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unusual facts about The Tour


The Tour

The Grand Tour, a tour of Europe and the Holy Land conducted by British gentleman in the 18th and 19th century



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1910 British Lions tour to South Africa

As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in Bulawayo in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

The tour was notable for the 842 points scored in 33 games, a record number of points for a Lions tour and for the 22 tries scored by Tony O'Reilly, also a Lions tour record.

2009 European Tour

There were major changes for the 2009 season as the tour entered a partnership agreement with Dubai based Leisurecorp.

A Guest of Honor

During the tour, either in Springfield, Illinois, or Pittsburg, Kansas, someone associated with the company stole the box office receipts.

Alf Ward

He joined the "Saints" 1908 summer tour of Europe; at Leipzig, in the final match of the tour, Ward displaced the cartilage of his right knee.

Among the Vultures

The tour continued to be sold out through Scandinavia with dates in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall (Venue Capacity of 8200) in Helsinki, Finland.

Andrew Brough

Brough but became better known as guitarist and vocalist alongside Shayne Carter in Straitjacket Fits, a role he held from 1986 (prior to that band's first release) until 1992, when he left the group following the tour to support their second album, Melt.

Andrew Stoddart

He took over the captaincy early in the tour when the Robert L. Seddon died in a sculling accident.

Arthur Morris with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

During the Australian season of 1947–48, which preceded the tour of England, Morris played in the first four Tests against the touring Indians, scoring 45 and an unbeaten 100 in the Third Test victory in Melbourne.

Avalon, France

It is notable for being the birthplace of Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1130s), and for the Tour d'Avallon, a tower in the village.

Barlow Carkeek

He toured England in 1909 as the second wicketkeeper to Sammy Carter and came back in 1912 as first choice on the tour that was blighted by the dispute between Australia's leading Test players and the Australian Board of Control.

Barry Hoban

He rode for Mercier-Hutchinson-BP where his team leader was Raymond Poulidor who is famous for coming second three times in the Tour de France but never winning.

Black Sun Productions

The tour's performances were often considered controversial as they included elements of chaos magick and ritualized sex magick that involved nudity and explicitly sexual material, such as urination.

Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival

One of the Tour's regular participants, Heather Lauer, appeared on the 2009 Tour's stop in Pittsburgh; there, for thirty dollars, participants could compete in a bacon-eating contest and (without additional cost) taste bacon-samples from vendors.

Bram Tankink

After the Tour he played an important part in the victory of Filippo Pozzato at the HEW Cyclassics 2005 in Hamburg and during the 2005 Deutschland Tour he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen.

Bryce Molder

After failing to earn status via the Tour Qualifying school, he was able to secure sponsor invitations to Tour events in 2002, earning a T-9 finish at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans, together with top-15 finishes in two other events, securing Special Temporary Membership by finishing T-12 at the Buick Classic.

Chickering and Sons

Coincidentally, as the tour began, Henry E. Steinway (Steinweg) and his large family arrived in New York as immigrants from Germany.

David Germain

Germain joined Shadows Fall prior to recording their first album Somber Eyes to the Sky, replacing Adam Dutkiewicz (who was only there to temporarily help start Shadows Fall) and left a year after the tour supporting Shadows Fall's second album Of One Blood.

Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies

John Goddard was appointed for the tour of India, and a year later after some hesitation confirmed that he would also be available to lead West Indies in England in 1950.

Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

Along with Ron Hamence and Colin McCool, neither of whom played in a Test during the tour, Ring called himself "ground staff" because of the paucity of the trio's on-field duties in the major matches and they often sang ironic songs about their status.

Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida

The stadium has also been used for concerts by System of a Down, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, The Mars Volta, The Black Eyed Peas, Green Day, Rammstein among others, and also hosted the concert of Faith No More's The Second Coming Tour after over 30,000 people signed an online petition for the band to close the tour in Chile.

Foo Fighters discography

Following the tour for The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters left Capitol and Grohl decided to build a home studio in Alexandria, Virginia wanting a production away from studio interference, given the troubled recording of the previous album led to the departure of Goldsmith and Smear.

John L. Reese

That led to Guns N' Roses manager Doug Goldstein hiring him to become the band's tour manager for their 1989 Los Angeles Coliseum concerts with the Rolling Stones, then as the tour manager for the massive Use Your Illusion Tours and then as a partner and personal manager with Big FD Entertainment, representing a number of artists including Guns N' Roses, The Stone Roses, Blind Melon and many more.

Kai Reus

After team mate Michael Rasmussen won the yellow jersey during the Tour he dedicated the jersey to Reus.

Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988

Richards' set during the tour was composed primarily of material from his solo debut album – he played ten of the eleven songs from the record – and also included many of his Rolling Stones vocal highlights, with "Happy", "Connection" and "Too Rude" appearing on the official release, though "Before They Make Me Run" and "Little T&A" only turned up on popular bootlegs such as L.A. Connection.

Loveland Bike Trail

The Tour de Loveland, an annual cycling race named after the Tour de France, was started in the 1990s, to promote the Loveland Bike Trail as the centerpiece of Historic Downtown Loveland.

Mod Fun

After a visit to the US by the promoter to meet the members and see them perform in their current configuration as Paintbox, the tour details were worked out.

Moritz Krämer

In 2010 he played the opening act on the tour of The Young Gods His first album, "Wir Können Nix Dafur" was produced by Krämer, and released on 4 March 2011 through Tapete Records.

No Sleep til Shanghai

The film gained wide acclaim and some shock from screening audiences at the Atlanta Film Festival as they reacted to the startling visage of Jamaican-American promoter Andrew Ballen speaking fluent Chinese on the Shanghai leg of the tour.

One Wild Night Tour

The tour was renamed to the One Wild Night Tour after the band released their collection of live songs on an album entitled One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 in 2001.

Pierre Cogan

Pierre also appeared in the feature-length documentary, "Chasing Legends" about the Tour de France.

Reggie Oliver

He was a founding member of the late Sir Anthony Quayle’s Compass Theatre, and both played the part of Traverse and understudied Sir Anthony in the tour and West End run of The Clandestine Marriage in 1984.

Reginald D. Hunter

Likewise his tour with Steve Hughes, called Trophy Nigga, played 55 venues around the UK, yet not all the venues would use the tour title.

Robin Roe

The tour lasted four months, and Roe's roommates were the 19-year old Tony O'Reilly, Bill Williams and Bryn Meredith.

Steve DiStanislao

The last official show of the tour took place in Gdansk, Poland where the band were joined by conductor Zbigniew Preisner and The Gdansk Philharmonic Orchestra, to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Solidarity of the Shipyard Worker's Union in Gdansk.

Stuart Duncan

In 2008, he joined Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on the tour for their critically acclaimed album Raising Sand.

The Knockouts discography

Highlight of the tour was the encore performance at the Helsinki Ice Hall on the last night of the tour when The Knockouts frontman Johan Frandsen joined Brian Setzer and Slim Jim Phantom on stage with a special rendition of the rockabilly classic, "Seven Nights to Rock".

The Tour of Brotherly Love

Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer of Oasis and the Langdon brothers of Spacehog joined The Black Crowes on stage at the end of most shows on the tour, performing covers of songs by Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones.

Tommy Bowe

He wasn't included for the next two games before coming back for the match against Western Province where he scored his fourth try of the tour and set up another for Ugo Monye.

Touché Amoré

The tour started July 27, 2011 and finishing August 12 and coincided with both La Dispute's and Touché Amoré's appearances at Hevy Festival in the United Kingdom and Ieperfest in Belgium.

Tour Kaputt

The CD was recorded at Cultuurpodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, in 2007, during the tour for The Sum Of No Evil for which the band enlisted guest drummer Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson fame.

Trevor Allan

In the sixth game of the tour, in a minor match against London Counties, the captain Bill McLean broke his leg badly and was able to play no further part in the nine-month tour.

Tunnock's

Since 2005, Tunnock's has sponsored The Tour of Mull, an annual car rally held on the Isle of Mull.

Under Great White Northern Lights

Exclusive components to the box set includes a live 7" single featuring "Icky Thump" on one side and "The Wheels on the Bus" (records live in Winnipeg on July 2nd, 2007) on the other, a 208-page hardcover book of photographs from the tour, one of six possible silkscreen prints, and a DVD of the band's 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, entitled Under Nova Scotian Lights.

Vincent Kenis

Vincent had to replace Berry Sakharof (of Minimal Compact) while the tour of their successful album, Deadly Weapons (that was out by Crammed), after Berry was arrest for 8 months in Israel in charge of smuggling cocaine.

Vito Favero

The 1958 Tour de France has been compared to the 2006 Tour de France: Both Charly Gaul and Floyd Landis were favourites halfway the Tour, both lost dramatically at a stage, but at a later stage made a great comeback, which put them close to the two leaders (Favero-Raphaël Géminiani and Óscar Pereiro-Carlos Sastre, and the day before the last stage to Paris they overtook the two leaders in an individual time trial.

Walter Jesse Jackson

It is unknown if Jackson joined the tour party late, was unwell or just not chosen to play, but he missed the first four matches of the tour, not playing until the team faced Griqualand West at Kimberley on 20 July.

Wheel 2000

The tour visited a variety of major market cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., New York City, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Jose, and Anaheim.

Xtra Bass

2007 is the fifth year of the tour and features appearances by well established drum and bass djs such as Bailey, L Double, Fabio & Grooverider and Crissy Criss among others.