Nine Lives Tour

Nine Lives Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album
Start dateMay 8, 1997 (1997-05-08)
End dateJuly 17, 1999 (1999-07-17)
Legs11
No. of showsapprox. 283 (scheduled); 204 (played); 43 (cancelled); 36 (rearranged)
Aerosmith concert chronology
  • Get a Grip Tour
    (1993–1994)
  • Nine Lives Tour
    (1997–1999)
  • Roar of the Dragon Tour
    (1999–2000)

The Nine Lives Tour saw Aerosmith playing in North America, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. It initially promoted their 1997 release Nine Lives and ran from May 1997 to July 1999.[1]

The length of the tour was due to the chart-topping success of "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". "We were just about to go off the road and that song came around," explained drummer Joey Kramer. "We continued to tour off that song for another year. That was welcomed by the band. At that time, that was what we did: we would be on the road for twelve or eighteen months, and the only time we came off the road was to make another record."[2]

The tour included a range of support acts. Some opened on entire legs of the tour, others for only half. Some performers appeared at selected dates and others performed just once. They included Shed Seven, Kula Shaker, 3 Colours Red, Jonny Lang, Marry Me Jane, Talk Show, Days of the New, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Spacehog, Monster Magnet, Fuel, Fighting Gravity, Seven Mary Three, Candlebox, The Afghan Whigs, The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Adams, Stereophonics, Skunk Anansie, Ministry and Guano Apes.[3]

Several dates were cancelled, owing to Kramer and singer Steven Tyler recovering from serious injuries that occurred on separate occasions.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ratliff, Ben (8 August 1997). "Aerosmith turn sex and death into peppy family fun". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. ^ Chamberlain, Rich (May 2017). "The stories behind the songs: Aerosmith – I don't want to miss a thing". Classic Rock. No. 235. p. 27.
  3. ^ "Aerosmith taps Monster Magnet, Fuel to open reschedules tour". MTV.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation continues". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  5. ^ "Aerosmith to cut short winter tour". MTV. Retrieved 2020-10-18.[dead link]