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:

Set list

This is an example setlist performed at a show, but may not represent the majority of the shows on this tour.
  1. "Creatures of the Night"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Parasite"
  4. "Unholy"
  5. "I Stole Your Love"
  6. "Cold Gin"
  7. "Got To Choose"
  8. "Firehouse"
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Makin' Love"
  11. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  12. "I Want You"
  13. "Domino"
  14. "Love Gun"
  15. "Lick It Up"
  16. "God of Thunder"
  17. "I Love It Loud"
  18. "Detroit Rock City"
  19. "Black Diamond"
  20. "Heaven's on Fire"
  21. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening Act
January 24, 1995OsakaJapanOsaka Castle Hallrowspan="5"
January 26, 1995FukuokaJapanKokusai Center-
January 28, 1995NagoyaJapanNagoya Century Hall-
January 30, 1995TokyoJapanNippon Budokan-
January 31, 1995TokyoJapanNippon Budokan-
February 4, 1995PerthAustraliaPerth Entertainment CentreThe Poor
February 6, 1995AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide Entertainment CentreThe Poor
February 8, 1995MelbourneAustraliaNational Tennis Centre at Flinders ParkThe Poor
February 9, 1995MelbourneAustraliaNational Tennis Centre at Flinders ParkThe Poor
February 11, 1995BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment CentreThe Poor
February 13, 1995SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreThe Poor

Personnel