Staind, STP Lead Family

NY (Top40 Charts) - Korn's Family Value Tour will return this fall, after a one-year layoff. The tour, which has been a fall outing in its previous two incarnations, was initially slated for a January launch this year, but was delayed due to heavy tour competition. Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Linkin Park, Static-X and Deadsy will be onboard for this edition of Family Values, which will kick off in October.

Korn, envisioning an outing that spotlighted both hard rock and rap, initiated the Family Values Tour in 1998. The group headlined the inaugural Family Values that fall, which also included Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit and Orgy. The following year, Limp Bizkit took over as headliner with Filter, Mobb Deep, Method Man and Redman, Primus, Crystal Method, and Ja Rule also in the fold.

Both STP and Staind will be supporting recent releases, Shangri-La Dee Da and Break the Cycle, respectively, while Linkin Park continue to plug 2000's multi-platinum Hybrid Theory.

The Family Values Tour 2001 will launch its official Web site this week, and the site will be the first place fans can purchase tickets for the performances.