The Rap-rockers who set Woodstock ablaze last summer are poised to add some more kindling to the fire, as they've officially announced concert dates for their upcoming free summer tour sponsored by Napster.
With hip-hop mainstays Cypress Hill opening, the band is scheduled to play mainly small theaters and intimate ballroom settings, allowing anywhere between 3,000 to 5,000 people to attend. All fans need to do is simply stand in line, and they'll be admitted in on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Bizkit frontman Fred Durst promises fans the same testosterone-filled rap-metal shows that the band has become known for, and he adds that the group will be playing new stuff from its forthcoming third album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water, due out late summer or early fall.
"The music's incredible," Durst told MTV News Online. "I feel like the music's really good. I hope people like it. I'm always worried that they're not gonna like it, and I feel like I'm really in touch with our generation, become a part of our generation, this 'generation next,' or this 'generation strange,' whatever we're being stereotyped as."
The band kicks things off with a three-night stand at Chicago's Riviera Theater on July 4, before hitting major cities like St. Paul, Detroit, Worcester, New York, Dallas, Denver, San Jose, and Seattle. The band winds it all up at the Palladium in Los Angeles August 6.
In other Bizkit news, Durst will be joining Kid Rock and others in recording their own versions of classic hip-hop songs for an album titled, Take A Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute To Rap. Durst will team up with Staind to remake Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise."
Here are the dates for Limp Bizkit's summer tour:
July 4-6: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
July 8-9: St. Paul Civic Center, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, Minnesota
July 11-12: State Theater, Detroit, Michigan
July 14-15: Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts
July 17-19: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York
July 22-23: Bronco Bowl, Dallas, Texas
July 25-26: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado
July 28-29: San Jose Events Center, San Jose, California
July 31-Aug. 1: Seattle Mercer Arena, Seattle, Washington
August 4-6: Palladium, Los Angeles, California