Tour by Kiss | |
Associated album | Revenge |
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Start date | April 23, 1992 |
End date | December 20, 1992 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 77 |
Kiss concert chronology |
The Revenge Tour was a concert tour by Kiss in support of the band's studio album Revenge .
It was the first tour with drummer Eric Singer, [1] replacing Eric Carr who died of cancer on November 24, 1991. [2] [3] Singer had previously performed with Paul Stanley's solo tour and was seen as a 'natural choice' according to Gene Simmons. [4]
Kiss began the tour with a leg of club shows in North America. [5] During the European leg of the tour in the United Kingdom, the stage set from the Hot in the Shade Tour was used. [6] During the show at Cardiff National Ice Rink on May 20, 1992, a pyro cue for "Heaven's on Fire" caused £30,000 worth of damage to the ceiling. [7]
For the North American arena tour, the stage featured a giant 41-foot high replica of the Statue of Liberty [4] in front of a large Kiss logo wall. [8] Halfway through the show during "War Machine", the statue's face crumbled to reveal its skull. [9] Afterward, its right arm and torch crumbled down before its skeleton hand gave the finger, which some audiences took personally. [6] The shows would also include strippers during the song "Take It Off". [6] The stage was hauled by six to ten semi haulers [10] while the replica of the Statue of Liberty had to fit into three trucks. [11]
Due to poor ticket sales, the tour had to be shortened.[ citation needed ] There was a show set to take place in Spokane on December 13, [12] but had been canceled due to weather affecting the band's travel between shows. [13] The shows in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis were recorded by Eddie Kramer for the Alive III live album. [6] [4]
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:
"Unholy" was the first single from Revenge. I got the idea for "Unholy" from a song that Adam Mitchell wrote that Doro Pesch recorded called "Unholy Love". I just loved the word "unholy". Vinnie Vincent and I wrote the lyric together. [14]
These are example setlists performed from one show on the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows performed. [15]
North American club and European legs
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Additional musician
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Kiss, with Shooting Gallery at After the Gold Rush. Monday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m.
Civic Arena - Pittsburgh: KISS, Faster Pussycat and Trixter, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16.
Kiss brings its "Revenge" tour to the Asheville Civic Center for a 7:30 p.m. concert.
Kiss, Faster Pussy Cat and Trixter, 7:30 p.m., Friday at Charlotte Coliseum.
Kiss & Great White Trixter, Delta Center, Dec. 8. 7 p.m.