Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour

Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour
Tour by Aerosmith and ZZ Top
Start date June 10, 2009
End date September 18, 2009
Legs 1
No. of shows 42 (scheduled) + 3 (scheduled, post-tour); 15 (played) + 4 (played, post-tour)
Aerosmith tour chronology
Aerosmith World Tour 2007
(2007)		 Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour
(2009)		 Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour
(2010)
ZZ Top tour chronology
European Tour 2009
(2009)		 Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour
(2009)		 Necessity Is a Mother Tour
(2009)

The Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour, sometimes referred to as the A to Z Tour or Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Tour, was a concert tour headlined by American hard rock bands Aerosmith and ZZ Top. The tour, presented by Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, took place in the summer of 2009 until it had to be cancelled unexpectedly due to shoulder injuries sustained by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.

For the first seven dates of the tour, Aerosmith played the entire Toys in the Attic album at every show, with the exception of the last track, "You See Me Crying". On June 26, 2009, while in Wantagh, New York's Jones Beach Theater, Aerosmith played "You See Me Crying", for the first time in the band's history; it was also the first time on the tour that every song on Toys in the Attic was played. Additionally, this tour marked the first time that the band performed "Round and Round" live.

Other notable highlights of the show included guitarist Joe Perry singing lead vocals on "Combination", a deep-cut from the Rocks album, and playing against the animated version of himself in the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith video game. The tour also featured a select one or two fans at each show playing a song from Guitar Hero: Aerosmith live on-stage before the concert.

ZZ Top was the opening act for the tour, with 3 Doors Down opening the first two shows in Maryland Heights, Missouri and East Troy, Wisconsin, and Dropkick Murphys opening the Mansfield, Massachusetts show, as ZZ Top could not perform for the first three shows due to prior commitments. Several dates were canceled mid-tour after Steven Tyler injured his leg in Uncasville, Connecticut. Additionally, guitarist Brad Whitford and bassist Tom Hamilton had to sit out several of the dates due to injuries or surgeries; Whitford and Hamilton had substitutes perform in their places. Aerosmith cancelled the rest of the tour after Tyler fell off the stage in Sturgis, South Dakota, but the band played three more shows in October and November after Tyler recovered.

Personnel

Aerosmith

Additional personnel:

  • Russ Irwin – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bobby Schneck – guitar (substituted for Brad Whitford, June 10 – June 28)
  • David Hull – bass (substituted for Tom Hamilton, July 15 – August 5)

ZZ Top

Tour dates

[1]

Date City Country Venue
June 10, 2009Maryland Heights, MissouriUnited StatesVerizon Wireless Amphitheater (ZZ Top did not appear; 3 Doors Down was the opening act)
June 13, 2009East Troy, WisconsinAlpine Valley Music Theatre (ZZ Top did not appear; 3 Doors Down was the opening act)
June 16, 2009Mansfield, MassachusettsComcast Center (ZZ Top did not appear; Dropkick Murphys was the opening act)
June 21, 2009Bristow, VirginiaNissan Pavilion
June 24, 2009Burgettstown, PennsylvaniaPost-Gazette Pavilion
June 26, 2009Wantagh, New YorkNikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 28, 2009Uncasville, ConnecticutMohegan Sun Arena
July 1, 2009CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center CANCELED
July 3, 2009Hershey, PennsylvaniaHersheypark Stadium CANCELED
July 5, 2009Virginia Beach, VirginiaVerizon Wireless Amphitheater CANCELED
July 7, 2009Raleigh, North CarolinaThe Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek CANCELED
July 9, 2009Charlotte, North CarolinaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre CANCELED
July 11, 2009Tampa, FloridaFord Amphitheatre CANCELED
July 13, 2009Sunrise, FloridaBankAtlantic Center CANCELED
July 15, 2009AtlantaLakewood Amphitheatre
July 17, 2009The Woodlands, TexasCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 19, 2009Dallas, TexasSuperPages.com Center
July 25, 2009Paradise, NevadaMGM Grand Garden Arena
July 27, 2009Phoenix, ArizonaCricket Wireless Pavilion
July 30, 2009Tulsa, OklahomaBOK Center
August 1, 2009Greenwood Village, ColoradoFiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 5, 2009Sturgis, South DakotaBuffalo Chip at Sturgis Bike Rally (ZZ Top did not appear; Saving Abel was the opening act; show CANCELED mid-way when Tyler falls off stage)
August 7, 2009Winnipeg, ManitobaCanadaCanad Inns Stadium CANCELED
August 9, 2009Regina, SaskatchewanMosaic Stadium at Taylor Field CANCELED
August 11, 2009Edmonton, AlbertaCommonwealth Stadium CANCELED
August 13, 2009Calgary, AlbertaMcMahon Stadium CANCELED
August 15, 2009Vancouver, British ColumbiaBC Place Stadium CANCELED
August 17, 2009Auburn, WashingtonUnited StatesWhite River Amphitheatre CANCELED
August 19, 2009Concord, CaliforniaSleep Train Pavilion (Bone Bash 10) CANCELED
August 21, 2009Los AngelesStaples Center CANCELED
August 23, 2009Irvine, CaliforniaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre CANCELED
August 28, 2009Tinley Park, IllinoisFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre CANCELED
August 30, 2009Noblesville, IndianaVerizon Wireless Music Center CANCELED
September 1, 2009Kansas City, MissouriSprint Center CANCELED
September 3, 2009Toronto, OntarioCanadaAir Canada Centre CANCELED
September 5, 2009Ottawa, OntarioScotiabank Place CANCELED
September 8, 2009Saint Paul, MinnesotaUnited StatesXcel Energy Center CANCELED
September 10, 2009Cuyahoga Falls, OhioBlossom Music Center CANCELED
September 12, 2009Holmdel, New JerseyPNC Bank Arts Center CANCELED
September 14, 2009New York CityMadison Square Garden CANCELED
September 16, 2009Auburn Hills, MichiganThe Palace of Auburn Hills CANCELED
September 18, 2009Camden, New JerseySusquehanna Bank Center CANCELED
Post-tour shows
October 14, 2009San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited StatesTreasure Island (private show for Oracle)
October 18, 2009Honolulu, HawaiiBlaisdell Center
October 20, 2009Wailuku, HawaiiWar Memorial Stadium (rescheduled from 2007 as part of a legal settlement)
November 1, 2009Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesYas Marina Circuit (2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Setbacks

The tour was originally supposed to coincide with the release of Aerosmith's new album, which the band had hoped to complete before the tour. However, a variety of setbacks including surgery to repair guitarist Joe Perry's knee and lead singer Steven Tyler suffering pneumonia prevented the album from being completed before the tour. Guitarist Brad Whitford, while recovering from surgery, missed the first seven dates of the tour, but returned in mid-July. At the band's June 28 concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, Tyler injured his leg, which required seven shows originally scheduled for early July to be postponed to a later date. When Aerosmith resumed their tour on July 15 in Atlanta, Brad Whitford re-joined the fold after recovering from surgery, however bassist Tom Hamilton had to temporarily depart the tour in order to recover from non-invasive surgery. David Hull filled in for Hamilton until he recovered.

At the band's August 5 concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, Tyler fell off the catwalk midway through the concert while dancing to entertain fans during a break in the show due to sound system failure. He suffered head, neck, and shoulder injuries and had to be flown to a hospital in Rapid City. The rest of the Sturgis show was canceled and, after Tyler consulted his doctors, the band decided they had to cancel the rest of the tour altogether to allow him a full recovery.[2]

In October, when Tyler recovered, two shows were played in Hawaii, one in Maui and one in Honolulu. The show in Maui was played as part of a legal settlement after the band was sued for cancelling a performance there in 2007. The band also played at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the United Arab Emirates in November.

Relations between Tyler and Perry soured in wake of Tyler falling off the stage in Sturgis and reached a fever pitch in late November when a heavily publicized feud erupted in which Tyler was supposedly going to leave the band and be replaced by another singer. Tensions cooled after Tyler returned from rehab, where he was seeking treatment for an addiction to painkillers, and the band announced a world tour to take place in 2010, entitled the Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour.

Set

ZZ Top Set list

Aerosmith performed songs

Below is a list of songs played on the tour:[3]

Album Song Times
Aerosmith (1973) "Dream On" 11
"Mama Kin" 2
"Walkin' the Dog" 7
Get Your Wings (1974) "Train Kept A-Rollin'" 13
"Lord of the Thighs" 1
"Same Old Song and Dance" 4
Toys in the Attic (1975) "Toys in the Attic" 7
"Uncle Salty" 7
"Adam's Apple" 7
"Walk This Way" 13
"Big Ten Inch Record" 7
"Sweet Emotion" 11
"No More No More" 7
"Round and Round" 7
"You See Me Crying" 1
Rocks (1976) "Combination" 13
"Last Child" 6
"Back in the Saddle" 2
Draw the Line (1977) "Draw the Line" 8
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack (1978) "Come Together" 6
Permanent Vacation (1987) "Rag Doll" 7
Pump (1989) "Love in an Elevator" 13
"Monkey on My Back" 1
"Janie's Got a Gun" 4
Get a Grip (1993) "Eat the Rich" 6
"Livin' on the Edge" 11
"Cryin'" 12
Nine Lives (1997) "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" 6
"Pink" 8
Armageddon: The Album (1998) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" 2
Just Push Play (2001) "Jaded" 4
Honkin' on Bobo (2004) "Stop Messin' Around" 4
Non-Album Song/Cover "Dirty Water" 1
Pandora's Box (1994) "Rattlesnake Shake" 2

A typical setlist would look like this.

  • 1. "Train Kept A Rollin'"
  • 2. "Cryin'"
  • 3. "Love In An Elevator"
  • 4. "Jaded"
  • 5. "Dream On"
  • 6. "Combination"
  • 7. "Toys In The Attic"
  • 8. "Uncle Salty"
  • 9. "Adam's Apple"
  • 10. "Walk This Way"
  • 11. "Big Ten Inch Record"
  • 12. "Sweet Emotion"
  • 13. "No More No More"
  • 14. "Round And Round"
  • 15. "Livin' On The Edge"

Encore:

  • 1. "Dirty Water"
  • 2. "Come Together"

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pk=viewall&cd=MAE&pid=10784
  2. ↑ http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/1208556/pid/302766
  3. ↑ http://vindaloo.web44.net/tour.php?s%3D200902010%26e%3D201000000%26t%3D3%26tour%3D30. Retrieved June 14, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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