Asylum Tour (Kiss)

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Asylum Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated album Asylum
Start dateNovember 29, 1985
End dateApril 12, 1986
No. of shows91
Kiss concert chronology

The Asylum Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss, in support of their thirteenth studio album, Asylum .

Contents

Background

On April 3, 1986, the band was set to perform in the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, when a transformer ended up blowing out the lights two hours before the show, cancelling the performance that night [1] and later rescheduled to April 12. [2]

Tommy Thayer, a future member of Kiss, who was in Black 'n Blue at the time, had impressed Simmons when his band had opened for Kiss. [3]

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

Over the years the band has been in existence, the ritual of getting ready has literally stayed the same for the last forty plus years. Since the late Seventies we've had a Superman bed sheet that's taped across the door so that if people walk by and the door is open, you don't get a free glimpse. The time that we spend in the dressing room getting ready gives us a chance to focus on what we have to do and interestingly it's calmest time of the night. It's the calm before the storm. [4]

Reception

Jerry Spangler, a reporter from the Deseret News who attended the Salt Palace performance, stated that the show was another typical Kiss show, criticizing how little there was regarding talent and excitement. He commented that when they take away the special effects, that Kiss was referred to as a dinosaur; concluding that the band should have closed their doors a long time ago, while also noting on the opening act W.A.S.P.'s performance in more paragraphs. [5] Boyd Rogers, a reader who had attended the performance, later sent a response to the reporter to criticize him, and defending the band's performance, stating the number of people attending the concert; noting also on how short the paragraphs were regarding the band - suggesting that the reporter close his 'carnival doors'. [6]

Setlists

These are example setlists of what were performed during the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows. [7]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening Act(s)
North America [7] [8]
November 29, 1985 Little Rock United States Barton Coliseum Black 'n Blue
November 30, 1985 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
December 1, 1985 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
December 3, 1985 San Antonio HemisFair Arena
December 4, 1985 Dallas Reunion Arena
December 6, 1985 Lafayette Cajundome
December 7, 1985 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
December 8, 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center
December 11, 1985 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
December 12, 1985 Louisville Freedom Hall
December 13, 1985 Trotwood Hara Arena
December 14, 1985 Detroit Cobo Arena
December 16, 1985 New York City Madison Square Garden
December 17, 1985 Philadelphia Spectrum
December 19, 1985 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
December 20, 1985 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
December 21, 1985 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
December 22, 1985 Providence Providence Civic Center
December 27, 1985 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
December 28, 1985 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
December 29, 1985 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex
December 30, 1985 Augusta Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
December 31, 1985 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
January 3, 1986 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center W.A.S.P.
January 4, 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
January 7, 1986 Tampa USF Sun Dome
January 8, 1986 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium
January 9, 1986 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
January 10, 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
January 12, 1986 San Juan Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum
January 14, 1986 Norfolk United States Norfolk Scope
January 15, 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
January 16, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
January 17, 1986 Chicago UIC Pavilion
January 20, 1986 Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium
January 21, 1986 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
January 22, 1986 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
January 23, 1986 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
January 24, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
January 25, 1986 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
February 2, 1986 Tucson McKale Center 1
February 4, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
February 5, 1986 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
February 7, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center Black 'n Blue
February 8, 1986 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion W.A.S.P.
February 9, 1986 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 10, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
February 11, 1986 Inglewood The Forum
February 13, 1986 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
February 14, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
February 17, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace 2
February 19, 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
February 21, 1986 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
February 22, 1986 Tulsa Expo Square Pavilion
February 23, 1986 Waco Waco Convention Center
February 24, 1986 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
February 26, 1986 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
February 27, 1986 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center
February 28, 1986 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
March 1, 1986 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 2, 1986 New Orleans Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
March 5, 1986 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena King Kobra
March 6, 1986 Saginaw Wendler Arena
March 7, 1986 Port Huron McMorran Place
March 8, 1986 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
March 9, 1986 Salina Bicentennial Center
March 12, 1986 La Crosse La Crosse Center
March 13, 1986 Duluth Duluth Arena
March 14, 1986 Jamestown Jamestown Civic Center
March 16, 1986 Des Moines Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
March 17, 1986 Sioux City Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
March 18, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
March 20, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
March 21, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
March 22, 1986 Carbondale SIU Arena
March 23, 1986 Terre Haute Hulman Center
March 25, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
March 26, 1986 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
March 27, 1986 Erie Erie Civic Center
March 28, 1986 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
March 29, 1986 Columbus Battelle Hall
March 30, 1986 Hammond Hammond Civic Center 3
April 1, 1986 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
April 2, 1986 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium
April 4, 1986 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
April 6, 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
April 7, 1986 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
April 8, 1986 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 4
April 10, 1986 Baltimore United States Baltimore Civic Center Blue Öyster Cult
April 11, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
April 12, 1986 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena Kix

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1986)		CityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
January 8West Palm BeachAuditorium5,063 / 6,400$75,150 [10]
January 16IndianapolisMarket Square Arena13,583 / 16,000$196,301 [11]
January 20MilwaukeeMECCA Auditorium4,254 / 6,120$57,429
January 21Saint PaulCivic Arena8,700 / 11,000$124,445 [12]
January 23St. LouisKiel Auditorium5,949 / 10,532$75,677
January 24OmahaCivic Auditorium6,426 / 8,000$85,746
January 25Kansas CityKemper Arena6,922 / 9,000$96,908

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Performances by Kiss, Anne Murray canceled". The Pittsburgh Press. April 4, 1986. p. B1. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kiss concert set Saturday". The Pittsburgh Press. April 10, 1986. p. D8. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. ↑ Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN   9780786498024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 22.
  5. ↑ Spangler, Jerry (February 18, 1986). "Kiss finds stage sizzling hot after W.A.S.P. act". Salt Lake City: The Deseret News. p. C-5. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Boyd (March 8, 1986). "Differs with News reviewer on KISS concert". Salt Lake City: The Deseret News. p. A-7. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN   0-8230-8322-5.
  8. ↑ Show announcements:
    • Spangler, Jerry (February 14, 1986). "Concert scene heats up". Salt Lake City: The Deseret News. p. 8-W. Retrieved December 14, 2021. Kiss and W.A.S.P. - will be in concert Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Salt Palace.
    • "Concert Schedules". Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. January 3, 1986. p. 11B. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
    • "January a quiet month on the concert scene". St. Petersburg, Florida: St. Petersburg Times. December 27, 1985. Retrieved December 14, 2021. Jan. 7, KISS; Opening the show at the USF Sun Dome is W.A.S.P.
  9. ↑ "Officials are upset that Kiss scheduled concert on Easter". Hammond, Indiana: The Madison Courier. March 27, 1986. p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 25, 1986. p. 39. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 February 1986. p. 42. ISSN   0006-2510.
  12. ↑ "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 8, 1986. p. 37. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved December 12, 2021.

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