Rockin' the Joint Tour

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Rockin' the Joint Tour
Tour by Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz
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Associated album Rockin' the Joint
Start dateOctober 30, 2005
End dateMarch 2, 2006
Legs3
No. of shows61 (scheduled); 44 (played)
Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz concert chronology

The Rockin' the Joint Tour was a North American concert tour headlined by Aerosmith, that ran from 2005 to 2006. The tour was put on in support of their live album titled Rockin' the Joint which was released in the fall of 2005. The first leg ran from October 30 to February 24 hitting most major U.S. markets; shows on this leg were opened by Lenny Kravitz. The second leg was scheduled to run from March to April 2006, reaching some of the smaller U.S. markets and opened by Cheap Trick. It was, however, cut short when lead singer Steven Tyler required throat surgery.

Contents

Tour dates

The following is a list of the tour dates on this tour: [1]

DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold / availableRevenue
Leg I with Lenny Kravitz opening
October 30, 2005 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena 16,243 / 16,998$1,527,128
November 1, 2005
November 3, 2005 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
November 8, 2005 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 10,417 / 12,362$927,576
November 10, 2005 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena 14,352 / 14,352$1,113,510
November 12, 2005 Boston TD Banknorth Garden 15,792 / 15,792$1,372,235
November 14, 2005 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 8,066 / 12,418$759,132
November 16, 2005 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre 13,100 / 16,370$976,290
November 18, 2005 Toronto Air Canada Centre 17,434 / 17,434$1,470,693
November 20, 2005 Columbus United States Nationwide Arena
November 23, 2005 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 16,758 / 16,758$1,353,670
November 26, 2005 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
November 30, 2005 Albany Pepsi Arena
December 2, 2005 Atlantic City Borgata
December 4, 2005 Cleveland Wolstein Center
December 6, 2005 Minneapolis Target Center
December 8, 2005 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
December 10, 2005 Chicago United States United Center
December 13, 2005 Milwaukee Bradley Center 7,047 / 15,849$628,725
December 15, 2005 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
December 17, 2005 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 10,212 / 10,212$923,245
Leg II with Lenny Kravitz opening
January 5, 2006 Orlando United States TD Waterhouse Centre
January 7, 2006 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 11,134 / 12,034$1,055,292
January 12, 2006 Charlotte Charlotte Bobcats Arena 9,090 / 11,286$657,123
January 15, 2006 Atlanta Philips Arena
January 17, 2006 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
January 19, 2006 Sunrise Office Depot Center
January 21, 2006 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
January 23, 2006 Houston Toyota Center
January 25, 2006 San Antonio SBC Center
January 27, 2006 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 30, 2006 Denver Pepsi Center
February 1, 2006 Glendale Glendale Arena
February 3, 2006 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
February 6, 2006 Sacramento ARCO Arena
February 8, 2006 Oakland Oakland Arena 10,329 / 16,392$862,202
February 10, 2006 San Diego iPayOne Center 10,531 / 12,408$979,118
February 13, 2006 Portland Rose Garden Arena 11,451 / 17,825$933,655
February 15, 2006 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 13,400 / 22,200$1,090,235
February 18, 2006 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena 13,199 / 13,199$1,726,263
February 20, 2006 Fresno Save Mart Center 9,457 / 13,981$994,720
February 22, 2006Los Angeles Staples Center 13,657 / 14,973$1,287,775
February 24, 2006 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond 12,784 / 13,289$1,194,185
Leg III with Cheap Trick opening
March 2, 2006 Hollywood United States Hard Rock Live
March 4, 2006 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center canceled
March 7, 2006 Lexington Rupp Arena canceled
March 9, 2006 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena canceled
March 12, 2006 Hershey Giant Center canceled
March 15, 2006 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena canceled
March 17, 2006 East Lansing Breslin Center canceled
March 19, 2006 Montreal Canada Bell Centre canceled
March 21, 2006 London John Labatt Centre canceled
March 23, 2006 Des Moines United States Wells Fargo Arena canceled
March 25, 2006 Grand Forks Alerus Center canceled
March 27, 2006 Peoria Carver Arena canceled
March 29, 2006 Oklahoma City Ford Center canceled
March 31, 2006 Omaha Qwest Center canceled
April 2, 2006 Ashwaubenon Resch Center canceled
April 5, 2006 Saskatoon Canada Credit Union Centre canceled
April 7, 2006 Edmonton Rexall Place canceled
April 9, 2006 Vancouver General Motors Place canceled

All shows after March 2, 2006 were canceled due to illness of the band's frontman Steven Tyler, who later on would undergo throat surgery.

Problems

Before the Tampa, Florida show, Lenny Kravitz did not perform due to some voice complications.

Criticisms

Innovations

Setlist

An average setlist would look like this,

Success

See also

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