Destroyer Tour

The Destroyer Tour also known as The Spirit of '76 Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their latest album. The August 20 Anaheim, California show was the most famous show of the tour, the band played to over 42,000 people, the biggest US crowd the band had played to. Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and Montrose were the opening acts. The J. Geils Band, Point Blank and Seger opened for them at their July 10 show in New Jersey, which was recorded and released on DVD decades later as "The Lost Concert".

Spirit of '76 Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumDestroyer
Start dateApril 23, 1976
End dateSeptember 12, 1976
Legs3
No. of shows57
Kiss concert chronology

Tour setlist
  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "King Of The Night Time World"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Strutter"
  5. "Hotter Than Hell"
  6. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  7. "Nothin' to Lose"
  8. "Shout It Out Loud"
  9. "Do You Love Me?"
  10. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons bloodspitting and bass solo, Peter Criss drum solo)
  11. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Paul Stanley destroys guitar after the song)
Encore
  1. "Deuce"
  2. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  3. "Black Diamond"
  • "Flaming Youth" and "Watchin' You" played in some shows instead of "Strutter" and "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll".

Information
  • Average attendance : 11,100 (Does not include European Tour dates)

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
North America
April 23, 1976 Kitchener Canada Dom Cardillo Arena N/A
April 24, 1976 London London Gardens Cheap Trick
April 26, 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens N/A
April 28, 1976 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
May 4, 1976 Mount Prospect United States River Trails Middle School
Europe
May 13, 1976 Manchester England Free Trade Hall Stray
May 14, 1976 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
May 15, 1976 London Hammersmith Odeon
May 16, 1976
May 18, 1976 Mannheim Germany Mannheimer Rosengarten Scorpions
May 19, 1976 Düsseldorf Philips Hall
May 22, 1976 Paris France Olympia Theatre No Opening Act
May 23, 1976 Amsterdam Netherlands RAI Arena Finch
May 24, 1976 Offenbach Germany Stadthalle Offenbach Scorpions
May 26, 1976 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium No Opening Act
May 28, 1976 Stockholm Gröna Lund
May 29, 1976 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
May 30, 1976 Lund Sweden Olympen
June 2, 1976 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
June 3, 1976 Munich Germany Circus Krone Building Scorpions
June 4, 1976 Fürth MTV Grundig Hall
June 6, 1976 Harelbeke Belgium Harelbeke Assembly Center Hoa Bihn
North America
July 3, 1976Norfolk, VirginiaUnited StatesNorfolk ScopeBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
July 6, 1976Columbia, South CarolinaCarolina Coliseum
July 8, 1976Richmond, VirginiaRichmond Coliseum
July 10, 1976Jersey City, New JerseyRoosevelt StadiumThe J. Geils Band, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Point Blank
July 11, 1976South Yarmouth, MassachusettsCape Cod ColiseumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
July 13, 1976Baltimore, MarylandBaltimore Civic Center
July 15, 1976Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville Civic Coliseum
July 17, 1976Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston Civic Center
July 19, 1976Johnson City, TennesseeFreedom Hall Civic Center
July 21, 1976Nashville, TennesseeNashville Municipal AuditoriumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, UFO
July 23, 1976Birmingham, AlabamaRickwood FieldBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Kansas
July 26, 1976Kansas City, MissouriKansas City Municipal AuditoriumArtful Dodger
July 28, 1976St. Louis, MissouriKiel AuditoriumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
July 29, 1976
July 31, 1976Toledo, OhioToledo Sports ArenaStarz
August 2, 1976Indianapolis, IndianaMarket Square ArenaBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Artful Dodger
August 4, 1976Little Rock, ArkansasBarton ColiseumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
August 6, 1976Evansville, IndianaRoberts Municipal StadiumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Artful Dodger
August 8, 1976Trotwood, OhioHara Arena
August 10, 1976Shreveport, LouisianaHirsch Memorial ColiseumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
August 11, 1976Fort Worth, TexasTarrant County Convention CenterBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Artful Dodger
August 13, 1976Houston, TexasThe Summit
August 15, 1976El Paso, TexasEl Paso County ColiseumMoon Pie
August 17, 1976Tempe, ArizonaTempe Diablo StadiumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Ted Nugent
August 20, 1976Anaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim StadiumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Ted Nugent, Montrose
August 22, 1976Oakland, CaliforniaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum ArenaBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, .38 Special
August 27, 1976Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro ColiseumPoint Blank, Artful Dodger
August 29, 1976Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta–Fulton County StadiumBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Blue Öyster Cult, .38 Special
September 1, 1976South Bend, IndianaAthletic & Convocation CenterBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
September 3, 1976Richfield, OhioRichfield ColiseumArtful Dodger
September 4, 1976Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Civic ArenaBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Artful Dodger
September 6, 1976Toronto, OntarioCanadaVarsity StadiumBlue Öyster Cult, Artful Dodger
September 8, 1976Louisville, KentuckyUnited StatesFreedom HallBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Artful Dodger
September 10, 1976Cincinnati, OhioRiverfront Coliseum
September 12, 1976Springfield, MassachusettsSpringfield Civic CenterArtful Dodger

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