After is certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Conn. The band again invites some of their favorite acts to open, including Cake and Fiona Apple. Despite intense pain, he continues the show, and no subsequent performances are cancelled due to the injury. Duritz undergoes open-knee surgery over the Christmas holidays. Supporting acts include The Wallflowers, That Dog, The Gigolo Aunts and Bettie Serveert.
Show marks the end of the band's U.S. tour.
Second European theater tour. Counting Crows perform two sold-out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. Across a Wire - Live in New York is released. The album This Desert Life, is released Nov. 2, 1999. 1997-2000 hip online All Rights Reserved.