Global Warming Tour

The Global Warming Tour, by American hard rock band Aerosmith, included 82 concert performances across North America, Oceania, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Global Warming Tour

Tour by Aerosmith
Location	North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe
Associated album	Music from Another Dimension!
Start date	May 30, 2012 (2012-05-30)
End date	June 28, 2014 (2014-06-28)
Legs	8
No. of shows	46 in North America 5 in Oceania 6 in Asia 7 in South America 15 in Europe 82 total 6 cancelled
Aerosmith concert chronology

"It's something so magical," remarked Steven Tyler. "Other people see it. We don't, because we're in the middle of it. This is Aerosmith, man. The second we get up there on stage, it's insane."[1]

Prior to the first leg, the band played a private event for Walmart shareholders. The first leg included 23 performances and lasted from late May through early August 2012.

The second leg included 14 performances in November and December 2012. Before the second leg, the band performed a brief set at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in mid September. Also prior to the second leg, to promote their new album in early November, the band played three nationally televised performances in New York City and did a special performance in front of their old Boston apartment.

The first two legs were held primarily in indoor arenas, with a couple outdoor shows and a few festivals on the first leg, including three in eastern Canada and Milwaukee's Summerfest.

The third leg of the tour ran from late April to mid May 2013 and saw Aerosmith playing their first shows in Australia since 1990, as well as their first shows in New Zealand and the Philippines. On May 30, the band played at the "Boston Strong" charity concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. In July 2013, the band played at the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia and at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. In August 2013, the band performed four concerts in Japan, but their first shows in China and Taiwan were cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The band performed in August at the Harley-Davidson 110th anniversary concert series in Milwaukee. Concerts were planned for Latin America in September and October, including their first shows in Uruguay, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Cheap Trick opened all dates on the first two legs bar a few festivals.[2] The Dead Dasies, featuring Jon Stevens and Richard Fortus, opened the Australia/New Zealand leg. In Argentina and Brazil, Aerosmith toured with Whitesnake, including the Personal Fest in Buenos Aires and at the Monsters of Rock in São Paulo.

The tour promoted Music from Another Dimension!, released on November 6, 2012.[3] In addition to hits and choice album cuts, the band performed four new songs from the album, three of them regularly ("Oh Yeah", "Legendary Child", and "Lover Alot").

On May 5, 2013, the band announced they had cancelled their first show in Jakarta due to safety concerns.[4]

In 2014, Aerosmith played 17 concerts across Europe from May 14 to July 2. The Let Rock Rule Tour was scheduled to follow in July, August, and September 2014 and see Aerosmith play several dates in North America. This tour featured Slash (with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) as the opening act. Full details of the tour were announced on April 8, 2014.[5][6] On May 14, 2014, the band announced that they had cancelled their concert in Istanbul after Turkey declared a three-day mourning for the victims of Soma mine disaster.[7] July 2, 2014 concert in Kiev was cancelled due to civil unrest in Ukraine.[8]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America #1
May 30, 2012	Fayetteville	United States	Bud Walton Arena (private event for Walmart)
June 16, 2012	Minneapolis		Target Center
June 19, 2012	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena
June 22, 2012	Chicago		United Center
June 27, 2012	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
June 29, 2012	Albany	United States	Times Union Center
July 1, 2012	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
July 5, 2012	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 7, 2012	Milwaukee		Summerfest
July 10, 2012	Laval	Canada	Laval Nature Center
July 12, 2012	Quebec City		Quebec City Summer Festival
July 14, 2012	Grand Falls		Exploits Salmon Festival
July 17, 2012	Boston	United States	TD Garden
July 19, 2012
July 21, 2012	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
July 24, 2012	East Rutherford		Izod Center
July 26, 2012	Atlanta		Philips Arena
July 28, 2012	Dallas		American Airlines Center
July 30, 2012	Houston		Toyota Center
August 1, 2012	Denver		Pepsi Center
August 4, 2012	Oakland		Oracle Arena
August 6, 2012	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
August 8, 2012	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
August 12, 2012	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
North America #2
September 22, 2012	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden Arena (iHeartRadio Music Festival)
November 2, 2012	New York City		Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together
November 5, 2012	Boston		1325 Commonwealth Avenue
November 8, 2012	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena
November 11, 2012	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena
November 14, 2012	Kansas City		Sprint Center
November 16, 2012	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
November 20, 2012	New York City		Madison Square Garden
November 23, 2012	Atlantic City		Revel
November 25, 2012	Columbus		Nationwide Arena
November 27, 2012	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
December 1, 2012	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden Arena
December 3, 2012	Los Angeles		Staples Center
December 6, 2012	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
December 9, 2012	Sunrise		BB&T Center
December 11, 2012	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum
December 13, 2012	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
Oceania
April 20, 2013	Sydney	Australia	ANZ Stadium
April 24, 2013	Dunedin	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium
April 28, 2013	Melbourne	Australia	Sidney Myer Music Bowl
May 1, 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
May 4, 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
Asia #1
May 8, 2013	Pasay	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena
May 11, 2013	Jakarta	Indonesia	Jakarta International Expo[4]
May 25, 2013	Downtown Core	Singapore	The Meadow
North America #3
May 30, 2013	Boston	United States	TD Garden (“Boston Strong”)
July 6, 2013	Fairlea		West Virginia State Fair Grandstand (for “The Greenbrier Classic”)
July 10, 2013	Ledyard		MGM Grand Theater
July 13, 2013	New York City		Randall's Island
Asia #2
August 8, 2013	Chiba City	Japan	"AEROSONIC" (with B'z) Chiba Marine Stadium
August 11, 2013	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall
August 14, 2013	Osaka		Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
August 16, 2013
August 21, 2013	Shanghai	China	Hongkou Football Stadium
August 24, 2013	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	Kaohsiung National Stadium (part of Rock Sonic Day in Kaohsiung)
North America #4
August 30, 2013	Milwaukee	United States	Marcus Amphitheater (Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary)
Latin America #1
September 28, 2013	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas
October 1, 2013	San José	Costa Rica	Estadio Nacional
October 4, 2013	San Salvador	El Salvador	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
October 6, 2013	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Estadio Cementos Progreso
October 9, 2013	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario
October 12, 2013	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Personal Fest
October 15, 2013	Curitiba	Brazil	Bioparque
October 18, 2013	Rio de Janeiro		Praça da Apoteose
October 20, 2013	São Paulo		Monsters Of Rock
October 23, 2013	Brasília		Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
October 27, 2013	Mexico City	Mexico	Arena Ciudad de Mexico
Europe
May 14, 2014	Istanbul	Turkey	ITU Stadium
May 17, 2014	Sofia	Bulgaria	Lokomotiv Stadium
May 21, 2014	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena
May 24, 2014	Moscow	Russia	Olympic Stadium
May 27, 2014	Saint Petersburg		SKK Peterburgsky
May 30, 2014	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
June 1, 2014	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele 2 Arena
June 4, 2014	Kristiansand	Norway	Odderøya Amfi
June 6, 2014	Horsens	Denmark	Horsens Statsfængsel
June 9, 2014	Berlin	Germany	02 Arena
June 12, 2014	Łódź	Poland	Arena Łódź
June 15, 2014	Leicestershire	England	Download Festival, Donington Park,
June 18, 2014	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
June 21, 2014	Clisson	France	Hellfest Festival
June 25, 2014	Milan	Italy	Fiera Arena
June 28, 2014	London	England	Clapham Common
July 2, 2014	Kiev	Ukraine	Olimpiysky National Sports Complex

Stage setup

The stage was very close to the design of past tours. The main stage, occupying one end of the venue had the classic Aerosmith logo painted on top and two small platforms off to each side. Kramer's drums were at the back, Hamilton and Whitford were on the left side, and Perry was on the right side. The back-up musicians were at the back-left of the stage behind a stack of amps, the order usually went Melanie Taylor (backing vocals), Mindi Abair (saxophone and backing vocals) and Russ Irwin (keyboards and backing vocals). In the middle of the main stage was the catwalk, which ran through nine rows at each venue. At the end of the catwalk was a B-stage, which ran through the tenth row to the sixteenth row. Around the entire stage was a half-meter wide barricade that contained security and a few select fans.

Performance

The show would start with a video playing on the main video screen that was reminiscent of the original opening from The Outer Limits. Near the end of the video, smoke would arise from the end of the B-stage and from the main stage. When the video finished, Kramer, Whitford and Hamilton would kick into the opening song while Tyler and Perry would rise from a trapdoor at the end of the B-stage. For the first song, Tyler and Perry would stay on the B-stage and the rest of the band would stay on the main stage. After the first song finished, Hamilton, Whitford, Tyler and Perry would all go where they pleased. At "What It Takes", Tyler would look for an attractive girl to sing the opening lines, like in most tours. At the encore which was "Dream On" at every date, smoke would again appear from the end of the B-stage and Tyler on a white piano would appear from the same trapdoor as before. The piano had a few blocks beside it used as stairs by Perry and Tyler, as they would walk on top of the piano. They followed with a second encore – "Train Kept A-Rollin'" – and at a few venues, a third encore was even played, either "Mama Kin" or "Chip Away the Stone". When the encores wrapped up, a few cannons fired silver confetti into the audience. After the confetti storm, Tyler would introduce the back-up musicians (Taylor, Abair and Irwin) and the members of Aerosmith. Finally, he would hand the microphone off to Perry, who would introduce Tyler. After the introductions, the band would walk out with "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters playing over the speakers.

• Top 200 North American Tours 2012: #23[9]
• Total Gross: US $31 million
• Total Attendance: 306,475 (33 concerts)

Notes

• Aerosmith premiered six new songs on this tour: "Oh Yeah", "Legendary Child", "What Could Have Been Love", "Lover Alot", "Freedom Fighter" and, in excerpted form only, "Street Jesus".
• Whitford's sons Harrison and Graham guested on "Last Child" at, respectively, the American Airlines Center in Dallas and Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• At the Hollywood Bowl, instead of Tyler and Perry appearing from a trapdoor at the end of the catwalk, Stan Lee introduced the band and Aerosmith simply walked onstage.
• Actor Johnny Depp played rhythm guitar and one solo on "Train Kept A-Rollin'" in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl, and guested on "Come Together" and "Stop Messin' Around" at the Staples Center.
• Sean Lennon, son of John, added vocals on "Come Together" at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• "Lick and a Promise" got its first play in 24 years on United States soil, the last time being at the Pacific Coast Amphitheater in Costa Mesa on September 15, 1988, on the Permanent Vacation Tour.
• Aerosmith performed a clip of "Woman of the World" in Atlanta at the Phillips Center. The song hadn't been played anywhere since 1974.
• Aerosmith had to reschedule their show in Bristow, Virginia, because of reported voice problems by Tyler. Originally scheduled for July 3, it was moved to August 12. A difficult political situation in Ukraine meant the show in Kyiv was moved from May 21 to July 2, 2014.
• Jesse Sky Kramer joined his father on percussion for many songs at every show.
• This is the first tour where Aerosmith utilised back-up singers other than Russ Irwin.
• Tyler joined Kramer on drums during "Combination" at every date.
• At a few shows, saxophonist and back-up singer Mindi Abair jammed with Kramer during his drum solo.
• On some nights Whitford played guitar and provided backing vocals on "Ain't That a Shame" or "Surrender" with opening act Cheap Trick.[10] On other nights, Tyler would run out during "I Want You to Want Me", play with Trick bassist Tom Petersson and guitarist Rick Nielsen, help sing the chorus, then quickly exit.[11]
• Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin guested on "Mama Kin" at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
• Russ Irwin, Aerosmith keyboardist, occasionally performed the "Abbey Road Medley" (originally by The Beatles) with Cheap Trick during their set.
• At the Sunrise, Florida, show on 12/09, longtime Aerosmith collaborator Richie Supa guested on "Chip Away the Stone".
• On the 11/27 Toronto show, Aerosmith performed "Red House" as an homage to Jimi Hendrix on what would have been his seventieth birthday.
• Before the Melbourne show, Hamilton suffered a chest infection and was flown home. David Hull from the Joe Perry Project was flown in from the United States to play in his place. Hamilton was set to return with the band after the Australian dates.
• "Throughout tonight's two-hour show," noted Classic Rock of June 27's Toronto fixture, "the singer heaps generous praise on his bandmates, and name-checks (rather than hip-checks) Perry so many times that it borders on idolatry… Intoxicating stuff."[12]

List of songs played

Song	Album	Times
"Dream On"	Aerosmith	77
"Mama Kin"		26
"Walkin’ the Dog" (Rufus Thomas cover)		18
"Movin' Out"		15
"Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw cover)	Get Your Wings	34
"Same Old Song and Dance"		25
"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"		10
"Seasons of Wither"		3
"Woman of the World"		1
"Walk This Way"	Toys in the Attic	77
"Sweet Emotion"		77
"No More No More"		64
"Toys in the Attic"		32
"Big Ten Inch Record" (Bull Moose Jackson cover)		4
"Last Child"	Rocks	77
"Combination"		49
"Rats in the Cellar"		14
"Back in the Saddle"		9
"Lick and a Promise"		1
"Draw the Line"	Draw the Line	36
"Come Together" (The Beatles cover)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)	60
"Let the Music Do the Talking"	Done with Mirrors	8
"Rag Doll"	Permanent Vacation	56
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"		46
"Chip Away the Stone"	Gems	6
"Love in an Elevator"	Pump	77
"What it Takes"		59
"Janie's Got a Gun"		20
"F.I.N.E."		4
"Livin' on the Edge"	Get a Grip	76
"Cryin'"		52
"Boogie Man"		39
"Eat the Rich"		19
"Crazy"		6
"Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"	Nine Lives	3
"Pink"		8
"Full Circle"		1
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	Armageddon soundtrack	46
"Jaded"	Just Push Play	56
"Beyond Beautiful"		2
"Stop Messin' Around" (Fleetwood Mac cover)	Honkin' on Bobo	24
"Oh Yeah"	Music from Another Dimension!	76
"Legendary Child"		24
"Lover Alot"		17
"Freedom Fighter"		13
"What Could Have Been Love"		2
"Rattlesnake Shake" (Fleetwood Mac cover)	Then Play On	1
"Red House" (Jimi Hendrix cover)	Are You Experienced	1

Setlist

First leg (May to August 2012)

1. "Draw the Line" (switched with "Toys in the Attic" on 07/10)
2. "Love in an Elevator"
3. "Oh Yeah"
4. "Lick and a Promise" (only on 07/21)
5. "Livin' on the Edge"
6. "Cryin' ("Jaded" on 07/05, 07/07, 07/10, 07/12, 07/14, and 07/17)
7. "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (replaced with "Come Together" later on the tour)
8. "Last Child"
9. Joey Kramer drum solo
10. "Rag Doll" ("Lord of the Thighs" on 07/05, 07/07, and 07/19)
11. "Boogie Man"/ instrumental jam
12. Theme from Peter Gunn (only played on 07/17, 07/19, 07/21, 07/24, 07/26, 07/28, 07/30, 08/01, 08/04, 08/06, 08/08, and 08/12)
13. "Combination"
14. "What It Takes" (When "Stop Messin' Around" entered the set, "What It Takes" was moved later in the night.)
15. "Rattlesnake Shake" (only on 07/21)
16. "No More No More" (switched with "Stop Messin' Around" later on the tour)
17. "Legendary Child"
18. "Rats in the Cellar" ("I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" or "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" were also played in this spot.)
19. "Walking the Dog" ("Chip Away the Stone" and "Big Ten Inch Record" were also played here.)
20. Tom Hamilton bass solo
21. "Uncle Salty" (partial) (only played on 08/01)
22. "Sweet Emotion"
23. "Mother Popcorn" (only on 06/19, 07/05, 07/07, 07/10, 07/12, 07/14, and 08/01)
24. "Walk This Way"
25. "Dream On" (On some dates, Steven jammed on "One Way Street" or "You See Me Crying" prior to starting "Dream On".)
26. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
27. "Mama Kin" (only on a few dates, "Chip Away the Stone" on a few nights as well)

Second leg (September to December 2012)

1. "Mama Kin" (Switched for "Toys in the Attic" on a few dates. Mama Kin was moved into the encores the first time.)
2. "Love in an Elevator"
3. "Jaded" ("Cryin'" on 11/08)
4. "Oh Yeah"
5. "Livin' on the Edge"
6. "What Could Have Been Love" (only performed 11/08 and 11/11)
7. "Movin' Out"
8. "Walkin' the Dog"
9. "Last Child"
10. Drum solo
11. "Rag Doll"
12. "Boogie Man" / instrumental jam
13. "Red House" (only performed on 11/27)
14. "Combination"
15. "Lover Alot"
16. "What It Takes"
17. "No More No More" (dropped later in the tour)
18. "Come Together"
19. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
20. "Mother Popcorn" (only on a few dates)
21. "Home Tonight" (partial) ("You See Me Crying" (partial) on 11/27)
22. "Walk This Way"
23. "Dream On"
24. "Sweet Emotion"

Personnel

Aerosmith

• Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, piano
• Joe Perry – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals, pedal steel guitar, talkbox
• Brad Whitford – guitar
• Tom Hamilton – bass
• Joey Kramer – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Russ Irwin – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, guitar (until 2014-04-08)
• Mindi Abair – saxophones (First leg)
• Melanie Taylor – backing vocals, percussion (First leg)
• Jesse Sky Kramer – percussion
• David Hull – bass (after Tom leaves due to sickness)
• Buck Johnson – keyboards, backing vocals (after Russ Irwin quits the band beginning on 2014-05-17)

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