Tour by Kiss | |
Location | North America |
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Start date | July 4, 2016 |
End date | October 30, 2016 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 42 |
Kiss concert chronology |
The Freedom to Rock Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Kiss. The tour hit secondary markets and smaller cities in 2016. The tour started on July 4 in Tucson, Arizona, marking a return to the city for the first time since 2000. The tour was also the first full scale North American tour for the band since 2014.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
The Freedom to Rock tour is a big, awesome show, and the band is big and awesome. Anybody can pattern their show on what we've done in the past, but you'll never be us. That's why we're Kiss, and that's why we've been around 40 years. Kiss has multi-generational appeal because Kiss has an appeal that's timeless. Kiss isn't only about music. It's about an attitude, it's about a way of life and it's about a philosophy of approaching life. The idea of going for what you believe in and not stopping until you achieve or attain it. It's one of the great thrills and sources of satisfaction to see somebody who's brought their mother or father to a show and see these people really enjoying it and getting it. [1]
At the Rockford, Illinois show, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen joined the band onstage to play "Rock and Roll All Nite". [2]
Emerson Malone of the Daily Emerald described the Eugene, Oregon show as "Musically, the band still sounds incredible and the set came with numerous things to love: Thayer's inky, sludgy guitar in "Calling Dr. Love" and "Strutter," Singer's drum fills in "Cold Gin," and Singer taking the reins on vocals during the lighter-sparking ballad "Beth." [3]
Lacey Paige, of Exclaim, praised the nostalgic aspect of a Kiss concert, as "For younger audiences, experiencing a live Kiss concert for the first time is like stepping into a time machine and going back to the late 1970s, when the New York-based glam-shock-rockers' career soared to the pinnacle of rock'n'roll prestige. A Kiss show perfectly encapsulates the zeitgeist of that era, giving older generations of fans a chance to relive and relish the essence of their youth." [4]
Mike Baltierra, of Seattle Music Insider, did a positive review of the Kennewick, Washington concert: "Stanley had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. While Simmons lurked over the crowd, Thayer ripped out riff after riff, and Singer pounded on the drums". [5]
This is the setlist from the first show of the tour, and may not represent the majority of the tour: [6]
Encore
Notes
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue (USD) |
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Taco Bell Arena | Boise | 5,631 / 7,274 | $261,604 |
Matthew Knight Arena | Eugene | 4,926 / 5,794 | $294,844 |
Toyota Center | Kennewick | 4,687 / 5,528 | $383,214 |
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse | Bozeman | 5,032 / 5,032 | $420,130 |
Broadmoor World Arena | Colorado Springs | 4,885 / 6,225 | $276,276 |
Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | Independence | 4,996 / 6,385 | $284,771 |
Pinnacle Bank Arena | Lincoln | 7,535 / 10,027 | $524,921 |
JQH Arena | Springfield | 6,870 / 8,017 | $505,754 |
INTRUST Bank Arena | Wichita | 7,841 / 10,153 | $495,153 |
Tyson Events Center | Sioux City | 4,511 / 5,984 | $281,261 |
Verizon Wireless Center | Mankato | 4,328 / 5,176 | $279,445 |
AMSOIL Arena | Duluth | 5,157 / 5,883 | $406,092 |
i wireless Center | Moline | 7,214 / 9,885 | $505,480 |
La Crosse Center | La Crosse | 5,061 / 7,000 | $247,782 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Fort Wayne | 6,989 / 8,343 | $495,864 |
Van Andel Arena | Grand Rapids | 7,259 / 9,222 | $482,773 |
Dow Event Center | Saginaw | 4,287 / 5,484 | $284,780 |
Resch Center | Green Bay | 6,265 / 7,420 | $424,122 |
BMO Harris Bank Center | Rockford | 5,693 / 7,208 | $395,872 |
Ervin J. Nutter Center | Dayton | 6,194 / 8,000 | $453,729 |
Huntington Center | Toledo | 5,562 / 6,687 | $359,271 |
Covelli Centre | Youngstown | 5,289 / 5,598 | $472,700 |
Bryce Jordan Center | University Park | 4,530 / 6,005 | $301,423 |
Erie Insurance Arena | Erie | 5,431 / 7,054 | $279,264 |
Blue Cross Arena | Rochester | 5,677 / 7,172 | $268,616 |
DCU Center | Worcester | 5,656 / 7,541 | $445,487 |
Cross Insurance Arena | Portland | 4,888 / 6,436 | $334,071 |
Webster Bank Arena | Bridgeport | 5,261 / 6,916 | $366,856 |
Richmond Coliseum | Richmond | 6,407 / 8,368 | $385,873 |
Big Sandy Superstore Arena | Huntington | 6,109 / 6,109 | $607,645 |
Parque Fundidora | Monterrey | 17,511 / 36,015 | $793,407 |
TOTAL | 187,718 / 236,926 (80.1%) | $12,424,982 |
The tour grossed $15.4 million, with 233,262 tickets sold in 40 shows. [8] [9]
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