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| Family Values Tour | |
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| Dates | Fall, summer |
| Locations | United States, Canada |
| Years active | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2013 |
| Founders | Korn |
TheFamily Values Tour was an annualrock andhip hop tour held by the Americannu metal bandKorn since1998. The first tour took place in 1998 and the second tour in 1999, but the tour took a hiatus in 2000 due to heavy competition from theAnger Management Tour, theSummer Sanitarium Tour, and others. The Family Values Tour returned in 2001 (without Korn) before taking another hiatus, this time for five years. The Family Values Tour returned in 2006 with Korn andDeftones as the headliners. Another tour occurred in 2007, before taking another hiatus until 2013. In 2013 the event took place for the final time as a one-day music festival instead of the traditional tour under the name "Family Values Festival".
Korn,Limp Bizkit,Ice Cube,Incubus (who replaced Ice Cube on October 25, 1998 for the four remaining dates),Orgy, andRammstein.
In one of the more infamous moments, Rammstein's band members were all dragged off stage by police and subsequently arrested during theirHalloween performance. Each band decided to dress up while Rammstein were barely dressed at all, with most members performing in their underwear. Their lead guitaristRichard Kruspe was the only one decently dressed-he wore awedding dress. The band had to spend the night in jail on charges of indecent exposure.
On October 25, 1998 due to the beginning of shooting the movieNext Friday,Ice Cube was replaced byalternative bandIncubus for the remaining four dates. The band is featured on theFamily Values Tour '98 CD release with the song "New Skin" and can be also seen during performance of "All in the Family" on theDVD release.
InitiallyRob Zombie was to be one of the tour's participating artists, but he was dropped from the tour due to high production costs (each Rob Zombie concert would cost $125,000 in band fees and show production alone). Therefore, Rob Zombie was replaced by Germanindustrial metal actRammstein.
However, the official explanation was somewhat confusing. The Firm,Korn's management, said Zombie continually expressed dissatisfaction over not wanting to work with ahip hop act on the bill and was supposedly lectured by Rob Zombie's management that "rock kids don't like hip-hop." Rob Zombie's manager Andy Gould said those comments were false. He explained that Zombie had never even spoken to Korn, so he could not have made those comments.[1]
Although the statement released by Korn's management resulted in anger, Rob Zombie shared no bad blood with the bands participating in the Family Values Tour. In 1999, both Rob Zombie and Korn got on good terms again and launched the highly successful "Rock is Dead" tour together. Korn also toured with Rob Zombie in the summer of 2016.[2]
Headliners:
On select dates:
Korn did not take a full part in the tour, instead making surprise appearances at a handful of dates.[3]
Insane Clown Posse andSystem of a Down were originally scheduled for the tour but did not make the final roster. Controversy arose over System of a Down's cancelled appearance, with speculation arising to believe Fred Durst had removed the band due to a falling out with the bandTaproot after failing to negotiate them a record contract. After things had soured with Durst, System of a Down aided the band in securing a more satisfactory contract.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]Methods of Mayhem was also offered to take part of the tour.[11]
DMX andJa Rule were also on the bill for the first half of the tour,[12] but cancelled all the shows prior to the beginning of the tour. Mobb Deep and Run-DMC became their replacements on the tour.
Sevendust filled in for Filter on the Denver date while Filter took time off to film the video for "Take a Picture".[13]
It was during this tour that Staind's frontmanAaron Lewis, alongside Limp Bizkit'sFred Durst, performed the emotional hit single"Outside" for the first time inBiloxi, Mississippi. This live version quickly found widespread radio play before being recorded in the studio for Staind's next albumBreak the Cycle. Footage of this on-stage performance also was used for the song'smusic video.
Cancellations and rescheduled dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Fate | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 1999 | Dallas | United States | Reunion Arena | Rescheduled to November 1 | Illness[14] |
Bands taking part in the 2001 tour wereStone Temple Pilots,Linkin Park,Staind,Static-X,Deadsy, and Spike 1000 (replacing Deadsy on only first five dates).[15] This is the only Family Values Tour not to feature Korn, who at the time were busy working on their fifth albumUntouchables.
Korn,Deftones,Stone Sour,Flyleaf,Dir En Grey,10 Years,Deadsy,Bury Your Dead,Bullets and Octane, andWalls of Jericho
In 2006, a violent fight allegedly broke out in themosh pit at the Family Values Tour inAtlanta, Georgia during the Deftones performance, resulting in the death of 30-year-old Andy Richardson on August 1, 2006. Lawyers representing Mr. Richardson's family said they may pursue civil actions against Korn and the show's promoters.
Andy's mother, Gloria Richardson, said in a statement to Fox News Service on August 1, 2006 that "It's not right that someone could go to a concert for a good time and wind up dead. There needs to be more security or they need to not have these concerts at all". One week later, 24-year-old Michael Scott Axley was arrested and charged with Richardson's murder. Witnesses claim Axley punched Richardson, causing his head to hit the concrete floor and suffer an injury that ultimately proved fatal.
Main Stage:Korn,Evanescence,Atreyu,Flyleaf,Hellyeah,Trivium,Neurosonic
Side Stage:Droid,Five Finger Death Punch, Through You, Invitro, Twin Method, andBloodsimple
On August 30, 2013 Korn revealed toBillboard that they were bringing the tour back as a one-day event festival. On September 3, 2013, it was revealed that the Family Values Festival would take place inBroomfield,CO at the1stBank Center.[16]
Korn,Hollywood Undead,Asking Alexandria,Machine Gun Kelly,Beware of Darkness, andLove and Death
The initial edition of Family Values Tour was highly successful and it was documented on separateDVD andCD releases, both put on sale on March 30, 1999 viaImmortal/Epic Records. The CD release achievedgold record status in the United States while the DVD release wentplatinum.
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