> NSYNC PopOdyssey Tour Dates Change       ( 04.06.01 )

  'NSYNC's highly anticipated summer tour, PopOdyssey, is apparently such a spectacle, the group has been forced to delay opening night by six days to properly prepare.

The outing is now scheduled to kick off May 18 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, according to promoters. The previous opening night, May 12 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida, has been moved to August 2.

• Changes:
  May 15 in Tampa, Florida, to July 31
  May 24 in Atlanta, Georgia, to August 11
  June 6 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to June 8
  June 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to June 13
  June 29 in Detroit, Michigan, to June 30
  August 10 in Louisville, Kentucky, to August 9

 

• Deleted:
  May 22 in Charlotte, North Carolina
  July 31 in Las Cruces, New Mexico
  August 18 in Memphis, Tennessee

 

• Added:
  August 18 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  August 22 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Extra time was needed by the production staff to complete the tour's staging, according to a press release. Promoters said the 88 trucks it will require to carry the production make PopOdyssey the largest tour in pop history.

"['NSYNC] wanted to make sure that all their fans got the full effect of this dynamic tour," Brad Wavra of SFX, the tour's promoters, said in the release. "We, along with the group, regret any inconvenience this schedule change may have caused for the fans. We promise this tour will be a musical extravaganza for the record books."

Refunds will be given to fans who purchased tickets to canceled shows.

'NSYNC is scheduled to play 45 dates in 38 cities.  Television-spawned pop group Eden's Crush will join the group on June 19 and open for the remainder of the tour.

                      -MTV.com