Kiss My Ass Tour

Kiss My Ass Tour
Tour by Kiss
Start date	April 2, 1994
End date	February 13, 1995
Legs	5
No. of shows	23
Kiss concert chronology
	; Revenge Tour; (1992); ; Kiss My Ass Tour; (1994–1995); ; Alive/Worldwide Tour; (1996–1997);

The Kiss My Ass Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss. It was the last tour to feature drummer Eric Singer as a member until 2004, and the last tour with guitarist Bruce Kulick.

Background

Kiss opened the tour with a performance at the WWBZ 103.5 Blazefest in Villa Park.^[1] In late August and early September 1994, Kiss toured South America as headliners on the touring Monsters of Rock festival alongside Slayer and Black Sabbath.^[2]^[3]

Following the Monsters of Rock tour, the band toured Japan in January 1995 on their own, and in February 1995 they toured Australia for the first time since 1980. During the Japan leg, the band had established the "Kiss Aid Save The City Fund", raising more than $10,000 for the survivors of the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan.^[4] The tour featured props like the Sphinx which returned from the Hot in the Shade Tour, fireworks, lasers, strippers and the giant logo with the band's name.^[2] During this tour, Kiss would also go on to host a tour of "Kiss conventions"^[5] at various hotels and convention centers to do what other fan-created Kiss conventions had done before.^[6]^[7] Following the tour, there was an exclusive performance in which the band performed an acoustic set on MTV for their live album Kiss Unplugged, joined by Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.^[8]

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

Doing MTV Unplugged was not really to prove anything to anybody or win converts. It really was us, maybe for ourselves, showing how good these songs are. We did them during the Kiss conventions. So many of those songs were written on acoustic guitars; they were written in a much more simple fashion than they're played. The philosophy has always been, "if it doesn't sound good on one guitar it's a shitty song."^[9]

Setlist

This is an example setlist performed at a show, but may not represent the majority of the shows on this tour.^[10]

"King of the Night Time World" opened shows on certain dates of the tour.
"Goin' Blind" was played at the beginning of the tour but was abandoned by the set list.
"Strutter" and "100,000 Years" were played occasionally.
"She", "Forever", "Take It Off" and "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" were played occasionally on the tour.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
North America^[1]^[10]
April 2, 1994	Villa Park	United States	Odeum Expo Center	—
April 19, 1994	San Antonio		Freeman Coliseum	Lita Ford Snakedance
July 30, 1994	Nashville		Riverfront Park	Fleetwood Mac Pat Travers Mother Station Gypsy Carnes Brother Cane
Latin America^[10]
August 27, 1994	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Pacaembu	—
September 1, 1994	Santiago	Chile	Estación Mapocho
September 3, 1994	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
September 5, 1994	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Obras Sanitarias
September 8, 1994	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	Victimas del Dr. Cerebro
September 14, 1994	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Obras Sanitarias	Logos
September 15, 1994
September 16, 1994
North America^[10]
October 21, 1994	Phoenix	United States	Arizona State Fair	—
Asia^[10]
January 24, 1995	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Castle Hall	—
January 26, 1995	Fukuoka		Kokusai Center
January 28, 1995	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
January 30, 1995	Tokyo		Budokan
January 31, 1995	Tokyo		Budokan
Australia^[10]
February 4, 1995	Perth	Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	The Poor
February 6, 1995	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February 8, 1995	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
February 9, 1995	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
February 11, 1995	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
February 13, 1995	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre

Personnel

Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals
Eric Singer – drums, backing vocals

References

^ ^a ^b Kening, Dan (April 1, 1994). "Even After 20 Years, Kiss Still Just Making It Up As They Go". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 110. ISBN 9781476625409.
^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide: Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu. London, England: Jawbone Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-1906002015.
^ "Update – Good Works: Kiss Earthquake Aid". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 9. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 4, 1995. p. 80. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ Newman, Melinda (June 10, 1995). "Kiss Wants To Rock And Roll All Nite; Conventions Reunite Band With Fans". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 23. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 207. ISBN 9781476625409.
^ Sherman, Dale (2012). KISS FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land. Montclair, NJ: Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617131271.
^ Kelley, Ken (March 12, 2016). "When Kiss Reunited, Then Went Acoustic, on 'Unplugged'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.

Sources

Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9781476625409.