Hot in the Shade Tour

The Hot in the Shade Tour (also dubbed the H.I.T.S. Tour) was a concert tour by Kiss. It was the last tour with drummer Eric Carr, who died of cancer on November 24, 1991. It was the first Kiss tour since the Asylum Tour to stay inside of North America.

One notable event on this tour occurred on August 26, 1990 while Kiss was performing at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas. During the show, the enormous stage set overloaded the arena's power supply, causing a transformer to explode outside the building and cutting electricity inside the arena. This abruptly ended the show prematurely. A short time later, Paul Stanley phoned a local radio station and promised to return to Salina to make up for the shortened show. The phone call was recorded and played on the air. To date, Kiss has never returned. Slaughter was the opening act for most of the shows on the US leg of the tour. Slaughter, Faster Pussycat and Winger were the opening bands. The tour is notable for being the only one in which Gene Simmons did not breathe fire.

On October 10, in War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, PA, Paul Stanley ran into the guardrail on stage and cracked his ribs, which would cause the cancellation of the Sydney, Halifax and Moncton dates later in the month.^[1]

Stage setup

The stage was dominated by a large sphinx nicknamed Leon The Sphinx, mirroring the cover of Hot in the Shade. As the houselights dimmed, a humming sound would be heard from the speakers, while Leon opened his mouth, and let hundreds of thin laser beams out. The laser curtain had already been developed for the Dynasty Tour, but it had not worked properly, and was discarded after the first show. On this tour it worked perfectly. As Leon's mouth opened fully, Kiss would be revealed standing in silhouette, in the mist of laser beams. There was no "You wanted the best, you got the best" introduction on this tour; Kiss would just walk down onto the stage and open the show with "I Stole Your Love" and a fireworks display.

Setlist

• "I Stole Your Love"
• "Deuce"
• "Heaven's on Fire"
• "Crazy Crazy Nights"
• "Black Diamond"
• "Shout It Out Loud"
• "Strutter"
• "Calling Dr. Love"
• "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
• "Rise to It"
• "Fits Like a Glove"
• "Hide Your Heart"
• "Lick It Up"
• "God of Thunder" (Eric Carr drum solo)"
• "Forever"
• "Cold Gin"
• "Tears Are Falling"
• "I Love It Loud"
• "Love Gun"
• "Detroit Rock City"
• "I Want You"
• "Rock and Roll All Nite"

"Betrayed" was played twice on the tour, "Little Caesar" was played once on the tour and "Under The Gun" was played early on the tour then was replaced by "I Was Made for Lovin' You"

Tour dates

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References

1. ^ KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History s. 193
2. ^ KISS TOURDATES Hot in the shade 1990
3. ^ The KISSFAQ - KISS Tourdates Archive - 1990