Hot in the Shade Tour

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Hot in the Shade Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumHot in the Shade
Start dateMay 4, 1990
End dateNovember 9, 1990
No. of shows123
Kiss concert chronology

The Hot in the Shade Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss in support of their fifteenth studio album Hot in the Shade.

Background[]

Following the Crazy Nights World Tour, Stanley had embarked on a solo club tour in 1989 while the band had gone on hiatus.[1] The tour was set to begin earlier in the year, but was postponed to allow the second single from the album, "Forever", to be promoted as the first single, "Hide Your Heart" did not make as much an impact.[2] Prior to the beginning of the tour, the band spent two weeks in Lubbock, Texas to rehearse for the tour before setting out.[3] Kiss was the supporting act for Whitesnake in Toronto on June 15, 1990, playing alongside opening acts Slaughter and Faster Pussycat.[4]

On July 4, 1990, Stanley while on his way home after a performance in Springfield, ended up in a car accident and suffered minor neck and back injuries, which had forced the cancellation of the New Haven show on July 5, 1990 which was later rescheduled to October 27.[5] He would later get injured again when he broke his ribs during a show in Johnstown which had resulted in a few shows getting canceled.[6] This was the last tour to feature drummer Eric Carr, who later died of cancer on November 24, 1991.[7][8] Carr performed his final show with Kiss on November 9, 1990 in New York City.[9]

In the tour program for the band's final tour, Simmons reflected on the tour:

For the Hot in the Shade tour we went out on one of our most extravagant tours to date since the '70s makeup shows. We had lasers and a giant Sphinx prop on the stage, which was visually stunning and caught everybody's attention.[10]

Stage setup[]

The band used a 40-foot sunglasses-wearing sphynx[11] from the album cover on their stage, naming it "Leon", which featured the ability to emit fireworks and lights from out of its mouth. At the beginning of every show, the mouth of the sphynx would open up to reveal the band in silhouette among the laser beams. When the band was performing "God of Thunder", the keyboardist Gary Corbett would sing the final verse through a synthesizer, to put it in sync with the mouth of the sphynx prop to make it look like it was singing.[12] At the end of every performance, the sphynx would 'disappear', and through the use of cannon shots and sparks on stage and above the audience, the lighted band logo would roll up from the bottom of the stage during "Detroit Rock City".[13]

The stage was also included a ramp, which was draped in fog and fluid spewing tubing, as well as railed platforms on each side of the stage for Stanley and Kulick to throw guitar picks to the audience.[6]

Reception[]

Lonna Baldwin, a reporter from the Spokesman-Review who had attended the performance in Spokane on September 8, 1990, opened her review with the acknowledgement of the number of heavy metal fans that had turned out for the concert that night. She praised the usage of the band's entrance from the sphinx prop at the back of the stage, noting on the roar from the audience. She noted on the mixture of both new and old songs that the band performed during the show, also stating that the members knew how to put on a show. She concluded her review, stating that each song was enthusiastically received by the audience as well as the "standing throng in front of the stage".[14]

Kim Reeves from the Southeast Missourian who attended the Cape Girardeau performance in May 22, 1990, had given the performance a positive review. She opened her review, noting on the lasting impressions of the sphynx on the stage and the pyrotechnical effects, noting on the roar of the crowd of 5,200 in attendance when the band had entered the stage. She stated that the band had evolved into a more mature group with the passage of time, citing the excitement from the crowd and the amount of energy from the band members from Stanley getting the audience to participate and Simmons jumping around on stage – also talking about the absence of the makeup, and the appearances of the band wearing spandex, and athletic style shoes.[13]

Peter Atkinson, a staff writer from the Record-Journal, also gave a positive review following the band's New Haven performance. He noted on the usage of both the colossal stage set and both classic and new songs the band had performed during the show. Acknowledging the crowd's reactions to the show, he stated that the audience were well-behaved and surprisingly 'orderly' despite the band's energy on stage, adding when the encore had started - the security guards would scurry to safety behind the stage front barriers. He concluded his review, citing that the show was "a grand performance by the elder statesmen of metal".[6]

Setlist[]

This is an example setlist performed from a show, but may not represent the majority of shows during the tour.[4]

  1. "I Stole Your Love"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Heaven's on Fire"
  4. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
  5. "Black Diamond"
  6. "Shout It Out Loud"
  7. "Strutter"
  8. "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  10. "Rise to It"
  11. "Fits Like a Glove"
  12. "Hide Your Heart"
  13. "Lick It Up"
  14. "God of Thunder"
  15. "Forever"
  16. "Cold Gin"
  17. "Tears Are Falling"
  18. "I Love It Loud"
  19. "Love Gun"
  20. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

  1. "I Want You"
  2. "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".
  • "C'mon and Love Me" and "Hell or High Water" were played at the beginning of the tour.

Tour dates[]

Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
Warm Up[4]
March 11, 1990 Galveston United States West Beach Pocket Park Downtown Bruno
April 14, 1990 Asbury Park The Stone Pony Saraya
The Good Rats
Joe Lynn Turner
The Red & The Black
April 25, 1990 Reseda Reseda Country Club Shake City
North America[4][15]
May 4, 1990 Lubbock United States Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Slaughter
Faster Pussycat
May 5, 1990 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
May 6, 1990 Austin Frank Erwin Center
May 8, 1990 Tulsa Expo Square Pavilion
May 9, 1990 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
May 10, 1990 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 11, 1990 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
May 12, 1990 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheatre
May 15, 1990 Saginaw Wendler Arena
May 17, 1990 Terre Haute Hulman Center
May 18, 1990 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 19, 1990 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
May 20, 1990 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 22, 1990 Cape Girardeau Show Me Center
May 23, 1990 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
May 25, 1990 Bloomington Met Center
May 26, 1990 Fargo Red River Valley Speedway
May 27, 1990 Duluth Duluth Arena
May 28, 1990 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 30, 1990 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
May 31, 1990 Evansville Mesker Amphitheatre
June 1, 1990 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
June 2, 1990 Des Moines Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
June 3, 1990 Tinley Park New World Music Theatre
June 6, 1990 Columbus Battelle Hall Slaughter
Little Caesar
June 7, 1990 Trotwood Hara Arena
June 8, 1990 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center
June 9, 1990 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
June 12, 1990 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
June 13, 1990 Muskegon L. C. Walker Arena
June 15, 1990 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand1 Whitesnake
Slaughter
Faster Pussycat
June 16, 1990 Weedsport United States Cayuga County Fair Speedway Slaughter
Little Caesar
June 17, 1990 Middletown Orange County Fair Speedway
June 20, 1990 Providence Providence Civic Center
June 22, 1990 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
June 23, 1990 Burgettstown Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
June 26, 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
June 27, 1990 Allentown Great Allentown Fair
June 28, 1990 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 29, 1990 Mansfield Great Woods Performing Arts Center
June 30, 1990 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
July 3, 1990 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
July 6, 1990 Old Orchard Beach Seashore Performing Arts Center
July 7, 1990 Albany Knickerbocker Arena
July 8, 1990 Harrisburg City Island
July 10, 1990 Fairfax Patriot Center Slaughter
Danger Danger
July 11, 1990 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
July 12, 1990 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
July 13, 1990 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
July 18, 1990 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
July 19, 1990 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
July 20, 1990 Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
July 21, 1990 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
July 24, 1990 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
July 25, 1990 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
July 26, 1990 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
July 27, 1990 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
July 28, 1990 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
August 1, 1990 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
August 2, 1990 Orlando Orlando Arena
August 3, 1990 Miami Miami Arena
August 4, 1990 Tampa USF Sun Dome
August 7, 1990 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
August 8, 1990 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
August 16, 1990 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center Slaughter
Winger
August 17, 1990 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
August 18, 1990 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 19, 1990 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 21, 1990 Houston The Summit
August 22, 1990 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
August 24, 1990 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
August 25, 1990 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
August 26, 1990 Salina Bicentennial Center2
August 28, 1990 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
August 29, 1990 Billings MetraPark Arena
August 31, 1990 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 1, 1990 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
September 3, 1990 Boise BSU Pavilion
September 6, 1990 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
September 7, 1990 Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum
September 8, 1990 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
September 9, 1990 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
September 12, 1990 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre
September 13, 1990 Concord Concord Pavilion
September 14, 1990 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
September 15, 1990 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
September 16, 1990 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 19, 1990 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum Winger
Vixen
September 20, 1990 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
September 21, 1990 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
September 22, 1990 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
September 24, 1990 Springfield Hammons Student Center
September 25, 1990 Columbia Hearnes Center
September 26, 1990 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
September 28, 1990 Carbondale SIU Arena
September 29, 1990 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre Slaughter
Winger
September 30, 1990 Dubuque Five Flags Center
October 2, 1990 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center
October 4, 1990 Marquette Lakeview Arena
October 5, 1990 Rochester Mayo Civic Center
October 6, 1990 Topeka Landon Arena
October 7, 1990 Sioux City Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
October 10, 1990 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena3
October 12, 1990 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
October 13, 1990 London London Gardens
October 14, 1990 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 15, 1990 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
October 16, 1990 Erie Erie Civic Center
October 18, 1990 Ottawa Canada Ottawa Civic Centre
October 19, 1990 Montreal Montreal Forum
October 25, 1990 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic Center
October 26, 1990 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
October 27, 1990 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
October 30, 1990 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
November 1, 1990 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
November 2, 1990 Augusta Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
November 3, 1990 Albany Albany Civic Center
November 6, 1990 Columbus Columbus Municipal Auditorium
November 7, 1990 Asheville Asheville Civic Center
November 8, 1990 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
November 9, 1990 New York City Madison Square Garden4
  • ^Note 1 Kiss was the supporting act for Whitesnake at this show.
  • ^Note 2 During this show, the enormous stage set overloaded the arena's power supply, causing a transformer to explode outside the building, cutting electricity inside the arena and abruptly ending the show.[citation needed]
  • ^Note 3 At this show, Stanley ran into the guardrail on stage and cracked his ribs, causing some shows to be canceled.[4][6]
  • ^Note 4 Eric Carr's last show.[9]

Cancelled dates[]

Date City Country Venue Reason
July 5, 1990 New Haven United States New Haven Coliseum Injuries suffered to Paul Stanley[4]
July 14, 1990 Mexico City Mexico Palacio De Los Deportes
July 15, 1990 Lexington United States Rupp Arena
October 21, 1990 Sydney Canada Centre 200
October 22, 1990 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
October 23, 1990 Moncton Moncton Coliseum
October 28, 1990 Baltimore United States Baltimore Arena
October 31, 1990 Lexington Rupp Arena

Personnel[]

  • Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
  • Eric Carr – drums, backing vocals
  • Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals

Additional musician

  • Gary Corbett – keyboards

References[]

  1. ^ "Stanley keeps busy with two bands". Lewiston-Auburn, Maine: The Lewiston Journal. March 11, 1989. p. 8D. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Wilkening, Matthew (May 12, 2020). "How Kiss Reclaimed Their Legacy on the 'Hot in the Shade' Tour". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Kisiel, Ralph (May 13, 1990). "Kiss: Raucous rockers are survivors of the ages". Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Blade. pp. D1–D2. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
  5. ^ "Kiss singer suffers injuries in car crash". Pelham, New York: The Deseret News. August 2, 1990. p. C-6. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d Atkinson, Peter (October 29, 1990). "Kiss highlights the old in New Haven". Meriden, Connecticut: Record-Journal. p. 7. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  7. ^ Wilkening, Matthew (November 24, 2014). "23 Years Ago: Kiss Drummer Eric Carr Dies". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Eric Carr, 41, Is Dead; Rock Band's Drummer". The New York Times. November 26, 1991. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Giles, Jeff (November 9, 2015). "30 Years Ago: Eric Carr Plays His Last Kiss Show". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  10. ^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 26.
  11. ^ Stewart, Isaiah (August 29, 1990). "Veteran band Kiss - sans makeup - bringing own style of rock to S.L." The Deseret News. p. 4C. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  12. ^ Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 81. ISBN 9781476625409.
  13. ^ a b Reeves, Kim (May 23, 1990). "KISS 'rocks' Show Me Center crowd of 5,200 with songs of new and old". Cape Girardeau, Missouri: The Southeast Missourian. p. 2A. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  14. ^ "Kiss concert lights up Coliseum". Spokane, Washington: The Spokesman-Review. September 9, 1990. p. B5. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  15. ^ North American show notices:
    • "Music and Dance". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. November 12, 1990. p. 118. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved January 1, 2022. Kiss and Winger/Slaughter–Madison Square Garden at 7:30.
    • "Kiss concert in Wheeling". Observer-Reporter. September 24, 1990. p. B1. Retrieved January 1, 2022. Kiss, Winger and Slaughter will give a concert at Wheeling Civic Center Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
    • "Pop music". Gainesville, Florida: Gainesville Sun. August 3, 1990. Retrieved January 1, 2022. KISS:w/Slaughter, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the University of South Florida Sun Dome
    • "Kiss set for Show Me Center". Cape Girardeau, Missouri: The Southeast Missourian. April 11, 1990. p. 12A. Retrieved January 1, 2022. The rock band Kiss and special guests Faster Pussycat and Slaughter will appear at the Show Me Center May 22.

Sources[]

  • Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5.
  • Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9781476625409.
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