Rock & Roll Over Tour

The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by the American heavy metal group Kiss. It began November 24, 1976 (shortly after the release of the Rock and Roll Over album) and ended April 4, 1977.

Rock and Roll Over Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Rock and Roll Over
Start date	November 24, 1976
End date	April 4, 1977
Legs	2
No. of shows	70
Kiss concert chronology

History

On February 18, 1977, the band performed for the first time at Madison Square Garden – a venue all four members had long dreamed of playing. That night was also the Garden debut of opening act Sammy Hagar.

Kiss also performed in Japan for the first time on this tour. They played Budokan Hall four nights in a row, breaking an attendance record set by The Beatles. On December 12, 1976, Ace Frehley suffered a severe electrical shock on stage. The consequent delay lasted about fifteen minutes but Frehley resumed the show, despite having lost feeling in one of his hands.^[1] Inspired by the event, he wrote "Shock Me", which appeared on Kiss' next album, 1977's Love Gun. It is the first Kiss song on which he sings lead vocals.

This was the first tour on which "Beth" was performed. Instead of being played by the band, it was sung by drummer Peter Criss to a recording of the instrumental track from the Destroyer album.

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

In 1972, I was a taxi driver and I remember driving people to the Garden to see Elvis Presley. I thought someday people will be driving to the Garden to see me and just a few years later Kiss was headlining the Garden. It was a big deal to play for our families and friends... nerve-wracking to say the least. We were beside ourselves backstage, sweating and very, very nervous. And before we went on, all of us shook hands and said "Well, we're here. We're really at the Garden."^[2]

Set list

Typical set list "Detroit Rock City" "Take Me" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Ladies Room" "Firehouse" "Makin' Love" "I Want You" "Cold Gin" "Do You Love Me?" "Nothin' to Lose" "God of Thunder" "Rock and Roll All Nite" Encore "Shout It Out Loud" "Beth" "Black Diamond"

Early Tour Set list "Detroit Rock City" "Take Me" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Deuce" "Firehouse" "Makin' Love" "Cold Gin" "Do You Love Me?" "Nothin' to Lose" "God of Thunder" "I Want You" "Rock and Roll All Nite" Encore "Calling Dr. Love" "Beth" "Black Diamond"

"Hard Luck Woman" was played on the tour in the months of November and December 1976. Also, in the opening weeks of the tour, "Deuce" was played rather than "Ladies Room" and "Calling Dr. Love" was played instead of "Shout It Out Loud". Other songs played included "Strutter" and "Flaming Youth".

Tour dates

List of 1976 concerts^[3]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support act(s)
November 24, 1976	Savannah	United States	Savannah Civic Center	Graham Parker & The Rumour
November 25, 1976	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	Jesse Bolt
November 27, 1976	Raleigh		J.S. Dorton Arena	The Raisin Band
November 28, 1976	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium	Climax Blues Band
November 30, 1976	Columbus		Columbus Municipal Auditorium	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
December 2, 1976	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	Dr. Hook
December 3, 1976	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
December 4, 1976	New Orleans		New Orleans Municipal Auditorium	Blackfoot
December 5, 1976	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium
December 7, 1976	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center	Dr. Hook
December 8, 1976	Macon		Macon Coliseum	Uriah Heep
December 10, 1976	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
December 11, 1976	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
December 12, 19761	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
December 15, 1976	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
December 16, 1976	Syracuse		Onondaga County War Memorial
December 18, 1976	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
December 19, 1976	Landover		Capital Centre	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
December 21, 1976	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
December 27, 1976	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena	Blackfoot
December 28, 1976	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center	Uriah Heep
December 30, 1976	Augusta		Augusta Civic Center	Natural Gas

List of 1977 concerts^[3]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support act(s)
January 1, 1977	Providence	United States	Providence Civic Center	Uriah Heep
January 5, 1977	Abilene		Taylor County Expo Center
January 6, 1977	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center
January 7, 1977	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center
January 9, 1977	Wichita		Levitt Arena
January 10, 1977	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
January 11, 1977	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
January 13, 1977	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
January 15, 1977	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
January 17, 1977	Grand Forks		UND Fieldhouse
January 18, 1977	Duluth		Duluth Arena-Auditorium
January 20, 1977	Lincoln		Pershing Auditorium
January 21, 1977	Des Moines		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 22, 1977	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
January 24, 1977	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
January 25, 1977	Terre Haute		Hulman Center
January 27, 1977	Detroit		Cobo Arena
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
February 1, 1977	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
February 2, 1977
February 3, 1977	Green Bay		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 4, 1977	Madison		Dane County Expo Coliseum
February 6, 1977	Bloomington		Metropolitan Sports Center
February 8, 1977	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
February 9, 1977	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	Head East
February 10, 1977	Waterloo		McElroy Auditorium	The Dictators
February 12, 1977	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center
February 16, 1977	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	Sammy Hagar
February 18, 1977	New York City		Madison Square Garden
February 21, 1977	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 26, 1977	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center	The Dictators
February 27, 1977	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
March 1, 1977	Asheville		Asheville Civic Center
March 3, 1977	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum
March 5, 1977	Lexington		Rupp Arena	Legs Diamond
March 6, 1977	Columbus		St. John Arena
March 7, 1977	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
March 24, 1977	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan	Bow Wow
March 25, 1977
March 26, 1977	Kyoto		Kyoto Kaikan
March 28, 1977	Nagoya		Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
March 29, 1977	Osaka		Osaka Festival Hall
March 30, 1977	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
April 1, 1977	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
April 2, 19772
April 4, 1977

• ^Note 1 Ace Frehley was nearly electrocuted, resulting in a 30-minute delay
• ^Note 2 Kiss performed two shows on this day, one at 3pm and one at 7pm.

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
November 24, 1976	Savannah, United States	Savannah Civic Center	8,000 / 8,000	$60,000	[4]
December 2, 1976	Memphis, United States	Mid-South Coliseum	12,000 / 12,000	$73,250	[5]
December 11, 1976	Pembroke Pines, United States	Hollywood Sportatorium	12,943	$91,323	[6]
December 15, 1976	Buffalo, United States	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	12,182	$75,274	[7]
December 18, 1976	New Haven, United States	New Haven Coliseum	9,300	$66,828	[7]
January 9, 1977	Wichita, United States	Levitt Arena	10,886 / 10,886	$76,202	[8]
January 20, 1977	Lincoln, United States	Pershing Auditorium	8,387 / 8,387	$57,605	[9]
January 21, 1977	Des Moines, United States	Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium	14,234 / 14,234	$93,146	[9]
February 1, 1977	Milwaukee, United States	Milwaukee Auditorium	12,311 / 12,311	$86,719	[10]
February 2, 1977					[10]
February 3, 1977	Green Bay, United States	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena	7,008 / 7,008	$52,560	[10]
February 4, 1977	Madison, United States	Dane County Expo Coliseum	10,050 / 10,050	$75,375	[10]
February 6, 1977	Bloomington, United States	Metropolitan Sports Center	16,800 / 16,800	$104,900	[10]
February 8, 1977	Omaha, United States	Omaha Civic Auditorium	12,000 / 12,000	$78,000	[11]
February 9, 1977	Kansas City, United States	Kemper Arena	14,794	$103,558	[11]
February 18, 1977	New York City, United States	Madison Square Garden	19,600 / 19,600	$145,000	[12]
March 7, 1977	Hampton, United States	Hampton Coliseum	9,949	$67,928	[13]

Personnel

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