Nine Lives Tour

Nine Lives Tour

Tour by Aerosmith
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Associated album	Nine Lives and A Little South of Sanity
Start date	May 8, 1997 (1997-05-08)
End date	July 17, 1999 (1999-07-17)
Legs	11
No. of shows	approx. 283 (scheduled); 204 (played); 43 (cancelled); 36 (rearranged)
Aerosmith concert chronology

The Nine Lives Tour was a tour headed 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. Some of performers appeared at selected dates of 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 recovering from serious injuries that occurred on separate occasions during the tour.

Tour dates

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	Hallenstadion
June 11, 1997	Paris	France	Bercy
June 13, 1997	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi (Opening act: Kula Shaker)
June 15, 1997	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
North America I
June 30, 1997	Old Orchard Beach	United States	Maine Entertainment Center
July 2, 1997	Ottawa	Canada	Corel Centre
July 4, 1997	Montreal		Molson Centre
July 6, 1997	Toronto		Molson Amphitheatre
July 9, 1997	Darien Lake	United States	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 11, 1997	Mansfield		Great Woods
July 12, 1997
July 14, 1997	Richmond		Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill
July 16, 1997	Burgettstown		Star Lake Amphitheater
July 18, 1997	Camden		Blockbuster - Sony Entertainment Pavilion
July 20, 1997	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 29, 1997	Virginia Beach		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater
July 31, 1997	Hershey		Hershey Park Stadium
August 2, 1997	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
August 4, 1997	Scranton		Montage Mountain Amphitheater
August 6, 1997	New York City		Madison Square Garden
August 9, 1997	Hartford		Meadows Music Theater
August 10, 1997	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 12, 1997	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
August 14, 1997	Minneapolis		Target Center
August 16, 1997	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 18, 1997	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
August 21, 1997	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
August 22, 1997
August 24, 1997	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater
August 26, 1997	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
August 28, 1997	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
August 30, 1997	Tinley Park		World Music Theater
August 31, 1997	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
September 23, 1997	Raleigh		Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
September 25, 1997	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
September 27, 1997	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater
September 29, 1997	Lafayette		Cajundome
October 1, 1997	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
October 3, 1997	Orlando		Orlando Arena
October 5, 1997	West Palm Beach		Coral Sky Amphitheater
October 7, 1997	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheater
October 9, 1997	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheater
October 11, 1997	Houston		The Summit Arena
October 13, 1997	Phoenix		Desert Sky Amphitheater
October 16, 1997	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheater
October 18, 1997	Devore		Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
October 20, 1997	Concord		Concord Pavilion
October 22, 1997	Seattle		KeyArena
October 24, 1997	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
October 25, 1997	Vancouver	Canada	Universal Concerts Canada
November 22, 1997	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Coliseum
November 24, 1997	Tampa		Ice Palace
November 26, 1997	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
November 28, 1997	Tupelo		Tupelo Coliseum
November 29, 1997	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
December 2, 1997	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
December 4, 1997	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
December 8, 1997	El Paso		Don Haskins Center
December 10, 1997	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
December 12, 1997	San Diego		Cox Arena
December 14, 1997	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
December 16, 1997	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond
December 18, 1997	San Antonio		Alamo Dome
December 20, 1997	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
December 21, 1997	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
December 30, 1997	Boston		Fleet Center
December 31, 1997
January 3, 1998	Landover		US Air Arena
January 7, 1998	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
January 9, 1998	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
January 11, 1998	Rochester		War Memorial Auditorium
January 13, 1998	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena
January 15, 1998	Philadelphia		Corestates Spectrum
January 16, 1998	Boston		Mama Kins Music Hall
January 17, 1998	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
January 19, 1998	State College		Bryce Jordan Center
January 21, 1998	Syracuse		Oncenter
January 23, 1998	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
January 24, 1998	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
January 27, 1998	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
January 29, 1998	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
January 31, 1998	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
February 2, 1998	Lexington		Rupp Arena
February 4, 1998	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
February 6, 1998	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
February 8, 1998	Madison		Kohl Center
February 10, 1998	Auburn Hills		The 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	United States	Delta Center
April 20, 1998	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
April 22, 1998	Colorado Springs		World Arena
April 24, 1998	Spokane		Spokane Arena
April 27, 1998	Anchorage		Sullivan Arena
April 29, 1998
June 29, 1998	Cape Canaveral		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	United States	Montage Mountain Amphitheatre
September 11, 1998	Camden		Blockbuster - Sony Entertainment Pavilion
September 13, 1998	Clarkston		New Pine Knob Music Theater
September 15, 1998
September 17, 1998	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
September 19, 1998	Tinley Park		World Music Theatre
September 21, 1998	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
September 23, 1998	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
September 25, 1998	St. Louis		Riverport Amphitheater
September 27, 1998	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
September 29, 1998	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheater
October 1, 1998	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheater
October 3, 1998	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater
October 5, 1998	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
October 7, 1998	Richmond		Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill
October 9, 1998	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
October 11, 1998	Hartford		The Meadows
October 13, 1998	Wantagh, New York		Jones Beach Amphitheater
October 15, 1998
October 17, 1998	Holmdel		P.N.C. Bank Arts Center Webcast
October 20, 1998	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre
October 22, 1998	Quebec City		Quebec Coliseum Arena
October 24, 1998	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum
October 26, 1998	Toledo	United States	Toledo Sports Arena
November 3, 1998	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
November 5, 1998	Minneapolis		Target Center
November 7, 1998	Mankato		Civic Center
November 9, 1998	Omaha		Civic Auditorium
November 11, 1998	Fargo		Fargo Dome/Bison Arena
November 13, 1998	Duluth		Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
November 15, 1998	La Crosse		La Crosse Center
November 17, 1998	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
November 19, 1998	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
November 21, 1998	Evansville		Roberts Stadium
November 23, 1998	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
November 25, 1998	Moline, Illinois		The Mark of the Quad Cities
November 27, 1998	Rockford		Metro Center
November 29, 1998	Notre Dame		JACC, Arena Dome
December 1, 1998	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
December 3, 1998	Dayton		Ervin J. Nutter Center
December 5, 1998	Carbondale		Southern Illinois University Arena
December 7, 1998	Knoxville		Thompson Boling Center
December 9, 1998	Lexington		Freedom Hall
December 11, 1998	Champaign		UoI Assembly Hall
December 13, 1998	Huntington		Huntington Civic Center
December 15, 1998	Cleveland		Gund Arena
December 17, 1998	Philadelphia		First Union Spectrum
December 19, 1998	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
December 27, 1998	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
December 29, 1998	Albany		Pepsi Arena
December 31, 1998	Boston		Fleet Center
January 2, 1999	Worcester		Centrum Arena
January 4, 1999	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
January 6, 1999	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
April 11, 1999	Columbus		Schottenstein Center
April 13, 1999	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
April 15, 1999	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
April 17, 1999	Greenville		Bi-Lo Center
April 19, 1999	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
April 21, 1999	Biloxi		Convention Center Arena
April 23, 1999	Lafayette		Cajundome
April 25, 1999	San Antonio		Retama Park
April 27, 1999	The Woodlands		Cynthia Mitchell Pavilion
April 29, 1999	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheater
May 1, 1999	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
May 3, 1999	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
May 7, 1999	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
May 13, 1999	Sacramento		Arco Arena
May 17, 1999	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
May 20, 1999	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
May 22, 1999	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Center
May 23, 1999	Tinley Park		World Music Amphitheater
Europe III
June 10, 1999	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen
June 14, 1999	Gdańsk	Poland	Hala Olivia
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 National
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	Palau Sant 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