Album of the Year Tour

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Album of the Year Tour
Tour by Faith No More
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Poster for the September 23, 1997 concert at the Agora Theater in Cleveland with Limp Bizkit
Associated album Album of the Year
Start dateApril 22, 1997
End dateDecember 10, 1997 / April 7, 1998
Faith No More concert chronology

The Album of the Year Tour was a concert tour by San Francisco band Faith No More, in support of their 1997 release Album of the Year . It was Faith No More's final tour before their original breakup in April 1998. Only 32 of the dates were in their native North America, due to the band's greater popularity overseas at the time. [1]

Contents

Background

The tour covered several continents, lasting from April 1997 to December 1997. [2] During April 1998, the band reconvened for three festival dates in Spain and Portugal. [1] These would end up being their last shows in over 10 years, as they announced their split later that month.

When Album of the Year was released in June 1997, Mike Bordin was called in to perform with Ozzy Osbourne for that year's edition of Ozzfest, which ran from May 24 to July 1. [3] This resulted in Robin Guy (of the band Rachel Stamp) filling in on drums for Bordin during a UK Top of the Pops performance on May 30, as well as an absence of any Faith No More shows during the month of June. Shortly after he returned from Ozzfest, the band had to cancel four July dates in Europe, so Bordin could attend the birth of his first daughter in San Francisco. [4]

The Album of the Year tour is notable for featuring Limp Bizkit, a nu metal/rap metal band greatly influenced by Faith No More, as an opener for several 1997 US dates. They were frequently booed by Faith No More's fans, including during a September 1997 concert at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, where the crowd booed them off stage. [5] In a 2013 interview, Roddy Bottum reflected on the shows with Limp Bizkit, recalling "I fought it at the time. I had to really push to get a couple bands that I liked to get on the bill in Portland and Seattle on that leg. I had no interest in the sound of Limp Bizkit. It was not how I wanted to be represented at all. Not to be snotty at all, but that guy Fred Durst had a really bad attitude. He was kind of a jerk." [6] Bottum also remembered an incident where Durst "called the audience faggots at one show when they booed him." [6] Durst apologized to him after this show, as he did not know that Bottum had come out as gay in the early 90s. [7] Limp Bizkit's guitarist Wes Borland later claimed that his band were excited about the prospect of getting to tour with Faith No More, stating "the idea of it was cool [but] once we got there, it was a really tough crowd. They have a really tough crowd to please, who are very vocal about not liking you. We opened for Faith No More and Primus in the same year, and the Primus tour went a lot better than the Faith No More tour." [8] Borland added that he did not get to know Mike Patton personally until several years later. [8]

During the tour, they would cover various songs, both in full and as snippets, such as the Aqua song "Barbie Girl", [9] "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, Will Smith's "Men in Black", Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You" and the R. Kelly songs "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Gotham City". An intro tape was used at the beginning of shows, which contained "Also sprach Zarathustra", followed by an Elvis-style fanfare clip announcing Faith No More as being from Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. [2] The band's setlists for the tour mainly consisted of their 1990s material, with songs from Introduce Yourself and The Real Thing being played less frequently than before. [2] However, the track "As the Worm Turns" (from 1985's We Care a Lot ) began to appear more often this tour, [2] having been mostly absent throughout the 1995 King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime tour. [2] All songs from Album of the Year were played during the tour, with the sole exception of "She Loves Me Not", which still remains one of the only studio album songs Faith No More has never performed live. [2] The two b-sides "The Big Kahuna" and "Light Up & Let Go" were also not played, and have remained unperformed to this day. [2] "Helpless" was only performed a single time on the tour, during the October 26, 1997 show at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. [2]

On the European legs, Faith No More performed in Croatia and Luxembourg, two countries they had never previously visited. [10]

Concert dates

Early European shows

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
April 22, 1997
(First show since September 1995, and first show with Jon Hudson)
London England Hippodrome
April 28, 1997 Stockholm SwedenElectric Garden
April 30, 1997 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
May 3, 1997 Paris France Élysée Montmartre Treponem Pal
May 4, 1997ColgoneGermanyBürgerhaus Stollwerck
May 5, 1997BerlinSO 36
May 6, 1997 Hamburg Markthalle Bad Sin
May 8, 1997ParisFranceNulle Part Ailleurs
May 12, 1997 Glasgow Scotland Arches
May 13, 1997 Nottingham England Rock City
May 13, 1997London Astoria A
May 16, 1997TFI Friday
May 30, 1997
(With Robin Guy of Rachel Stamp on drums)
BBC Top of the Pops Spice Girls
Album of the Year is released around the world in June 1997

July '97 Florida shows

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
July 4, 1997 Tampa United StatesPinellas County Fairgrounds [a] Our Lady Peace, Mighty Joe Plum, Sugartooth, Cool for August, Creed, Naked
July 5, 1997 Sunrise Markham Park [b] Better Than Ezra, The Nixons, Orbit

First European leg

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
July 10, 1997
(Cancelled due to the birth of Mike Bordin's daughter)
NaplesItalyOpen Air at the Sea
July 11, 1997
(Cancelled due to the birth of Mike Bordin's daughter)
VeniceBeach Bum Rock Festival
July 12, 1997
(Cancelled due to the birth of Mike Bordin's daughter)
FrauenfeldSwitzerlandOut in the Green Festival
July 13, 1997
(Cancelled due to the birth of Mike Bordin's daughter)
WelsAustriaFestival
July 15, 1997 Katowice PolandSpodek Sporthall Flapjack
July 17, 1997 Prague Czech RepublicSky Club BrumlovkaSatisfucktion
July 19, 1997ZeebruggeBelgiumBeach Rock Festival Simple Minds, Wet Wet Wet, Neneh Cherry, Mark Owen, Shaggy
July 20, 1997Stratford Upon AvonEnglandPhoenix Festival David Bowie, Billy Bragg, Catatonia, Apollo 440
July 23, 1997CopenhagenDenmarkVega
July 24, 1997OsloNorwayRockefeller
July 26, 1997StockholmSwedenLollipop Festival
July 28, 1997HelsinkiFinlandKulttuuritalo
August 14, 1997
(Cancelled)
CunlhatFranceFree-Wheels Festival
August 16, 1997CologneGermanyBizarre Festival Silverchair, Fettes Brot, Marilyn Manson, Rollins Band, Bush, Skunk Anansie, Atari Teenage Riot, Catherine, Das Auge Gottes, Deine Lakaien, Descendents, Pist.On, Sans Secours
August 17, 1997BudapestHungaryPepsi-sziget fesztivál Tankcsapda, New Model Army, Ladánybene 27
August 19, 1997HaifaIsraelCity Hall
August 20, 1997Tel-AvivCinerama
August 22, 1997TrutnovCzech RepublicTrutnov Open Air Festival
August 24, 1997DrontenNetherlandsLowlands Festival Foo Fighters, Life of Agony, Heideroosjes, Rowwen Hèze, Skunk Anansie, Rammstein, Blur, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pigmeat, Millencolin, Pennywise, I Against I
August 25, 1997LuxembourgLuxembourgDen Atelier
August 26, 1997UtrechtNetherlandsTivoli
August 27, 1997RotterdamNight Town
August 29, 1997StrasbourFranceLa Laiterie
August 30, 1997KonstanzGermanyRock Am See Festival
August 31, 1997BolognaItalyArena Parco Nord Eels

North American leg

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
September 5, 1997Tinley Park, ILUnited States New World Music Theatre [c] Veruca Salt, Silverchair, Seven Mary Three, Megadeth, Local H, Limp Bizkit, Helmet, Gravity Kills, Days of the New, Cracker
September 7, 1997Tulsa Mohawk Park [d] Helmet, Sugar Ray, Reel Big Fish, Our Lady Peace, Smash Mouth, Caroline's Spine, Outhouse, Artificial Joy Club, Groove Pilots
September 9, 1997St. Louis Mississippi Nights Limp Bizkit
September 10, 1997Columbus Newport Music Hall
September 11, 1997Cincinnati Bogart's
September 12, 1997Atlanta Masquerade
September 13, 1997Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion [e] Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Blues Traveler, Primus, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Soul Coughing
September 14, 1997Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Amphitheater [f] Seven Mary Three, The Nixons, Corrosion of Conformity, Jimmie's Chicken Shack
September 16, 1997Washington 9:30 Club Limp Bizkit
September 17, 1997Sea BrightThe Tradewinds
September 18, 1997Providence Strand Theatre
September 19, 1997New York Roseland Ballroom
September 20, 1997Philadelphia Electric Factory
September 21, 1997Worcester Green Hill Park [g] Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Sector 98, Fjlex
September 22, 1997
(Rumored; not officially confirmed)
Rochester Waterstreet Music Hall Limp Bizkit
September 23, 1997 Cleveland Agora Theatre
September 24, 1997 Detroit St. Andrews Hall
September 25, 1997 Milwaukee Modjeska Theatre
September 26, 1997Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheatre [h] Pantera, Machine Head, Limp Bizkit, Coal Chamber
September 27, 1997Dallas Deep Ellum Live Limp Bizkit
September 28, 1997New OrleansMarconi Meadows [i] Foo Fighters, Fiona Apple, Better Than Ezra, Candlebox, Cowboy Mouth, Limp Bizkit, Reel Big Fish
October 1, 1997Denver Odgen Theatre Limp Bizkit
October 2, 1997Salt Lake CityBrick's
October 3, 1997Las Vegas Huntridge Theatre
October 4, 1997Phoenix Celebrity Theater Limp Bizkit, Grey Daze
October 5, 1997Los Angeles Palace Limp Bizkit
October 6, 1997San Francisco The Warfield lowercase
October 8, 1997Portland La Luna
October 10, 1997VancouverCanadaRage
October 11, 1997SeattleUnited States Moore Theatre

Australia/New Zealand leg

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
October 16, 1997WellingtonNew Zealand Queens Wharf
October 17, 1997Auckland North Shore Events Centre Go Ask Alice
October 20, 1997SydneyAustralia Hordern Pavilion Shihad
October 21, 1997
October 23, 1997NewcastleWorkers Club
October 24, 1997Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 26, 1997Melbourne Festival Hall Shihad
October 27, 1997
October 29, 1997Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
November 1, 1997Perth Perth Entertainment Centre Shihad

Japanese leg

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
November 5, 1997NagoyaJapanClub Quattro
November 6, 1997Osaka Sinsaibashi
November 7, 1997TokyoShibuya On Air East
November 8, 1997

Second European leg

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
November 11, 1997HamburgGermany Grosse Freiheit
November 12, 1997Berlin Huxley's Neue Welt
November 13, 1997LudwigsburgForum Am Schlosspark
November 14, 1997Sursee Stadthalle
November 15, 1997GenevaSwitzerlandVernier sur Rock
November 17, 1997MunichGermanyColosseum Radish
November 18, 1997ViennaAustriaLibro Music Hall
November 19, 1997LjubljanaSlovenia Hala Tivoli Odpisani, Psycho-Path
November 20, 1997ZagrebCroatia Dom Sportova
November 21, 1997MilanItaly Palalido Radish
November 23, 1997MoscowRussia Lushniki Tequilajazzz, Green Gray, Naive
November 25, 1997Offenbach am MainGermany Stadthalle Offenbach Eskimos and Egypt, Radish
November 26, 1997DüsseldorfStahlwerk
November 27, 1997Hannover Music Hall Eskimos and Egypt, Radish
November 29, 1997LondonEngland Brixton Academy Radish
November 30, 1997Cambridge Corn Exchange
December 1, 1997Wolverhampton Civic Hall
December 3, 1997Manchester Manchester Academy Radish
December 4, 1997Nottingham Rock City
December 5, 1997London TFI Friday
December 5, 1997GlasgowScotland Barrowlands
December 6, 1997InnsbruckAustriaMTV Air & Style Event
December 8, 1997LyonFranceTransbordeur
December 9, 1997ParisCanal + Studios
December 9, 1997Paris Le Bataclan Radish
December 10, 1997LilleL'Aéronef

Late European shows

DateCityCountryVenueOther Performers
April 4, 1998GranadaSpainFestival Esparrago Rock
April 6, 1998OportoPortugalColiseu do Porto
April 7, 1998LisbonColiseu dos Recreios
Faith No More officially announce their breakup on April 20, 1998
July 1, 1998
(Cancelled due to breakup)
KristiansandNorwayQuart Festival
July, 1998
(Cancelled due to breakup)
RingeDenmarkMidtfyns Festival
July 9, 1998
(Cancelled due to breakup)
CologneGermanySporthalle Aerosmith

Notes

  1. This concert was part of WXTB 98. 7th Annual World's Largest Barbecue
  2. This concert was part of Zetafest
  3. This concert was part of Rockstock
  4. This concert was part of KMYZ Edgefest
  5. This concert was part of 106.5 Weenie Roast
  6. This concert was part of Lunatic Luau
  7. This concert was part of Locobazooka
  8. This concert was part of Summer Slam
  9. This concert was part of The End’s Mojo Music Festival

Songs performed

Studio songs

We Care a Lot

Introduce Yourself

The Real Thing

Angel Dust

King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime

Album of the Year

Cover songs

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