The announcement came April 24. Napster, the controversial
music trading company will be footing the bill to send Limp
Bizkit and Cypress Hill out on a month-long tour. The catch is,
tickets will be free. The tour is currently scheduled to begin
July 4 in Chicago and should travel to at least 8 other major U.S.
cities. The expected cost of the journey: $1.8 million.
The "Back to Basics Tour" as it is tentaively known will run through
August 6 and will most likely be held in smaller venues that hold
around 5,000 fans. Frontman Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit apoke at an
afternoon press conference saying the band is looking forward to
returning to smaller, more personal shows.
No specific dates are yet confirmed. Tickets will not be given
out for the shows but will only be availible on a first-come
first-serve basis, although the bands are expected to play multiple
shows in each city.
Neither Limp Bizkit nor Cypress Hill will be paid for the tour. All
funding from Napster will go towards covering tour expenses.
RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS CONTINUE TO TOUR
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are gearing up for the fifth leg of
their tour; scheduled to begin on July 30. Replacing the Foo
Fighters will be fellow Los Angeles band Fishbone. Also
scheduled to be on the bill is Stone Temple Pilots. A sixth
leg of the tour will begin on September 1 with STP remaining on
the ticket and an as yet unnamed band filling in for Fishbone.
Concert dates are as follows:
:FIFTH LEG:
7/30: Saratoga, NY, SPAC
7/31: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Arts Center
8/2: Chicago, IL, The World
8/3: Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Amphitheater
8/7: Detroit, MI, Pine Knob
8/10: Charleston, WV, Charleston Civic Center
8/12: Wantaugh, NY, Jones Beach
8/15: Buffalo, NY, Darien Lakes
8/16: Toronto, Canada, Molson Amphitheater
8/18: Quebec City, Canada, Colisee de Quebec
8/19: Montreal, Canada, Molson Center
:SIXTH LEG:
9/1: Irvine, CA, Irvine Meadows
9/4: TBD
9/9: Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheater
9/10: Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
