Hot in the Shade Tour

The Hot in the Shade Tour (also dubbed the H.I.T.S. Tour) was a concert tour by Kiss. It was the last tour with drummer Eric Carr, who died of cancer on November 24, 1991. It was the first Kiss tour since the Asylum Tour to stay inside of North America.

Hot in the Shade Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumHot In The Shade
Start dateMay 4, 1990
End dateNovember 9, 1990
Legs2
No. of shows123 played, 5 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

One notable event on this tour occurred on August 26, 1990 while Kiss was performing at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas. During the show, the enormous stage set overloaded the arena's power supply, causing a transformer to explode outside the building and cutting electricity inside the arena. This abruptly ended the show prematurely. A short time later, Paul Stanley phoned a local radio station and promised to return to Salina to make up for the shortened show. The phone call was recorded and played on the air. Despite this, Kiss has not since performed in Salina. Slaughter was the opening act for most of the shows on the US leg of the tour. Slaughter, Little Caesar, Faster Pussycat, Danger Danger and Winger were the opening bands. This is the only Kiss tour where Gene Simmons did not perform his fire-breathing routine.

The June 15 show in Toronto also featured Whitesnake, who headlined the entire show with Kiss, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat. Paul Stanley and David Coverdale exchanged barbs on stage, stemming from Whitesnake not allowing Kiss to bring their full complement of pyrotechnics on stage with them. After Kiss finished their set and Whitesnake came on, the stadium crowd left in droves. On October 10, in War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Paul Stanley ran into the guardrail on stage and cracked his ribs, which caused the cancellation of the Sydney, Halifax and Moncton dates later in the month.[1]

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

For the Hot in the Shade tour we went out on one of our most extravagant tours to date since the '70s makeup shows. We had lasers and a giant Sphinx prop on the stage, which was visually stunning and caught everybody's attention.[2]

Stage setup

The stage was dominated by a large sphinx nicknamed Leon, mirroring the cover of Hot in the Shade. As the houselights dimmed, a humming sound would be heard from the speakers, while Leon opened his mouth and let hundreds of thin laser beams out. The laser curtain concept had originally been developed for the Dynasty Tour, but it had not worked properly and was discarded after the first show of that tour.

As Leon's mouth opened fully, Kiss would be revealed standing in silhouette, in the midst of laser beams. There was no "You wanted the best, you got the best" introduction on this tour; Kiss would emerge from directly beneath the Sphinx to dramatic entrance music, walk down onto the stage and open the show with "I Stole Your Love" and a fireworks display. However, for the first few shows of the tour in Texas, Stanley would say "What do you say we kick some ass?!" before launching into the opening song. This intro was dropped by the Kansas City, Kansas show.

Leon would open his eyes and mouth and "sing" the final verse of "God Of Thunder". This effect was accomplished by offstage keyboardist Gary Corbett singing the part through a synthesizer and the voice being represented within Leon's mouth by a large oscilloscope.

The sphinx would disintegrate during the extended outro ending of "Detroit Rock City," marking the end of the main set. The band would return to the stage for encores playing "I Want You." Upon band entry following the song intro, a reconstruction of the classic Kiss stage logo would rise behind Eric Carr's drum kit where the sphinx previously sat. Later shows would accent the sign's arrival with explosions.

All of the laser effects and sequences were designed by Steve Jander and his Dallas-based Showlasers Inc. Showlasers would continue to provide laser effects for Kiss through the Kiss My Ass Tour in 1994. The set featured many songs from the band's 1970's heyday that hadn't been performed in years

Setlist
  1. "I Stole Your Love"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Heaven's on Fire"
  4. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
  5. "Black Diamond"
  6. "Shout It Out Loud"
  7. "Strutter"
  8. "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  10. "Rise to It"
  11. "Fits Like a Glove"
  12. "Hide Your Heart"
  13. "Lick It Up"
  14. "God of Thunder" (Eric Carr drum solo)"
  15. "Forever"
  16. "Cold Gin"
  17. "Tears Are Falling"
  18. "I Love It Loud"
  19. "Love Gun"
  20. "Detroit Rock City"
  21. "I Want You"
  22. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

"Betrayed" was played twice on the tour, "Little Caesar" was played once on the tour and "Under The Gun" was played early on the tour then was replaced by "I Was Made for Lovin' You"

  • "C'mon and Love Me" and "Hell or High Water" were played at the beginning of the tour before being abandoned

Information
  • Average Attendance (6600)

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
Pre-tour shows
March 11, 1990Galveston, TexasUnited StatesWest Beach Pocket ParkDowntown Bruno
April 14, 1990Asbury Park, New JerseyThe Stone PonySaraya, The Good Rats, Joe Lynn Turner, The Red & The Black
April 25, 1990Reseda, CaliforniaReseda Country ClubShake City
Main Arena Tour
May 4, 1990Lubbock, TexasUnited StatesLubbock Municipal ColiseumSlaughter, Faster Pussycat
May 5, 1990Dallas, TexasCoca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
May 6, 1990Austin, TexasFrank Erwin Center
May 8, 1990Tulsa, OklahomaExpo Square Pavilion
May 9, 1990Valley Center, KansasBritt Brown Arena
May 10, 1990Omaha, NebraskaOmaha Civic Auditorium
May 11, 1990Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls Arena
May 12, 1990Bonner Springs, KansasSandstone Amphitheatre
May 15, 1990Saginaw, MichiganWendler Arena
May 17, 1990Terre Haute, IndianaHulman Center
May 18, 1990Auburn Hills, MichiganThe Palace of Auburn Hills
May 19, 1990Toledo, OhioToledo Sports Arena
May 20, 1990Fort Wayne, IndianaAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 22, 1990Cape Girardeau, MissouriShow Me Center
May 23, 1990Cedar Rapids, IowaFive Seasons Center
May 25, 1990Bloomington, MinnesotaMet Center
May 26, 1990Fargo, North DakotaRed River Valley Speedway
May 27, 1990Duluth, MinnesotaDuluth Arena
May 28, 1990Green Bay, WisconsinBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 30, 1990Peoria, IllinoisPeoria Civic Center
May 31, 1990Evansville, IndianaMesker Amphitheatre
June 1, 1990St. Louis, MissouriKiel Auditorium
June 2, 1990Des Moines, IowaIowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
June 3, 1990Tinley Park, IllinoisNew World Music Theatre
June 6, 1990Columbus, OhioBattelle HallSlaughter, Little Caesar
June 7, 1990Trotwood, OhioHara Arena
June 8, 1990Noblesville, IndianaDeer Creek Music Center
June 9, 1990Richfield, OhioRichfield Coliseum
June 12, 1990Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati Gardens
June 13, 1990Muskegon, MichiganL. C. Walker Arena
June 15, 1990Toronto, OntarioCanadaCNE GrandstandWhitesnake (Co-headliner), Slaughter, Faster Pussycat
June 16, 1990Weedsport, New YorkUnited StatesCayuga County Fair SpeedwaySlaughter, Little Caesar
June 17, 1990Middletown, New YorkOrange County Fair Speedway
June 20, 1990Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Civic Center
June 21, 1990Rochester, New YorkRochester Community War Memorial
June 22, 1990Binghamton, New YorkBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
June 23, 1990Burgettstown, PennsylvaniaCoca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
June 26, 1990PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum
June 27, 1990Allentown, PennsylvaniaGreat Allentown Fair
June 28, 1990Uniondale, New YorkNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 29, 1990Mansfield, MassachusettsGreat Woods Performing Arts Center
June 30, 1990East Rutherford, New JerseyBrendan Byrne Arena
July 3, 1990Springfield, MassachusettsSpringfield Civic Center
July 6, 1990Old Orchard Beach, MaineSeashore Performing Arts Center
July 7, 1990Albany, New YorkKnickerbocker Arena
July 8, 1990Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaCity Island
July 10, 1990Fairfax, VirginiaPatriot CenterSlaughter, Danger Danger
July 11, 1990Roanoke, VirginiaRoanoke Civic Center
July 12, 1990Richmond, VirginiaRichmond Coliseum
July 13, 1990Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk Scope
July 18, 1990Johnson City, TennesseeFreedom Hall Civic Center
July 19, 1990Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville Civic Coliseum
July 20, 1990Atlanta, GeorgiaCoca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
July 21, 1990Nashville, TennesseeStarwood Amphitheatre
July 24, 1990Columbia, South CarolinaCarolina Coliseum
July 25, 1990Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte Coliseum
July 26, 1990Greenville, South CarolinaGreenville Memorial Auditorium
July 27, 1990Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro Coliseum
July 28, 1990Fayetteville, North CarolinaCumberland County Memorial Arena
July 31, 1990Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah Civic Center
August 1, 1990Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville Memorial Coliseum
August 2, 1990Orlando, FloridaOrlando Arena
August 3, 1990Miami, FloridaMiami Arena
August 4, 1990Tampa, FloridaUSF Sun Dome
August 7, 1990Pelham, AlabamaOak Mountain Amphitheatre
August 8, 1990Memphis, TennesseeMid-South Coliseum
August 16, 1990Huntsville, AlabamaVon Braun Civic CenterSlaughter, Winger
August 17, 1990Jackson, MississippiMississippi Coliseum
August 18, 1990Shreveport, LouisianaHirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 19, 1990Biloxi, MississippiMississippi Coast Coliseum
August 21, 1990Houston, TexasThe Summit
August 22, 1990San Antonio, TexasFreeman Coliseum
August 24, 1990Little Rock, ArkansasBarton Coliseum
August 25, 1990Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center
August 26, 1990Salina, KansasBicentennial Center
August 28, 1990Rapid City, South DakotaRushmore Plaza Civic Center
August 29, 1990Billings, MontanaMetraPark Arena
August 30, 1990Casper, WyomingCasper Events Center
August 31, 1990Morrison, ColoradoRed Rocks Amphitheatre
September 1, 1990Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
September 3, 1990Boise, IdahoBSU Pavilion
September 6, 1990Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaPacific Coliseum
September 7, 1990Seattle, WashingtonUnited StatesSeattle Center Coliseum
September 8, 1990Spokane, WashingtonSpokane Coliseum
September 9, 1990Portland, OregonPortland Memorial Coliseum
September 12, 1990Sacramento, CaliforniaCal Expo Amphitheatre
September 13, 1990Concord, CaliforniaConcord Pavilion
September 14, 1990Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach Arena
September 15, 1990San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Sports Arena
September 16, 1990Phoenix, ArizonaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 19, 1990El Paso, TexasEl Paso County ColiseumWinger, Vixen
September 20, 1990Odessa, TexasEctor County Coliseum
September 21, 1990Fort Worth, TexasTarrant County Convention Center
September 22, 1990Amarillo, TexasAmarillo Civic Center
September 24, 1990Springfield, MissouriHammons Student Center
September 25, 1990Columbia, MissouriHearnes Center
September 26, 1990Lincoln, NebraskaPershing Auditorium
September 28, 1990Carbondale, IllinoisSIU Arena
September 29, 1990East Troy, WisconsinAlpine Valley Music TheatreSlaughter, Winger
September 30, 1990Dubuque, IowaFive Flags Center
October 2, 1990Bismarck, North DakotaBismarck Civic Center
October 4, 1990Marquette, MichiganLakeview Arena
October 5, 1990Rochester, MinnesotaMayo Civic Center
October 6, 1990Topeka, KansasLandon Arena
October 7, 1990Sioux City, IowaSioux City Municipal Auditorium
October 10, 1990Johnstown, PennsylvaniaCambria County War Memorial Arena
October 12, 1990Hamilton, OntarioCanadaCopps Coliseum
October 13, 1990London, OntarioLondon Gardens
October 14, 1990Auburn Hills, MichiganUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn Hills
October 15, 1990Kalamazoo, MichiganWings Stadium
October 16, 1990Erie, PennsylvaniaErie Civic Center
October 18, 1990Ottawa, OntarioCanadaOttawa Civic Centre
October 19, 1990Montreal, QuebecMontreal Forum
October 25, 1990Portland, MaineUnited StatesCumberland County Civic Center
October 26, 1990Worcester, MassachusettsCentrum in Worcester
October 27, 1990New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven Coliseum
October 30, 1990Wheeling, West VirginiaWheeling Civic Center
November 1, 1990Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston Civic Center
November 2, 1990Augusta, GeorgiaAugusta-Richmond County Civic Center
November 3, 1990Albany, GeorgiaAlbany Civic Center
November 6, 1990Columbus, GeorgiaColumbus Municipal Auditorium
November 7, 1990Asheville, North CarolinaAsheville Civic Center
November 8, 1990Hershey, PennsylvaniaHersheypark Arena
November 9, 1990New York City, New YorkMadison Square Garden

Cancelled dates
Date City Venue Reason Given
July 5, 1990New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven ColiseumInjuries suffered to Paul Stanley
July 14, 1990Mexico City, MexicoPalacio De Los Deportes
July 15, 1990Lexington, KentuckyRupp Arena
October 21, 1990Sydney, Nova ScotiaCentre 200
October 22, 1990Halifax, Nova ScotiaHalifax Metro Centre
October 23, 1990Moncton, New BrunswickMoncton Coliseum
October 28, 1990Baltimore, MarylandBaltimore Arena
October 31, 1990Lexington, KentuckyRupp Arena

References
  1. KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History s. 193
  2. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 26.
  3. KISS TOURDATES Hot in the shade 1990
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