The Tour (Kiss and Mötley Crüe)

The Tour
Tour by Kiss & Mötley Crüe
Start date July 20, 2012
End date October 1, 2012
Legs 2
Shows 46
Kiss tour chronology
The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
(2010-11)		 The Tour
(2012)		 Monster World Tour
(2012-13)
Mötley Crüe tour chronology
UK Def Leppard/Mötley Crüe
(2011)		 The Tour
(2012)		 Canadian Tour
(2013)

The Tour was a co-headlining summer tour between American hard rock bands Kiss and Mötley Crüe. The tour, described as "Elvis on steroids" by Paul Stanley, was announced on March 20[1] and started on July 20, 2012 in Bristow, Virginia.[2] At first, 40 dates were announced while the August 5 concert at AT&T Center and the August 1 concert at KFC Yum! Center were subsequently added. "The Tour" was listed by the Rolling Stone as one of "The Ten Hottest Summer Package Tours of 2012".[3] The Treatment was the opening act for all shows.

Setlists

Motley Crue

  1. "Saints of Los Angeles"
  2. "Wild Side"
  3. "Shout at the Devil"
  4. "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"
  5. "Sex"
  6. "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
  7. "Home Sweet Home" (Tommy Lee's drum solo)
  8. "Live Wire"
  9. "Primal Scream"
  10. "Dr. Feelgood"
  11. "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  12. "Kickstart My Heart"

KISS Setlists

Main Set

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "I Love It Loud"
  4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "War Machine"
  7. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric Jam)
  8. "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
  9. "Love Gun" (Paul flies to b stage)
  10. "Lick It Up"
  11. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  1. "I Was Made For Lovin' You" (Only played in Mexico City)
  2. Random Song
  3. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Random Songs: "Deuce" "Calling Dr. Love" "Cold Gin" "C'mon and Love Me" "Hotter Than Hell" "Strutter" "Got to Choose" "Do You Love Me?" "Crazy Crazy Nights" "Makin' Love"


Setlist 2

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "I Love It Loud"
  4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  5. "Love Gun" (Paul flies to b stage)
  6. "War Machine"
  7. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric Jam)
  8. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  9. "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
  10. "Lick It Up"
  11. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  1. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Tour dates

Date City State Venue
Kiss pre-tour dates
March 30, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana United States Woldenberg Park
June 30, 2012 Oslo Norway Holmenkollen National Arena
July 4, 2012 London England HMV Forum
July 19, 2012 Bristow, Virginia United States Jiffy Lube Live
Mötley Crüe pre-tour dates
June 5, 2012 Moscow Russia Crocus City Hall
June 7, 2012 Helsinki Finland Kaisafest 2012
June 9, 2012 Sölvesborg Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
June 11, 2012 Mönchengladbach Germany Warsteiner HockeyPark
June 12, 2012 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 15, 2012 Bucharest Romania OST Fest
June 17, 2012 Clisson France Hellfest
June 18, 2012 Paris Le Zénith
June 20, 2012 Bamberg Germany Stechert Arena
June 21, 2012 Münchenstein Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
June 23, 2012 Milan Italy Gods of Metal
July 13, 2012 Oshkosh, Wisconsin United States Rock USA Festival
The Tour dates
July 20, 2012 Bristow, Virginia United States Jiffy Lube Live[4]
July 21, 2012 Virginia Beach, Virginia Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach[5]
July 22, 2012 Raleigh, North Carolina Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion[6]
July 24, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood[7]
July 25, 2012 Charlotte, North Carolina Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre[8][9]
July 27, 2012 West Palm Beach, Florida Cruzan Amphitheatre[10]
July 28, 2012 Tampa, Florida 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre[11][12]
July 31, 2012 Birmingham, Alabama Oak Mountain Amphitheater[13]
August 1, 2012 Louisville, Kentucky KFC Yum! Center[14]
August 3, 2012 Houston, Texas Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion[15]
August 4, 2012 Dallas, Texas Gexa Energy Pavilion[16]
August 5, 2012 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center
August 7, 2012 Albuquerque, New Mexico Journal Pavilion
August 8, 2012 Denver, Colorado Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
August 10, 2012 Phoenix, Arizona Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion[17][18]
August 11, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 12, 2012 San Diego, California Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
August 14, 2012 Irvine, California Verizon Wireless Amphitheater[19]
August 16, 2012 Concord, California Sleep Train Pavilion
August 18, 2012 Seattle, Washington White River Amphitheatre
August 19, 2012 Portland, Oregon Sleep Country Amphitheater[20]
August 24, 2012 Grand Junction, Colorado Rock Jam
August 26, 2012 Tulsa, Oklahoma BOK Center
August 27, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri Verizon Wireless Amphitheater[21]
August 29, 2012 St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota State Fair
August 31, 2012 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center
September 1, 2012 Noblesville, Indiana Klipsch Music Center
September 2, 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania First Niagara Pavilion
September 4, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee Bridgestone Arena
September 6, 2012 Detroit, Michigan DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 7, 2012 Chicago, Illinois First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 8, 2012 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 11, 2012 Allegan, Michigan Allegan County Fair
September 12, 2012 Cleveland, Ohio Blossom Music Center
September 13, 2012 Toronto, Ontario Canada Molson Amphitheatre
September 15, 2012 Buffalo, New York United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
September 16, 2012 Boston, Massachusetts Comcast Center
September 18, 2012 Scranton, Pennsylvania Toyota Pavilion
September 19, 2012 Camden, New Jersey Susquehanna Bank Center
September 21, 2012 Holmdel, New Jersey PNC Bank Arts Center
September 22, 2012 Wantagh, New York Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
September 23, 2012 Hartford, Connecticut Comcast Theatre
September 29, 2012 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
October 1, 2012

(Kiss only)

 Monterrey Arena Monterrey

Personnel

Kiss

Mötley Crüe

References

  1. ↑ Baltin, Steve. KISS and Motley Crue Announce 'The Tour'. 03-21-2012 rollingstone.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ Greenwald, David. KISS & Motley Crue Announce Summer Tour: 'No Fake Bull---t'. 03-20-2012 billboard.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ The Ten Hottest Summer Package Tours of 2012. rollingstone.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ "KISS and Motley Crue at Jiffy Lube Live". kissmaskwebzine.blogspot.com.br. 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ↑ "Kishi Bashi in Norfolk, Kiss and Motley Crue in Virginia Beach". Dailypress.com. 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  6. ↑ "Motley Crue and KISS in Raleigh, North Carolina". Metaldelirium.net. 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  7. ↑ "Motley Crue and KISS light up Lakewood Amphitheatre". blogs.ajc.com. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  8. ↑ "Kiss, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 7/25/2012". clclt.com. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  9. ↑ "Kiss and Motley Crue Concert Review". myglobalmind.com. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Kiss and Mötley Crüe - Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach - July 27". browardpalmbeach.com. 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  11. ↑ "KISS/Motley Crue Tampa 7/28". OrlandoWeekly.com. 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  12. ↑ "KISS and Motley Crue bring rock n' roll excess to Tampa 7/28". Tampabay.com. 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  13. ↑ "Kiss and Motley Crue rock on at Pelham's Oak Mountain Amphitheatre". al.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  14. ↑ "KISS, Motley Crue rock out in Louisville". courier-journal.com. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  15. ↑ "Kiss & Mötley Crüe at The Woodlands". blogs.houstonpress.com. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  16. ↑ "KISS / Motley Crue / Treatment". jammagazineonline.com/. 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  17. ↑ "KISS and Motley Crue, Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion, 8/10/12". phoenixnewtimes.com. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  18. ↑ "Motley Crue, surprisingly, outperforms Kiss in Phoenix". Azcentral.com. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  19. ↑ "Live review: Kiss outshines Mötley Crüe in Irvine". http://soundcheck.ocregister.com. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  20. ↑ "Motley Crue and Kiss: Nothin’ But a Good Time". drewsreview.wordpress.com. 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  21. ↑ "KISS and Mötley Crüe - Kings of Rock". insidestl.com. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2012-09-01.