Tour by Kiss and Def Leppard | |||||||||||||
Associated album | Kiss 40 | ||||||||||||
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Start date | June 23, 2014 | ||||||||||||
End date | October 16, 2015 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 5 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 93 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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?"
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Venue | City | Attendance | Gross revenue (USD) [5] [6] [7] |
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Bridgestone Arena | Nashville | 11,772 / 12,601 (93%) | $1,074,570 |
Boardwalk Hall | Atlantic City | 9,144 / 10,616 (86%) | $719,121 |
Target Center | Minneapolis | 12,274 / 12,274 (100%) | $1,197,761 |
DTE Energy Music Theater | Detroit | 14,302 / 14,302 (100%) | $924,368 |
BOK Center | Tulsa | 10,400 / 10,400 (100%) | $884,555 |
Estadio El Campín | Bogotá | 11,875 / 20,000 (59%) | $1,508,965 |
Bicentenario Park | Quito | 9,266 / 20,000 (46%) | $1,022,934 |
Movistar Arena | Santiago | 12,516 / 13,000 (96%) | $1,059,000 |
José Amalfitani Stadium | Buenos Aires | 35,000 / 43,000 (81%) | $2,200,000 |
Devassa On Stage | Florianópolis | 5,318 / 9,000 (59%) | $405,225 |
Pedreira Paulo Leminski | Curitiba | 14,980 / 17,700 (84%) | $1,073,040 |
Mineirinho | Belo Horizonte | 6,566 / 15,000 (43%) | $398,910 |
Estacionamento do Estadio Nacional | Brasília | 9,086 / 18,000 (50%) | $604,890 |
Anhembi Convention Center | São Paulo | 72,337 / 76,428 (94%) | $6,365,540 |
Barclaycard Arena | Hamburg | 9,589 / 11,797 (81%) | $620,820 |
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne | 18,182 / 20,236 (90%) | $1,694,950 |
Newcastle Entertainment Centre | Newcastle | 4,708 / 5,522 (85%) | $427,241 |
Total | 232,315 / 286,876 (81%) | $22,281,250 |
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