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Music History Events: Tours

September 4, 2021 After two pandemic postponements, Harry Styles finally launches his Love On Tour in Las Vegas. The 169-show run stretches nearly two years, selling 5 million tickets and grossing $617 million - more than One Direction earned across their entire career.

September 19, 2017 Harry Styles kicks off his first solo tour with a show at the 3,200-capacity Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, part of a series of small, intimate performances before working his way up to arenas in 2018. Tickets for the initial leg sold out in 29 seconds; the tour ends up selling nearly one million tickets across 89 sold-out shows.

March 28, 2017 Bruno Mars kicks off his 24K Magic World Tour in Antwerp, Belgium. His opening act is Anderson .Paak, whom he meets for the first time. They become fast friends and decide to form a duo that becomes Silk Sonic, an homage to '70s soul that has one of the biggest hits of 2022 with "Leave The Door Open."

February 15, 2011 Ke$ha, with two #1 hits under her glitter-spangled belt ("TiK ToK" and "We R Who We R"), launches her first headline tour, the Get $leazy Tour, in Portland, Oregon. The tour establishes her as a top live act, with a vibe both tacky and decadent.

April 15, 2008 Tom Morello kicks off the Tom Morello Justice Tour 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

April 7, 2008 The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots announce a 65-date reunion tour and play for the first time since 2002.

April 4, 2008 New Kids on the Block announce their upcoming reunion tour during NBC's Today show in New York City.

March 20, 2008 At the O2 Arena in London, the Eagles launch their world tour in support of their album Long Road Out of Eden.

October 18, 2007 Miley Cyrus, who stars on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, kicks off the Best Of Both Worlds Tour in St. Louis with opening act the Jonas Brothers. She does the first half of the show in character as Hannah, then transforms into Miley for the second half.

May 7, 2007 The first and only Hottest Chicks In Metal Tour kicks off in Louisville. All the bands on the tour are fronted by women: Lacuna Coil (Cristina Scabbia), Within Temptation (Sharon den Adel), In This Moment (Maria Brink), The Gathering (Anneke van Giersbergen) and Stolen Babies (Dominique Lenore Persi).

April 12, 2007 In Omaha, Nebraska, Kenny Chesney launches his Flip Flop Summer tour. 17-year-old Taylor Swift was going to be an opening act on the tour but had to bow out when Cruzan Rum came on as a sponsor. Chesney makes it up to her with a note of encouragement and a big check that helps line up her own tour in 2009.

November 11, 2005 Billy Joel begins touring again, launching his first solo tour in eight years.

October 16, 2003 Simon & Garfunkel open their new "Old Friends" Tour with a concert in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

March 12, 2003 The Chinese government gives The Rolling Stones a list of songs they will not be allowed to play on their upcoming tour of the country. The list includes "Brown Sugar," "Honky Tonk Women" and "Let's Spend The Night Together."

October 31, 2001 Having fully recovered from the flu that forced her to restructure the North American tour in support of her third Jive album, Britney, Britney Spears' tour kicks off in Washington, D.C.

April 13, 2001 Kiss wrap up their "Farewell Tour" with a show in Queensland, Australia. Just two years later, they head out on the World Domination Tour.

May 19, 2000 Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary celebrate their 40th year together with a US tour that kicks off with a three-night stand in Las Vegas.

January 24, 2000 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young open the first tour of the full quartet in 25 years with a show at Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan.

October 12, 1999 David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young (Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young) appear at New York's Madison Square Garden to announce their forthcoming album and CSNY2K tour.

April 9, 1999 Faith Hill begins her first headlining tour ("This Kiss") in Minneapolis.

January 25, 1999 The Rolling Stones begin their No Security tour in Oakland, California.

October 31, 1998 Kiss launch their Psycho Circus tour with a Halloween show in Los Angeles. The aptly named Smashing Pumpkins are the opening act.

October 26, 1998 Marilyn Manson begin their Mechanical Animals tour with a show in Kansas City.

October 13, 1997 Matchbox 20 (which in early 2000 changes its name to Matchbox Twenty) embarks on its first headlining tour in Las Vegas with opening act Lila Haydn & Her Band.

September 23, 1997 The Rolling Stones' Bridges to Babylon Tour opens in Chicago. Opening acts for the North American tour include Sheryl Crow, The Dave Matthews Band, The Smashing Pumpkins, Jamiroquai, Blues Traveler and Foo Fighters.

September 20, 1997 Music Festival of India, a touring gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of India's independence gets under way at Cleveland's Masonic Temple.

September 17, 1997 Fleetwood Mac begin their first tour in 20 years at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. The tour produces a live album called The Dance.

April 11, 1997 After a 20-year absence, Grand Funk re-forms for a tour that benefits the Bosnian-American Relief Fund, which aids victims of the genocide in Bosnia.

September 29, 1996 Alanis Morissette finishes her first US tour in Houston, Texas.

October 7, 1995 Peter Frampton kicks off a tour in Boston three days before the release of Frampton Comes Alive II, the sequel to his 1975 smash Frampton Comes Alive - the best-selling live album in history.