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Contents. Lineup Artists who participated in 1998 were:.

(replaced Ice Cube on October 25, 1998 for five remaining dates). Promotion The tour was preceded by whirlwind political campaign-style tour named 'Korn Kampaign' (from August 17, 1998 in through September 1 in ) to promote the release of their album. It took the group all over North America to spread the news of their 'Family Values' platform to hordes of fans at special 'fan conferences' that were organized at every stop along the tour route. Korn chartered a jet, which took them to record stores in such cities as, and. The band talked to fans at every stop, answered questions during the special 'fan conferences' and signed autographs. Hosted the entire 'Kampaign' tour.

Celebrities at various stops included and. Success The 1998 edition of was highly successful, the live compilation debuted at #7 at chart selling 121,000 copies in its first week, and achieving status by, while -. Korn helped to promote then-unknown acts. The results were very promising. 's album ' achieved platinum certification in the, also 's debut ', which was released through Korn's own record label, Elementree Records, achieved similar success. Enjoyed even greater success which helped them establish themselves as one of the leading acts of the wave at that time, and enjoyed enormous commercial success. The 27 dates of Family Values Tour grossed more than $6.4 million and over 243,000 fans purchased the fan-friendly ticket prices that ranged from $26.00 to $29.50.

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Critical acclaim for the tour started to pour in as soon as it all started. As Jim Farber noted in a review of the September 25, 1998 event at the in in the: '. The 4 and half hour show, a held equal ground with a drummer in the set by Limp Bizkit, a keyboardist added dance club beats to the classic metal of, and two guitarists translated the needling sound of electronic hip-hop into the manic creations of. This tour created a bold new profile for hard guitar bands taking cues from the music that replaced them as the soundtrack to masculine aggression.' The noted that the tour 'certainly proved to be one of the rock spectacles of the year,' while Steve Morse of the Boston Globe said that 'Korn delivered the goods.by accelerating out of the box with a savage confluence of heavy metal, rap, and primal screaming from singer Jonathan Davis.' John Scher of Metropolitan Entertainment agreed: 'The Family Values Tour was not only a great business success, but more importantly, a rousing success with the fans. I think, to a great degree, we accomplished what we set out to: creating a fun, wild evening with a unique atmosphere and incredible music.'

, lead singer of said: 'We're creating some rock history with this tour. From that first show, I had goosebumps upon goosebumps.

This is something special happening here. I hope that it becomes annual and it's gonna last.' CD and DVD release.

Main articles: and The initial edition of Family Values Tour was highly successful and it was documented on separate and releases, both put on sale on March 30, 1999 via /. The release achieved status in the while release went. Ice Cube replacement On September 25, 1998 due to the beginning of shooting the movie ', was replaced by band for remaining four dates. The band is featured on the release with song 'New Skin', and can be also seen during performance of ' on release. Feud with Rob Zombie Initially, was to be one of the artists participating on the tour, but due to the high production costs each Rob Zombie concert would cost $125,000 in band fees and show production alone. Therefore, Rob Zombie was replaced by act,.

Family Values Tour 1998

However, explanation was somewhat confusing. The Firm, Korn's management said Zombie continually expressed dissatisfaction over not wanting to work with a hip-hop act on the bill, and was supposedly lectured by Rob Zombie management that 'rock kids don't like hip-hop.' Rob Zombie's manager, Andy Gould said those comments were false. He explained that Zombie has never even spoken to Korn, so he could not have made those comments. Although the statement released by Korn's management resulted in anger, Rob Zombie shared no bad blood with the bands participating in.

Next year, in 1999 both and got on good terms again, and launched together highly successful 'Rock is Dead' tour. Trivia In one of the more infamous moments, vocalist, engaged in simulated sodomy with the keyboardist, during their performance of ' in. They were subsequently arrested and spent the night in jail. References.