Love Gun Tour

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Love Gun Tour '77
Tour by Kiss
Associated album Love Gun
Start dateJuly 8, 1977
End dateSeptember 5, 1977
Legs2
No. of shows32
Kiss concert chronology

The Love Gun Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of Love Gun .

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History

This was the first tour where Ace Frehley sang lead vocals, on "Shock Me". The three Los Angeles shows were recorded for Alive II . This is the only tour to feature the song "Hooligan" in the set list. This is the first tour to feature "Calling Dr. Love" in the set list. Cheap Trick and Styx were the opening acts throughout the tour.

Peter Criss had gotten injured when the van carrying equipment and the other members had overturned, when the band was practicing at an airport hangar and preparing to travel to Canada for the first show. [1]

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

When we played in Japan in the late '70s, nothing could prepare you for the hysteria because when people are telling you how big you are, you're big compared to what? Until you're faced with mass hysteria it doesn't really sink in. For you not having been in a certain country makes them that much more rabid for you to go. [2]

Reception

John Kafentzis, a report from The Spokesman-Review who attended the Seattle performance stated that the choreography was precise and the stunts were well-planned, leaving no time to practice music. He however, criticized that each song sounded like the last, which he said "sounds like the Saturday night rumble of dozens of mufflers on Riverside". He continued, by stating that the band put on a show and concluding that the well-behaved audience "got their $7 worth". [3]

Tour setlist

  1. "I Stole Your Love"
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Ladies Room"
  4. "Firehouse" (Gene Simmons Firebreathing)
  5. "Love Gun"
  6. "Hooligan"
  7. "Makin' Love"
  8. "Christine Sixteen"
  9. "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley Guitar-Solo)
  10. "I Want You"
  11. "Calling Dr. Love"
  12. "Shout It Out Loud"
  13. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons Bass-Solo and Bloodspitting, Peter Criss Drum-Solo)
  14. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Paul Stanley destroying his guitar at the end of the song)

Encore

  2. "Detroit Rock City"
  3. "Beth"
  4. "Black Diamond"

Tour dates

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue, support act(s) and attendance
Date [4] CityCountryVenueSupport Act(s)Attendance
July 8, 1977 Halifax Canada Halifax Forum Cheap Trick 6,000 / 6,200 (97%)
July 9, 1977 Moncton Moncton Coliseum —
July 10, 1977HalifaxForum
July 12, 1977 Montreal Montreal Forum ~12,000 / 18,000 (66%)
July 14, 1977 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre —
July 16, 1977 Kitchener Kitchener Memorial Auditorium ~5,800 / 7,800 (74%)
July 18, 1977 London Treasure Island Gardens ~4,400 / 5,800 (76%)
July 19, 1977 Greater Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena —
July 21, 1977 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena ~8,000 / 9,000 (89%)
July 24, 1977 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum ~10,000 / 15,571 (64%)
July 25, 1977 Victoria Victoria Memorial Arena —
July 27, 1977 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum 11,494 / 17,000 (67%)
July 28, 1977 Lethbridge Sportsplex ~7,000 / 8,000 (87%)
July 31, 1977 Calgary Stampede Corral ~7,000 / 7,265 (96%)
August 2, 1977 Saskatoon Saskatoon Arena —
August 2, 1977 [5] Regina Agridome ~6,800 / 6,800 (100%)
August 4, 1977 Salt Lake City United States Salt Palace —
August 6, 1977 Missoula Adams Fieldhouse
August 7, 1977 Billings Yellowstone Metra 9,971 / 11,500 (87%)
August 8, 1977 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center —
August 11, 1977 Spokane Spokane Coliseum 8,500 / 8,500 (100%)
August 12, 1977 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum ~14,000 / 14,405 (97%)
August 13, 1977 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum ~12,000 / 13,200 (91%)
August 16, 1977 Daly City Cow Palace 14,500 / 14,500 (100%)
August 17, 1977 Fresno Selland Arena 7,333 / 7,333 (100%)
August 19, 1977 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 11,925 / 14,500 (82%)
August 21, 1977 Tucson Tucson Community Center 6,561 / 9,400 (70%)
August 22, 1977 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ~13,000 / 13,000 (100%)
August 26, 1977 Inglewood The Forum 17,763 / 17,763 (100%)
August 27, 1977—
August 28, 1977
September 1, 1977 Houston The Summit Styx 29,900 / 29,900 (100%)
September 2, 1977
September 4, 1977 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center ~10,690 / 10,690 (100%)
September 5, 1977—

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Kiss drummer is injured". Newburgh: Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 2, 1977. p. 5-A. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 13.
  3. ↑ Kafentzis, John (August 12, 1977). "Not exactly a 'KISS good night' in Spokane". The Spokesman-Review. p. 35. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN   0-8230-8322-5.
  5. ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (July 28, 1977). "Agridome sellout not an accident". Regina: The Leader-Post. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

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