The Alive II Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, and was the follow-up to the Love Gun Tour which ended in early September.
History The Alive II Tour saw Kiss perform 5 sold-out nights at Tokyo's Budokan, breaking their previous record of 4 one year earlier, as well as breaking the previous record by The Beatles. They also played three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York City, and multiple nights in several other cities, including San Antonio; Landover, Maryland; Chicago; Detroit; and Providence, Rhode Island. The audience for the band were mainly young teenage crowds. AC/DC was the opening act for several concerts on this tour. The costumes and stage show were carried over from the Love Gun Tour, with minor changes made to the setlist.
During the show in Pittsburgh, Peter Criss had passed out in the middle of the concert. After a brief intermission, he returned to finish the show with his bandmates. The band would also be snowed in during the show in Richfield.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:
Reception Barry Paris, a reporter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who attended the Civic Arena show in Pittsburgh, gave the show a positive review, stating: "Kiss (whose members acknowledge that their music is 'nothing profound') is a likable act not so much because of but in spite of its gimmickry. The crucial factor is their good (but not great) musicianship, which amounts to a B-plus/A-minus type of rock 'n roll and gosh darn, how can you not help but like the fresh-faced fans they attract?".
Set list "I Stole Your Love" "King of the Night Time World" "Ladies Room" "Firehouse" "Love Gun" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Makin' Love" "Christine Sixteen" "Shock Me" "I Want You" "Calling Dr. Love" "Shout It Out Loud" "God of Thunder" "Rock and Roll All Nite" Encore "Detroit Rock City" "Beth" "Black Diamond"
The set list for this tour was nearly identical to that of the Love Gun Tour, with the only exceptions being that "King of the Night Time World" and "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" took the place of "Take Me" and "Hooligan".
Tour dates +List of 1977 concertsDateCityCountryVenueSupport act(s) November 15, 1977 Oklahoma City United States Myriad Convention Center Detective November 17, 1977 Denver McNichols Sports Arena November 19, 1977 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center November 20, 1977 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum November 22, 1977 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum November 23, 1977 November 26, 1977 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center November 27, 1977 Kansas City Kemper Arena November 29, 1977 Des Moines Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium November 30, 1977 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium December 2, 1977 St. Paul St. Paul Civic Center December 3, 1977 Madison Dane County Expo Coliseum December 6, 1977 Wichita Henry Levitt Arena December 7, 1977 St. Louis The Checkerdome December 9, 1977 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum AC/DC December 11, 1977 Indianapolis Market Square Arena December 12, 1977 Louisville Freedom Hall December 14, 1977 New York City Madison Square Garden Detective December 15, 1977 Piper December 16, 1977 December 19, 1977 Landover Capital Centre AC/DC December 20, 1977 Piper December 22, 1977 Philadelphia The Spectrum December 27, 1977 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex Arena December 29, 1977 Birmingham BJCC Arena December 30, 1977 Atlanta The Omni December 31, 1977 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
+List of 1978 concertsDateCityCountryVenueSupport act(s) January 3, 1978 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium Detective January 5, 1978 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum Nantucket January 6, 1978 Columbia Carolina Coliseum January 8, 1978 Richfield Richfield Coliseum The Rockets January 11, 1978 Huntington Huntington Civic Center January 12, 1978 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum January 13, 1978 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena January 15, 1978 Chicago Chicago Stadium January 16, 1978 January 18, 1978 Lexington Rupp Arena January 20, 1978 Detroit Olympia Stadium January 21, 1978 January 23, 1978 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium January 25, 1978 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium January 27, 1978 Springfield Springfield Civic Center January 28, 1978 New Haven New Haven Coliseum January 30, 1978 Philadelphia The Spectrum February 2, 1978 Providence Providence Civic Center February 3, 1978 March 28, 1978 Tokyo Japan Budokan Bow Wow March 29, 1978 March 31, 1978 April 1, 1978 April 2, 1978
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDateCityVenueAttendanceGrossNovember 17, 1977Denver, United StatesMcNichols Sports Arena10,586$94,852November 27, 1977Kansas City, United StatesKemper Arena13,613$100,151January 23, 1978Evansville, United StatesRoberts Stadium14,144$109,298January 25, 1978Buffalo, United StatesMemorial Auditorium17,500$112,636January 27, 1978Springfield, United StatesCivic Center10,395$72,765January 28, 1978New Haven, United StatesColiseum10,407$76,000
Personnel Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar Gene Simmons – vocals, bass Peter Criss – drums, vocals Ace Frehley – lead guitar, vocals
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