Revenge Tour

Not to be confused with The Revenge Tour.

The Revenge Tour was a concert tour by Kiss in support of the band's studio album Revenge.

Revenge Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Revenge
Start date	April 23, 1992
End date	December 20, 1992
Legs	3
No. of shows	77
Kiss concert chronology

Background

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]

Set lists

These are example set lists performed from one show on the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows performed.^[15]

North American club and European legs "Love Gun" "Deuce" "Heaven's on Fire" "Parasite" "Shout It Out Loud" "Strutter" "Calling Dr. Love" "I Was Made For Lovin' You" "Unholy" "100,000 Years" "Take It Off" "God of Thunder" "Lick It Up" "Firehouse" "Tears Are Falling" "I Love It Loud" "I Stole Your Love" "Cold Gin" "Detroit Rock City" "I Want You" "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" "Rock And Roll All Nite"

North American arena leg "Creatures of the Night" "Deuce" "I Just Wanna" "Unholy" "Parasite" "Heaven's on Fire" "Domino" "Watchin' You" "Hotter Than Hell" "Firehouse" "I Want You" "Forever" "War Machine" "Rock and Roll All Nite" "Lick It Up" "Take It Off" "Strutter" "I Love It Loud" "Detroit Rock City" "Shout It Out Loud" "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" "Love Gun" "Star Spangled Banner"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
North America[15][5][16]
April 23, 1992	San Francisco	United States	The Stone	Shooting Gallery
April 25, 1992	West Hollywood		The Troubadour
April 26, 1992
April 27, 1992	Phoenix		After The Goldrush
April 29, 1992	Houston		The Backstage
April 30, 1992	Dallas		Dallas City Limits Club
May 2, 1992	Atlanta		Center Stage
May 4, 1992	Baltimore		Hammerjack's
May 5, 1992	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre
May 6, 1992	Toronto	Canada	Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 8, 1992	Boston	United States	Avalon Ballroom
May 9, 1992	New York City		The Ritz
May 10, 1992	Brooklyn		The Warehouse
Europe[15]
May 16, 1992	Glasgow	Scotland	S.E.C.C. Arena	Danger Danger
May 17, 1992	Whitley Bay	England	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
May 18, 1992	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
May 20, 1992	Cardiff	Wales	Wales National Ice Rink
May 21, 1992	London	England	Wembley Arena
May 24, 1992	Plymouth		Plymouth Pavilions
May 25, 1992	Birmingham		NEC Arena
May 26, 1992
North America[15][4][17]
October 1, 1992	Bethlehem	United States	Stabler Arena	Faster Pussycat Trixter
October 2, 1992	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
October 3, 1992	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
October 5, 1992	Montreal		Montreal Forum
October 6, 1992	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
October 8, 1992	Worcester		The Centrum
October 9, 1992	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
October 10, 1992	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
October 11, 1992	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 13, 1992	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena
October 14, 1992	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
October 16, 1992	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
October 17, 1992	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
October 18, 1992	Landover		Capital Centre
October 20, 1992	Lexington		Rupp Arena
October 21, 1992	Bristol		Viking Hall Civic Center
October 23, 1992	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
October 24, 1992	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
October 25, 1992	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
October 29, 1992	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center	Faster Pussycat Trixter Fortress
October 30, 1992	Tampa		USF Sun Dome	Faster Pussycat Trixter
October 31, 1992	Miami		Miami Arena
November 3, 1992	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium	Jackyl Trixter
November 5, 1992	Atlanta		The Omni	Great White Trixter
November 6, 1992	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 7, 1992	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 8, 1992	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
November 10, 1992	St. Joseph		St. Joseph Civic Arena
November 13, 1992	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
November 14, 1992	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
November 15, 1992	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
November 17, 1992	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
November 18, 1992	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
November 20, 1992	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
November 21, 1992	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
November 22, 1992	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
November 24, 1992	Springfield		Prairie Capital Convention Center
November 25, 1992	Fairborn		Ervin J. Nutter Center
November 27, 1992	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
November 28, 1992	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
November 29, 1992	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
November 30, 1992	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
December 2, 1992	Madison		Dane County Expo Coliseum
December 3, 1992	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
December 4, 1992	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
December 6, 1992	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
December 8, 1992	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
December 9, 1992	Boise		BSU Pavilion
December 10, 1992	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 11, 1992	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
December 14, 1992	Seattle	United States	Seattle Center Arena
December 16, 1992	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
December 18, 1992	Oakland		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 19, 1992	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion	Trixter Vesuvius
December 20, 1992	Phoenix		America West Arena	Great White Trixter

Personnel

• Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
• Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Singer – drums, backing vocals

Additional musician

• Derek Sherinian – keyboards