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.

Rock and Roll Over Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumRock and Roll Over
Start dateNovember 24, 1976
End dateApril 4, 1977
Legs2
No. of shows70
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.

Set list
  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Ladies Room"
  5. "Firehouse"
  6. "Makin' Love"
  7. "I Want You"
  8. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  9. "Do You Love Me?"
  10. "Nothin' to Lose"
  11. Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
  12. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  1. "Shout It Out Loud"
  2. "Beth"
  3. "Black Diamond"

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
  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Deuce"
  5. "Firehouse""
  6. "Makin' Love"
  7. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  8. "Do You Love Me?"
  9. "Nothin' to Lose"
  10. Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
  11. "I Want You"
  12. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  1. "Calling Dr. Love"
  2. "Beth"
  3. "Black Diamond"

Other songs played include "Strutter" and "Flaming Youth".

Information
  • Average Attendance (11,000)

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
November 24, 1976Savannah, GeorgiaUnited StatesSavannah Civic CenterGraham Parker & The Rumour
November 25, 1976Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte ColiseumJesse Bolt
November 27, 1976Raleigh, North CarolinaJ.S. Dorton ArenaThe Raisin Band
November 28, 1976Greenville, South CarolinaGreenville Memorial AuditoriumClimax Blues Band
November 30, 1976Columbus, GeorgiaColumbus Municipal AuditoriumTom Petty and the Heartbreakers
December 2, 1976Memphis, TennesseeMid-South ColiseumDr. Hook
December 3, 1976Jackson, MississippiMississippi Coliseum
December 4, 1976New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans Municipal AuditoriumBlackfoot
December 5, 1976Mobile, AlabamaMobile Municipal Auditorium
December 7, 1976Huntsville, AlabamaVon Braun Civic CenterDr. Hook
December 8, 1976Macon, GeorgiaMacon ColiseumUriah Heep
December 10, 1976Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville Memorial Coliseum
December 11, 1976Pembroke Pines, FloridaHollywood Sportatorium
December 12, 1976Lakeland, FloridaLakeland Civic Center
December 15, 1976Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
December 16, 1976Syracuse, New YorkOnondaga County War Memorial
December 18, 1976New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven Coliseum
December 19, 1976Landover, MarylandCapital CentreBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
December 21, 1976Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe Spectrum
December 27, 1976Fayetteville, North CarolinaCumberland County Memorial ArenaBlackfoot
December 28, 1976Roanoke, VirginiaRoanoke Civic CenterUriah Heep
December 30, 1976Augusta, MaineAugusta Civic CenterNatural Gas
January 1, 1977Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Civic CenterUriah Heep
January 5, 1977Abilene, TexasTaylor County Expo Center
January 6, 1977Tulsa, OklahomaTulsa Assembly Center
January 7, 1977Norman, OklahomaLloyd Noble Center
January 9, 1977Wichita, KansasHenry Levitt Arena
January 10, 1977Amarillo, TexasAmarillo Civic Center
January 11, 1977Albuquerque, New MexicoTingley Coliseum
January 13, 1977Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
January 15, 1977Denver, ColoradoMcNichols Sports Arena
January 17, 1977Grand Forks, North DakotaUND Fieldhouse
January 18, 1977Duluth, MinnesotaDuluth Arena-Auditorium
January 20, 1977Lincoln, NebraskaPershing Auditorium
January 21, 1977Des Moines, IowaIowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 22, 1977Chicago, IllinoisChicago Stadium
January 24, 1977Fort Wayne, IndianaAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
January 25, 1977Terre Haute, IndianaHulman Center
January 27, 1977Detroit, MichiganCobo Arena
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
February 1, 1977Milwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee Auditorium
February 2, 1977
February 3, 1977Green Bay, WisconsinBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 4, 1977Madison, WisconsinDane County Expo Coliseum
February 6, 1977Bloomington, MinnesotaMetropolitan Sports Center
February 8, 1977Omaha, NebraskaOmaha Civic Auditorium
February 9, 1977Kansas City, MissouriKemper ArenaHead East
February 10, 1977Waterloo, IowaMcElroy AuditoriumThe Dictators
February 12, 1977Bismarck, North DakotaBismarck Civic Center
February 16, 1977Hartford, ConnecticutHartford Civic CenterSammy Hagar
February 18, 1977New York City, New YorkMadison Square Garden
February 21, 1977Uniondale, New YorkNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 26, 1977Johnson City, TennesseeFreedom Hall Civic CenterThe Dictators
February 27, 1977Columbia, South CarolinaCarolina Coliseum
March 1, 1977Asheville, North CarolinaAsheville Civic Center
March 3, 1977Birmingham, AlabamaBJCC Coliseum
March 5, 1977Lexington, KentuckyRupp ArenaLegs Diamond
March 6, 1977Columbus, OhioSt. John Arena
March 7, 1977Hampton, VirginiaHampton Coliseum
March 24, 1977OsakaJapanOsaka Kōsei Nenkin KaikanBow Wow
March 25, 1977
March 26, 1977KyotoKyoto Kaikan
March 28, 1977NagoyaAichi Prefectural Gymnasium
March 29, 1977OsakaOsaka Festival Hall
March 30, 1977FukuokaFukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
April 1, 1977TokyoBudokan
April 2, 19771
April 4, 1977
  • ^Note 1 Kiss performed two shows on this day, one at 3pm and one at 7pm.

References
  1. Brannigan, Paul (June 2017). "Q&A: Sammy Hagar". Classic Rock. No. 236. p. 26.
  2. "Ace Frehley – "Shock Me" Guitar Lesson" – via www.youtube.com.
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