Rock & Roll Over Tour

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Rock and Roll Over Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumRock and Roll Over
Start dateNovember 24, 1976
End dateApril 4, 1977
Legs2
No. of shows70
Kiss concert chronology

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.

History[edit]

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]

Setlist[edit]

"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[edit]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue, and support act(s)
Date City Country Venue Support act(s)
North America[3]
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
January 1, 1977 Providence 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
Japan[3]
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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitaker, Sterling. "How Ace Frehley Was Almost Electrocuted at a Kiss Concert". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 12.
  3. ^ a b Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
  4. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 50. December 11, 1976. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 51. December 18, 1976. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 52. December 25, 1976. p. 40. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ a b "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 1. January 8, 1977. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 3. January 22, 1977. p. 77. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. ^ a b "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 5. February 5, 1977. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. February 19, 1977. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
  11. ^ a b "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. February 26, 1977. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. March 5, 1977. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
  13. ^ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. March 26, 1977. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
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