| Tour byKiss | |
| Start date | April 2, 1994 |
|---|---|
| End date | February 13, 1995 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 23 |
| Kiss concert chronology | |
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TheKiss My Ass Tour was aconcert tour by American rock bandKiss. It was the last tour to feature drummerEric Singer as a member until 2004, and the last tour with guitaristBruce Kulick.
Kiss opened the tour with a performance at the WWBZ 103.5 Blazefest in Villa Park.[1] In late August and early September 1994, Kiss toured South America as headliners on the touring Monsters of Rock festival alongsideSlayer andBlack Sabbath.[2][3]
Following the Monsters of Rock tour, the band toured Japan in January 1995 on their own, and in February 1995 they toured Australia for the first time since 1980. During the Japan leg, the band had established the "Kiss Aid Save The City Fund", raising more than $10,000 for the survivors of theGreat Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan.[4] The tour featured props like the Sphinx which returned from theHot in the Shade Tour, fireworks, lasers, strippers and the giant logo with the band's name.[2] During this tour, Kiss would also go on to host a tour of "Kiss conventions"[5] at various hotels and convention centers to do what other fan-created Kiss conventions had done before.[6][7] Following the tour, there was an exclusive performance in which the band performed an acoustic set on MTV for their live albumKiss Unplugged, joined byAce Frehley andPeter Criss.[8]
In the tour program for the band'sfinal tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
DoingMTV Unplugged was not really to prove anything to anybody or win converts. It really was us, maybe for ourselves, showing how good these songs are. We did them during the Kiss conventions. So many of those songs were written on acoustic guitars; they were written in a much more simple fashion than they're played. The philosophy has always been, "if it doesn't sound good on one guitar it's a shitty song."[9]
This is an example setlist performed at a show, but may not represent the majority of the shows on this tour.[10]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America[1][10] | ||||
| April 2, 1994 | Villa Park | United States | Odeum Expo Center | — |
| April 19, 1994 | San Antonio | Freeman Coliseum | Lita Ford Snakedance | |
| July 30, 1994 | Nashville | Riverfront Park | Fleetwood Mac Pat Travers Mother Station Gypsy Carnes Brother Cane | |
| Latin America[10] | ||||
| August 27, 1994 | São Paulo | Brazil | Estádio do Pacaembu | — |
| September 1, 1994 | Santiago | Chile | Estación Mapocho | |
| September 3, 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | River Plate Stadium | |
| September 5, 1994 | Obras Sanitarias | |||
| September 8, 1994 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes | Victimas del Dr. Cerebro |
| September 14, 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Obras Sanitarias | Logos |
| September 15, 1994 | ||||
| September 16, 1994 | ||||
| North America[10] | ||||
| October 21, 1994 | Phoenix | United States | Arizona State Fair | — |
| Asia[10] | ||||
| January 24, 1995 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Castle Hall | — |
| January 26, 1995 | Fukuoka | Kokusai Center | ||
| January 28, 1995 | Nagoya | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | ||
| January 30, 1995 | Tokyo | Budokan | ||
| January 31, 1995 | ||||
| Australia[10] | ||||
| February 4, 1995 | Perth | Australia | Perth Entertainment Centre | The Poor |
| February 6, 1995 | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | ||
| February 8, 1995 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | ||
| February 9, 1995 | ||||
| February 11, 1995 | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | ||
| February 13, 1995 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | ||
