Kyuss Lives! Tour

Kyuss Lives! Tour
Concert tour by Kyuss Lives!
Location Europe, Oceania, South America, North America
Start date March 11, 2011
End date December 5, 2011
Shows 74

The Kyuss Lives! Tour is a 2011 concert tour by Kyuss Lives!, a spin-off band featuring three former members of the stoner rock band Kyuss. It is the first tour since the "original" Kyuss broke up in 1995, and marks the first time in 19 years that John Garcia, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri have performed together. The tour also marks the band's first outing with guitarist Bruno Fevery, who has taken Josh Homme's place. Scott Reeder, who was in Kyuss from 1992 to 1995, temporarily filled in for Oliveri on some European and all Canadian shows.

Background

After Kyuss broke up in 1995, there had been frequent and persistent speculation among fans regarding the possibility of a Kyuss reunion.

In 2010, a European "John Garcia plays Kyuss" tour was announced, starting with a gig at Roadburn Festival. His backing-band is composed of Belgian and Dutch musicians from Agua de Annique, Kong, Celestial Season and Arsenal. The setlists will almost exclusively contain Kyuss songs. Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri have joined John Garcia onstage for several concert appearances on the tour, representing 3/4 of the original band lineup. In July of the same year, it was announced that Garcia, Oliveri and Bjork will reunite for a reunion tour under the moniker "Kyuss Lives!", with Bruno Fevery added as the band's guitarist. The tour would pass through different countries of Europe, Oceania and South America. After the tour, the band plans to record a new studio album for a 2012 release. In reference to the new band name, in the Dec/Jan'11 issue of Rock-A-Rolla Garcia stated that "there is never going to be a Kyuss without Josh Homme." He went on to state in the same interview that "Hopefully in the future him and I can get together and do some writing."

Despite that Homme has refused to join Kyuss, this tour is having a big success, selling out the most of their shows.

On March 23, 2011, the band announced their first South American tour dates, and in June 6 announced their North American tour dates

On June 30, 2011 at 013, Tilburg, Netherlands, the band gave a two-part special show, which featured 22 songs

On July 13, 2011, TMZ.com reported that Nick Oliveri was arrested following a standoff with members of the Los Angeles country S.W.A.T. team due to a supposed domestic violence. The band later said on their Facebook page that "...TMZ blew this way out of proportion, nobody got hurt and any of that other bullshit.". The band continued their tour the next day with former Kyuss bass player Scott Reeder filling in for Nick Oliveri at four European shows in August.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
March 11, 2011 Bergen Norway USF Verftet
March 12, 2011 Oslo Rockefeller Music Hall
March 13, 2011 Stockholm Sweden Debaser Medis
March 15, 2011 Hamburg Germany Docks
March 16, 2011 Berlin Columbiahalle
March 17, 2011 Saarbrücken Garage
March 18, 2011 Pratteln Switzerland Z7
March 19, 2011 München Germany Backstage Werk
March 20, 2011 Budapest Hungary Petofi Hall
March 22, 2011 Wien Austria Arena
March 23, 2011 Milano Italy Live Club
March 24, 2011 Neu Isenburg Germany Hugenottenhale
March 25, 2011 Athens Greece Fuzz Club
March 27, 2011 (Afternoon) Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
March 27, 2011 (Evening)
March 28, 2011 Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
March 29, 2011 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
March 31, 2011 Nottingham United Kingdom Nottingham Rock City
April 1, 2011 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
April 2, 2011 London HMV Forum
April 3, 2011
April 4, 2011 Glasgow O2 ABC
April 5, 2011 Manchester Manchester Academy
April 1, 2011 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol
Oceania
May 4, 2011 Gold Coast Australia Coolangatta Hotel
May 6, 2011 Brisbane The Tivoli
May 7, 2011 Sydney Luna Park Big Top
May 8, 2011 Melbourne Palace Theatre
May 10, 2011 Adelaide Fowlers
May 11, 2011 Perth Capitol
May 13, 2011 Auckland New Zealand rowspan="2""|The Powerstation
May 14, 2011
May 15, 2011 Wellington Hunter Lounge
Europe
June 17, 2011 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhell Festival
June 19, 2011 Clisson France Hellfest
June 21, 2011 Lisboa Portugal Incrivel Almadense
June 22, 2011 Porto Hard Club
June 23, 2011 Vitoria Spain Azkena Rock Fest
June 24, 2011 Merignac France Le Krakatoa
June 25, 2011 Paris Le Bataclan
June 26, 2011 Imola Italy Sonisphere Festival
June 28, 2011 Hanover Germany Capitol
June 29, 2011 Dresden Alter Schlachthof
June 30, 2011 Tilburg Netherlands 013
July 1, 2011 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
July 2, 2011 Belfort France Eurorockeennes Festival
July 3, 2011 Athens Greece Rockwave Fest
July 14, 2011 Dour Belgium Dour Festival
July 15, 2011 Trondheim Norway Jorddust Festival
July 16, 2011 Tromsø Bukta Festival
August 2, 2011 Lokeren Belgium Lokerse Feesten
August 3, 2011 Dortmund Germany FZW
August 4, 2011 Hamburg Stadtpark
August 5, 2011 Wacken Wacken Open Air
August 13, 2011 Oslo Norway Øyafestivalen
North America
September 16, 2011 Toronto Canada The Sound Academy
September 17, 2011 Guelph Guelph Concert Theatre
September 18, 2011 Montreal Olympia de Montreal
September 20, 2011 Worcester United States The Palladium
September 21, 2011 Philadelphia Trocadero
September 23, 2011 New York Terminal 5
September 24, 2011 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
September 25, 2011 Asheville Orange Peel
September 26, 2011 Atlanta Masquerade
September 28, 2011 New Orleans House of Blues
September 29, 2011 Houston Warehouse Live
October 1, 2011 Austin Stubb's
October 2, 2011 Dallas Southside Music Hall
October 4, 2011 Denver The Summit Music Hall
October 5, 2011 Santa Fe Santa Fe Brewing Company
October 6, 2011 Tempe Marquee Theatre
October 7, 2011 Las Vegas House of Blues
October 8, 2011 Pomona The Fox Theater
November 9, 2011 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador
South America
November 11, 2011 Santiago Chile Teatro Teleton
November 12, 2011 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Colegiales
November 13, 2011 São Paulo Brazil Carioca Club
North America
November 17, 2011 San Diego United States House of Blues
November 19, 2011 San Francisco The Regency Ballroom
November 21, 2011 Portland Roseland Theatre
November 22, 2011 Seattle Showbox at the Market
November 23, 2011 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom
November 26, 2011 Calgary Flames Central
November 27, 2011 Edmonton Edmonton Event Centre
November 29, 2011 Winnipeg Garrick Centre
November 30, 2011 Minneapolis United States First Avenue
December 1, 2011 Milwaukee Turner Hall Ballroom
December 2, 2011 Chicago Vic Theatre
December 3, 2011 Pontiac Crofoot Ballroom
December 5, 2011 Greensburg Palace Theatre
December 5, 2011 Buffalo Town Ballroom
December 10, 2011 Montclair The Wellmont Theater

Songs that were played

Album Song
Wretch (1991) "I'm Not"
Blues for the Red Sun (1992) "Thumb"
"Green Machine"
"Molten Universe"
"50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)"
"Freedom Run"
"Allen's Wrench"
Welcome to Sky Valley (1994) "Gardenia"
"Asteroid"
"Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop"
"100°"
"Demon Cleaner"
"Odyssey"
"Conan Troutman"
"N.O."
"Whitewater"
...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) "Hurricane"
"One Inch Man"
"Phototropic"
"El Rodeo"
"Tangy Zizzle"
"Spaceship Landing"
Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age (1997) "Fatso Forgotso"
Gardenia single (1995)/
Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss (2000)		 "Un Sandpiper"

Line up

Guests on stage