2001–02 concert tour by Aerosmith
Just Push Play Tour Tour byAerosmith Cover of tour programme
Associated album Just Push Play Start date June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01 ) End date February 3, 2002 (2002-02-03 ) Legs 5 No. of shows 70 in North America Aerosmith concert chronologyRoar of the Dragon Tour Just Push Play Tour Girls of Summer Tour
TheJust Push Play Tour was a concert tour byAerosmith that took the band across North America and Japan. Supporting their 2001 albumJust Push Play
The tour was successful, despite several cancellations due in part to theSeptember 11 terrorist attacks . The tour earned $46.5 million from 56 shows in North America.[ 1]
The tour came on the heels of the band's platinum albumJust Push Play [ 2] Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show,[ 3] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ,[ 4] [ 5]
Just prior to the start of the tour, the band performed a brief promo tour inGermany .[ 6] United States , including: "River Rave ",[ 7] Zootopia "[ 8] Kiss Concert ".[ 9]
Tyler sang theNational Anthem at theIndianapolis 500 , and the team sponsored a car in the race.[ 10]
As a result, many shows sold out and the band added arena dates through the fall and winter, even after a successful summer amphitheater tour. "If we couldn't get an audience[...]having made a record we truly believe in, then I guess we probably would turn around and say, 'It's been fun, but see ya.' But I tell you this: we wouldn't go without a big fucking fight."[ 11]
The band played theUnited We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert atRFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2001, alongsideMichael Jackson ,Mariah Carey , and other pop stars.[ 12] Indianapolis for a concert that same night.
In the wake of theSeptember 11 terrorist attacks , the band canceled the three shows after that (Virginia Beach, Camden, New Jersey, and Columbia, Maryland); all on theEastern Seaboard , where the attacks had occurred. These shows were rescheduled. The band canceled a second show at Irvine, California earlier in the tour, due to a scheduling conflict with the filming of the video for "Sunshine."
The stage for the tour had a modern look, reflecting the aesthetic ofJust Push Play and its cover. Most striking were the silver and white colors, as well as two curving staircases that met at a platform at the top. There, some of the most exciting moments took place, including the entrance ofSteven Tyler andJoe Perry at the beginning of the show, as well as Tyler singing the eerie lyrics that open "Seasons of Wither "
The band set up a second smaller stage in the rear of outdoor pavilions to play for those in the lawn section. During the middle of the show, the band members would walk under heavy security to this stage to do a three-song set.
Tyler jokingly referred to this tour as the "Back on the Grass Tour": a reference to this auxiliary stage and a jab at those who claimed Aerosmith was using drugs again. Tyler especially targeted former managerTim Collins , who had accused Aerosmith of relapsing before the band fired him in 1996. However, "Back On The Grass" was not an official name for the tour – just a joke Tyler repeated in interviews.
The setlist featured as many as 25 songs. It varied show to show, as most Aerosmith setlists do, but usually included about half a dozen songs fromJust Push Play as well a fair balance between their 70s classics and 80s and 90s hits.
Broadcasts and recordings [ edit ] In January 2002, the band playedThe Joint Hard Rock Hotel and Casino . This show was recorded and parts of it were released as the band's fifth live album, a Dual Disc CD/DVD entitledRockin' the Joint , released in 2005.
The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on June 26, 2001, at the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts.[ 15]
"Beyond Beautiful" "Love in an Elevator " "Jaded " "Just Push Play " "Big Ten Inch Record" "Fly Away from Here " "Pink " "Mama Kin " "Same Old Song and Dance " "Dream On " "Toys in the Attic " "Angel's Eye " "Draw the Line " "Under My Skin" "Seasons of Wither " "Cryin' " "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " "Walk This Way " "Sweet Emotion " Encore
"Livin' on the Edge " "What It Takes " "Train Kept A-Rollin' " List of 2001 concerts Date[ 16] City Country Venue June 6, 2001 Hartford United States ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre June 8, 2001 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 10, 2001 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center June 12, 2001 June 16, 2001 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater June 17, 2001[A] Los Angeles Dodger Stadium June 18, 2001 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater June 20, 2001 June 22, 2001 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium June 24, 2001 Bristow Nissan Pavilion June 26, 2001 Mansfield Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts June 28, 2001 June 30, 2001 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion July 2, 2001 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre July 5, 2001 Tinley Park United States Tweeter Center July 7, 2001 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre July 9, 2001 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center July 11, 2001 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater July 13, 2001 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre July 15, 2001 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center July 17, 2001 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center July 19. 2001 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre July 21, 2001 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater July 23, 2001 Greenwood Village Coors Amphitheatre August 8, 2001 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre August 10, 2001 George The Gorge Amphitheatre August 12, 2001 Sacramento Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre August 14. 2001 Concord Chronicle Pavilion August 16, 2001 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre August 18, 2001 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena August 20, 2001 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre August 24, 2001 San Bernardino Blockbuster Pavilion August 26, 2001 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion August 28, 2001 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater August 30, 2001 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 1, 2001 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre September 3, 2001 New Orleans New Orleans Arena September 5, 2001 Memphis Pyramid Arena September 7, 2001 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center September 9, 2001 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre September 17, 2001 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre September 19, 2001 Nashville AmSouth Amphitheatre September 21, 2001 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion September 23, 2001 West Palm Beach Mars Music Amphitheatre September 25, 2001 Bristow Nissan Pavilion September 27, 2001 Camden Tweeter Center October 11, 2001 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome October 13, 2001 Edmonton Skyreach Centre October 15, 2001 Minneapolis United States Target Center October 17, 2001 Grand Forks Alerus Center October 19, 2001 Ames Hilton Coliseum October 21, 2001 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse October 23, 2001 Rosemont Allstate Arena October 25, 2001 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills October 31, 2001 Montreal, Canada Molson Centre November 12, 2001 New York City Madison Square Garden November 15, 2001 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena November 17, 2001 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena November 19, 2001 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena November 27, 2001 Tampa Ice Palace November 29, 2001 Sunrise National Car Rental Center December 3, 2001 Champaign Assembly Hall December 5, 2001 Dallas Reunion Arena December 7, 2001 North Little Rock Alltel Arena December 9, 2001 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center Arena
List of 2002 concerts Date City Country Venue January 5, 2002 Denver United States Pepsi Center January 7, 2002 Salt Lake City Delta Center January 9, 2002 San Jose Compaq Center January 11, 2002 Las Vegas The Joint January 13, 2002 Inglewood Great Western Forum January 15, 2002 Fresno Selland Arena January 17, 2002 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena January 25, 2002 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome January 27, 2002 January 29, 2002 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome January 31, 2002 Nagoya Nagoya Dome February 2, 2002 Tokyo Tokyo Dome February 3, 2002
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A Wango Tango "[ 17] Cancellations and rescheduled shows June 20, 2001 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center Rescheduled to July 15, 2001 July 2, 2001 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center Rescheduled to September 7, 2001 July 15, 2001 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center Rescheduled to September 13, 2001 August 8, 2001 Bend, Oregon Les Schwab Amphitheater Cancelled August 22, 2001 Irvine, California Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Cancelled September 11, 2001 Virginia Beach, Virginia GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater September 11 attacks September 13, 2001 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center Rescheduled to September 27, 2001 September 15, 2001 Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion Rescheduled to September 25, 2001, and moved to the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia October 9, 2001 Vancouver, Canada General Motors Place Cancelled October 27, 2001 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mellon Arena Cancelled[ 18] October 29, 2001 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre Cancelled[ 18] November 2, 2001 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena Moved to the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio[ 18] November 2, 2001 Fairborn, Ohio Nutter Center Cancelled[ 19] November 4, 2001 Boston, Massachusetts FleetCenter Cancelled[ 20] November 6, 2001 Providence, Rhode Island Dunkin' Donuts Center Cancelled[ 20] November 8, 2001 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center Cancelled[ 20] November 10, 2001 Lexington, Kentucky Rupp Arena Cancelled November 25, 2001 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Cancelled[ 19] December 1, 2001 Birmingham, Alabama BJCC Arena Cancelled[ 21] December 11, 2001 St. Louis, Missouri Savvis Center Cancelled December 13, 2001 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena Cancelled[ 21] December 15, 2001 Moline, Illinois The Mark of the Quad Cities Cancelled[ 21] December 17, 2001 Cleveland, Ohio Gund Arena Cancelled[ 21]
Box office score data [ edit ] Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel Township 29,727 / 33,665 (88%) $1,599,348[ 22] Hersheypark Stadium Hershey 28,871 / 29,208 (99%) $1,328,204[ 22] Nissan Pavilion Bristow 36,302 / 45,067 (81%) $1,657,585[ 22] [ 23] Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown 23,050 / 23,188 (99%) $851,196[ 24] Tweeter Center Tinley Park 24,216 / 28,589 (85%) $1,118,793[ 25] The Gorge Amphitheatre George 20,000 / 20,000 (100%) $942,010[ 26] MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas 13,235 / 13,235 (100%) $921,155[ 27] New Orleans Arena New Orleans 14,983 / 16,434 (91%) $850,570[ 26] Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati 20,479 / 20,500(~100%) $764,470[ 28] AmSouth Amphitheatre Nashville 15,720 / 17,209 (91%) $732,567[ 23] Alltel Pavilion Raleigh 17,542 / 20,000 (88%) $788,536[ 23] Mars Music Amphitheatre West Palm Beach 18,645 / 19,706 (95%) $770,940[ 23] Tweeter Center Camden 23,497 / 24,930 (94%) $890,921[ 23] Skyreach Centre Edmonton 12,031 / 16,778 (72%) $742,569[ 29] The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 16,309 / 16,309 (100%) $855,069[ 30] Ice Palace Tampa 15,086 / 16,299 (93%) $855,577[ 31] Reunion Arena Dallas 11,520 / 12,427 (93%) $674,425[ 32] Pepsi Center Denver 11,476 / 20,441 (56%) $603,936[ 33] Delta Center Salt Lake City 11,798 / 18,168 (65%) $562,515[ 34] Compaq Center San Jose 12,502 / 17,116 (73%) $700,515[ 34] The Joint Las Vegas 1,933 / 1,933 (100%) $369,525[ 33] Great Western Forum Inglewood 14,668 / 17,116 (86%) $821,342[ 34] Selland Arena Fresno 10,103 / 10,103 (100%) $528,129[ 34] San Diego Sports Arena San Diego 9,069 / 15,059 (60%) $432,420[ 34] TOTAL 412,762 /473,480 (87%)$20,362,317
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