Psycho Circus World Tour

Psycho Circus World Tour was a Kiss concert tour in 1998–2000.

Psycho Circus World Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumPsycho Circus
Start dateOctober 31, 1998
End dateJanuary 3, 2000
Legs3
No. of shows68 scheduled, 6 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

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

The Psycho Circus tour was far and above anything that people have ever seen. It started with a concept called "Psycho Circus" our manager Doc McGhee was talking about. He goes, "Wouldn't it be great if the tour was like a 'Psycho Circus' thing and anything was possible?" On that tour we utilized spectacular 3-D technology. There were certain parts of the show where the fans put on their 3D glasses to experience the full spectrum of the visual effects. With that tour, we wanted to bring back the fun to rock and roll with a kick-ass rock and roll show.[1]

Trivia
  • It was the first concert tour in history to have 3-D visual effects.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins opened at the Dodger Stadium show only, in costume as The Beatles for the Halloween night performance.
  • The Dodger Stadium show was streamed live on the internet as well as a radio broadcast. Two songs, "Psycho Circus" and "Shout It Out Loud", were screened live on Fox television as part of the Kiss Live: The Ultimate Halloween Party special.
  • The vast majority of songs in the setlist were played on the previous Alive/Worldwide concert dates, leading to some frustration from fans expecting the return of classic songs not played on the previous tour. Peter Criss was quoted in Metal Edge magazine at the time as wanting to add "Parasite" and Hooligan back to the setlist. The tour was initially hyped as having circus-style acts as pre-show entertainment. This ultimately happened only at the first concert at Dodger Stadium. Criss later said that it didn't work out because the circus performers wanted equal billing and that some had even wanted to use Kiss' backstage dressing room.
  • "2,000 Man" was played to bring in the new Millennium at the 1999/2000 New Year's Eve show at Vancouver, advertised at the time as being recorded for Alive IV.
  • The Vancouver show was also notable as being the first time the original members had played non-original band era material live in concert – "I Love It Loud", "Lick It Up" and "Heaven's on Fire" were added to the set list and subsequently played on the Farewell Tour. "Forever" was listed on concert set lists at the Vancouver show but was not played. It was thought at the time it may have been intended as a Paul Stanley solo version prior to "Black Diamond".
  • One notable show on the tour was the March 12 Bremen, Germany, show. After the opening song, Stanley announced that the local fire marshal had banned Kiss from using any pyrotechnics during the show. They used a translator on stage to let the crowd understand exactly what Stanley was saying. At the end of the performance, the band ignited all of the pyrotechnics at once; as a result, they were banned from performing in Bremen.
  • Ticket sales for this tour were notably slower than the previous Reunion Tour; with many of the smaller market shows underselling and a second North American leg for the summer of 1999 cancelled all together, the band ultimately decided on embarking on a farewell tour in the new millennium.

Setlist
  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Deuce"
  4. "Do You Love Me?"
  5. "Firehouse"
  6. "Shock Me"
  7. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  8. "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "Into the Void"
  10. "King of the Night Time World"
  11. "God of Thunder"
  12. "Within"
  13. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  14. "Love Gun"
  15. "100,000 Years"
  16. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  1. "Beth"
  2. "Detroit Rock City"
  3. "Black Diamond"

"She" and "Nothin' to Lose" only played in Dodger Stadium of Los Angeles. "Makin' Love" was added from the second show onwards but was dropped after a few performances.

Information
  • Average Attendance (13,000)

Tour dates

[2]

Date City Country Venue Attendance
North America
October 31, 1998Los AngelesUnited StatesDodger Stadium32,000
November 12, 1998Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter15,000
November 13, 199811,000
November 15, 1998Albany, New YorkPepsi Arena7,000
November 16, 1998Portland, MaineCumberland County Civic Center5,000
November 18, 1998University Park, PennsylvaniaBryce Jordan Center6,000
November 19, 1998Washington, D.C.MCI Center8,000
November 21, 1998PhiladelphiaFirst Union Center12,000
November 22, 1998East Rutherford, New JerseyContinental Airlines Arena
with laser incident		15,000
November 23, 1998New York CityMadison Square Garden15,000
November 25, 1998Hartford, ConnecticutHartford Civic Center7,000
November 27, 1998Uniondale, New YorkNassau Coliseum12,000
November 28, 1998Rochester, New YorkWar Memorial Arena6,000
November 29, 1998Buffalo, New YorkMarine Midland Arena7,000
December 1, 1998MontrealCanadaMolson Centre11,000
December 2, 1998TorontoSkyDome15,000
December 4, 1998PittsburghUnited StatesCivic Arena11,000
December 5, 1998Columbus, OhioValue City Arena11,000
December 6, 1998Cleveland, OhioGund Arena15,000
December 8, 1998Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston Civic Center8,923
December 9, 1998Lexington, KentuckyRupp Arena7,000
December 11, 1998Fairborn, OhioErvin J. Nutter Center8,000
December 12, 1998Terre Haute, IndianaHulman Center4,000
December 13, 1998IndianapolisMarket Square Arena9,000
December 15, 1998MinneapolisTarget Center12,000
December 16, 1998Omaha, NebraskaOmaha Civic Auditorium10,000
December 18, 1998Rockford, IllinoisRockford MetroCentre5,000
December 19, 1998Cedar Rapids, IowaFive Seasons Center7,000
December 20, 1998MilwaukeeBradley Center11,000
December 27, 1998Madison, WisconsinDane County Expo Coliseum9,000
December 29, 1998Rosemont, IllinoisRosemont Horizon10,000
December 30, 1998Grand Rapids, MichiganVan Andel Arena7,000
December 31, 1998Auburn Hills, MichiganThe Palace of Auburn Hills15,000
January 2, 1999Nashville, TennesseeNashville Arena12,000
January 31, 1999Miami Gardens, FloridaPro Player StadiumSuper Bowl XXXIII
Europe
February 26, 1999HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena12,000
February 28, 1999OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum8,000
March 2, 1999StockholmSwedenGloben Arena12,000
March 3, 199914,000
March 4, 1999GothenburgScandinavium12,000
March 5, 199911,000
March 7, 1999BerlinGermanyBerlin Velodrom12,000
March 8, 1999CologneKölnarena14,000
March 9, 1999FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt11,000
March 11, 1999ErfurtMessehalle, Erfurt6,000
March 12, 1999BremenBremen Stadthalle10,000
March 13, 1999UtrechtNetherlandsPrins Van Oranjehal14,000
March 15, 1999MilanItalyFilaforum11,000
March 17, 1999ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle12,000
March 18, 1999PragueCzech RepublicPrague Sports Hall12,000
March 19, 1999MunichGermanyOlympiahalle12,000
March 20, 1999StuttgartSchleyerhalle14,000
March 22, 1999ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy15,000
March 23, 1999BrusselsBelgiumForest National8,000
March 25, 1999LondonEnglandWembley Arena12,000
March 27, 1999DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalle9,000
March 28, 1999KielOstseehalle3,000
South America
April 10, 1999Buenos AiresArgentinaRiver Plate Stadium35,000
April 15, 1999Porto AlegreBrazilHipodromo do Cristal40,000
April 17, 1999São PauloAutodromo de Interlagos53,000
North America
April 21, 1999San JuanPuerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum16,000
April 24, 1999Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol Stadium63,000
Psycho Circus Millennium Shows
August 9, 1999Westwood, Los AngelesUnited StatesUCLA Parking Lot
Detroit Rock City Premiere Party		2,000
August 23, 1999Paradise, NevadaMGM Grand Garden Arena
WCW Nitro Television Appearance		18,000
October 29, 1999MGM Grand Theme Park
iBash Pixelon Party		1,000
December 31, 1999VancouverCanadaBC Place Stadium
Millennium Concert		20,000
January 3, 2000Anchorage, AlaskaUnited StatesSullivan Arena
Millennium Concert		8,000

Postponed/Cancelled dates
Date City Country Venue Reasoning
January 29, 1999 Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States National Car Rental Center Poor ticket sales due to the Super Bowl
March 1, 1999 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen Low ticket sales / added dates in Sweden which would have forced the band to play 6 days in a row
April 1, 1999 Moscow Russia Olympic Arena Russian political and security issues
April 2, 1999 Moscow Olympic Arena
April 4, 1999 St. Petersburg SKK Peterburgskiy
April 13, 1999 Santiago Chile Velodrome Estadio Nacional Logistical issues

See also

References
  1. (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 30.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2007-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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