Kiss Farewell Tour

Kiss Farewell Tour

Tour by Kiss
Start date	March 11, 2000
End date	April 13, 2001
Legs	5
No. of shows	142 played 1 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

The Kiss Farewell Tour was a concert tour performed by the rock group Kiss, four years after they reunited the group's original line up for a record-breaking Reunion Tour in 1996, "Kiss Alive Worldwide". A follow-up tour in 1998 in support of their then recent release, Psycho Circus, saw lower ticket sales in the United States but did better overseas. Two years after this, the "Farewell Tour" was announced. This trek was more successful than the 1998 tour and it covered the entire USA and was brought overseas as well.

It was intended to be Kiss' last tour. However, in late 2002 they announced that they were not going to retire as planned. Although Kiss continued performing after the conclusion of the tour, this was the final tour with the original, reunited classic lineup. Paul Stanley later revealed the tour was an attempt to "put Kiss out of its misery" following the legal troubles during production of Psycho Circus, and the reunited band having underwhelming live performances and "being virtually prisoners to doing the same songs every tour."^[1] The initial Japanese leg of the Farewell Tour was announced by promoter UDO Artists on September 15, 2000 but cancelled six days later due to "scheduling problems." Peter Criss had effectively left the band following the final "Farewell" show in North Charleston, South Carolina in October 2000; however, this was not publicly known at the time. His reunion contract had essentially expired and he and Kiss were unable to come to terms for him continuing with the band for the Japan/Australia 2001 tour. As a result, he was replaced by Eric Singer.

In an interview with Ace Frehley at the show in Ames, Iowa, he stated that after the Australian leg, would be 5 final shows in New York City at Madison Square Garden. Those were cancelled. Skid Row and Ted Nugent were the opening acts for most of the shows on the US leg of the tour. One notable aspect of the tour was the fact that for the first time since returning to wearing makeup, the band began to include songs not recorded with the classic lineup in their setlist. "Lick It Up" and "Heaven's On Fire" were played representing the bands' non-makeup era, and "I Love It Loud" was included from their late-makeup era which did not involve the original lineup.

Kiss opened the show by synching an explosion sound with bursting lights as a large black curtain blocking the stage dropped away to reveal the band descending from the lighting rig on a chrome platform spewing sparks underneath. The group stepped off onto center stage, and it raised up back into the lighting rig as they began playing. Initially all four members rode the platform down, fists in the air; soon, however, the band was already playing the first song as it started to lower, and drummer Peter Criss descended on his own platform, playing his drum kit, in synch with the front platform. On June 27, 2000, the band filmed their show at East Rutherford, New Jersey for a pay-per-view concert film, "The Last KISS", which was released later on home video and is part of the Kissology set.

Setlist

1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Heaven's On Fire" (only on selected dates)
3. "Deuce"
4. "Shout It Out Loud"
5. "I Love It Loud"
6. "Shock Me"
7. "Firehouse"
8. "Do You Love Me?"
9. "Psycho Circus"
10. "Calling Dr. Love"
11. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
12. "2,000 Man"
13. "Heaven's on Fire"
14. "Lick It Up"
15. "God of Thunder"
16. "Cold Gin"
17. "100,000 Years"
18. "Love Gun"
19. "Black Diamond"
20. "Beth"
21. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

• "I Stole Your Love" and "Into the Void" played only on US legs. "Talk to Me" played on Australian and Japan legs. Parts of "Forever" and "I Still Love You" occasionally played solo by Stanley before "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck Woman", "Shandi" or "I Want You" played in Australia solo by Stanley before "Black Diamond". "I Was Made for Lovin' You" was played only in Hamilton and Ottawa, Ontario as well as the Japanese and Australian legs replacing "Beth" after Peter Criss had left.
• Some other songs from the 70's albums played on Australian and Japan legs into a brief "medley" during the encore included "New York Groove" "Goin' Blind", "Mr. Speed" (only in Melbourne, Australia) and, more typically, "Parasite", "She" and "Makin' Love", "Strutter", "Rocket Ride", "Hotter Than Hell", "Got to Choose" and "2,000 Man"
• During the US leg Frehley would occasionally drop in snippets of songs during his spotlight-solo, e.g. "Hard Times".

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold/Available
North America
March 11, 2000	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	Desert Sky Pavilion^1	14,584 / 19,586 (74%)
March 12, 2000	Tucson, Arizona		Tucson Convention Center	8,220 / 8,220 (100%)
March 14, 2000	Las Cruces, New Mexico		Pan American Center	10,051 / 10,051 (100%)
March 17, 2000	Paradise, Nevada		Mandalay Bay Events Center	9,296 / 9,296 (100%)
March 18, 2000	Anaheim, California		Arrowhead Pond^2	14,009 / 14,009 (100%)
March 19, 2000	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena	10,818 / 12,509 (86%)
March 21, 2000	Bakersfield, California		Bakersfield Centennial Garden	9,343 / 9,343 (100%)
March 23, 2000	Oakland, California		Oakland Arena	14,494 / 15,885 (91%)
March 25, 2000	Reno, Nevada		Lawlor Events Center	9,935 / 10,456 (94%)
March 27, 2000	West Valley City, Utah		E Center	9,573 / 9,573 (100%)
March 28, 2000	Denver, Colorado		Pepsi Center	15,287 / 17,000 (89%)
March 29, 2000	Lubbock, Texas		United Spirit Arena	11,592 / 13,000 (89%)
March 31, 2000	San Antonio, Texas		Alamodome	20,760 / 20,760 (100%)
April 1, 2000	The Woodlands, Texas		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	16,908 / 16,917 (99%)
April 2, 2000	Dallas, Texas		Starplex Amphitheatre	18,135 / 18,135 (100%)
April 4, 2000	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Myriad Convention Center	12,533 / 12,533 (100%)
April 5, 2000	North Little Rock, Arkansas		Alltel Arena	10,080 / 12,500 (80%)
April 6, 2000	Pensacola, Florida		Pensacola Civic Center	7,226 / 7,226 (100%)
April 8, 2000	West Palm Beach, Florida		Mars Music Amphitheater	14,031 / 18,000 (77%)
April 9, 2000	Estero, Florida		TECO Arena	6,527 / 6,527 (100%)
April 11, 2000	Orlando, Florida		Amway Arena	10,428 / 12,437 (83%)
April 12, 2000	Tampa, Florida		Ice Palace	12,245 / 14,033 (87%)
April 14, 2000	Birmingham, Alabama		BJCC Arena	13,628 / 13,628 (100%)
April 15, 2000	Atlanta		Philips Arena	14,495 / 14,495 (100%)
April 16, 2000	New Orleans, Louisiana		New Orleans Arena	13,656 / 13,656 (100%)
April 18, 2000	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum	8,798 / 9,227 (95%)
April 20, 2000	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	15,886 / 15,886 (100%)
April 21, 2000	Greenville, South Carolina		Bi-Lo Center	12,049 / 12,049 (100%)
April 22, 2000	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum	17,685 / 17,685 (100%)
April 24, 2000	Chattanooga, Tennessee		UTC Arena	6,658 / 11,500 (57%)
April 25, 2000	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena	14,259 / 14,259 (100%)
April 28, 2000	Nashville, Tennessee		AmSouth Amphitheater	16,503 / 17,000 (97%)
April 29, 2000	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall	14,467 / 14,868 (97%)
April 30, 2000	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson–Boling Arena	13,040 / 13,040 (100%)
May 2, 2000	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center	7,711 / 11,519 (66%)
May 3, 2000	Roanoke, Virginia		Roanoke Civic Center	7,178 / 9,000 (79%)
May 5, 2000	Cleveland, Ohio		Gund Arena	26,698 / 35,000 (76%)
May 6, 2000
May 7, 2000	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andel Arena	11,791 / 12,420 (94%)
May 9, 2000	Toledo, Ohio		John F. Savage Hall	6,183 / 8,794 (70%)
May 11, 2000	Rosemont, Illinois		Allstate Arena	22,951 / 22,951 (100%)
May 12, 2000
May 13, 2000	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheater	16,869 / 16,869 (100%)
May 15, 2000	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center	9,130 / 9,130 (100%)
May 16, 2000	Moline, Illinois		MARK of the Quad Cities	11,360 / 11,360 (100%)
May 18, 2000	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Target Center	14,031 / 15,281 (91%)
May 19, 2000	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Marcus Amphitheatre	17,172 / 22,828 (75%)
May 21, 2000	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Music Theater	22,633 / 24,210 (93%)
May 22, 2000	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	11,209 / 20,474 (54%)
May 24, 2000	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills	27,493 / 34,962 (78%)
May 25, 2000
May 26, 2000	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Starlake Amphitheatre	14,946 / 23,212 (64%)
North America
June 6, 2000	Richmond, Virginia	United States	Richmond Coliseum	7,019 / 8,000 (87%)
June 9, 2000	Wantagh, New York		Jones Beach Amphitheater	23,542 / 28,220 (83%)
June 10, 2000
June 12, 2000	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Tweeter Center	35,594 / 35,594 (100%)
June 13, 2000
June 15, 2000	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center	8,288 / 8,288 (100%)
June 16, 2000	Camden, New Jersey		Blockbuster Sony E-Center	14,174 / 24,697 (57%)
June 19, 2000	Erie, Pennsylvania		Erie Civic Center	6,796 / 6,796 (100%)
June 20, 2000	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	9,427 / 20,000 (47%)
June 22, 2000	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre	12,246 / 12,246 (100%)
June 23, 2000	Toronto, Ontario		Air Canada Centre	15,675 / 15,675 (100%)
June 24, 2000	Buffalo, New York	United States	Marine Midland Arena	12,163 / 12,163 (100%)
June 27, 2000	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena	27,910 / 30,000 (93%)
June 28, 2000
June 30, 2000	Raleigh, North Carolina		Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek	10,385 / 20,119 (51%)
July 1, 2000	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion	13,842 / 22,485 (61%)
July 2, 2000	Virginia Beach, Virginia		Virginia Beach Amphitheater	11,762 / 19,932 (59%)
July 5, 2000	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hersheypark Stadium	18,232 / 28,824 (63%)
July 7, 2000	Scranton, Pennsylvania		Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain	15,119 / 16,000 (94%)
July 8, 2000	Hartford, Connecticut		Meadows Music Theater	12,508 / 24,570 (50%)
July 11, 2000	Madison, Wisconsin		Kohl Center	6,259 / 13,838 (45%)
July 13, 2000	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Target Center	9,241 / 12,650 (73%)
July 14, 2000	Fargo, North Dakota		Fargodome	8,540 / 12,000 (71%)
July 16, 2000	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena	10,722 / 11,506 (93%)
July 17, 2000	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place	7,272 / 13,300 (54%)
July 19, 2000	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome	13,264 / 18,800 (70%)
July 20, 2000	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre	13,074 / 17,403 (75%)
July 22, 2000	George, Washington	United States	The Gorge Amphitheatre	17,676 / 20,000 (88%)
July 24, 2000	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena	6,667 / 15,286 (43%)
July 26, 2000	Nampa, Idaho		Idaho Center	6,412 / 9,000 (71%)
July 28, 2000	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre	14,755 / 20,000 (73%)
July 29, 2000	Sacramento, California		California Exposition & State Fair	16,043 / 18,005 (89%)
July 30, 2000	Concord, California		Chronicle Pavilion	8,729 / 12,500 (69%)
August 1, 2000	Fresno, California		Selland Arena	6,380 / 8,000 (79%)
August 2, 2000	Paradise, Nevada		Mandalay Bay Events Center	6,731 / 8,675 (77%)
North America
August 11, 2000	Irvine, California	United States	Irvine Meadows Amphitheater^3	6,363 / 15,416 (41%)
August 12, 2000	Devore, California		Hyundai Pavilion	13,807 / 65,000 (21%)
August 14, 2000	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green Amphitheater	6,198 / 17,916 (34%)
August 15, 2000	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum	5,550 / 11,775 (47%)
August 17, 2000	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center	7,445 / 11,000 (67%)
August 18, 2000	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome	8,632 / 10,000 (86%)
August 19, 2000	Jackson, Mississippi		Mississippi Coliseum	7,624 / 9,500 (80%)
August 21, 2000	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	4,219 / 5,000 (84%)
August 22, 2000	The Woodlands, Texas		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	9,236 / 12,651 (73%)
August 23, 2000	Fort Worth, Texas		Fort Worth Convention Center	7,049 / 10,000 (70%)
August 25, 2000	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater^4	11,512 / 18,000 (63%)
August 26, 2000	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheatre	11,719 / 21,000 (55%)
August 28, 2000	Valley Center, Kansas		Kansas Coliseum	6,668 / 9,500 (70%)
August 29, 2000	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium	8,876 / 10,000 (88%)
August 30, 2000	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum	5,926 / 12,520 (47%)
September 1, 2000	Carbondale, Illinois		SIU Arena	6,200 / 8,829 (70%)
September 2, 2000	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center	6,361 / 8,769 (72%)
September 5, 2000	Rockford, Illinois		Rockford MetroCentre	3,868 / 5,445 (71%)
September 6, 2000	East Lansing, Michigan		Breslin Center	4,792 / 14,500 (33%)
September 8, 2000	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena	6,762 / 16,500 (40%)
September 9, 2000	Indianapolis, Indiana		Conseco Fieldhouse	8,819 / 15,086 (58%)
September 10, 2000	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Stadium	4,581 / 12,912 (35%)
September 12, 2000	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre	13,456 / 15,274 (88%)
September 13, 2000	Dayton, Ohio		Ervin J. Nutter Center	5,994 / 11,500 (52%)
September 15, 2000	Binghamton, New York		Broome County Memorial Arena	3,228 / 6,800 (47%)
September 16, 2000	Syracuse, New York		War Memorial at Oncenter	5,938 / 7,500 (79%)
September 18, 2000	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center^5	8,241 / 10,500 (78%)
September 20, 2000	Quebec City, Quebec	Canada	Colisée de Québec	6,804 / 7,500 (90%)
September 21, 2000	Ottawa, Ontario		Corel Centre	7,396 / 9,000 (82%)
September 23, 2000	Hamilton, Ontario		Copps Coliseum	8,328 / 9,000 (92%)
September 26, 2000	Trenton, New Jersey	United States	Sovereign Bank Arena	5,079 / 6,250 (81%)
September 27, 2000	University Park, Pennsylvania		Bryce Jordan Center	5,253 / 10,400 (50%)
September 29, 2000	Columbus, Ohio		Nationwide Arena	6,526 / 17,500 (37%)
September 30, 2000	Tinley Park, Illinois		New World Music Theatre	6,771 / 30,000 (22%)
October 1, 2000	Champaign, Illinois		Assembly Hall	4,371 / 7,500 (58%)
October 3, 2000	Uncasville, Connecticut		Mohegan Sun	3,162 / 3,162 (100%)
October 4, 2000	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion	4,369 / 15,274 (28%)
October 6, 2000	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	9,116 / 9,958 (91%)
October 7, 2000	North Charleston, South Carolina		North Charleston Coliseum^6	7,888 / 8,652 (91%)
Asia
March 9, 2001	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Arena^7	22,255 / 28,255 (78%)
March 10, 2001			Yokohama Arena
March 13, 2001	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome	41,895 / 41,895 (100%)
March 16, 2001	Fukuoka		Kokusai Center	5,559 / 8,772 (63%)
March 18, 2001	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall	6,875 / 10,000 (68%)
March 20, 2001	Osaka		Osaka Castle Hall	17,000 / 17,000 (100%)
March 21, 2001
Australia
March 29, 2001	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	16,391 / 16,407 (99%)
April 1, 2001	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	8,992 / 8,992 (100%)
April 3, 2001	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	33,219 / 33,219 (100%)
April 4, 2001
April 5, 2001
April 7, 2001	Sydney		Sydney Superdome	29,694 / 29,694 (100%)
April 8, 2001
April 13, 2001	Gold Coast		Carrara Stadium^8	20,457 / 30,000 (68%)

Postponed/Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
May 17, 2000	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	The band was unable to fly out of Chicago due to poor weather conditions, rescheduled to May 18
September 24, 2000	Lake Placid, New York		Olympic Center	Poor ticket sales
November 13, 2000	Hiroshima	Japan	Sun Plaza Hall	Cancelled due to ongoing contract issues with Peter Criss, all dates except Hiroshima rescheduled to March 2001
November 15, 2000	Osaka		Osaka Castle Hall
November 16, 2000
November 17, 2000	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
November 19, 2000	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome
November 20, 2000	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena

• ^Note 1 The band rehearsed at this venue several days before their debut show.
• ^Note 2 This show was troubled by major production errors. During the opening to the song "Love Gun" each night, Paul Stanley would ride on wire with foot sling to a small second stage in the arena floor where he performed the song. At this show, he became stalled a few rows out from the main stage and hung over the audience, helpless for quite a while before the road crew were able to reverse the wire and edge him back to the main stage. Many other errors occurred as well.
• ^Note 3 Ace Frehley was so late arriving to this show, the band was preparing to dress up Tommy Thayer to fill in. Frehley traveled by helicopter to make it.
• ^Note 4 The band and manager Doc McGhee presented Gene Simmons with a surprise, a giant birthday cake in the shape of a woman's breasts. He turned 51 that day.
• ^Note 5 Peter Criss' final drum solo in the song "100,000 Years". Criss had added a tear to his facepaint to signal his dissatisfaction with the band. He left the stage before the band took its group bow, so only Frehley, Stanley, and Simmons joined hands and bowed.
• ^Note 6 Peter Criss' last show with Kiss; he destroyed the drum kit at the show's conclusion in frustration.
• ^Note 7 Eric Singer's first show, after a five-year absence. Donned Catman makeup and outfit
• ^Note 8 Ace Frehley's last show

References

1. PAUL STANLEY: 'The 'Farewell' Tour Was Us Wanting To Put KISS Out Of Its Misery', Blabbermouth