Rock & Roll Over Tour

The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock 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 albumRock and Roll Over
Start dateNovember 24, 1976
End dateApril 4, 1977
Legs2
No. of shows70
Kiss concert chronology

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. "The Kiss fans wanted to kill me," he recalled. "And I was like, 'Fuck you people!' I was mad, and that show really put a fire up my ass. The next show, I walked out thinking, 'I'm going to kill these people!'"[1]

Kiss 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.[2] 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."[3]

Set list
  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Ladies Room"
  5. "Firehouse"
  6. "Makin' Love"
  7. "I Want You"
  8. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  9. "Do You Love Me?"
  10. "Nothin' to Lose"
  11. Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
  12. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  1. "Shout It Out Loud"
  2. "Beth"
  3. "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".

Early Tour Set list
  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Deuce"
  5. "Firehouse""
  6. "Makin' Love"
  7. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  8. "Do You Love Me?"
  9. "Nothin' to Lose"
  10. Gene Simmons bass solo/"God of Thunder" (Peter Criss drum solo)
  11. "I Want You"
  12. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  1. "Calling Dr. Love"
  2. "Beth"
  3. "Black Diamond"

Other songs played include "Strutter" and "Flaming Youth".

Information
  • Average Attendance (11,000)

Tour dates
List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue, and support act(s)
Date City Country Venue Support act(s)
November 24, 1976SavannahUnited StatesSavannah Civic CenterGraham Parker & The Rumour
November 25, 1976CharlotteCharlotte ColiseumJesse Bolt
November 27, 1976RaleighJ.S. Dorton ArenaThe Raisin Band
November 28, 1976GreenvilleGreenville Memorial AuditoriumClimax Blues Band
November 30, 1976ColumbusColumbus Municipal AuditoriumTom Petty and the Heartbreakers
December 2, 1976MemphisMid-South ColiseumDr. Hook
December 3, 1976JacksonMississippi Coliseum
December 4, 1976New OrleansNew Orleans Municipal AuditoriumBlackfoot
December 5, 1976MobileMobile Municipal Auditorium
December 7, 1976HuntsvilleVon Braun Civic CenterDr. Hook
December 8, 1976MaconMacon ColiseumUriah Heep
December 10, 1976JacksonvilleJacksonville Memorial Coliseum
December 11, 1976Pembroke PinesHollywood Sportatorium
December 12, 1976LakelandLakeland Civic Center
December 15, 1976BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
December 16, 1976SyracuseOnondaga County War Memorial
December 18, 1976New HavenNew Haven Coliseum
December 19, 1976LandoverCapital CentreBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
December 21, 1976PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum
December 27, 1976FayettevilleCumberland County Memorial ArenaBlackfoot
December 28, 1976RoanokeRoanoke Civic CenterUriah Heep
December 30, 1976AugustaAugusta Civic CenterNatural Gas
January 1, 1977ProvidenceProvidence Civic CenterUriah Heep
January 5, 1977AbileneTaylor County Expo Center
January 6, 1977TulsaTulsa Assembly Center
January 7, 1977NormanLloyd Noble Center
January 9, 1977WichitaLevitt Arena
January 10, 1977AmarilloAmarillo Civic Center
January 11, 1977AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
January 13, 1977Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
January 15, 1977DenverMcNichols Sports Arena
January 17, 1977Grand ForksUND Fieldhouse
January 18, 1977DuluthDuluth Arena-Auditorium
January 20, 1977LincolnPershing Auditorium
January 21, 1977Des MoinesIowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 22, 1977ChicagoChicago Stadium
January 24, 1977Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
January 25, 1977Terre HauteHulman Center
January 27, 1977DetroitCobo Arena
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
February 1, 1977MilwaukeeMilwaukee Auditorium
February 2, 1977
February 3, 1977Green BayBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 4, 1977MadisonDane County Expo Coliseum
February 6, 1977BloomingtonMetropolitan Sports Center
February 8, 1977OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
February 9, 1977Kansas CityKemper ArenaHead East
February 10, 1977WaterlooMcElroy AuditoriumThe Dictators
February 12, 1977BismarckBismarck Civic Center
February 16, 1977HartfordHartford Civic CenterSammy Hagar
February 18, 1977New York CityMadison Square Garden
February 21, 1977UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 26, 1977Johnson CityFreedom Hall Civic CenterThe Dictators
February 27, 1977ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum
March 1, 1977AshevilleAsheville Civic Center
March 3, 1977BirminghamBJCC Coliseum
March 5, 1977LexingtonRupp ArenaLegs Diamond
March 6, 1977ColumbusSt. John Arena
March 7, 1977HamptonHampton Coliseum
March 24, 1977OsakaJapanOsaka Kōsei Nenkin KaikanBow Wow
March 25, 1977
March 26, 1977KyotoKyoto Kaikan
March 28, 1977NagoyaAichi Prefectural Gymnasium
March 29, 1977OsakaOsaka Festival Hall
March 30, 1977FukuokaFukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
April 1, 1977TokyoNippon Budokan
April 2, 19771
April 4, 1977
  • ^Note 1 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]

References
  1. Brannigan, Paul (June 2017). "Q&A: Sammy Hagar". Classic Rock. No. 236. p. 26.
  2. "Ace Frehley – "Shock Me" Guitar Lesson" – via www.youtube.com.
  3. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 12.
  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. "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. "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 89 no. 5. February 5, 1977. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. February 19, 1977. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
  11. "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
  • Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
  • Gill, Julian (May 8, 2020). Kiss On Tour (2020 ed.). KissFAQ Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7344412-1-5.
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