Kiss / concerts and tours
This page lists all the tours of the group Kiss since it was founded in 1973. The only tours in this list are those concert tours that the band has undertaken after signing their first record deal with Casablanca Records in 1973 ; the clubs listed in the first line are only included for the sake of completeness and are not initially provided with their own article.
Tour list
| Year (s) | Concerts | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 40 | Clubs | Kiss played most of their club concerts at Daisy in Amityville , Long Island and Coventry in Queens . Not a Kiss tour. |
| 1973-1974 | 122 | Kiss Tour | |
| 1974-1975 | 54 | Hotter Than Hell Tour | The tour ended abruptly so that Kiss could record their third album, Dressed to Kill . |
| 1975 | 72 | Dressed to Kill Tour | Five concerts were reserved for the production of the live album Alive! recorded. |
| 1975-1976 | 117 | Alive! trip | The band's first tour as headliner . |
| 1976 | 34 | Destroyer Tour | Kiss played at Anaheim Stadium to 42,000 people, the largest crowd the band has played to in the United States. |
| 1976-1977 | 69 | Rock & Roll Over Tour | Kiss played in Japan for the first time and gave four sold out performances in the Budokan Hall , breaking the Beatles' record . |
| 1977 | 32 | Love Gun Tour | The three concerts in Los Angeles were recorded for Alive II . |
| 1977-1988 | 51 | Alive II tour | Kiss played five sold-out concerts in the Budokan Hall in Tokyo , breaking their own record set a year earlier. |
| 1979 | 80 | Dynasty Tour | Last tour of the original line-up until 1996. Several concerts had to be canceled because of Peter Criss ' drug addiction. No concerts outside of the United States |
| 1980 | 42 | Unmasked tour | First tour with the drummer Eric Carr , at the same time the last tour with the lead guitarist Ace Frehley , only one appearance in the USA; first tour trip to Australia. |
| 1982-1983 | 56 | Creatures of the Night Tour | First tour with guitarist Vinnie Vincent , last tour with make-up until 1996. Bad ticket sales in the United States. |
| 1983-1984 | 94 | Lick It Up Tour | Vinnie Vincent is released after the tour. First tour without makeup. |
| 1984-1985 | 119 | Animalize Tour | Guitarist Mark St. John is fired during the tour and replaced by Bruce Kulick . |
| 1985-1986 | 91 | Asylum Tour | First tour since 1979, which only took place in the USA. |
| 1987-1988 | 129 | Crazy Nights Tour | Kiss played with an invisible keyboardist (Gary Corbett). |
| 1990 | 123 | Hot in the Shade Tour | Last tour with Eric Carr, who died on November 24, 1991. |
| 1992 | 56 | Revenge tour | First tour with drummer Eric Singer . |
| 1994-1995 | 23 | Kiss My Ass Tour | Kiss headlined the Monsters of Rock Festival in South America. Concerts also in Japan and Australia. Few shows in North America. |
| 1996-1997 | 191 | Alive / Worldwide Tour | First tour with the original line-up since 1979. |
| 1998-2000 | 63 | Psycho Circus Tour | 3D video effects as part of the stage show. |
| 2000-2001 | 142 | Kiss Farewell Tour | Peter Criss left the band in early 2001 due to failed contract negotiations and was replaced by Eric Singer for the remainder of the tour. |
| 2003 | 59 | World Domination Tour | Kiss co-headlined Aerosmith . Peter Criss came back for this tour; However, Ace Frehley left the band and was replaced by Tommy Thayer . |
| 2004 | 59 | Rock the Nation Tour | Criss, whose contract had expired, was replaced by Eric Singer. Two shows were featured on the Rock the Nation Live! DVD . filmed. |
| 2006 | 7th | Rising Sun Tour | 4 shows in Japan, 3 shows in the US. |
| 2007 | 5 | Hit 'N Run Tour | "All American Man" played live for the first time ever. The band played without Paul Stanley on the last day of the tour because he was brought to the hospital with a racing heart. |
| 2008-2010 | 101 | KISS Alive / 35 World Tour | 35th anniversary of the band. |
| 2010 | 33 | Sonic Boom over Europe Tour | |
| 2010-2011 | 58 | The Hottest Show on Earth Tour | |
| 2012 | 40 | The tour | Double headlining tour with Mötley Crüe . North America |
| 2013 | 57 | Monster Tour | Double headlining tour with Mötley Crüe. Supporting act: Thin Lizzy . Australia |
| 2014 | 42 | Heroes Tour | Double headlining tour with Def Leppard . North America |
| 2016 | 0 | European Tour | Complete tour canceled shortly after advance booking (started immediately after the attack on Bataclan , Paris). |
| 2017 | 19th | European Tour | In Germany: Dortmund, Stuttgart, Munich and Frankfurt (appearances in chronological order - May 12-23, 2017) |
| 2019-2021 | probably 111 | End of the Road Tour | In Germany: Leipzig, Munich, Essen, Berlin, Hanover and Iffezheim (appearances in chronological order - May 27 to July 6, 2019) |
Sources / literature
- Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs: Kiss Alive Forever - A Complete Touring History ; Billboard Books 2002, 1st edition; ISBN 0-8230-8322-5