| Concert Tour Name: | Revenge Tour |
| Artist: | Kiss |
| Album: | Revenge |
| Start Date: | April 23, 1992 |
| End Date: | December 20, 1992 |
| Number Of Legs: | 3 |
| Number Of Shows: | 77 |
| Last Tour: | Hot in the Shade Tour (1990) |
| This Tour: | Revenge Tour (1992) |
| Next Tour: | Kiss My Ass Tour (1994–1995) |
The Revenge Tour was a concert tour by Kiss in support of the band's studio album Revenge.
It was the first tour with drummer Eric Singer,[1] replacing Eric Carr who died of cancer on November 24, 1991.[2] [3] Singer had previously performed with Paul Stanley's solo tour and was seen as a 'natural choice' according to Gene Simmons.[4]
Kiss began the tour with a leg of club shows in North America.[5] During the European leg of the tour in the United Kingdom, the stage set from the Hot in the Shade Tour was used.[6] During the show at Cardiff National Ice Rink on May 20, 1992, a pyro cue for "Heaven's on Fire" caused £30,000 worth of damage to the ceiling.[7]
For the North American arena tour, the stage featured a giant 41-foot high replica of the Statue of Liberty[4] in front of a large Kiss logo wall.[8] Halfway through the show during "War Machine", the statue's face crumbled to reveal its skull.[9] Afterward, its right arm and torch crumbled down before its skeleton hand gave the finger, which some audiences took personally.[6] The shows would also include strippers during the song "Take It Off".[6] The stage was hauled by six to ten semi haulers[10] while the replica of the Statue of Liberty had to fit into three trucks.[11]
Due to poor ticket sales, the tour had to be shortened. There was a show set to take place in Spokane on December 13,[12] but had been canceled due to weather affecting the band's travel between shows.[13] The shows in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis were recorded by Eddie Kramer for the Alive III live album.[6] [4]
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:
These are example setlists performed from one show on the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows performed.[14]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America[15] | ||||
| April 23, 1992 | The Stone | Shooting Gallery | ||
| April 25, 1992 | The Troubadour | |||
| April 26, 1992 | ||||
| April 27, 1992 | After The Goldrush | |||
| April 29, 1992 | The Backstage | |||
| April 30, 1992 | Dallas City Limits Club | |||
| May 2, 1992 | Center Stage | |||
| May 4, 1992 | Hammerjack's | |||
| May 5, 1992 | Trocadero Theatre | |||
| May 6, 1992 | Phoenix Concert Theatre | |||
| May 8, 1992 | United States | Avalon Ballroom | ||
| May 9, 1992 | The Ritz | |||
| May 10, 1992 | The Warehouse | |||
| Europe | ||||
| May 16, 1992 | Danger Danger | |||
| May 17, 1992 | England | Whitley Bay Ice Rink | ||
| May 18, 1992 | Sheffield Arena | |||
| May 20, 1992 | Wales National Ice Rink | |||
| May 21, 1992 | England | Wembley Arena | ||
| May 24, 1992 | Plymouth Pavilions | |||
| May 25, 1992 | NEC Arena | |||
| May 26, 1992 | ||||
| North America[16] | ||||
| October 1, 1992 | United States | Faster Pussycat Trixter | ||
| October 2, 1992 | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | |||
| October 3, 1992 | Toronto | Canada | Maple Leaf Gardens | |
| October 5, 1992 | Montreal Forum | |||
| October 6, 1992 | United States | Cumberland County Civic Center | ||
| October 8, 1992 | The Centrum | |||
| October 9, 1992 | Brendan Byrne Arena | |||
| October 10, 1992 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | ||
| October 11, 1992 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |||
| October 13, 1992 | Hersheypark Arena | |||
| October 14, 1992 | Charleston Civic Center | |||
| October 16, 1992 | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | |||
| October 17, 1992 | Roanoke Civic Center | |||
| October 18, 1992 | Capital Centre | |||
| October 20, 1992 | Rupp Arena | |||
| October 21, 1992 | Viking Hall Civic Center | |||
| October 23, 1992 | Charlotte Coliseum | |||
| October 24, 1992 | Cumberland County Memorial Arena | |||
| October 25, 1992 | Carolina Coliseum | |||
| October 29, 1992 | Faster Pussycat Trixter Fortress | |||
| October 30, 1992 | Faster Pussycat Trixter | |||
| October 31, 1992 | Miami Arena | |||
| November 3, 1992 | Jackyl Trixter | |||
| November 5, 1992 | Atlanta | Great White Trixter | ||
| November 6, 1992 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |||
| November 7, 1992 | Knoxville Civic Coliseum | |||
| November 8, 1992 | Von Braun Civic Center | |||
| November 10, 1992 | St. Joseph Civic Arena | |||
| November 13, 1992 | St. Louis Arena | |||
| November 14, 1992 | Hilton Coliseum | |||
| November 15, 1992 | Five Seasons Center | |||
| November 17, 1992 | Wings Stadium | |||
| November 18, 1992 | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | |||
| November 20, 1992 | Roberts Municipal Stadium | |||
| November 21, 1992 | UIC Pavilion | |||
| November 22, 1992 | Toledo Sports Arena | |||
| November 24, 1992 | Prairie Capital Convention Center | |||
| November 25, 1992 | Ervin J. Nutter Center | |||
| November 27, 1992 | The Palace of Auburn Hills | |||
| November 28, 1992 | Market Square Arena | |||
| November 29, 1992 | Richfield Coliseum | |||
| November 30, 1992 | Bradley Center | |||
| December 2, 1992 | Dane County Expo Coliseum | |||
| December 3, 1992 | St. Paul Civic Center | |||
| December 4, 1992 | Sioux Falls Arena | |||
| December 6, 1992 | McNichols Sports Arena | |||
| December 8, 1992 | Delta Center | |||
| December 9, 1992 | BSU Pavilion | |||
| December 10, 1992 | Portland Memorial Coliseum | |||
| December 11, 1992 | Canada | Pacific Coliseum | ||
| December 14, 1992 | United States | Seattle Center Arena | ||
| December 16, 1992 | ARCO Arena | |||
| December 18, 1992 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | |||
| December 19, 1992 | Trixter Vesuvius | |||
| December 20, 1992 | Phoenix | Great White Trixter | ||
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