Crazy Nights Tour

The Crazy Nights Tour was a concert tour by Kiss. It began in Jackson, Mississippi, marking the second time that a major recording act had started a tour in that city. (Maze being the first). The night before the Jackson show, bassist Gene Simmons played DJ on local rock and roll station Z106.^{[citation needed]} It was the first time Kiss toured Japan since the Alive II Tour in 1978. The tour marked Eric Carr's first and only trip to Japan. Kiss also co-headlined the Monsters of Rock festival with Iron Maiden. The tour was met with unenthusiastic reviews, the first complaint being the use of "Love Gun" as the opening number. Another complaint was the unusually high number of Crazy Nights songs in the setlist, most of which did not come off well live. The Canadian band Helix opened for them in Detroit as Nugent had played his annual "New Years Eve Whiplash Bash" headlining at Cobo. The group Anthrax opened for Kiss at the Thomas & Mack show in Las Vegas and at the Pacific Amphitheatre show in Costa Mesa.

Setlist

• "Love Gun"
• "Cold Gin"
• "Bang Bang You"
• "Calling Dr. Love"
• "Fits Like a Glove"
• "Crazy Crazy Nights"
• "No, No, No"
• "Reason to Live"
• "Heaven's On Fire"
• "War Machine"
• "I Love It Loud"
• "Lick It Up"
• "Black Diamond"
• "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
• "Shout It Out Loud"
• "Strutter"
• "Rock and Roll All Nite"
• "Detroit Rock City"

"White Christmas" and "Tears Are Falling" were played sometimes as encores during the tour, replacing "Strutter."

"Hell or High Water" was rarely performed live, and "When Your Walls Come Down" was performed in the earlier shows.

Tour dates

References