Date: July 07 - August 20, 1999
Tickets: $25
Headliner: Insane Clown Posse
Opening Acts: Coal Chamber, Twiztid, Biohazard, Mindless Self Indulgence, Krayzie Bone
Special Appearances: Snoop Dogg
Where to begin with this one? First of all, let's note that ICP got too big for their britches on this one. With the sales success of the Amazing Jeckel Brothers, ICP decided to try to play big arenas instead of the normal sized venues they were used to. The result was ICP playing big ass 1/4 filled arenas. It looked like 2003-era WWE shows or something, with half the arenas empty and shit.
The next problem was Coal Chamber. They were costing Psychopathic a lot of money and weren't drawing hardly any fans to the shows. So after 3 shows, ICP kicked Coal Chamber off the tour, which ended up leading to lawsuits and a public feud with the mega-powerful wife of Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne. There were multiple tickets refunds.
ICP claimed that Coal Chamber had been removed from the tour because of equipment problems, but later revealed the true reason for their actions on The Howard Stern Show, which aired August 19, 1999. Bruce continued by saying, "Nobody will tell you that, because everybody's afraid of your crumpet-ass bitch manager". Later that night, Stern contacted Bruce and Utsler, asking them to appear on his show the following day to talk with Coal Chamber's manager, Sharon Osbourne.
Before the show went on air, Osbourne bet Bruce and Utsler $50,000 that Insane Clown Posse's next album would not even sell 200,000 copies—a bet that Bruce accepted. On air Osbourne informed Bruce and Utsler that Coal Chamber filed a lawsuit for breach of contract. Osbourne stated that her group was to receive $12,500 per show for a scheduled two-month package tour. Bruce reiterated that Coal Chamber's music did not appeal to Insane Clown Posse fans, and that ticket refunds decreased after Coal Chamber had been removed from the tour. Osbourne then made public the bet with Bruce about Insane Clown Posse's next album, also stating that the duo would be subsequently dropped from their distributor. In Osbourne's words, "You're dead. Your career is over." Bruce predicted that the group's next album would sell at least 500,000 copies; however, the bet officially stood at 200,000 copies as agreed by both Bruce and Osbourne backstage. Icp's next album Bizaar/Bizzar got combined 500,000 copies. Even separte they still got more then 200,000 copies. So Icp had won the bet. Until now, Sharon hasn't payed the bill.
Things weren't all bad. Twiztid rocked it as usual. Biohazard opened up for the tour and were pretty successful. MSI performed to mixed reviews, sometimes getting booed right offstage. Krayzie Bone, from Bone Thugs in Harmony, even performed on a few of the shows, and even Snoop Dogg came out a couple of times! All in all, a good time had by all.
ICP had to cancel 3 Jeckel Brothers Tour dates in Texas because they played at Woodstock '99. ICP was deeply sorry for missing the Texas tour dates but playing Woodstock was a super rare opportunity for a band like ICP so they had to do it.
A short story from ICP:
"One time on the Amazing Jeckel Brothers Tour, we played New York City. Some crazy ass ninja climbed up the back of our tour bus somehow and hid on top of it. We never knew a thing. We pulled outta the venue... drove outta the city... across the bridge and fuckin' more than half way to Boston. We drove for hours. We finally stopped at a truck stop to get some late nite eats. We went in and Billy and them's tour bus came pulling in behind us. That's when they seen the kid climbing down back off our bus. The kid explained himself and Billy Bill decked him right quick on the chin chilly for being so fuckin' stupid."
Date | Place | |
07/07/1999 | 9:30 Club, Washington, DC | |
08/07/1999 | Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA | |
09/07/1999 | I.C. Light Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA | |
10/07/1999 | Sports Arena, Toledo, OH | |
11/07/1999 | Brewery District Pavilion, Columbus, OH | |
13/07/1999 | Nautica, Cleveland, OH | |
15/07/1999 | Fort Wayne Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN | |
16/07/1999 | Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY | |
17/07/1999 | Masquerade Music Park, Atlanta, GA | |
18/07/1999 | Ice Palace, Tampa, FL | |
22/07/1999 | Aerial Theatre, Houston, TX | cancelled |
23/07/1999 | San Antonio Sunken Gardens, San Antonio, TX | cancelled |
24/07/1999 | Artists Square, Dallas, TX | cancelled |
27/07/1999 | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA | |
28/07/1999 | America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ | |
30/07/1999 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO | |
31/07/1999 | Civic Center, Amarillo, TX | |
01/08/1999 | Century 2, Witchita, KS | |
04/08/1999 | The Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI | |
05/08/1999 | Target Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
06/08/1999 | River Port Amphitheater, St. Louis, MO | |
07/08/1999 | Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Spring, MO | |
08/08/1999 | Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL | |
11/08/1999 | Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN | |
12/08/1999 | Kalamazoo Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI | |
13/08/1999 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI | |
14/08/1999 | Nautica, Cleveland, OH | |
19/08/1999 | Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY | |
20/08/1999 | Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA |
01. | Assassins (J's verse) |
02. | Bring It On |
03. | Chicken Huntin' (Slaughter House Mix) |
04. | Hokus Pokus |
05. | Toy Box |
06. | Terrible |
07. | Boogie Woogie Wu |
08. | Down With The Clown |
09. | Fuck The World |
10. | Southwest Voodoo |
11. | Play With Me |
12. | House Of Horrors |
13. | Halls Of Illusions |
14. | 12 |
15. | Hey Vato |
16. | Everybody Rize |
17. | Who Asked You |
18. | The Stalker |
19. | I Want My Shit |
20. | Another Love Song |
21. | Assassins (Shaggy's verse) |
22. | Nothing's Left |