Love Gun Tour

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

Love Gun Tour '77

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Love Gun
Start date	July 8, 1977
End date	September 5, 1977
Legs	2
No. of shows	32
Kiss concert chronology

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 set list

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

15. "Detroit Rock City"
16. "Beth"
17. "Black Diamond"

Tour dates

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue, support act(s) and attendance

Date[4]	City	Country	Venue	Support 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, 1977	Halifax		Forum
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

• Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
• Peter Criss – drums, vocals
• Ace Frehley – lead guitar, vocals