	Boston, Massachusetts		Fleet Center
January 2, 1999	Worcester, Massachusetts		Centrum Arena
January 4, 1999	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
January 6, 1999	Chattanooga, Tennessee		UTC Arena
April 11, 1999	Columbus, Ohio		Schottenstein Center
April 13, 1999	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena
April 15, 1999	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
April 17, 1999	Greenville, South Carolina		Bi-Lo Center
April 19, 1999	Birmingham, Alabama		Jefferson Civic Center
April 21, 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi		Convention Center Arena
April 23, 1999	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome
April 25, 1999	San Antonio, Texas		Retama Park
April 27, 1999	The Woodlands, Texas		Cynthia Mitchell Pavilion
April 29, 1999	Dallas, Texas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheater
May 1, 1999	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
May 3, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
May 7, 1999	Los Angeles, California		Hollywood Bowl
May 13, 1999	Sacramento, California		Arco Arena
May 17, 1999	Salt Lake City, Utah		Delta Center
May 20, 1999	Auburn Hills, Michigan		Palace of Auburn Hills
May 22, 1999	East Troy, Wisconsin		Alpine Valley Music Center
May 23, 1999	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Amphitheater
Europe III
June 10, 1999	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen
June 16, 1999	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
June 18, 1999	Linz	Austria	Football Stadium
June 20, 1999	Zurich	Switzerland	Football Stadium
June 22, 1999	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
June 24, 1999	Cologne		Kölnarena
June 26, 1999	London	England	Wembley Stadium Toxic Twin Towers Ball
June 28, 1999	Brussels	Belgium	Forest Hills
June 30, 1999	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle
July 2, 1999	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark
July 4, 1999	Erfurt	Germany	Stausee Hohenfelden
July 6, 1999	Berlin		Waldbühne
July 8, 1999		Denmark	Midtfyns Festival
July 11, 1999	Monza	Italy	Monza Rock Festival
July 12, 1999	Naples		Neapolis Festival
July 15, 1999	Barcelona	Spain	St Jordi
July 17, 1999	Lisbon	Portugal	T99 Festival

Stage setup

The Persian music that signified the start of each concert (whilst the curtains were in place and the band was taking their positions) was "The Feeling Begins" by Peter Gabriel. It can be found on his "Passion" album as well as on the soundtrack to "The Last Temptation of Christ".

Setlist

A standard show on the Nine Lives Tour consisted of 24 tracks, 2 and a half hour stage time. The minimum number of songs played at a show on this tour was 12, and the maximum number of songs played at a show on this tour was 28 songs, played at select shows.

"Cryin'", "Dream On", "Love in an Elevator", "Pink", "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way" were the only songs which were played at every single show on the Nine Lives Tour. The title track from the new record, "Nine Lives", was the opening song at most shows.

Notes

From late October 1998 onward, the tour was also called "The Little South of Sanity Tour" given the release of the Geffen live album of the same name.

Problems

A total of 43 shows on the Nine Lives Tour were cancelled and a further 36 shows were rescheduled. The majority of the shows were cancelled/rescheduled due to injuries (Steven Tyler suffered cruciate ligament injury after dropping the microphone stand on his knee, and Joey Kramer suffered second degree burns from a freak accident at a gas station). A select few shows were cancelled/rearranged due to 'scheduling conflict' or the flu.

External links

• Aerosmith
• Aero Force One

References

1. ^ http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pid=804175