The Family Values Tour was an annual

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and hip hop tour held by the American

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band

Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream. Originally formed in 1993 ...

since 1998. The first tour took place in 1998 and the second tour in 1999, but the tour took a hiatus in 2000 due to heavy competition from the

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, the Summer Sanitarium Tour, and others. The Family Values Tour happened again in 2001 before taking another hiatus, this time for four years. The Family Values Tour returned in 2006 with Korn and

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as the headliners. Another tour occurred in 2007, before taking another hiatus until 2013. In 2013 the event took place for the final time as a one-day music festival instead of the traditional tour under the name "Family Values Festival".

History

Family Values Tour 1998

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(who replaced Ice Cube on October 25, 1998 for the four remaining dates),

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, and

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. In one of the more infamous moments, Rammstein's band members were all dragged off stage by police and subsequently arrested during their

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performance. Each band decided to dress up while Rammstein were barely dressed at all, with most members performing in their underwear. Their lead guitarist

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was the only one decently dressed-he wore a

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. The band had to spend the night in jail on charges of indecent exposure.

Ice Cube replacement

On October 25, 1998 due to the beginning of shooting the movie ''

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'',

was replaced by

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band

for the remaining four dates. The band is featured on the Family Values Tour '98 CD release with the song "New Skin" and can be also seen during performance of "

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" on the

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release.

Feud with Rob Zombie

Initially

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was to be one of the tour’s participating artists, but he was dropped from the tour due to high production costs (each Rob Zombie concert would cost $125,000 in band fees and show production alone). Therefore, Rob Zombie was replaced by German

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act

. However, the official explanation was somewhat confusing. The Firm,

'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's management that "rock kids don't like hip-hop." Rob Zombie's manager Andy Gould said those comments were false. He explained that Zombie had 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 the Family Values Tour. In 1999, both Rob Zombie and Korn got on good terms again and launched the highly successful "Rock is Dead" tour together. Korn also toured with Rob Zombie in the summer of 2016.

Family Values Tour 1999

Headliners: * Limp Bizkit *

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Staind Staind ( ) is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist and backing vocalist Johnny April, and dr ...

On select dates: * Korn (from October 5 to October 13) *

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(first part of the tour until the October 13 tour date) *

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(first part of the tour until the October 8 tour date) *

Run-DMC Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of ...

(started on September 24 as a surprise guest until October 3) * Primus (second part of the tour, started on the October 13 tour date) *

Method Man and Redman Method Man & Redman (also referred to as Meth & Red, Red & Mef, John Blaze and Funk Doc or Funk Doctor Spock and Johnny Blaze) are an American hip hop duo, composed of East Coast rappers Method Man (of Wu-Tang Clan) and Redman (of Def Squad) ...

(second part of the tour, started on the October 16 date) *

Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lowery ...

(replaced Filter on the October 23 tour date) Korn did not take a full part in the tour, instead making surprise appearances at a handful of dates. Insane Clown Posse and

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

were originally scheduled for the tour but did not make the final roster. Controversy arose over System of a Down’s cancelled appearance, with speculation arising to believe Fred Durst had removed the band due to a falling out with the band

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after failing to negotiate them a record contract. After things had soured with Durst, System of a Down aided the band in securing a more satisfactory contract.

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was also offered to take part of the tour. DMX and

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were also on the bill for the first half of the tour, but cancelled all the shows prior to the beginning of the tour. Mobb Deep and Run-DMC became their replacements on the tour.

filled in for Filter on the Denver date while Filter took time off to film the video for " Take a Picture". It was during this tour that Staind's frontman

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, alongside Limp Bizkit's

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, performed the emotional hit single "Outside" for the first time in

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. This live version quickly found widespread radio play before being recorded in the studio for Staind's next album ''

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''. Footage of this on-stage performance also was used for the song's

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Dates

Family Values Tour 2001

Bands taking part in the 2001 tour were

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Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

, Static-X,

Deadsy Deadsy is an American industrial rock band from Los Angeles. The band is known for its visual appearance and unique musical style the band self-describes as "undercore". The band has released two major studio albums. The band was initially si ...

, and Spike 1000 (replacing Deadsy on only first five dates)."LIVE: Family Values Tour"
''Chart Attack'', October 22, 2001. Review by April Labine

Dates

Family Values Tour 2006

Korn,

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, 10 Years,

Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The current lineup is guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. To date, they have had eight rele ...

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, and Walls of Jericho

Controversies

In 2006, a violent fight allegedly broke out in the

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at the Family Values Tour in

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, Georgia during the Deftones performance, resulting in the death of 30-year-old Andy Richardson on August 1, 2006. Lawyers representing Mr. Richardson's family said they may pursue civil actions against Korn and the show's promoters. Andy's mother, Gloria Richardson, said in a statement to Fox News Service on August 1, 2006 that "It's not right that someone could go to a concert for a good time and wind up dead. There needs to be more security or they need to not have these concerts at all". One week later, 24-year-old Michael Scott Axley was arrested and charged with Richardson's murder. Witnesses claim Axley punched Richardson, causing his head to hit the concrete floor and suffer an injury that ultimately proved fatal.

Family Values Tour 2007

Main Stage: Korn,

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Atreyu Atreyu is an American metalcore band from Yorba Linda, California, formed in 1998. The band currently consists of clean vocalist Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist and unclean vocals, unclean vocalist Marc "Porter ...

Hellyeah Hellyeah, stylized as HELLYEAH, was an American heavy metal supergroup formed in Dallas, Texas, in 2006. The band's last lineup consisted of lead vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Christian Brady and Tom Maxwell, bassist Kyle Sanders, and drumme ...

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, Neurosonic Side Stage: Droid,

Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead gui ...

, Through You, Invitro,

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, and

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Family Values Festival 2013

On August 30, 2013 Korn revealed to ''

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'' that they were bringing the tour back as a one-day event festival. On September 3, 2013, it was revealed that the Family Values Festival would take place in Broomfield, CO at the 1stBank Center. Korn,

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, Beware of Darkness, and

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CD and DVD releases

* ''

The Family Values Tour 1999 ''The Family Values Tour 1999'' is the second live album that features select live performances from the 1999 Family Values Tour, and it was released on May 23, 2000, through Interscope Records. The album is produced by Jeff Kwatinetz and Bill ...

'' * '' The Family Values Tour 2001'' * ''

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'' The initial edition of Family Values Tour was highly successful and it was documented on separate

and CD releases, both put on sale on March 30, 1999 via

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. The CD release achieved

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status in the United States while the DVD release went

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References

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History

Family Values Tour 1998

Ice Cube replacement

Feud with Rob Zombie

Family Values Tour 1999

Dates

Family Values Tour 2001

Dates

Family Values Tour 2006

Controversies

Family Values Tour 2007

Family Values Festival 2013

CD and DVD releases

See also

References