Just Push Play Tour

Just Push Play Tour

Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album	Just Push Play
Start date	June 6, 2001
End date	February 3, 2002
Legs	5
Number of shows	92 (scheduled); 77 (played)
Aerosmith concert chronology

The Just Push Play Tour was a concert tour headlined by Aerosmith that took the band to dozens of shows across North America and Japan. The tour was put on in support of their 2001 release Just Push Play and ran from June 2001 to February 2002. Alternative rockers Fuel opened the show for much of the tour. The Cult served as the opening act on later dates.

The tour received much success with the only major problems on the tour being cancellations. Three of the cancellations were due in part to the September 11 terrorist attacks; two of these dates were made up on the tour. An earlier show in Irvine was canceled due to a scheduling conflict with the recording of the music video for the single "Sunshine". Eleven shows were canceled later on in the tour due to illness of one of the band members.

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
North America Leg I
June 6, 2001	Hartford	United States	Meadows Music Theater
June 8, 2001	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 10, 2001	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
June 12, 2001
June 16, 2001	Wantagh		Jones Beach Amphitheater
June 18, 2001
June 20, 2001
June 22, 2001	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
June 24, 2001	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
June 26, 2001	Mansfield		Tweeter Center
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	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 17, 2001	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
July 19. 2001	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater
July 21, 2001	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
July 23, 2001	Greenwood Village		Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
North America Leg II
August 8, 2001	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 10, 2001	George		Gorge Amphitheater
August 12, 2001	Sacramento		Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
August 14. 2001	Concord		Chronicle Pavilion
August 16, 2001	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheater
August 18, 2001	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 20, 2001	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 22, 2001			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater CANCELED
August 24, 2001	San Bernardino		Hyundai Pavilion
August 26, 2001	Phoenix		Desert Sky 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 Amphitheater
September 11, 2001	Virginia Beach		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater CANCELED
September 13, 2001	Camden		Tweeter Waterfront Center CANCELED
September 15, 2001	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion CANCELED
September 17, 2001	Atlanta		HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
September 19, 2001	Nashville		AmSouth Amphitheater
September 21, 2001	Raleigh		Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
September 23, 2001	West Palm Beach		Sound Advice Amphitheater
September 25, 2001	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion MAKE-UP FOR CANCELED COLUMBIA, MD SHOW
September 27, 2001	Camden		Tweeter Waterfront Center RESCHEDULED
North America Leg III
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 27, 2001	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena CANCELED
October 29, 2001	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre CANCELED
October 31, 2001	Montreal		Molson Centre
November 2, 2001	Fairborn	United States	Nutter Center CANCELED
November 4, 2001	Boston		FleetCenter CANCELED
November 6, 2001	Providence		Dunkin Donuts Center CANCELED
November 8, 2001	Philadelphia		First Union Center CANCELED
November 10, 2001	Lexington		Rupp Arena CANCELED
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 25, 2001	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum CANCELED
November 27, 2001	Tampa		Ice Palace
November 29, 2001	Fort Lauderdale		National Car Rental Center
December 1, 2001	Birmingham		BJCC Arena CANCELED
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
December 11, 2001	St. Louis		Savvis Center CANCELED
December 13, 2001	Kansas City		Kemper Arena CANCELED
December 15, 2001	Moline		The Mark of the Quad Cities CANCELED
December 17, 2001	Cleveland		Gund ArenaCANCELED
North America Leg IV
January 5, 2002	Denver	United States	Pepsi Center
January 7, 2002	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
January 9, 2002	San Jose		San Jose Arena
January 11, 2002	Las Vegas		Hard Rock Hotel
January 13, 2002	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
January 15, 2002	Fresno		Selland Arena
January 17, 2002	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
Asia
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

Stage setup

The stage for the tour had a very modern look, resembling the moderness of the band's new album and its cover. Most striking was the silver and white colors, as well as two curving staircases which met at a platform at the top, where some of the most exciting moments of each concert took place, including the entrance of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry at the beginning of the show, as well as Steven Tyler singing the eerie lyrics to the beginning of "Seasons of Wither"

Additionally, the band set up a second smaller stage in the rear of the outdoor pavilions to play a for those in the lawn section. During the middle of the show, the band members would walk under very heavy security to this stage to do a three-song set from this stage.

Steven Tyler jokingly referred to this tour as the "Back on the Grass Tour" which was a reference to the auxiliary stage set up on the lawn at many outdoor venues, and at the same time a jab at those who had claimed Aerosmith was using drugs again. Tyler especially targeted former manager Tim Collins with these jokes, who had accused Aerosmith of relapsing into drug use before the band fired him in 1996. "Back On The Grass" was never an official name for the tour, just a joke Tyler repeated in several interviews.

Setlist

The setlist was quite long, featuring as many as 25 songs at some shows. It varied show to show, as most Aerosmith setlists do, but it usually included about half a dozen songs from Just Push Play as well a fair balance between their 70s rock classics and their 80s and 90s pop-rock hits.

Success

The tour came on the heels of the band's platinum album Just Push Play. Aerosmith was at their peak popularity at this time, having played the Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show, been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, and scored a Top 10 hit all within the first half of the year. Just prior to the start of the tour, Steven Tyler sang the National Anthem at the Indianapolis 500, and the team sponsored a car in the race.

As a result, many shows sold out and the band seemed to endlessly add arena dates through the fall and winter, even after their highly successful summer amphitheater tour.

The tour was ranked as the 8th highest grossing of 2001.

• Total Gross: $43,578,874.
• Total Attendance: 937,609. 56 shows. 15 sellouts.

Problems

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the band canceled the three shows after that (Virginia Beach, Camden, NJ, and Columbia, MD), which all also happened to be on the Eastern Seaboard, where the attacks had occurred. These shows were later rescheduled.

Additionally, the band decided to cancel a 2nd show at Irvine, CA earlier in the tour, due to a scheduling conflict with the filming of the video for the single "Sunshine."

United We Stand

The band decided to play the United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert (for September 11 victims) at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. on October 21, 2001, alongside Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and several other pop stars. The band had been uncertain about whether to play the show due to scheduling conflicts, and made the decision almost at the last minute. The band took the stage in the afternoon, playing about a 5-song set and then amazingly flew back to Indianapolis, IN for a concert that same night.

Rockin' the Joint

In January 2002, the band played The Joint, a 2,000 seat venue within the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. This show was recorded and parts of it released as the band's fifth live album, a Dual Disc CD/DVD entitled Rockin' the Joint which was released in 2005.

References

1. http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pid=804223

External links

• Aerosmith
• Aero Force One