Dynasty Tour

The Dynasty Tour was a concert tour by the rock band Kiss. It was their first tour since the Alive II Tour ended on April 2, 1978 in Japan.

Dynasty Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Dynasty
Start date	June 15, 1979
End date	December 16, 1979
Legs	2
No. of shows	82 played, 8 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

The Dynasty Tour, also known as "The Return of Kiss", was the first tour to feature the famous flying stunt by Gene Simmons. This was also the first tour to feature Ace Frehley's "lighted guitar" and his rocket-shooting guitar, where after his smoke-spewing guitar solo, the still-smoking guitar would float up. As it was floating upward, he would appear with another guitar, aim the neck at the floating guitar, shoot the rockets, and blow it up. John Elder Robison, who served as a technician for the band during the late 1970's, documented the lengths he went to create the elaborate effects for the tour in his book Look Me in the Eye. A trick was designed for Paul Stanley that involved his putting on a headset and shooting a laser out of his left eye to mock the effect seen in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park the year before. After several runthroughs, both Stanley and manager Bill Aucoin nixed the idea, citing the danger involved.

The tour, dubbed "The Return Of Kiss", also saw a decline in audience. Additional dates at the Pontiac Silverdome were cancelled. Reviews and recordings have confirmed the tour was also of poor musical quality. This was the last tour with Peter Criss on drums until 1996. He would later admit he would intentionally stop playing during shows just to upset the rest of the band.

This tour is also famous for being the only tour to feature songs from all four members’ solo albums. Simmons performed "Radioactive", Criss performed "Tossin' and Turnin'", Frehley performed "New York Groove", and Stanley performed "Move On". Simmons' and Criss' songs were replaced with more familiar songs early in the tour. Criss' song "Dirty Livin" was reportedly rehearsed, but never performed.

Frehley stated in various interviews that Kiss was becoming a youth-oriented band. It was because kids were showing up dressed in costume and make-up for their shows along with their parents. As a result, many teenage fans felt alienated and were turned off by the band.

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

I designed the stage while I was in the studio in 1978 producing a band called New England. Kiss was selling a lot of behind-the-stage seats, and I wanted everyone in the audience to feel that they weren't forgotten, so I came up with a multi-level hexagon where we were free to roam and sing from many vantage points. Most of our stages have been dark overall and I thought we would stand out a lot more on a white stage. Because we had reached iconic proportions as a band and I knew the anticipation for us at the shows would be huge I thought rising from inside the stage and holding a frozen pose would make us that larger than life by our presence alone setting off the crowd. In hindsight I think had we stayed in classic black and silver outfits it would have contrasted the stage and been much more powerful. The multi colored outfits made it all look a bit too Vegas for me and it took away the edge. The stage was really unique in that it almost looked like a massive monument rather that your typical one level flat rectangular stage. I loved it.[1]

Tour setlist

1. "King of the Night Time World"
2. "Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll"
3. "Move On"
4. "Calling Dr. Love"
5. "Firehouse"
6. "New York Groove" (lighted guitar)
7. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
8. "Love Gun"
9. "2,000 Man" (Ace Frehley Guitar-Solo, smoking guitar, flying guitar, rocket shooting guitar)
10. "Christine Sixteen"
11. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons Bass-Solo, Bloodspitting and Flying-Stunt, Peter Criss Drum-Solo)
12. "Shout It Out Loud"
13. "Black Diamond"

Encore

14. "Detroit Rock City"
15. "Beth"
16. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

"Radioactive" and "Tossin' and Turnin'" were played at a few shows during the tour and "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" and "Christine Sixteen" were put in their places.

Information

• Average Attendance (10,600)

Tour dates

[2][3]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
June 15, 1979	Lakeland, Florida	United States	Lakeland Civic Center	Nantucket
June 17, 1979	Pembroke Pines, Florida		Hollywood Sportatorium
June 19, 1979	Savannah, Georgia		Savannah Civic Center	The Sweet
June 22, 1979	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum	Whiteface
June 24, 1979	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	Nantucket
June 26, 1979	Greenville, South Carolina		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
June 28, 1979	Asheville, North Carolina		Asheville Civic Center
June 30, 1979	Atlanta, Georgia		The Omni Coliseum	New England
July 3, 1979	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum	Nantucket
July 5, 1979	Hampton, Virginia		Hampton Coliseum	New England
July 7, 1979	Landover, Maryland		Capital Centre
July 8, 1979
July 10, 1979	Roanoke, Virginia		Roanoke Civic Center
July 13, 1979	Pontiac, Michigan		Pontiac Silverdome	Cheap Trick, New England
July 16, 1979	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena	New England
July 18, 1979	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
July 19, 1979
July 21, 1979	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
July 24, 1979	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
July 25, 1979
July 28, 1979	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center
July 31, 1979	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
August 1, 1979
August 4, 1979	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
August 6, 1979	Montreal, Quebec		Montreal Forum
August 8, 1979	Buffalo, New York	United States	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
August 10, 1979	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena	The Michael Stanley Band
August 12, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum	New England
August 14, 1979	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
August 16, 1979	Birmingham, Alabama		BJCC Coliseum
August 18, 1979	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		Riverside Centroplex Arena
August 20, 1979	Mobile, Alabama		Mobile Municipal Auditorium	Eli
September 1, 1979	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Judas Priest
September 3, 1979	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
September 5, 1979	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
September 7, 1979	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		The Spectrum
September 10, 1979	Huntington, West Virginia		Huntington Civic Center
September 12, 1979	Knoxville, Tennessee		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
September 14, 1979	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverfront Coliseum
September 16, 1979	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall
September 18, 1979	Fort Wayne, Indiana		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
September 20, 1979	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
September 22, 1979	Chicago, Illinois		International Amphitheatre
September 24, 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
September 26, 1979	Madison, Wisconsin		Dane County Expo Coliseum
September 28, 1979	Bloomington, Minnesota		Metropolitan Sports Center
September 30, 1979	Kansas City, Missouri		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
October 2, 1979	St. Louis, Missouri		The Checkerdome	John Cougar & The Zone
October 4, 1979	Des Moines, Iowa		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
October 6, 1979	Duluth, Minnesota		Duluth Arena Auditorium
October 8, 1979	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium
October 10, 1979	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center
October 12, 1979	Valley Center, Kansas		Britt Brown Arena
October 14, 1979	Pine Bluff, Arkansas		Pine Bluff Convention Center
October 17, 1979	Norman, Oklahoma		Lloyd Noble Center	Breathless
October 19, 1979	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
October 21, 1979	Houston, Texas		The Summit
October 23, 1979	Fort Worth, Texas		Tarrant County Convention Center
October 27, 1979	Abilene, Texas		Taylor County Expo Center
October 29, 1979	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Tulsa Assembly Center
October 31, 1979	Lubbock, Texas		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
November 2, 1979	Midland, Texas		Al G. Langford Chaparral Center
November 4, 1979	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
November 6, 1979	Anaheim, California		Anaheim Convention Center
November 7, 1979	Inglewood, California		The Forum
November 10, 1979	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 19, 1979	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	Loverboy
November 21, 1979	Seattle, Washington	United States	Seattle Center Coliseum	The Rockets
November 25, 1979	Daly City, California		Cow Palace
November 27, 1979	Fresno, California		Selland Arena
November 29, 1979	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
December 1, 1979	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
December 3, 1979	Amarillo, Texas		Amarillo Civic Center
December 6, 1979	Lake Charles, Louisiana		Lake Charles Civic Center
December 8, 1979	Shreveport, Louisiana		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
December 10, 1979	Jackson, Mississippi		Mississippi Coliseum
December 12, 1979	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
December 14, 1979	Huntsville, Alabama		Von Braun Civic Center
December 16, 1979	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Venue	Reason
June 14, 1979	Lakeland, Florida	Lakeland Civic Center	More rehearsal time
June 20, 1979	Savannah, Georgia	Savannah Civic Center	Low ticket sales
July 1, 1979	Atlanta, Georgia	The Omni	Low ticket sales
July 14, 1979	Pontiac, Michigan	Pontiac Silverdome	Temp Hold Date
July 22, 1979	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Low ticket sales
July 27, 1979	New York City	Madison Square Garden	Temp Hold Date / rerouting of tour
July 28, 1979
September 29, 1979	Bloomington, Minnesota	Metropolitan Sports Center	Low ticket sales
November 23, 1979	Portland, Oregon	Portland Memorial Coliseum	Fire marshall refused to issue a permit

References

1. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 15.
2. "The KISSFAQ – KISS Tourdates Archive – 1979". Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
3. "KISS TOURDATES Dynasty 1979". www.kissfanshop.de. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

External links

• The official Kiss website