Aerosmith concert tours

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The following is a listing of concert tours by American hard rock band Aerosmith, along with notable individual concert performances.

[edit] Concert tours

Year Title Notes
1970-1972 Early Days On November 6, 1970, Aerosmith performed their first concert at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts
1973 Aerosmith Tour Began October 25, 1973.
1974 Get Your Wings Tour Began March 9, 1974.
1975 Toys in the Attic Tour Began March 25, 1975; the band toured North America.
1976-77 Rocks Tour Beginning April 17, 1976, it was the band's first major headlining tour. In the fall of 1976, Aerosmith toured Europe for the first time. In February of 1977, the band toured Japan for the first time.
1977-78 Draw the Line Tour Beginning June 21, 1977, it was a very successful and grueling tour for the band. Opening acts included AC/DC and Ted Nugent. Most of the recordings on Live! Bootleg were culled from this tour. Aerosmith headlined the Texas Jam '78 Festival on July 4, 1978, which was later released on video in 1989.
1978 Live! Bootleg Tour The band bailed out 53 fans arrested for smoking pot at a show in Fort Wayne, Indiana on October 3, 1978.
1979-80 Night in the Ruts Tour Beginning April 8, 1979, this tour was the first Aerosmith tour to feature Jimmy Crespo on guitars, after Joe Perry left the band. Steven Tyler collapsed onstage at a performance in Portland, Maine.
1982 Rock in a Hard Place Tour This tour featured Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay on guitars, after Brad Whitford left the band.
1984 "Back in the Saddle" Tour The band's reunion tour, after Joe Perry and Brad Whitford rejoined the band. Tour began June 22, 1984.
1985-86 Done with Mirrors Tour The tour began August 23, 1985 in support of the original lineup's first album in six years.
1987-88 Permanent Vacation Tour Began October 16, 1987, lasting well into 1988. The band's first tour since completing drug rehabilitation. Guns N' Roses opened much of the tour.
1989-90 Pump Tour Began October 18, 1989. A major world tour for the band, it saw them tour Australia for the first time.
1993-94 Get a Grip Tour A world tour beginning June 2, 1993 and spanning 18 months, it saw the band go to South America for the first time in 1994. The band closed the tour with a live radio broadcast performance at their Mama Kin's Music Hall in Boston, MA.
1997-99 Nine Lives Tour The band's longest tour in its history, it saw them perform in North America, Japan, and Europe on several legs. It was delayed numerous times due to injuries to Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer. The tour was also significantly extended well into 1999, due to the success of "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and the live compilation A Little South of Sanity.
1999-2000 Roar of the Dragon Tour Beginning October 29, 1999, the band toured Japan extensively.
2001-02 Just Push Play Tour Began June 6, 2001 in Hartford, Connecticut, to a live TV audience on VH1. The tour saw the band tour amphitheaters and arenas until January 2002. The events of September 11, 2001 caused several dates to be canceled. Rockin' the Joint was culled from a performance in Las Vegas. The band's Behind the Music also featured footage from this tour.
2002 Girls of Summer Tour Named after the band's new single "Girls of Summer", this was a short North American tour in support of O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, it saw the band play about 50 dates, mostly amphitheaters. Kid Rock and Run-DMC opened. Last major performances for Jam Master Jay, who was murdered shortly after Run-DMC completed their opening duties.
2003 Rocksimus Maximus Tour A brief North American tour, it saw the band co-headline with Kiss for a brief tour of predominantly amphitheaters. The band debuted new material from their then-upcoming album Honkin' on Bobo.
2004 Honkin' on Bobo Tour A brief tour starting March 11, 2004, the band played U.S. and Japanese arenas, many in smaller markets. The You Gotta Move DVD was culled from performances at the start of this tour. Cheap Trick opened.
2005-06 Rockin' the Joint Tour The band played arenas in major North American markets, from October 30, 2005 to March 2, 2006. Lenny Kravitz opened. The band was supposed to do a spring leg of smaller markets with Cheap Trick opening, but it was canceled when Steven Tyler required throat surgery.
2006 Route of All Evil Tour The band co-headlined with Mötley Crüe for a tour in Fall 2006 that sent the band to about 50 major North American venues from September 5 to December 17, 2006. David Hull filled in for bassist Tom Hamilton, who was undergoing treatment for throat cancer.
2007 2007 World Tour The band's first tour of South America in 14 years and first tour of Europe in 8 years. The band is likely to perform in North America later in the tour as well. It is likely being put on in support of a new album the band is expected to release in 2007.

[edit] Notable concert performances

Aerosmith
Steven Tyler | Joe Perry | Brad Whitford | Tom Hamilton | Joey Kramer
Ray Tabano | Jimmy Crespo | Rick Dufay
Discography
Studio albums: Aerosmith | Get Your Wings | Toys in the Attic | Rocks | Draw the Line | Night in the Ruts | Rock in a Hard Place | Done with Mirrors
Permanent Vacation | Pump | Get a Grip | Nine Lives | Just Push Play | Honkin' on Bobo
Live albums: Live! Bootleg | Classics Live I and II | A Little South of Sanity | Rockin' the Joint
Compilations: Aerosmith's Greatest Hits | Gems | Pandora's Box | Big Ones | Box of Fire | Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology
O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits | Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith
Videos: Live Texxas Jam '78 | 3 x 5 | Aerosmith Scrapbook | Things That Go Pump in the Night | The Making of Pump | Big Ones You Can Look At | You Gotta Move
Personnel
Jack Douglas | Bruce Fairbairn | Desmond Child | John Kalodner | Mark Hudson | Jim Vallance | Richie Supa | Tim Collins | Marti Frederiksen
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Concert tours
Early Days | Get Your Wings Tour | Toys in the Attic Tour | Rocks Tour | Draw the Line Tour | Night in the Ruts Tour | Rock in a Hard Place Tour
Back in the Saddle Tour | Permanent Vacation Tour | Pump Tour | Get a Grip Tour | Nine Lives Tour | Roar of the Dragon Tour | Just Push Play Tour
Girls of Summer Tour | Rocksimus Maximus Tour | Honkin' on Bobo Tour | Rockin' the Joint Tour | Route of All Evil Tour | 2007 World Tour
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