Psycho Circus World Tour

Psycho Circus World Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Psycho Circus
Start date	October 31, 1998
End date	January 3, 2000
Legs	3
No. of shows	68 Scheduled 6 Cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

Psycho Circus World Tour was a Kiss concert tour in 1998–2000. It was the first concert tour in history to have 3-D visual effects. One notable show on the tour was the March 12 Bremen, Germany, show. After the opening song, Paul Stanley announced that the local fire marshall had banned Kiss from using any pyrotechnics during the show. They used a translator on stage to let the crowd understand exactly what Stanley was saying. At the end of the performance, the band ignited all of the pyrotechnics at once; as a result, they were banned from performing in Bremen.

Setlist

1. "Psycho Circus"
2. "Shout It Out Loud"
3. "Deuce"
4. "Do You Love Me?"
5. "Firehouse"
6. "Shock Me"
7. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
8. "Calling Dr. Love"
9. "Into the Void"
10. "Ace Frehley Guitar Solo"
11. "King of the Night Time World"
12. "God of Thunder"
13. "Within"
14. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
15. "Love Gun"
16. "100,000 Years"
17. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
18. "Beth"
19. "Detroit Rock City"
20. "Black Diamond"

"She" and "Nothin' To Lose" only played in Dodger Stadium of Los Angeles.

"Cold Gin" was not played in Buenos Aires, Argentina

"Makin' Love" was added from the second show onwards but was dropped after a few performances.

Smashing Pumpkins opened at the Dodger Stadium show only, in costume as The Beatles for the Halloween night performance. The Dodger Stadium show was streamed live on the internet as well as a radio broadcast. Two songs, "Psycho Circus" and "Shout It Out Loud", were screened live on Fox television as part of the Kiss Live: The Ultimate Halloween Party special.

The vast majority of songs in the setlist were played on the previous Alive/Worldwide concert dates, leading to some frustration from fans expecting the return of classic songs not played on the previous tour. Peter Criss was quoted in Metal Edge magazine at the time as wanting to add "Parasite" to the setlist.

The tour was initially hyped as having circus-style acts as pre-show entertainment. This ultimately happened only at the first concert at Dodger Stadium. Peter Criss later said that it didn't work out because the circus performers wanted equal billing and that some had even wanted to use KISS' backstage dressing room.

"2,000 Man" was played to bring in the new Millennium at the 1999/2000 New Year's Eve show at Vancouver, advertised at the time as being recorded for Alive IV. The Vancouver show was also notable as being the first time the original members had played non-original band era material live in concert – "I Love It Loud", "Lick It Up" and "Heaven's on Fire" were added to the setlist and subsequently played on the Farewell Tour. "Forever" was listed on concert setlists at the Vancouver show but was not played. It was thought at the time it may have been intended as a Paul Stanley solo version prior to "Black Diamond".

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
North America
October 31, 1998	Los Angeles	United States	Dodger Stadium	32,000
November 12, 1998	Boston, Massachusetts		FleetCenter	15,000
November 13, 1998				11,000
November 15, 1998	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena	7,000
November 16, 1998	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center	5,000
November 18, 1998	University Park, Pennsylvania		Bryce Jordan Center	6,000
November 19, 1998	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	8,000
November 21, 1998	Philadelphia		First Union Center	12,000
November 22, 1998	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena with laser incident	15,000
November 23, 1998	New York City		Madison Square Garden	15,000
November 25, 1998	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center	7,000
November 27, 1998	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Coliseum	12,000
November 28, 1998	Rochester, New York		War Memorial Arena	6,000
November 29, 1998	Buffalo, New York		Marine Midland Arena	7,000
December 1, 1998	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre	11,000
December 2, 1998	Toronto		SkyDome	15,000
December 4, 1998	Pittsburgh	United States	Civic Arena	11,000
December 5, 1998	Columbus, Ohio		Value City Arena	11,000
December 6, 1998	Cleveland, Ohio		Gund Arena	15,000
December 8, 1998	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center	8,923
December 9, 1998	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena	7,000
December 11, 1998	Fairborn, Ohio		Ervin J. Nutter Center	8,000
December 12, 1998	Terre Haute, Indiana		Hulman Center	4,000
December 13, 1998	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	9,000
December 15, 1998	Minneapolis		Target Center	12,000
December 16, 1998	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium	10,000
December 18, 1998	Rockford, Illinois		Rockford MetroCentre	5,000
December 19, 1998	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center	7,000
December 20, 1998	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	11,000
December 27, 1998	Madison, Wisconsin		Dane County Expo Coliseum	9,000
December 29, 1998	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon	10,000
December 30, 1998	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andel Arena	7,000
December 31, 1998	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills	15,000
January 2, 1999	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Arena	12,000
January 31, 1999	Miami Gardens, Florida		Pro Player Stadium	Super Bowl XXXIII
Europe
February 26, 1999	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	12,000
February 28, 1999	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	8,000
March 2, 1999	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Arena	12,000
March 3, 1999				14,000
March 4, 1999	Gothenburg		Scandinavium	12,000
March 5, 1999				11,000
March 7, 1999	Berlin	Germany	Berlin Velodrom	12,000
March 8, 1999	Cologne		Kölnarena	14,000
March 9, 1999	Frankfurt		Frankfurt Festhalle	11,000
March 11, 1999	Erfurt		Messehalle	6,000
March 12, 1999	Bremen		Bremen Stadthalle	10,000
March 13, 1999	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranjehal	14,000
March 15, 1999	Milan	Italy	Filaforum	11,000
March 17, 1999	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	12,000
March 18, 1999	Prague	Czech Republic	Prague Sports Hall	12,000
March 19, 1999	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	12,000
March 20, 1999	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle	14,000
March 22, 1999	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	15,000
March 23, 1999	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	8,000
March 25, 1999	London	England	Wembley Arena	12,000
March 27, 1999	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle	9,000
March 28, 1999	Kiel		Ostseehalle	3,000
South America
April 10, 1999	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium	35,000
April 15, 1999	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Hipodromo do Cristal	40,000
April 17, 1999	São Paulo		Autodromo de Interlagos	53,000
North America
April 21, 1999	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum	16,000
April 24, 1999	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol Stadium	63,000
Psycho Circus Millennium Shows
August 9, 1999	Westwood, Los Angeles	United States	UCLA Parking Lot Detroit Rock City Premiere Party	2,000
August 23, 1999	Paradise, Nevada		MGM Grand Garden Arena WCW Nitro Television Appearance	18,000
October 29, 1999			MGM Grand Theme Park iBash Pixelon Party	1,000
December 31, 1999	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium Millennium Concert	20,000
January 3, 2000	Anchorage, Alaska	United States	Sullivan Arena Millennium Concert	8,000

Postponed/Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reasoning
January 29, 1999	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	United States	National Car Rental Center	Poor ticket sales due to the Super Bowl
March 1, 1999	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	Low ticket sales / added dates in Sweden which would have forced the band to play 6 days in a row
April 1, 1999	Moscow	Russia	Olympic Arena	Russian political and security issues
April 2, 1999	Moscow		Olympic Arena
April 4, 1999	St. Petersburg		SKK Peterburgskiy
April 13, 1999	Santiago	Chile	Velodrome Estadio Nacional	Logistical issues

See also

• List of Kiss concert tours

References

1. http://kissfaq.com/tourdates/index.html