KISS Concert Archive---Help Needed!
From: Jeff
Hello again, KISS fans. If you've ever seen a KISS concert, we need your help. After five years of research one last post for the KISS Concertology. For those of you familiar with the ever-ongoing KISS Concertology, skip over the next two paragraphs. For those who don't know what this project is...The KISS Concertology is a reference archive of every concert KISS has ever performed. When it is published as a book later this year, it will feature information on every KISS concert from 1973 to the present: in total, over 1,900 shows. Included in the vast database of information are show dates, venue names, opening and headlining acts, attendance figures, never-before-seen photos, setlists, plus tons more. Despite over five years of painstaking research, we are still missing some valuable information. So, once or twice a year, we troll the vast network of KISS fans out on the internet in an attempt to fill in the missing information. As always, ANY assistance is always sincerely appreciated. (Of course, anyone who contributes information will be thanked in the book.)

If anyone out there can answer "yes" to any of the five (5) questions listed below please contact us at: radagast5@aol.com

First, five general questions:

1. Did you attend a 1973 KISS show? [Venues included: Coventry, The Daisy, the Bleeker Street Loft, and the Hotel Diplomat.]
2. Did you attend a show on the Hotter Than Hell Tour? [October 1974 - February 1975]
3. Did you ever attend a show where an opening act was added (or cancelled) at the very last minute?
4. Did you attend a show where Gene's hair caught fire?
5. Lastly, in an effort to accurately archive KISS's setlists; we are interested in reviewing any uncirculated recordings of KISS concerts, either radio broadcasts/soundboards or privately recorded tapes. If you have such a recording or know of someone who does, please contact us. (radagast5@aol.com)

Now, onto the more specific stuff.

If you attended any of the following shows, we are VERY interested in talking to you. Each show is listed as follows: month-day-year / city-state / venue

12/31/73 Manhattan, NY Academy of Music
2/17/74 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Auditorium

KISS Tour

3/27/74 Owings Mills (Baltimore), MD Painter's Mill Music Fair
3/31/74 St. Louis, MO Forest Park
4/29/74 Reading, PA The Watch Tower
5/2/74 Comstock (Kalamazoo), MI Thunder Chicken
5/3/74 St. Louis, MO Ambassador Theatre
5/7/74 Mt. Clemens, MI Central Michigan University
5/27/74 Lacey, WA Capitol Pavilion
7/1/74 Clarkston (Detroit), MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
7/4/74 Knoxville, TN Chilhowee Park Ampitheatre
9/2/74 Detroit, MI Olympia Stadium
10/4/74 Houston, TX Music Hall

Hotter Than Hell Tour

10/24/74 Asbury Park, NJ Sunshine In Concert Hall
11/16/74 Asbury Park, NJ Sunshine In Concert Hall
11/29/74 Charleston, SC Charleston Municipal Auditorium
12/8/74 Evansville, IN Roberts Municipal Stadium
12/20/74 Detroit, MI Michigan Palace
12/23/74 Wilkes-Barre, PA Paramount Theatre
1/26/75 Fresno, CA Selland Arena

Dressed to Kill Tour

3/24/75 Saginaw, MI Wendler Arena @ Saginaw Civic Center
5/19/75 St. Paul, MN St. Paul Civic Center Theater
5/27/75 Spokane, WA Spokane Coliseum
7/5/75 Tampa, FL Florida State Fairgrounds
8/9/75 Albany, NY Civic Auditorium
8/24/75 Hazleton, PA Harman Geist Auditorium
8/30/75 Laurel, MD

Alive! Tour

10/10/75 Big Rapids, MI Ferris State University Fieldhouse
10/13/75 Allendale, MI Grand Valley State University
10/21/75 Mobile, AL Mobile Exposition Hall
10/30/75 Madison, WI Dane County Expo Center Coliseum
12/3/75 Dothan, AL Farm Arena
12/13/75 Buffalo, NY War Memorial Auditorium
1/23/76 Erie, PA Erie County Fieldhouse
3/6/76 Lincoln, NE Pershing Auditorium
3/12/76 New Orleans, LA The Warehouse
3/13/76 Mobile, AL Mobile Exposition Hall

Destroyer Tour

3/20/76 Lakeland, FL Lakeland Civic Center
6/2/76 Zürich, Switzerland Volkshaus
7/21/76 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Rock and Roll Over Tour

2/16/77 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center
2/21/77 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3/1/77 Asheville, NC Asheville Civic Center Auditorium

Dynasty Tour

10/23/79 Fort Worth, TX Tarrant County Convention Center

Unmasked Tour

11/8-11/80 Perth, Australia Entertainment Centre
11/30/80 Wellington, New Zealand Athletic Park
12/3/80 Auckland, New Zealand Western(s) Springs Stadium

Creatures of the Night Tour

12/30/82 Sioux City, IA Sioux City Municipal Auditorium

Animalize Tour

1/21/85 Chattanooga, TN The Roundhouse at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Crazy Nights Tour

9/2/88 Budapest, Hungary Kisstadion

One-off Shows

9/11/93 Burbank, CA Burbank Hilton (Foundations Forum show)

The KISS Concertology project will be published as a book later this year. It will be available for purchase online as well as at your neighborhood bookstores.

In all likelihood, this will be the final post regarding the project before it is published. Deepest gratitude to ALL the people around the globe who have contributed to this project, it would not have happened without your contributions.

I look forward to reading your responses.

Sincere thanks,

Jeff