Honkin' on Bobo Tour

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Honkin' on Bobo Tour

Tour by Aerosmith Opening Act: Cheap Trick
Dates	March 11, 2004 - July 25, 2004
Legs	3
Shows	51 (scheduled); 48 (played)

Aerosmith embarked on the Honkin' on Bobo Tour to support their new album Honkin' on Bobo, the follow-up 2001's Just Push Play. The tour sent the band to small venues throughout North America as well as Japan.

Rock band Cheap Trick was the opening act for the majority of the tour.

1 Tour Dates
2 Venue Change
3 Setlist
4 Stage Setup
5 You Gotta Move

[edit] Tour Dates

[edit] 1st Leg

20 dates

March 11, 2004 United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, TX
March 13, 2004 UTEP Don Haskins Center, El Paso, TX
March 15, 2004 Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, TX
March 17, 2004 Laredo Entertainment Center, Laredo, TX
March 19, 2004 Alltel Arena, Little Rock, AR
March 21, 2004 CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, LA
March 23, 2004 Bancorp South Center, Tupelo, MS
March 25, 2004 Cajundome, Lafayette, LA
March 27, 2004 Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS
March 29, 2004 Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL
April 1, 2004 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
April 3, 2004 Office Depot Center, Sunrise, FL
April 5, 2004 TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, FL
April 7, 2004 Colonial Center, Columbia, SC
April 9, 2004 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
April 14, 2004 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
April 16, 2004 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Dayton, OH
April 18, 2004 Colisee Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada - CANCELLED
April 20, 2004 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Canada
April 22, 2004 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
April 24, 2004 Resch Center, Green Bay, WI

[edit] 2nd Leg:

21 dates

May 4, 2004 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
May 6, 2004 Kohl Center, Madison, WI
May 8, 2004 Civic Center Arena, Peoria, IL
May 10, 2004 Roberts Stadium, Evansville, IN
May 12, 2004 Tyson IBP Events Center, Sioux City, IA
May 14, 2004 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 16, 2004 Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
May 18, 2004 Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 20, 2004 Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 22, 2004 Clark County Amphitheater, Portland, OR
May 24, 2004 Idaho Center, Nampa, ID
June 2, 2004 Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX
June 4, 2004 C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX
June 8, 2004 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
June 10, 2004 Darien Lake Six Flags P.A.C., Darien Lake, NY
June 12, 2004 Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ - Show POSTPONED and CANCELED weeks later
June 14, 2004 Montage Mountain Amphitheater, Scranton, PA - CANCELLED due to illness
June 16, 2004 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA - CANCELED due to illness
June 18, 2004 Post-Gazette Pavilion @ Star Lake, Pittsburgh, PA
June 20, 2004 P.N.C. Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ Show POSTPONED due to illness Rescheduled for June 30th.
June 22, 2004 Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
June 24, 2004 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
June 26, 2004 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
June 28, 2004 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 30, 2004 P.N.C. Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ Re-scheduled from June 20, 2004

[edit] 3rd Leg: Japan

6 dates

July 10, 2004 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
July 13, 2004 Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan
July 15, 2004 Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan - CANCELED due to injury to Tyler
July 17, 2004 Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
July 20, 2004 Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
July 24, 2004 The Rock Odyssey 2004 Festival, Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
July 25, 2004 The Rock Odyssey 2004 Festival, Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan
- Headlining The Rock OdysseyFestival - other performers: The Who, Paul Weller, Michelle Branch and others

[edit] Rescheduled Date

August 8, 2004 Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ

[edit] Venue Change

The tour was unique in that it sent the band to smaller arenas in areas they hadn't played in a long time, particularly in smaller markets in the South and Midwest. Additionally, the tour was almost exclusively arenas, a change in pace from the predominantly amphitheater tours the band embarked on in the past.

[edit] Setlist

The setlist varied widely from show to show, but was generally no longer than 20 songs, and featured several of their classics, as well as new bluesy tunes from Honkin' on Bobo including "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Road Runner", "Stop Messin' Around", and "Never Loved a Girl".

[edit] Stage Setup

The stage setup was meant to imitate an old blues club, with neon signs in the back and a relatively simple stage. There was also a catwalk, a format which would continue on subsequent Aerosmith tours.

[edit] You Gotta Move

The DVD release You Gotta Move, the band's first live video compilation since 1987, was culled primarily from the Orlando performance on the tour and was originally aired as an A&E television special. The DVD was released in late 2004.

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