Cancer treatment sidelines Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton
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Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is recovering from a seven-week course of radiation treatment for throat cancer, and won't join his bandmates during the opening dates of the group's upcoming "Route of All Evil" tour with Motley Crue.
According to the band's publicist, Hamilton plans to join the tour in mid-October. David Hull, a longtime friend of the band who played in The Joe Perry Project, will fill in until Hamilton returns.
Aerosmith is scheduled to launch its outing with Motley Crue on Sept. 5.
The upcoming tour marks Aerosmith's return to the stage after earlier this year canceling the last nine dates of a late-winter jaunt so that frontman Steven Tyler could undergo surgery to fix a vocal ailment.
The band has been working on its follow-up to its 2004 all-blues album, "Honkin' on Bobo." The group's most recent rock set is 2001's "Just Push Play."
Motley Crue reunited in early 2005 to mount what turned out to be one of the most successful arena tours of the year. The run supported "Red, White & Crue," a best-of set that also featured several new cuts. The group is in the early stages of recording a new studio collection with producer Bob Rock, who helmed the band's massively successful 1989 disc, "Dr. Feelgood."
September 2006
5 - Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheatre
7 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
9 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
12 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lakes PAC
14 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
17, 19 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
23 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
26, 28 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
30 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
October 2006
5 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
9 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
11 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
13 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
15 - Maryland Heights, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
17 - Bonner Springs, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
19 - Nashville, TN - Starwood Amphitheatre
21 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23 - Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion
25 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless
November 2006
2 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
4 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
9 - San Diego, CA - Coors
11 - Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
15 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
17 - Selma, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
24 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre
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