NASHVILLE |DATE: AUGUST 13, 1998
FROM: AMANDA CAGAN/ MITCH SCHNEIDER
WE'VE COME FOR YOUR CHILDREN: It's official. The first-annual "Family Values" tour is set to kick-off September 22 (not September 23, as previously-reported) in Rochester, NY at the War Memorial Arena. After weeks of anticipation, early dates for the irreverently titled "Family Values" tour–the brain-child of KORN, their management company The Firm (led by partners Jeff Kwatinetz and Michael Green) and John Scher at Metropolitan Entertainment Group–have been announced. And, in keeping with the tour's theme, the line-up–KORN, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit and Orgy–has certainly turned out to be every parent's nightmare…but also KORN's dream. As bassist FIELDY recently explained, "We wanted to do a tour where we bring the bands we like with us, where everybody is in the same vibe. All slammin' shit. `Family Values' is a dream tour for us. And this is going to be an annual thing, too whether KORN is on it or not. And we'll arrange it every year and set up the bands who'll be on it." Lead singer JONATHAN DAVIS continues, "We wanted something that was really pumpin' with something new, something that had spark to it. We did it, and let's rock!" As drummer DAVID concludes, "There are all these festivals that have these weak links in them. It's not always easy to put together a big festival because there are a lot of people involved. We thought we could give it a shot and do something better." With artists like KORN, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit and Orgy all on one stage, how will parents be able to sleep at night knowing their "Children Of The KORN" (to quote a song title from KORN's forthcoming album, FOLLOW THE LEADER, set for release August 18 on Immortal/Epic) are being exposed to this kind of family entertainment? What they don't know won't hurt `em, as the saying goes…the first two weeks of "Family Values" are as follows (with more dates to be announced in the coming weeks):
DATE CITY VENUE
Tues 9/22 Rochester, NY The Blue Cross Arena
Wed 9/23 Boston, MA Centrum
Fri 9/25 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
Sat 9/26 Philadelphia, PA Core States Spectrum
Sun 9/27 Cleveland, OH CSU Pavilion
Tues 9/29 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Center
Wed 9/30 Detroit, MI The Palace
Fri 10/2 Milwaukee, WI Mecca Arena
Sat 10/3 Chicago, IL Rosemont
Sun 10/4 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
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