Dynasty Tour


The Dynasty Tour was a concert tour by the rock band Kiss. It was their first tour since the Alive II Tour ended on April 2, 1978 in Japan.
The Dynasty Tour, also known as "The Return of Kiss", was the first tour to feature the famous flying stunt by Gene Simmons. This was also the first tour to feature Ace Frehley's "lighted guitar" and his rocket-shooting guitar, where after his smoke-spewing guitar solo, the still-smoking guitar would float up. As it was floating upward, he would appear with another guitar, aim the neck at the floating guitar, shoot the rockets, and blow it up. John Elder Robison, who served as a technician for the band during the late 1970's, documented the lengths he went to create the elaborate effects for the tour in his book Look Me in the Eye. A trick was designed for Paul Stanley that involved his putting on a headset and shooting a laser out of his left eye to mock the effect seen in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park the year before. After several runthroughs, both Stanley and manager Bill Aucoin nixed the idea, citing the danger involved.
The tour, dubbed "The Return Of Kiss", also saw a decline in audience. Additional dates at the Pontiac Silverdome were cancelled. Reviews and recordings have confirmed the tour was also of poor musical quality. This was the last tour with Peter Criss on drums until 1996. He would later admit he would intentionally stop playing during shows just to upset the rest of the band.
This tour is also famous for being the only tour to feature songs from all four members’ solo albums. Simmons performed "Radioactive", Criss performed "Tossin' and Turnin'", Frehley performed "New York Groove", and Stanley performed "Move On". Simmons' and Criss' songs were replaced with more familiar songs early in the tour. Criss' song "Dirty Livin" was reportedly rehearsed, but never performed.
Frehley stated in various interviews that Kiss was becoming a youth-oriented band. It was because kids were showing up dressed in costume and make-up for their shows along with their parents. As a result, many teenage fans felt alienated and were turned off by the band.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:

Tour setlist

  1. "King of the Night Time World"
  2. "Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll"
  3. "Move On"
  4. "Calling Dr. Love"
  5. "Firehouse"
  6. "New York Groove"
  7. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  8. "Love Gun"
  9. "2,000 Man"
  10. "Christine Sixteen"
  11. "God of Thunder"
  12. "Shout It Out Loud"
  13. "Black Diamond"
Encore
  2. "Detroit Rock City"
  3. "Beth"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
"Radioactive" and "Tossin' and Turnin'" were played at a few shows during the tour and "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" and "Christine Sixteen" were put in their places.

Information

DateCityCountryVenueOpening Act
June 15, 1979Lakeland, FloridaUnited StatesLakeland Civic CenterNantucket
June 17, 1979Pembroke Pines, FloridaUnited StatesHollywood SportatoriumNantucket
June 19, 1979Savannah, GeorgiaUnited StatesSavannah Civic CenterThe Sweet
June 22, 1979Columbia, South CarolinaUnited StatesCarolina ColiseumWhiteface
June 24, 1979Charlotte, North CarolinaUnited StatesCharlotte ColiseumNantucket
June 26, 1979Greenville, South CarolinaUnited StatesGreenville Memorial AuditoriumNantucket
June 28, 1979Asheville, North CarolinaUnited StatesAsheville Civic CenterNantucket
June 30, 1979Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited StatesThe Omni ColiseumNew England
July 3, 1979Greensboro, North CarolinaUnited StatesGreensboro ColiseumNantucket
July 5, 1979Hampton, VirginiaUnited StatesHampton ColiseumNew England
July 7, 1979Landover, MarylandUnited StatesCapital CentreNew England
July 8, 1979Landover, MarylandUnited StatesCapital CentreNew England
July 10, 1979Roanoke, VirginiaUnited StatesRoanoke Civic CenterNew England
July 13, 1979Pontiac, MichiganUnited StatesPontiac SilverdomeCheap Trick, New England
July 16, 1979Lexington, KentuckyUnited StatesRupp ArenaNew England
July 18, 1979Richfield, OhioUnited StatesRichfield ColiseumNew England
July 19, 1979Richfield, OhioUnited StatesRichfield ColiseumNew England
July 21, 1979Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUnited StatesPittsburgh Civic ArenaNew England
July 24, 1979New York City, New YorkUnited StatesMadison Square GardenNew England
July 25, 1979New York City, New YorkUnited StatesMadison Square GardenNew England
July 28, 1979Portland, MaineUnited StatesCumberland County Civic CenterNew England
July 31, 1979Providence, Rhode IslandUnited StatesProvidence Civic CenterNew England
August 1, 1979Providence, Rhode IslandUnited StatesProvidence Civic CenterNew England
August 4, 1979Toronto, OntarioCanadaMaple Leaf GardensNew England
August 6, 1979Montreal, QuebecCanadaMontreal ForumNew England
August 8, 1979Buffalo, New YorkUnited StatesBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumNew England
August 10, 1979Indianapolis, IndianaUnited StatesMarket Square ArenaThe Michael Stanley Band
August 12, 1979Memphis, TennesseeUnited StatesMid-South ColiseumNew England
August 14, 1979Nashville, TennesseeUnited StatesNashville Municipal AuditoriumNew England
August 16, 1979Birmingham, AlabamaUnited StatesBJCC ColiseumNew England
August 18, 1979Baton Rouge, LouisianaUnited StatesRiverside Centroplex ArenaNew England
August 20, 1979Mobile, AlabamaUnited StatesMobile Municipal AuditoriumEli
September 1, 1979Uniondale, New YorkUnited StatesNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumJudas Priest
September 3, 1979New Haven, ConnecticutUnited StatesNew Haven ColiseumJudas Priest
September 5, 1979Springfield, MassachusettsUnited StatesSpringfield Civic CenterJudas Priest
September 7, 1979Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnited StatesThe SpectrumJudas Priest
September 10, 1979Huntington, West VirginiaUnited StatesHuntington Civic CenterJudas Priest
September 12, 1979Knoxville, TennesseeUnited StatesKnoxville Civic ColiseumJudas Priest
September 14, 1979Cincinnati, OhioUnited StatesRiverfront ColiseumJudas Priest
September 16, 1979Louisville, KentuckyUnited StatesFreedom HallJudas Priest
September 18, 1979Fort Wayne, IndianaUnited StatesAllen County War Memorial ColiseumJudas Priest
September 20, 1979Evansville, IndianaUnited StatesRoberts Municipal StadiumJudas Priest
September 22, 1979Chicago, IllinoisUnited StatesInternational AmphitheatreJudas Priest
September 24, 1979Milwaukee, WisconsinUnited StatesMECCA ArenaJudas Priest
September 26, 1979Madison, WisconsinUnited StatesDane County Expo ColiseumJudas Priest
September 28, 1979Bloomington, MinnesotaUnited StatesMetropolitan Sports CenterJudas Priest
September 30, 1979Kansas City, MissouriUnited StatesKansas City Municipal AuditoriumJudas Priest
October 2, 1979St. Louis, MissouriUnited StatesThe CheckerdomeJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 4, 1979Des Moines, IowaUnited StatesIowa Veterans Memorial AuditoriumJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 6, 1979Duluth, MinnesotaUnited StatesDuluth Arena AuditoriumJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 8, 1979Omaha, NebraskaUnited StatesOmaha Civic AuditoriumJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 10, 1979Cedar Rapids, IowaUnited StatesFive Seasons CenterJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 12, 1979Valley Center, KansasUnited StatesBritt Brown ArenaJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 14, 1979Pine Bluff, ArkansasUnited StatesPine Bluff Convention CenterJohn Cougar & The Zone
October 17, 1979Norman, OklahomaUnited StatesLloyd Noble CenterBreathless
October 19, 1979San Antonio, TexasUnited StatesHemisFair ArenaBreathless
October 21, 1979Houston, TexasUnited StatesThe SummitBreathless
October 23, 1979Fort Worth, TexasUnited StatesTarrant County Convention CenterBreathless
October 27, 1979Abilene, TexasUnited StatesTaylor County Expo CenterBreathless
October 29, 1979Tulsa, OklahomaUnited StatesTulsa Assembly CenterBreathless
October 31, 1979Lubbock, TexasUnited StatesLubbock Municipal ColiseumBreathless
November 2, 1979Midland, TexasUnited StatesAl G. Langford Chaparral CenterBreathless
November 4, 1979Denver, ColoradoUnited StatesMcNichols Sports ArenaBreathless
November 6, 1979Anaheim, CaliforniaUnited StatesAnaheim Convention CenterBreathless
November 7, 1979Inglewood, CaliforniaUnited StatesThe ForumBreathless
November 10, 1979Phoenix, ArizonaUnited StatesArizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumBreathless
November 19, 1979Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaPacific ColiseumLoverboy
November 21, 1979Seattle, WashingtonUnited StatesSeattle Center ColiseumThe Rockets
November 25, 1979Daly City, CaliforniaUnited StatesCow PalaceThe Rockets
November 27, 1979Fresno, CaliforniaUnited StatesSelland ArenaThe Rockets
November 29, 1979San Diego, CaliforniaUnited StatesSan Diego Sports ArenaThe Rockets
December 1, 1979Albuquerque, New MexicoUnited StatesTingley ColiseumThe Rockets
December 3, 1979Amarillo, TexasUnited StatesAmarillo Civic CenterThe Rockets
December 6, 1979Lake Charles, LouisianaUnited StatesLake Charles Civic CenterThe Rockets
December 8, 1979Shreveport, LouisianaUnited StatesHirsch Memorial ColiseumThe Rockets
December 10, 1979Jackson, MississippiUnited StatesMississippi ColiseumThe Rockets
December 12, 1979Biloxi, MississippiUnited StatesMississippi Coast ColiseumThe Rockets
December 14, 1979Huntsville, AlabamaUnited StatesVon Braun Civic CenterThe Rockets
December 16, 1979Toledo, OhioUnited StatesToledo Sports ArenaThe Rockets
--United States-The Rockets

Cancelled dates