Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour

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Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour
Tour by Kiss and Def Leppard
KISS 40th Anniversary World Tour Promo.jpg
Associated album Kiss 40
Start dateJune 23, 2014
End dateOctober 16, 2015
Legs5
No. of shows93
Kiss tour chronology
Monster World Tour
(2012–2013)		Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour
(2014–2015)		 Freedom to Rock Tour
(2016)
Def Leppard tour chronology
Summer Tour 2013
(2013)		Heroes Tour
(2014)		 Def Leppard World Tour
(2015)

The Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss. Def Leppard joined Kiss for the first 42 shows of the tour. [1] Kobra and the Lotus and The Dead Daisies were the opening acts.

Contents

In the tour program for Kiss' final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:

With this lineup of Kiss, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley and myself, we have played to the largest South American, European and Australian shows we have ever played at, literally stadiums full of fans showed up en masse. Everyone was there to celebrate Kiss today, here and now. The band are alive and well and I think we're playing better than we ever have. What we've got is four people who believe in the same thing, the notion that we're damn lucky to be up on that stage. Once you feel the same thing in your heart you feel like a team. [2]

Kiss setlists

North American setlist

  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Shout It Out Loud"
  4. "War Machine"
  5. "Hotter Than Hell" (with fire breathing)
  6. "I Love It Loud"
  7. "Lick It Up"
  8. "God of Thunder" (with bass solo, blood spitting and flying)
  9. "Hide Your Heart"
  10. "Calling Dr. Love"
  11. "Love Gun" (Paul Stanley flies out to the B-Stage)
  12. "Black Diamond"
  13. "Detroit Rock City"
  14. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

The setlist throughout the North American leg varied from show to show. Other songs played include: "King of the Night Time World", "Makin' Love", "Christine Sixteen", "Creatures of the Night", "Cold Gin", "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll", "Plaster Caster", "Tears Are Falling", "Hell or Hallelujah", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Parasite", and "Do You Love Me?"

Japanese setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Creatures of the Night"
  3. "Psycho Circus"
  4. "Parasite"
  5. "Shout It Out Loud"
  6. "War Machine" (with fire breathing)
  7. "Do You Love Me?"
  8. "Deuce"
  9. "Hell or Hallelujah" (with guitar solo)
  10. "I Love It Loud"
  11. "Sukiyaki" (Kyu Sakamoto cover, a cappella)
  12. "Lick It Up"
  13. "God of Thunder" (with bass solo, blood spitting and flying)
  14. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the B-Stage)
  15. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  3. "Samurai Son"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

South American setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Creatures of the Night"
  3. "Psycho Circus"
  4. "I Love It Loud"
  5. "War Machine" (with fire breathing)
  6. "Do You Love Me?"
  7. "Deuce"
  8. "Hell or Hallelujah" (with guitar solo)
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Lick It Up"
  11. "God of Thunder" (with bass solo, blood spitting and flying)
  12. "Hide Your Heart"
  13. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the B-Stage)
  14. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

European setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Psycho Circus"
  4. "Creatures of the Night"
  5. "I Love It Loud"
  6. "War Machine" (with fire breathing)
  7. "Do You Love Me?"
  8. "Hell or Hallelujah" (with guitar solo)
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Lick It Up"
  11. "God of Thunder" (with bass solo, blood spitting and flying)
  12. "Parasite"
  13. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the B-Stage)
  14. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Oceanian setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Psycho Circus"
  4. "Creatures of the Night"
  5. "I Love It Loud"
  6. "War Machine" (with fire breathing)
  7. "Do You Love Me?"
  8. "Hell or Hallelujah" (with guitar solo)
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Lick It Up"
  11. "God of Thunder" (with bass solo, blood spitting and flying)
  12. "Cold Gin"
  13. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the B-Stage)
  14. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Shandi" (performed by Stanley)
  3. "Shout It Out Loud"
  4. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  5. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Def Leppard setlist

  1. "Let It Go"
  2. "Rocket"
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Foolin'"
  5. "Love Bites"
  6. "Let's Get Rocked"
  7. "Two Steps Behind" (Acoustic)
  8. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Acoustic/Electric)
  9. "Switch 625"
  10. "Hysteria"
  11. "Armageddon It"
  12. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Encore

  1. "Rock of Ages"
  2. "Photograph"

Tour dates

List of 2014 concerts [3]
DateCityCountryVenue
June 23, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] West Valley City United States USANA Amphitheatre
June 25, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Denver Pepsi Center
June 27, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Ridgefield Sleep Country Amphitheater
June 29, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Auburn White River Amphitheatre
July 2, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Concord Concord Pavilion
July 3, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 5, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 6, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 8, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Inglewood The Forum
July 9, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 12, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Austin Austin360 Amphitheater
July 13, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 15, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 16, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Nashville Bridgestone Arena
July 18, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre
July 19, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
July 20, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
July 22, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
July 23, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 25, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
July 26, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
August 1, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Mansfield Xfinity Center
August 2, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
August 3, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 5, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 6, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 8, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
August 9, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Scranton Toyota Pavilion
August 10, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Hartford Xfinity Theatre
August 12, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 13, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Darien United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 15, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 16, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 17, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Minneapolis Target Center
August 20, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
August 22, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
August 23, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 24, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
August 26, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Cuyaghoga Falls Blossom Music Center
August 28, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] Tulsa BOK Center
August 31, 2014 [lower-alpha 1] The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
October 25, 2014 [lower-alpha 2] Mexico City Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
October 29, 2014 Anaheim United States Honda Center
November 5, 2014 Las Vegas United States The Joint
November 7, 2014
November 8, 2014
November 12, 2014
November 14, 2014
November 15, 2014
November 19, 2014
November 22, 2014
November 23, 2014
List of 2015 concerts [4]
DateCityCountryVenue
February 23, 2015 Nagoya Japan Nippon Gaishi Hall
February 25, 2015 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
February 26, 2015 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza
February 28, 2015 Sendai Sekisui Heim Super Arena
March 3, 2015Tokyo Tokyo Dome
April 10, 2015 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín
April 12, 2015 Quito Ecuador Bicentenário Park
April 14, 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
April 16, 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina José Amalfitani Stadium
April 18, 2015 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Gran Parque Central
April 20, 2015 Florianópolis BrazilDevassa On Stage
April 21, 2015 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
April 23, 2015 Belo Horizonte Mineirinho
April 24, 2015 Brasília Estadio Nacional de Brasilia Mané Garrincha
April 26, 2015 São Paulo Anhembi Convention Center
May 30, 2015 [lower-alpha 3] Munich Germany Olympiastadion
May 31, 2015 [lower-alpha 4] Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena
June 2, 2015 Hamburg O2 World Arena
June 3, 2015Berlin O2 World Arena
June 4, 2015 Leipzig Leipzig Arena
June 6, 2015 [lower-alpha 5] Vienna Austria Donauinsel
June 8, 2015 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
June 10, 2015 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
June 11, 2015 Verona Italy Verona Arena
June 14, 2015 [lower-alpha 6] Leicestershire England Donington Park
June 16, 2015ParisFrance Zénith de Paris
June 18, 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
June 19, 2015 [lower-alpha 7] Dessel BelgiumFestivalpark Stenehei
June 21, 2015 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
June 22, 2015 Madrid Barclaycard Center
October 3, 2015 Perth Australia Perth Arena
October 6, 2015 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 8, 2015 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
October 9, 2015
October 10, 2015 Sydney Allphones Arena
October 12, 2015 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre
October 13, 2015 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 16, 2015 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena

Boxscore

VenueCityAttendanceGross revenue (USD) [5] [6] [7]
Bridgestone ArenaNashville11,772 / 12,601 (93%)$1,074,570
Boardwalk HallAtlantic City9,144 / 10,616 (86%)$719,121
Target CenterMinneapolis12,274 / 12,274 (100%)$1,197,761
DTE Energy Music TheaterDetroit14,302 / 14,302 (100%)$924,368
BOK CenterTulsa10,400 / 10,400 (100%)$884,555
Estadio El CampínBogotá11,875 / 20,000 (59%)$1,508,965
Bicentenario ParkQuito9,266 / 20,000 (46%)$1,022,934
Movistar ArenaSantiago12,516 / 13,000 (96%)$1,059,000
José Amalfitani StadiumBuenos Aires35,000 / 43,000 (81%)$2,200,000
Devassa On StageFlorianópolis5,318 / 9,000 (59%)$405,225
Pedreira Paulo LeminskiCuritiba14,980 / 17,700 (84%)$1,073,040
MineirinhoBelo Horizonte6,566 / 15,000 (43%)$398,910
Estacionamento do Estadio NacionalBrasília9,086 / 18,000 (50%)$604,890
Anhembi Convention CenterSão Paulo72,337 / 76,428 (94%)$6,365,540
Barclaycard ArenaHamburg9,589 / 11,797 (81%)$620,820
Rod Laver ArenaMelbourne18,182 / 20,236 (90%)$1,694,950
Newcastle Entertainment CentreNewcastle4,708 / 5,522 (85%)$427,241
Total232,315 / 286,876 (81%)$22,281,250

Personnel

Kiss

Def Leppard

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Co-headlining tour with Def Leppard.
  2. ↑ The concert on October 25, 2014 was a part of Hell and Heaven Festival.
  3. ↑ The concert on May 30, 2015 was a part of Rockavaria.
  4. ↑ The concert on May 31, 2015 was a part of Rock im Revier.
  5. ↑ The concert on June 6, 2015 was a part of Rock in Vienna.
  6. ↑ The concert on June 14, 2015 was a part of Download Festival.
  7. ↑ The concert on June 19, 2015 was a part of Graspop Metal Meeting.

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