Rock the Nation World Tour
Tour by Kiss | |
Start date | May 8, 2004 |
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End date | August 17, 2004 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 59 |
Kiss concert chronology |
The Rock The Nation World Tour was a concert tour by the hard rock group Kiss. ZO2 and Poison were the opening bands. The tour marked the return of Eric Singer on the drums, who once again replaced Peter Criss, whose contract was not renewed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. While attendance was not what the previous tour had been, it still averaged 8,900 on the American leg of the tour while grossing $20 million. Kiss would not tour in 2005 due to Paul Stanley's hip replacement.
During this tour, the setlist was not as 1970s-exclusive as it had been on their last few tours, as Kiss played songs that spanned their entire career. This also included performing a few selections from their non-makeup era, songs the band have generally shied away from playing since returning to wearing their make-up in 1996. After this tour, however, most of those songs would again be shelved and to date, with the exception of "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" and "Lick it Up", they have not reappeared. The band released a two-disc DVD of this tour.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Thayer reflected on the tour:
The unique thing about Eric and I is that we are tried and true Kiss fans from day one. We've told each other stories about how we've seen Kiss performing back in the '70s and we were in our respective towns where we grew up, sitting in the front row and going crazy and watching this amazing band play. So we have that in our blood to begin with. With that in mind our ability to come in and be a part of this band is a very natural thing. It's in our blood and it's been inside of us for years. Since we did grow up with Kiss, for us to come in and be in this band now is a very natural transition. So coming from the place of being the guy who was there in 1974 watching Kiss play the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon, if somebody back then somebody told me in 20 or 30 years that I'd be that guy up on stage playing the guitar, I'd be the one up there in makeup and costumes, I'd never believed that something like that could have been possible.[1]
Setlist
Australian Setlist
- "Creatures of the Night"
- "Deuce"
- "I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll"
- "I Love It Loud"
- "Christine Sixteen"
- "Tears Are Falling"
- "War Machine"
- "Lick It Up"
- "Calling Dr. Love"
- "I Want You"
- "100,000 Years"
- "Unholy"
- "Shout It Out Loud"
- "Love Gun"
- "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
- "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
Japanese Setlist
- "Love Gun"
- "Deuce"
- "Makin' Love"
- "Calling Dr. Love"
- "C'mon and Love Me"
- "Cold Gin"
- "Got to Choose"
- "War Machine"
- "Lick It Up"
- "Parasite"
- "She"
- "I Want You"
- "I Love It Loud"
- "100,000 Years"
- "Unholy"
- "Shout It Out Loud"
- "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
- "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
- "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
- "Christine Sixteen", "Tears Are Falling" and "All the Way" only played, "Got to Choose", "Parasite" and "She" not played in Tokyo (1st night).
- "King of the Night Time World" and "Goin' Blind" only played, "C'mon and Love Me" and "Cold Gin" not played in Tokyo (1st night) and Kanazawa.
- "Love Her All I Can" only played in Tokyo (2nd night) and Kanazawa.
- "Lick It Up" not played in Tokyo (2nd night).
- "Calling Dr. Love" not played in Kanazawa.
North American Setlist
- "Love Gun"
- "Deuce"
- "Makin' Love"
- "Lick It Up"
- "War Machine"
- "Got to Choose"
- "Christine Sixteen"
- "I Want You"
- "Psycho Circus"
- "I Love It Loud"
- "100,000 Years"
- "Unholy"
- "Shout It Out Loud"
- "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
- "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
- "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Tour dates
Cancelled shows
- May 21, 2004 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
- June 23, 2004 – Seattle, Washington – White River Amphitheatre
- July 31, 2004 – Tampa, Florida – Ford Amphitheatre
- August 1, 2004 – Pensacola, Florida – Pensacola Civic Center
References
- ^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 35.
- ^ The KISSFAQ - KISS Tourdates Archive - 2004