Destroyer_Tour

Destroyer Tour

Destroyer Tour

1976 concert tour by Kiss

The Destroyer Tour also known as The Spirit of '76 Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their fourth studio album Destroyer.

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History

At the time of the European leg of the tour the Destroyer album was already released and the band performed songs from that album, but they wore the Alive! costumes and had the Alive! stage show.[1] At the time, the tour was referred to under the headline "Kiss tour", not "Alive! Tour" or "Destroyer Tour".

The August 20 Anaheim, California show was the most famous show of the tour, the band played to over 42,000 people, the biggest US crowd the band had played to. Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and Montrose were the opening acts. The J. Geils Band, Point Blank and Seger opened for them at their July 10 show in New Jersey, which was recorded and released on DVD decades later as "The Lost Concert".

Opening act Bob Seger would back out of a few dates on the tour so that he could complete work on his next album, in which he did not perform in Toronto.[2]

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

With the special effects and staging we use, whether it was the Kiss sign, the Tesla coil on the Destroyer tour, the columns of fire, the lighted stairs or the drum riser, we reacted intrinsically to what we thought was cool. We went back to all the stuff we react to, 4th of July fireworks shows and things exploding. We wanted to go where no band had gone before.[3]

Setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "King Of The Night Time World"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Strutter"
  5. "Hotter Than Hell"
  6. "Cold Gin" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
  7. "Nothin' to Lose"
  8. "Shout It Out Loud"
  9. "Do You Love Me?"
  10. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons bloodspitting and bass solo, Peter Criss drum solo)
  11. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Paul Stanley destroys guitar after the song)
Encore
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  4. "Black Diamond"
  • "Flaming Youth" and "Watchin' You" played in some shows instead of "Strutter" and "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll".
  • "Sweet Pain" was performed once in Norfolk on July 3, 1976.

Tour dates

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Box office score data

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Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Weiss, Brett (May 16, 2016). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. ISBN 9780786498024 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Laycock, John (September 9, 1976). "Rumor and scuttlebutt". The Windsor Star. p. 41. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  3. [3]
    (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 9.
  4. [4]
    Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
  5. [5]
    "Hot Flashes". The Journal. March 20, 1976. p. A-7. Retrieved April 5, 2021. Kiss to embark on its first European tour beginning in early May
  6. [6]
    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 17. April 24, 1976. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510.
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    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 18. May 1, 1976. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
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    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 30. July 24, 1976. p. 43. ISSN 0006-2510.
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    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 32. August 7, 1976. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
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    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 34. August 21, 1976. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510.
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    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 37. September 11, 1976. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. [12]
    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 38. September 18, 1976. p. 39. ISSN 0006-2510.
  13. [13]
    "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 39. September 25, 1976. p. 47. 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.
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