Kiss My Ass Tour
# Kiss My Ass Tour

The Kiss My Ass Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss. It was the last tour to feature drummer Eric Singer as a member until 2004, and the last tour with guitarist Bruce Kulick.

## Background

Kiss opened the tour with a performance at the WWBZ 103.5 Blazefest in Villa Park. In late August and early September 1994, Kiss toured South America as headliners on the touring Monsters of Rock festival alongside Slayer and Black Sabbath.

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 the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan. The tour featured props like the Sphinx which returned from the Hot in the Shade Tour, fireworks, lasers, strippers and the giant logo with the band's name. During this tour, Kiss would also go on to host a tour of "Kiss conventions" at various hotels and convention centers to do what other fan-created Kiss conventions had done before. Following the tour, there was an exclusive performance in which the band performed an acoustic set on MTV for their live album Kiss Unplugged, joined by Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.

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

   Doing MTV 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."

## Setlist

This is an example setlist performed at a show, but may not represent the majority of the shows on this tour.

* "Creatures of the Night"
* "Deuce"
* "Parasite"
* "Unholy"
* "I Stole Your Love"
* "Cold Gin"
* "Got To Choose"
* "Firehouse"
* "Calling Dr. Love"
* "Makin' Love"
* "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
* "I Want You"
* "Domino"
* "Love Gun"
* "Lick It Up"
* "God of Thunder"
* "I Love It Loud"
* "Detroit Rock City"
* "Black Diamond"
* "Heaven's on Fire"
* "Rock and Roll All Nite"
* "King of the Night Time World" opened shows on certain dates of the tour.
* "Goin' Blind" was played at the beginning of the tour but was abandoned by the set list.
* "Strutter" and "100,000 Years" were played occasionally.
* "She", "Forever", "Take It Off" and "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" were played occasionally on the tour.

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| North America |||||
| April 2, 1994 | Villa Park | United States | Odeum Expo Center | — |
| April 19, 1994 | San Antonio | United States | Freeman Coliseum | Lita Ford Snakedance |
| July 30, 1994 | Nashville | United States | Riverfront Park | Fleetwood Mac Pat Travers Mother Station Gypsy Carnes Brother Cane |
| Latin America |||||
| August 27, 1994 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | Estádio do Pacaembu | — |
| September 1, 1994 | Santiago | Chile | Estación Mapocho | — |
| September 3, 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | River Plate Stadium | — |
| September 5, 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 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 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Obras Sanitarias | Logos |
| September 16, 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Obras Sanitarias | Logos |
| North America |||||
| October 21, 1994 | Phoenix | United States | Arizona State Fair | — |
| Asia |||||
| January 24, 1995 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Castle Hall | — |
| January 26, 1995 | Fukuoka | Japan | Kokusai Center | — |
| January 28, 1995 | Nagoya | Japan | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | — |
| January 30, 1995 | Tokyo | Japan | Budokan | — |
| January 31, 1995 | Tokyo | Japan | Budokan | — |
| Australia |||||
| February 4, 1995 | Perth | Australia | Perth Entertainment Centre | The Poor |
| February 6, 1995 | Adelaide | Australia | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | The Poor |
| February 8, 1995 | Melbourne | Australia | Rod Laver Arena | The Poor |
| February 9, 1995 | Melbourne | Australia | Rod Laver Arena | The Poor |
| February 11, 1995 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | The Poor |
| February 13, 1995 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | The Poor |

## Personnel

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