Animalize World Tour

The Animalize World Tour was a concert tour by American band Kiss in support of their Animalize album.

Animalize World Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Animalize
Start date	September 30, 1984
End date	March 29, 1985
Legs	2
No. of shows	119 played 1 canceled
Kiss concert chronology

It was divided into two halves: the European leg and the U.S. leg, with two very different shows and stage sets. The European staging was essentially the Unmasked Tour stage, decorated to resemble the Animalize album cover (amps painted with leopard spots and tiger stripes). One short-lived prop saw two growling panthers covering Eric Carr's bass drums.

When Animalize became a surprise hit in America, a much larger stage set was designed for the American leg of the tour by Tait Towers.

The shows would start much in the same manner as the Dynasty show, with the band being lifted onto the stage by a lift behind the drum riser. Sound effects of a large airplane landing would be played over the speakers while the band was coming up, and after the famous "You Wanted The Best" intro the band would launch into "Detroit Rock City". This was the first tour with Bruce Kulick on lead guitar, replacing Mark St. John who couldn't play due to his arthritic condition. Originally Kulick was a temporary replacement, but St. John's condition did not improve, and Kulick was named an official member on December 8, 1984. Bon Jovi was the opening act on the European leg, with Queensrÿche, W.A.S.P., Krokus and Dokken opening shows in North America.[1]

The Animalize period was the band's most successful of the decade with the crossover success of "Heaven's on Fire" onto CHR/Top 40 radio, a very well-attended concert trek, and with Animalize selling nearly 2 million copies by the end of the tour.

In the tour program for the band's final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:

You can't help but have a good time at one of our shows when everybody is going nuts onstage. That kind of good time is infectious. You can't fake it. You can't fool the audience. The people will see right through you if you put on a fake smile or you're not putting out your best. The band are alive and well and playing better than we ever have.[2]

Tour notes

• "I've Had Enough (Into The Fire)", "Get All You Can Take" and "Burn Bitch Burn" were all performed at the opening show in Brighton, England. "Get All You Can Take" would never be performed live again, while "I've Had Enough (Into The Fire)" would continue to make sporadic appearances through the November 18 show in Buffalo. "Burn Bitch Burn" would be performed only once, on opening night.
• Eric Carr would handle lead vocals on "Young and Wasted" at all shows. In a 1989 interview just prior to the release of Hot in the Shade, Carr was quoted as saying that the Animalize Tour was his favorite with Kiss.
• Mark St. John performed only three live shows with Kiss, at the end of November. At the first live concert, in Baltimore, on November 27, 1984, he came onstage replacing Bruce Kulick before "Under the Gun". However, he went off after a few songs, and Kulick returned and played until the end of the show. In the following two concerts, on November 28 and 29, St. John performed full live shows with the group.
• Mark St. John made his final appearance with Kiss at the December 7 show in Fort Wayne, Indiana. During a meeting in Fort Wayne later that night, St. John was fired and Kulick was named the band's new guitarist.
• Footage from the December 8 show in Detroit was used for an episode of MTV's Saturday Night Concerts series. A more complete — but still heavily edited (and overdubbed) — version of the show would be released the following April by RCA/MusicVision as Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored. This show was also broadcast live in its entirety on a local FM radio station. Furthermore, "Heaven's on Fire" from this concert was included on the 1985 Hear 'n Aid charity LP.
• Footage for the "Thrills in the Night" music video was shot at the December 14 and 15 shows in Cleveland and Louisville.
• Tragedy struck on the January 3, 1985, show in Greenville, South Carolina, when the band's rigger John Addington fell to his death during the changeover between openers Krokus and Kiss.
• A rare snowstorm nearly canceled the February 1 show in Waco, Texas. The decision to proceed with the concert was made literally minutes before show time.

European setlist

1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Cold Gin"
3. "Strutter"
4. "Fits Like a Glove"
5. "Heaven's on Fire"
6. "Under the Gun"
7. "War Machine"
8. "Young and Wasted"
9. "Creatures of the Night"
10. "I Love It Loud"
11. "I Still Love You"
12. "I've Had Enough (Into The Fire)"
13. "Love Gun"
14. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
15. "Lick It Up"
16. "Black Diamond"

North American setlist

1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Cold Gin"
3. "Creatures of the Night"
4. "Fits Like a Glove"
5. "Heaven's on Fire"
6. "Thrills In The Night"
7. "Under the Gun"
8. "War Machine"
9. "Young and Wasted"
10. "I Love It Loud"
11. "I Still Love You"
12. "Love Gun"
13. "Lick It Up"
14. "Black Diamond"
15. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

• A few bars of "Strutter" were performed at the 3/28/85 show in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Information

• Average Attendance (6200)

Tour dates

[3] [4] [5]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
Europe
September 30, 1984	Brighton	England	Brighton Centre	Bon Jovi
October 1, 1984	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
October 2, 1984	St Austell		Cornwall Coliseum
October 4, 1984	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
October 5, 1984	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Apollo
October 6, 1984	Edinburgh		Edinburgh Playhouse
October 7, 1984	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	England	Newcastle City Hall
October 8, 1984
October 10, 1984	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
October 11, 1984	Ipswich		Gaumont Theater
October 12, 1984	Stafford		Bingley Hall
October 13, 1984	Leeds		Queen's Hall
October 14, 1984	London		Wembley Arena
October 15, 1984
October 16, 1984	Munich	West Germany	Circus Krone
October 17, 1984	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
October 19, 1984	Neunkirchen am Brand		Hemmerleinhalle
October 21, 1984	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Center
October 22, 1984	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen	No Opening Act
October 24, 1984	Lund	Sweden	Olympen
October 26, 1984	Stockholm		Johanneshovs Isstadion	Bon Jovi
October 27, 1984	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
October 29, 1984	Hanover	West Germany	Stadionsporthalle
October 30, 1984	Düsseldorf		Philipshalle
October 31, 1984	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
November 1, 1984	Lausanne	Switzerland	Palais de Beaulieu
November 3, 1984	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
November 4, 1984	Zwolle	Netherlands	IJsselhallen
November 5, 1984	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
North America
November 15, 1984	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	United States	Stabler Arena	Queensrÿche
November 16, 1984	Glens Falls, New York		Glens Falls Civic Center
November 17, 1984	Rochester, New York		Rochester Community War Memorial
November 18, 1984	Buffalo, New York		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
November 20, 1984	Syracuse, New York		Onondaga County War Memorial
November 23, 1984	Worcester, Massachusetts		The Centrum
November 24, 1984	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
November 25, 1984	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		The Spectrum
November 26, 1984	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 27, 1984	Baltimore, Maryland		Baltimore Civic Center
November 28, 1984	Poughkeepsie, New York		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
November 29, 1984	Binghamton, New York		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
December 2, 1984	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
December 4, 1984	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
December 5, 1984	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
December 6, 1984	Terre Haute, Indiana		Hulman Center
December 7, 1984	Fort Wayne, Indiana		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
December 8, 1984	Detroit, Michigan		Cobo Arena
December 11, 1984	Saginaw, Michigan		Saginaw Civic Center
December 12, 1984	Columbus, Ohio		Battelle Hall
December 13, 1984	Dayton, Ohio		Hara Arena
December 14, 1984	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
December 15, 1984	Louisville, Kentucky		Commonwealth Convention Center
December 17, 1984	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center
December 18, 1984	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center
December 26, 1984	Kansas City, Missouri		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
December 27, 1984	Lincoln, Nebraska		Pershing Auditorium
December 29, 1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota		St. Paul Civic Center
December 30, 1984	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
January 3, 1985	Greenville, South Carolina		Greenville Memorial Auditorium	Krokus
January 4, 1985	Johnson City, Tennessee		Freedom Hall Civic Center
January 5, 1985	Fayetteville, North Carolina		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
January 6, 1985	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum
January 8, 1985	Knoxville, Tennessee		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
January 9, 1985	Atlanta, Georgia		The Omni Coliseum
January 10, 1985	Orlando, Florida		Orlando Sports Stadium
January 11, 1985	Fort Lauderdale, Florida		Sunrise Musical Theater
January 12, 1985
January 13, 1985	St. Petersburg, Florida		Bayfront Center
January 15, 1985	New Orleans, Louisiana		Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
January 16, 1985	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
January 17, 1985	Huntsville, Alabama		Von Braun Civic Center
January 18, 1985	Birmingham, Alabama		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
January 19, 1985	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
January 21, 1985	Pensacola, Florida		Pensacola Civic Center
January 22, 1985	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum
January 24, 1985	Lubbock, Texas		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Queensrÿche
January 25, 1985	Abilene, Texas		Taylor County Expo Center
January 26, 1985	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center
January 27, 1985	Corpus Christi, Texas		Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
January 29, 1985	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena
January 30, 1985	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
January 31, 1985	Houston, Texas		Sam Houston Coliseum
February 1, 1985	Waco, Texas		Waco Convention Center
February 3, 1985	Odessa, Texas		Ector County Coliseum
February 4, 1985	Amarillo, Texas		Amarillo Civic Center
February 5, 1985	El Paso, Texas		El Paso County Coliseum
February 6, 1985	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 7, 1985	Las Vegas		Aladdin Theatre
February 9, 1985	Oakland, California		Kaiser Convention Center
February 11, 1985	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
February 13, 1985	Seattle		Seattle Center Arena
February 14, 1985	Portland, Oregon		Portland Memorial Coliseum
February 17, 1985	Long Beach, California		Long Beach Arena
February 18, 1985
February 20, 1985	San Bernardino, California	Orange Pavilion
February 21, 1985	Bakersfield, California	Bakersfield Convention Center
February 22, 1985	San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena
February 24, 1985	Sacramento, California	Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
February 26, 1985	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Coliseum
February 27, 1985	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
March 1, 1985	Edmonton, Alberta		Kinsmen Field House	Sentinel
March 2, 1985	Lethbridge, Alberta		Lethbridge Sportsplex	Queensrÿche
March 3, 1985	Calgary, Alberta		Stampede Corral
March 7, 1985	Regina, Saskatchewan		Regina Agridome	Dokken
March 9, 1985	Winnipeg, Manitoba		Winnipeg Arena
March 10, 1985	Grand Forks, North Dakota	United States	Hyslop Sports Center
March 11, 1985	Bismarck, North Dakota		Bismarck Civic Center
March 13, 1985	Duluth, Minnesota		Duluth Arena
March 14, 1985	Green Bay, Wisconsin		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
March 15, 1985	La Crosse, Wisconsin		La Crosse Center
March 16, 1985	Dubuque, Iowa		Five Flags Center
March 17, 1985	Des Moines, Iowa		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
March 19, 1985	Madison, Wisconsin		Dane County Expo Coliseum	W.A.S.P.
March 20, 1985	Marquette, Michigan		Lakeview Arena
March 22, 1985	Lansing, Michigan		Lansing Civic Center
March 23, 1985	South Bend, Indiana		Athletic & Convocation Center
March 24, 1985	Cincinnati, Ohio		Cincinnati Gardens
March 25, 1985	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena
March 26, 1985	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
March 28, 1985	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
March 29, 1985	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Brendan Byrne Arena

References

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2. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 21.
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