Alive/Worldwide Tour

The KISS Alive/Worldwide Tour (also known as the Reunion Tour) was a 1996–1997 concert tour by American hard rock band Kiss. It was the first tour with original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley since the Dynasty Tour in 1979. The tour grossed $143.7 million, making it the most successful Kiss tour to date.

Alive/Worldwide Tour

Tour by Kiss
Start date	June 15, 1996
End date	July 5, 1997
Legs	10
No. of shows	193 played, 8 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

The reunion tour prompted many 80's metal bands to also do reunion tours, however Kiss' was the first and most successful.

Shows included the June 15 warmup gig in Irvine, California, during which a stray firework ignited part of the stage; the August 8 show in Cincinnati, where a fan threw his prosthetic leg on stage, which all the members signed and handed back to him; the January 22 show in Osaka, Japan, where Gene Simmons lost his voice, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley had to sing most of the songs; and the April 5 show in Columbus, Georgia, where, due to health reasons, Peter Criss could not perform, and because the group decided to not cancel the show since the doors were already open, Criss's drum tech Eddie Kanon took the stage in Criss's "cat" make-up. There was a short set played for MTV Music Awards before starting the US second leg, on September 4 at Fulton Ferry Landing under the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC.

The setlists for the tour drew almost exclusively from the band's 1970s heyday and did not include any songs from their non-make-up era. Only one song from the band's 1980s catalogue ("Shandi" from Unmasked) was played. The band did this because they believed that since they were touring with their original lineup, they should be faithful to the era with the material performed.

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

There were many many nights when I was looking around the stage and going "This is magic." This is beyond anybody's wildest fantasies. What was important about these shows is we had a much bigger task than people understood. Our biggest competition was our history. We didn't have to be as good as we used to be. We had to be as good as people thought we were. The show wasn't to be a replica of what we've done, it was to be what people imagined we had done. We had to be totally committed. and also totally sure that we could not only live up the legend but also surpass it. In terms of the stage show for the reunion tour, what we wanted to do was look at the '77 show in a sense as a pinnacle. That is what we chose to build on but not copy. There are also elements from other shows too in the sense that there's bombs and the flying rig and the breaking of the guitars. At that time, it was the ultimate Kiss show in the sense that we looked at the show, which we thought was our best and said, "Top this."[1]

Alice in Chains were among many of the supporting acts on this tour. This would turn out to be their last tour featuring late vocalist Layne Staley with the final live appearance being on July 3, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri. Shortly after the show, Staley was found unresponsive after he overdosed on heroin and was taken to the hospital. Although he recovered, the band was forced to go on hiatus. Layne would never perform live again and lived in isolation until his death on April 5, 2002.

Typical setlist

1. "Deuce"
2. "King of the Night Time World"
3. "Do You Love Me?"
4. "Calling Dr. Love"
5. "Cold Gin"
6. "Love Gun"
7. "Shout It Out Loud"
8. "Watchin' You"
9. "Firehouse"
10. "Strutter"
11. "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley guitar solo)
12. "Rock Bottom"
13. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons bass solo, spits blood and flies), (Peter Criss drum solo)
14. "New York Groove"
15. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
16. "100,000 Years"
17. "Black Diamond"

Encore

18. "Beth"
19. "Detroit Rock City"
20. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Other songs played included "Take Me", "I Stole Your Love", "Shandi", "C'mon and Love Me", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Christine Sixteen", and "2,000 Man".

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
KROQ Weenie Roast
June 15, 1996	Irvine, California	United States	Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	Red Hot Chili Peppers
North America
June 28, 1996	Detroit, Michigan	United States	Tiger Stadium	Alice in Chains, Sponge
June 30, 1996	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall	Alice in Chains
July 2, 1996	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Center
July 3, 1996	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena
July 5, 1996	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena	Pushmonkey
July 6, 1996	Houston, Texas		The Summit
July 7, 1996	San Antonio, Texas		Alamodome
July 9, 1996	New Orleans, Louisiana		Louisiana Superdome	The Melvins
July 10, 1996	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena
July 12, 1996	Moline, Illinois		MARK of the Quad Cities
July 13, 1996	Saint Paul, Minnesota		St. Paul Civic Center
July 14, 1996	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
July 16, 1996				The Nixons
July 17, 1996	Fairborn, Ohio		Ervin J. Nutter Center
July 19, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio		Gund Arena
July 20, 1996				D Generation
July 21, 1996	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena	The Nixons
July 22, 1996				D Generation
July 25, 1996	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
July 26, 1996				CIV
July 27, 1996				311
July 28, 1996				The Nixons
July 30, 1996	Boston, Massachusetts		FleetCenter
July 31, 1996				D Generation
August 2, 1996	Quebec City, Quebec	Canada	Colisée de Quebec
August 3, 1996	Montreal, Quebec		Molson Centre
August 5, 1996	Ottawa, Ontario		Corel Centre
August 6, 1996	Toronto, Ontario		SkyDome
August 8, 1996	Cincinnati, Ohio	United States	Riverfront Coliseum
August 9, 1996	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
August 10, 1996	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Bradley Center
Monsters of Rock
August 17, 1996	Donington	England	Monsters of Rock	Ozzy Osbourne, Sepultura, Biohazard, Dog Eat Dog, Paradise Lost, Fear Factory
North America
August 21, 1996	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	America West Arena	Stabbing Westward
August 23, 1996	Inglewood, California		Great Western Forum
August 24, 1996
August 25, 1996				Red Five
August 27, 1996	San Jose, California		San Jose Arena	Stabbing Westward
August 28, 1996	Sacramento, California		ARCO Arena
August 30, 1996	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena
August 31, 1996	Tacoma, Washington		Tacoma Dome
September 1, 1996	Spokane, Washington		Spokane Arena
September 2, 1996	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	General Motors Place
September 5, 1996	Salt Lake City, Utah	United States	Delta Center	The Hunger
September 7, 1996	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
September 8, 1996
September 10, 1996	Valley Center, Kansas		Britt Brown Arena
September 11, 1996	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Myriad Convention Center
September 13, 1996	Tupelo, Mississippi		Tupelo Coliseum
September 14, 1996	Birmingham, Alabama		BJCC Coliseum
September 15, 1996	Pensacola, Florida		Pensacola Civic Center	The Hunger, The Verve Pipe
September 17, 1996	Miami, Florida		Miami Arena	The Verve Pipe
September 19, 1996	Jacksonville, Florida		Jacksonville Coliseum
September 20, 1996	St. Petersburg, Florida		Thunderdome
September 22, 1996	Orlando, Florida		Orlando Arena
September 24, 1996	North Charleston, South Carolina		North Charleston Coliseum
September 25, 1996	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum
September 27, 1996	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum
September 28, 1996	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
September 29, 1996	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson–Boling Arena
October 1, 1996	Atlanta, Georgia		The Omni Coliseum
October 2, 1996				The Bogmen
October 4, 1996	Roanoke, Virginia		Roanoke Civic Center
October 5, 1996	Hampton, Virginia		Hampton Coliseum
October 6, 1996	Landover, Maryland		USAir Arena
October 7, 1996				Deftones
October 8, 1996	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		CoreStates Center	The Bogmen
October 9, 1996				Deftones
October 11, 1996
October 12, 1996	Albany, New York		Knickerbocker Arena
October 13, 1996	Buffalo, New York		Marine Midland Arena
October 15, 1996	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
October 16, 1996	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 17, 1996				Coyote Shivers
October 18, 1996	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena	Deftones
October 20, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio		Gund Arena
October 21, 1996	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
October 23, 1996	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium	Royal Crown Revue
October 24, 1996
October 26, 1996	Las Cruces, New Mexico		Pan American Center	Fluffy
October 27, 1996	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
October 29, 1996	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena	Caroline's Spine
October 31, 1996	Irvine, California		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	Poe
November 1, 1996				Reel Big Fish
November 2, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Caroline's Spine
November 5, 1996	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center	Johnny Bravo
November 6, 1996	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome
November 7, 1996	Shreveport, Louisiana		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
November 9, 1996	Little Rock, Arkansas		Barton Coliseum
November 10, 1996	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena
Europe
November 20, 1996	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena	The Verve Pipe
November 21, 1996	Manchester		NYNEX Arena
November 25, 1996	London		Wembley Arena
December 1, 1996	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
December 2, 1996	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
December 4, 1996	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle	Die Ärzte
December 6, 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Arena	The Verve Pipe
December 7, 1996	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
December 8, 1996	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
December 10, 1996	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
December 11, 1996	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt	Die Ärzte
December 12, 1996	Oberhausen		Oberhausen Arena
December 14, 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Sportovní hala	The Verve Pipe
December 15, 1996
December 16, 1996	Vienna	Austria	Libro Music Hall
December 18, 1996	Milan	Italy	Filaforum
December 19, 1996	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
December 20, 1996	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle	Die Ärzte
December 21, 1996	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
North America
December 28, 1996	Worcester, Massachusetts	United States	The Centrum	The 4th Floor
December 29, 1996	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 30, 1996	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center
December 31, 1996	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena
Japan
January 18, 1997	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	No Opening Act
January 20, 1997	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
January 21, 1997	Osaka		Osaka Castle Hall
January 22, 1997
January 24, 1997	Fukuoka		Kokusai Center
January 25, 1997	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Sun Plaza
Oceania
January 31, 1997	Auckland	New Zealand	The Supertop	The Exponents
February 3, 1997	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Custard
February 5, 1997	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre	Fireballs
February 6, 1997				The Screaming Jets
February 9, 1997	Perth		Burswood Dome	Non-Intentional Lifeform
February 11, 1997	Adelaide		Memorial Drive Tennis Centre	Fireballs
February 13, 1997	Melbourne		Centre Court
February 14, 1997				The Fauves
February 15, 1997				Snout
Latin America
March 7, 1997	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	Pantera
March 8, 1997
March 9, 1997
March 11, 1997	Santiago	Chile	Velodromo del Estadio Nacional
March 14, 1997	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
North America (Lost Cities Leg)
March 21, 1997	New Haven, Connecticut	United States	New Haven Coliseum	Powerman 5000
March 22, 1997	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
March 23, 1997	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
March 25, 1997	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center
March 27, 1997	Wheeling, West Virginia		Wheeling Civic Center
March 28, 1997	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Copps Coliseum	Glueleg
March 29, 1997	University Park, Pennsylvania	United States	Bryce Jordan Center	Powerman 5000
March 31, 1997	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
April 1, 1997	Baltimore, Maryland		Baltimore Civic Center
April 2, 1997	Richmond, Virginia		Richmond Coliseum
April 4, 1997	Chapel Hill, North Carolina		Dean Smith Center
April 5, 1997	Columbus, Georgia		Columbus Civic Center
April 6, 1997	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Arena
April 8, 1997	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium	D Generation
April 9, 1997	Fort Wayne, Indiana		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
April 10, 1997	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andel Arena	Outhouse
April 12, 1997	Toledo, Ohio		John F. Savage Hall
April 13, 1997	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center
April 15, 1997	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Center
April 16, 1997	Topeka, Kansas		Landon Arena
April 18, 1997	Sioux Falls, South Dakota		Sioux Falls Arena
April 19, 1997	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum
April 20, 1997	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center
April 22, 1997	Saint Paul, Minnesota		St. Paul Civic Center
April 23, 1997	Madison, Wisconsin		Dane County Expo Coliseum
April 25, 1997	Mankato, Minnesota		Mankato Civic Center
April 26, 1997	Fargo, North Dakota		Fargodome
April 27, 1997	Bismarck, North Dakota		Bismarck Civic Center
April 29, 1997	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canada	Winnipeg Arena	Econoline Crush
April 30, 1997
May 1, 1997	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan		Saskatchewan Place
May 2, 1997	Edmonton, Alberta		Edmonton Coliseum
May 3, 1997	Calgary, Alberta		Canadian Airlines Saddledome
May 5, 1997	Seattle, Washington	United States	KeyArena	Sugar Ray
May 6, 1997	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	General Motors Place	Econoline Crush
Europe (Once Wasn't Enough Tour)
May 16, 1997	Nürburgring	Germany	Rock am Ring	Die Ärzte, LĪVE, Neneh Cherry, Silverchair, Corrosion of Conformity, Reef
May 18, 1997	Nuremberg		Rock im Park	Die Ärzte, LĪVE, Neneh Cherry, Silverchair, Corrosion of Conformity, Reef, The Mutton Birds
May 21, 1997	Berlin		Waldbühne	Otto Waalkes
May 22, 1997	Leipzig		Messehalle	Die Ärzte
May 24, 1997	Hamburg		Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
May 29, 1997	Wels	Austria	Messegelände	Moonspell, Naked Lunch, Alkbottle, Sextiger
May 31, 1997	Imst		Skiarena Imst
June 1, 1997	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	Sideburn
June 4, 1997	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	Sajam Hall 1	Die Ärzte, Moonspell
June 5, 1997	Budapest	Hungary	Petőfi Csarnok	Warpigs, Irigy Hónaljmirigy
June 7, 1997	Prague	Czech Republic	Stadion Juliska	Waltari, Stage, Žlutý pes, Satisfucktion
June 10, 1997	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo Arena	Uncle Meat
June 11, 1997	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranjehal	Channel Zero
June 14, 1997	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholms Stadion	The Hellacopters, Fungus
June 15, 1997
June 17, 1997	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	The Hellacopters
June 19, 1997	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
June 21, 1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby Idrætspark	Passion Orange, The Straws
June 25, 1997	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes	El Fantastico Hombre Bala
June 26, 1997	Zaragoza		Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza
June 30, 1997	Barcelona		Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
July 2, 1997	Geneva	Switzerland	SEG Geneva Arena	Core22
July 5, 1997	London	England	Finsbury Park	Rage Against the Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder, L7

Postponed/cancelled dates

Date	City	Venue	Reasoning
September 4, 1996	Boise, Idaho	BSU Pavilion	Cancelled to appear on the MTV Video Music Awards.
November 28, 1996	Madrid, Spain	Palacio de los Deportes	Cancelled due to the French Road Transport Strike
November 29, 1996	Zaragoza, Spain	Sala Multiusos
January 28, 1997	Yokohama, Japan	Yokohama Arena	Cancelled due to low ticket sales
May 7, 1997	Yakima, WA	Yakima SunDome	Cancelled due to needing more rehearsal time for the European tour
May 9, 1997	Reno, Nevada	Lawlor Events Center
May 10, 1997	San Francisco, California	Cow Palace
May 26, 1997	Warsaw, Poland	Stadion Gwardia	Cancelled due to low ticket sales
June 28, 1997	Lisbon, Portugal	Estadio Nacional

References

1. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, p. 29.
2. "KISS Concert History Online – Decades on Tour Detailed". kissconcerthistory.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
3. "KISS Concert History Online – Decades on Tour Detailed: 1996". www.kissconcerthistory.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
4. "KISS Concert History Online – Decades on Tour Detailed: 1997". www.kissconcerthistory.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
5. "KISS TOURDATES Alive Worldwide 1996–97". www.kissfanshop.de.
6. "Search for setlists: tour:(Alive/Worldwide) | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

Bibliography

• Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.