Rock & Roll Over Tour
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 |
The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a musical 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.
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.
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"
Encores:
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"
Encores:
Other songs played include "Strutter" and "Flaming Youth".
Information
- Average Attendance (11,000)
Tour dates
- ^Note 1 Kiss performed two shows on this day, one at 3pm and one at 7pm.
References
- ↑ Brannigan, Paul (June 2017). "Q&A: Sammy Hagar". Classic Rock. No. 236. p. 26.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwJk0KAG2M