The box office figures are in, and it's official. The 1999 Family Values Tour was even more popular than last year's Korn-led inaugural edition, and it will spawn another live album in early 2000.
According to the trade publication "Amusement Business," this year's Family Values Tour, which concluded on November 1 in Dallas, was an overwhelming success, taking in more than $10.6 million, up 63 percent from last year's reported gross of $6.5 million. Some of the increase is due to the larger venues played on this year's outing, as Family Values '99 averaged a per-show gross of $393,000 with an estimated 11,700 fans in attendance for 27 shows. In addition to Limp Bizkit, this year's tour also featured Filter, Method Man, Redman, Run-DMC, Primus, Staind, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, and The Crystal Method. Last year's Family Values Tour, which also played 27 dates, grossed an average of $240,000 per show, with an average audience right around 9,000 (see "Family Values Tour To Return In 1999, Korn And Rob Zombie Set Initial Dates For Joint Tour"). Like the '98 tour (see "Live 'Family Values' Album Captures Tour Highlights"), the 1999 Family Values roadshow will also produce a live album and home video, which Interscope Records confirmed to MTV News would be issued simultaneously in the first quarter of next year. To check out what some Family Values acts had to say during this year's road trip, click on the MTV Online features "Filter: Title Of Feature" and "Mobb Deep: Storm Front."-- David Basham
