Monster World Tour (Kiss) Explained

Concert Tour Name:Monster World Tour
Artist:Kiss
Album:Monster
Start Date:November 7, 2012
End Date:November 8, 2013
Number Of Legs:5
Number Of Shows:56
Last Tour:The Tour
(2012)
This Tour:Monster World Tour
(2012–2013)
Next Tour:Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour
(2014–2015)

The Monster World Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock group Kiss in support of their 20th studio album, Monster. Fresh off the heels of the recent success of The Tour with Mötley Crüe and the second annual KISS Kruise, the tour officially began on November 7, 2012, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kiss played shows in Australia for the first time since 2008, and Europe, including a few festivals in June. They played their longest Canadian tour to date in July through early August with a few US concerts following after, including a show taped to air during halftime of ArenaBowl XXVI in Orlando, Florida. They played in Japan for the first time since 2006 in October 2013.

The new stage show, first used in the European leg, involved a giant robotic spider that moved across the stage and all four members were lifted into the air. The spider shot pyro from its legs and had eyes that glowed.[1]

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

Setlists

South American leg setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Calling Dr. Love"
  4. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  5. "Wall of Sound"
  6. "Hotter Than Hell"
  7. "I Love It Loud"
  8. "Outta This World" (Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer duet)
  9. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons solo)
  10. "Psycho Circus"
  11. "War Machine"
  12. "Love Gun"
  13. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Lick It Up"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Australian leg setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Deuce"
  4. "Firehouse" (Simmons spits fire)
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "Calling Dr. Love"
  7. "Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  8. "Psycho Circus"
  9. "I Love It Loud" (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  10. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
  11. "War Machine"
  12. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  13. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  2. "Lick It Up"
  3. "Black Diamond"

European/North American leg setlist

  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "I Love It Loud"
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "War Machine" (Simmons spits fire)
  7. "Heaven's on Fire"
  8. "Deuce" or "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "Say Yeah"
  10. "Shock Me"/"Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  11. "God of Thunder (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  12. "Lick It Up"
  13. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  14. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  2. "Detroit Rock City"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Black Diamond"

Japanese leg setlist

  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Do You Love Me"
  4. "I Love It Loud"
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "War Machine" (Simmons spits fire)
  7. "Sukiyaki" (Kyu Sakamoto cover)
  8. "Heaven's on Fire"
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Say Yeah"
  11. "Shock Me"/"Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  12. "God of Thunder" (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  13. "Lick It Up"
  14. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  15. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Detroit Rock City"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Support acts

Tour dates

Date!width="125"
CityCountryVenue
November 7, 2012Buenos AiresArgentinaRiver Plate Stadium
November 10, 2012SantiagoChileClub de Campo Las Vizcachas
November 12, 2012AsunciónParaguayJockey Club
November 14, 2012Porto AlegreBrazilGigantinho
November 17, 2012São PauloArena Skol Anhembi
November 18, 2012Rio de JaneiroHSBC Arena
Date!width="125"
CityCountryVenue
February 28, 2013PerthAustraliaPerth Arena
March 3, 2013AdelaideVictoria Park Racecourse
March 5, 2013MelbourneEtihad Stadium
March 6, 2013
March 9, 2013SydneyAllphones Arena
March 10, 2013
March 12, 2013BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre
March 16, 2013MackayVirgin Australia Stadium
June 1, 2013StockholmSwedenFriends Arena
June 3, 2013HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena
June 6, 2013SölvesborgSwedenNorje Havsbad
June 8, 2013StavangerNorwayViking Stadion
June 11, 2013CopenhagenDenmarkForum Copenhagen
June 12, 2013BerlinGermanyWaldbühne
June 14, 2013PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena
June 15, 2013NickelsdorfAustriaPannonia Filds
June 17, 2013CodroipoItalyVilla Manin
June 18, 2013MilanMediolanum Forum
June 20, 2013ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
June 22, 2013ClissonFranceVal de Moine
July 5, 2013VictoriaCanadaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
July 6, 2013VancouverRogers Arena
July 8, 2013KelownaProspera Place
July 10, 2013LethbridgeEnmax Centre
July 12, 2013EdmontonRexall Place
July 14, 2013SaskatoonCredit Union Centre
July 16, 2013ReginaBrandt Centre
July 17, 2013BrandonKeystone Centre
July 18, 2013WinnipegMTS Centre
July 20, 2013CadottUnited StatesRock Fest
July 23, 2013SudburyCanadaSudbury Arena
July 25, 2013OttawaCanadian Tire Centre
July 26, 2013TorontoMolson Amphitheatre
July 27, 2013LondonBudweiser Gardens
July 29, 2013MontrealBell Centre
July 31, 2013Saint JohnHarbour Station
August 1, 2013HalifaxHalifax Metro Centre
August 3, 2013St. John'sMile One Centre
August 4, 2013
August 7, 2013GilfordUnited StatesMeadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
August 9, 2013VeronaTurning Stone Events Center
August 10, 2013UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena
August 12, 2013PortsmouthnTelos Wireless Pavilion
August 13, 2013SimpsonvilleCharter Amphitheater at Heritage Park
August 16, 2013OrlandoAmway Center
August 18, 2013HollywoodHard Rock Live
October 19, 2013ChibaJapanMakuhari Messe
October 21, 2013OsakaOsaka-jō Hall
October 23, 2013TokyoNippon Budokan
October 24, 2013
November 8, 2013CalgaryCanadaScotiabank Saddledome

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / available
River Plate StadiumBuenos Aires48,000 / 55,000 (87%)
Hipódromo de AsunciónAsunción8,161 / 10,000 (81%)
Arena Skol AnhembiSão Paulo20,567 / 25,000 (82%)
HSBC ArenaRio de Janeiro6,803 / 9,500 (71%)
Perth ArenaPerth12,775 / 13,335 (95%)
Clipsal 500Adelaide40,000 / 40,000 (100%)
Etihad StadiumMelbourne25,750 / 26,000 (99%)
Allphones ArenaSydney18,023 / 23,466 (76%)
Brisbane Entertainment CenterBrisbane9,597 / 9,801 (97%)

Personnel

Kiss

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KISS: Video Tour Of Brand New Stage Setup . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . 1 April 2021 . 3 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013 . . March 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131208084936/http://pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf . December 8, 2013 . dead .

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