Lick it Up Tour

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Lick it Up Tour
Tour by Kiss
Start date 11 October 1983
End date 17 March 1984
Legs 2
Shows 94 played
Kiss tour chronology
Creatures of the Night Tour
(1982-83)		 Lick it Up Tour
(1983-84)		 Animalize Tour
(1984-85)

The Lick it Up Tour was a concert tour by Kiss. It was the first tour by Kiss without makeup. They used the same "tank" stage design as the Creatures tour, keeping all the same gimicks, except the blood spitting, An obvious change was of course, the look of the band. An interesting thing to keep note is that the first show in Lisbon, Gene did spit blood for the first and only time without his trademark makeup. It was quickly apparent that the effect no longer worked, and "God Of Thunder" was replaced in the set with "Young And Wasted." Gene, when interviewed in August 1983, had been unsure how his live persona would apply in the forthcoming unmasked shows. He commented, "There's still an element of finding out exactly who we are. I may possibly give up the blood-spitting onstage... The fire breathing I'd like to do". No amount of rehearsing could really demonstrate how the effect would go over in a live environment. In an interview following the Madrid shows, Gene commented: "I tried 'God Of Thunder' and I thought it was wrong. Certain musical pieces should be kept for certain occasions - out of respect. 'God Of Thunder' is me, I am both people, but you have to adjust certain things". While Gene would retain his fire breathing routine, he was unsure, at the time, whether it would last: "If that begins to feel wrong I'll drop it as well. There's always a price to pay for something". It obviously felt fine, or the band were loath to lose another strong visual effect in their stage show, that Gene continued to breath fire.

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Notes

  1. ^ KISS TOURDATES Lick it up 1983-84
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