Rock & Roll Over Tour
The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock group Kiss. It began November 24, 1976 (shortly after the release of the Rock and Roll Over album) and ended April 4, 1977.
Tour by Kiss | |
Associated album | Rock and Roll Over |
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Start date | November 24, 1976 |
End date | April 4, 1977 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 70 |
Kiss concert chronology |
On February 18, 1977, the band performed for the first time at Madison Square Garden – a venue all four members had long dreamed of playing. That night was also the Garden debut of opening act Sammy Hagar. "The Kiss fans wanted to kill me," he recalled. "And I was like, 'Fuck you people!' I was mad, and that show really put a fire up my ass. The next show, I walked out thinking, 'I'm going to kill these people!'"[1]
Kiss performed in Japan for the first time on this tour. They played Budokan Hall four nights in a row, breaking an attendance record set by The Beatles. On December 12, 1976, Ace Frehley suffered a severe electrical shock on stage. The consequent delay lasted about fifteen minutes but Frehley resumed the show, despite having lost feeling in one of his hands.[2] Inspired by the event, he wrote "Shock Me", which appeared on Kiss' next album, 1977's Love Gun. It is the first Kiss song on which he sings lead vocals.
This was the first tour on which "Beth" was performed. Instead of being played by the band, it was sung by drummer Peter Criss to a recording of the instrumental track from the Destroyer album.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
In 1972, I was a taxi driver and I remember driving people to the Garden to see Elvis Presley. I thought someday people will be driving to the Garden to see me and just a few years later Kiss was headlining the Garden. It was a big deal to play for our families and friends... nerve-wracking to say the least. We were beside ourselves backstage, sweating and very, very nervous. And before we went on, all of us shook hands and said "Well, we're here. We're really at the Garden."[3]
Set list
- "Detroit Rock City"
- "Take Me"
- "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Ladies Room"
- "Firehouse"
- "Makin' Love"
- "I Want You"
- "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
- "Do You Love Me?"
- "Nothin' to Lose"
- Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Encore
Hard Luck Woman was played on the tour in the months of November and December 1976. Also, in the opening weeks of the tour, "Deuce" was played rather than "Ladies Room" and "Calling Dr. Love" was played instead of "Shout It Out Loud".
- Early Tour Set list
- "Detroit Rock City"
- "Take Me"
- "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Deuce"
- "Firehouse""
- "Makin' Love"
- "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
- "Do You Love Me?"
- "Nothin' to Lose"
- Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
- "I Want You"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Encore
- "Calling Dr. Love"
- "Beth"
- "Black Diamond"
Other songs played include "Strutter" and "Flaming Youth".
Information
- Average Attendance (11,000)
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Support act(s) |
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November 24, 1976 | Savannah | United States | Savannah Civic Center | Graham Parker & The Rumour |
November 25, 1976 | Charlotte | Charlotte Coliseum | Jesse Bolt | |
November 27, 1976 | Raleigh | J.S. Dorton Arena | The Raisin Band | |
November 28, 1976 | Greenville | Greenville Memorial Auditorium | Climax Blues Band | |
November 30, 1976 | Columbus | Columbus Municipal Auditorium | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | |
December 2, 1976 | Memphis | Mid-South Coliseum | Dr. Hook | |
December 3, 1976 | Jackson | Mississippi Coliseum | ||
December 4, 1976 | New Orleans | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium | Blackfoot | |
December 5, 1976 | Mobile | Mobile Municipal Auditorium | ||
December 7, 1976 | Huntsville | Von Braun Civic Center | Dr. Hook | |
December 8, 1976 | Macon | Macon Coliseum | Uriah Heep | |
December 10, 1976 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum | ||
December 11, 1976 | Pembroke Pines | Hollywood Sportatorium | ||
December 12, 1976 | Lakeland | Lakeland Civic Center | ||
December 15, 1976 | Buffalo | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | ||
December 16, 1976 | Syracuse | Onondaga County War Memorial | ||
December 18, 1976 | New Haven | New Haven Coliseum | ||
December 19, 1976 | Landover | Capital Centre | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | |
December 21, 1976 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | ||
December 27, 1976 | Fayetteville | Cumberland County Memorial Arena | Blackfoot | |
December 28, 1976 | Roanoke | Roanoke Civic Center | Uriah Heep | |
December 30, 1976 | Augusta | Augusta Civic Center | Natural Gas | |
January 1, 1977 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | Uriah Heep | |
January 5, 1977 | Abilene | Taylor County Expo Center | ||
January 6, 1977 | Tulsa | Tulsa Assembly Center | ||
January 7, 1977 | Norman | Lloyd Noble Center | ||
January 9, 1977 | Wichita | Levitt Arena | ||
January 10, 1977 | Amarillo | Amarillo Civic Center | ||
January 11, 1977 | Albuquerque | Tingley Coliseum | ||
January 13, 1977 | Salt Lake City | Salt Palace | ||
January 15, 1977 | Denver | McNichols Sports Arena | ||
January 17, 1977 | Grand Forks | UND Fieldhouse | ||
January 18, 1977 | Duluth | Duluth Arena-Auditorium | ||
January 20, 1977 | Lincoln | Pershing Auditorium | ||
January 21, 1977 | Des Moines | Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium | ||
January 22, 1977 | Chicago | Chicago Stadium | ||
January 24, 1977 | Fort Wayne | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | ||
January 25, 1977 | Terre Haute | Hulman Center | ||
January 27, 1977 | Detroit | Cobo Arena | ||
January 28, 1977 | ||||
January 29, 1977 | ||||
February 1, 1977 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Auditorium | ||
February 2, 1977 | ||||
February 3, 1977 | Green Bay | Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena | ||
February 4, 1977 | Madison | Dane County Expo Coliseum | ||
February 6, 1977 | Bloomington | Metropolitan Sports Center | ||
February 8, 1977 | Omaha | Omaha Civic Auditorium | ||
February 9, 1977 | Kansas City | Kemper Arena | Head East | |
February 10, 1977 | Waterloo | McElroy Auditorium | The Dictators | |
February 12, 1977 | Bismarck | Bismarck Civic Center | ||
February 16, 1977 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | Sammy Hagar | |
February 18, 1977 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | ||
February 21, 1977 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | ||
February 26, 1977 | Johnson City | Freedom Hall Civic Center | The Dictators | |
February 27, 1977 | Columbia | Carolina Coliseum | ||
March 1, 1977 | Asheville | Asheville Civic Center | ||
March 3, 1977 | Birmingham | BJCC Coliseum | ||
March 5, 1977 | Lexington | Rupp Arena | Legs Diamond | |
March 6, 1977 | Columbus | St. John Arena | ||
March 7, 1977 | Hampton | Hampton Coliseum | ||
March 24, 1977 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan | Bow Wow |
March 25, 1977 | ||||
March 26, 1977 | Kyoto | Kyoto Kaikan | ||
March 28, 1977 | Nagoya | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | ||
March 29, 1977 | Osaka | Osaka Festival Hall | ||
March 30, 1977 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium | ||
April 1, 1977 | Tokyo | Nippon Budokan | ||
April 2, 19771 | ||||
April 4, 1977 |
- ^Note 1 Kiss performed two shows on this day, one at 3pm and one at 7pm.
Box office score data
Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Gross | Ref(s) |
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November 24, 1976 | Savannah, United States | Savannah Civic Center | 8,000 / 8,000 | $60,000 | [4] |
December 2, 1976 | Memphis, United States | Mid-South Coliseum | 12,000 / 12,000 | $73,250 | [5] |
December 11, 1976 | Pembroke Pines, United States | Hollywood Sportatorium | 12,943 | $91,323 | [6] |
December 15, 1976 | Buffalo, United States | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 12,182 | $75,274 | [7] |
December 18, 1976 | New Haven, United States | New Haven Coliseum | 9,300 | $66,828 | [7] |
January 9, 1977 | Wichita, United States | Levitt Arena | 10,886 / 10,886 | $76,202 | [8] |
January 20, 1977 | Lincoln, United States | Pershing Auditorium | 8,387 / 8,387 | $57,605 | [9] |
January 21, 1977 | Des Moines, United States | Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium | 14,234 / 14,234 | $93,146 | [9] |
February 1, 1977 | Milwaukee, United States | Milwaukee Auditorium | 12,311 / 12,311 | $86,719 | [10] |
February 2, 1977 | [10] | ||||
February 3, 1977 | Green Bay, United States | Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,008 / 7,008 | $52,560 | [10] |
February 4, 1977 | Madison, United States | Dane County Expo Coliseum | 10,050 / 10,050 | $75,375 | [10] |
February 6, 1977 | Bloomington, United States | Metropolitan Sports Center | 16,800 / 16,800 | $104,900 | [10] |
February 8, 1977 | Omaha, United States | Omaha Civic Auditorium | 12,000 / 12,000 | $78,000 | [11] |
February 9, 1977 | Kansas City, United States | Kemper Arena | 14,794 | $103,558 | [11] |
February 18, 1977 | New York City, United States | Madison Square Garden | 19,600 / 19,600 | $145,000 | [12] |
March 7, 1977 | Hampton, United States | Hampton Coliseum | 9,949 | $67,928 | [13] |
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- "Ace Frehley – "Shock Me" Guitar Lesson" – via www.youtube.com.
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