Roadrage Tour

The New Cars first tour, the first time an incarnation of The Cars has toured in seventeen years. The summer leg was of large-scale arenas, whereas the winter dates are scheduled to be of much smaller, theatre, venues. The tour was arranged in hopes of rekindling interest in the band, in the wake of popular new wave bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Killers.VH-1 Classic sponsored the tour, and commercials were aired frequently on VH-1 and its sister channels to draw attention to the tour.

Winter Leg

The most notably difference between the summer and winter legs of the tour, is the apparent lack of Blondie. It is likely that the band will not be touring with The New Cars again.VIP Tickets, a popular feature during the summer tour, will also be available for most venues of the winter leg, with the exclusion of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. Reserved fan-club seating will also be available at most venues, except the Count Basie. Kasim Sulton will be on bass at several shows, but Atom Ellis will be filling in on many others.A ticket pre-sale is set to begin on September 18, 2006. Ticketmaster supplies the tickets for most of the venues, although Seatadvisor and various box offices do carry tickets for others.

Support Acts

The summer leg featured Blondie and the winter leg Persephone's Bees.

Set

The set was reportedly designed by drummer Prairie Prince. It featured large, circular, metallic rings with screens in them suspended above the stage. The rings were meant to...
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