Unmasked Tour

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Unmasked Tour
Tour by Kiss
Start date 25 July 1980
End date 3 December 1980
Legs 4
Shows 42 played 1 cancelled
Kiss tour chronology
Dynasty Tour
(1979)		 Unmasked Tour
(1980)		 Creatures of the Night Tour
(1982-1983)

The Unmasked Tour is a 1980 concert tour by the hard rock group Kiss. It was the first tour without original drummer Peter Criss, it was the first however with newcomer Eric Carr. The Unmasked tour was the first tour that Kiss only played in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They did a warm up gig at the Palladium Theatre in New York. This tour is the only tour to feature the songs "Is that You" and "You're All That I Want" performed live, excluding the Kiss Conventions tour. Cold Gin returned to the set for the first time since the Rock & Roll Over Tour, so did "Strutter", which had not been performed live since the Destroyer Tour.

Contents

[edit] Tour Set-List

  1. Detroit Rock City
  2. Cold Gin
  3. Strutter
  4. Calling Dr. Love
  5. Is That You?
  6. Firehouse
  7. Talk To Me
  8. You're All That I Want
  9. 2,000 Man
  10. I Was Made For Lovin' You
  11. New York Groove
  12. Love Gun
  13. God Of Thunder
  14. Rock And Roll All Nite
  15. Shout It Out Loud
  16. King Of The Night Time World
  17. Black Diamond

Quick Note: On the Australian tour "You're All That I Want" was replaced by "Shandi"


[edit] Tour Dates

[1]

[edit] Cancelled European Tour

The planned summer 1980 UK tour was initially announced in February 1980, though the dates had leaked in late January. The Wembley dates, at least, went on sale on April 17. The tour, including European dates, was cancelled in April, and while we now (think) know the internal issues affecting the band, the excuse used at the time, "Due to the extended studio time KISS need to complete the recording of their next album, 'KISS Unmasked...' The decision to postpone the tour was made by the management and the group when they realized they wouldn't have time to record the album and rehearse their show before the tour started" (Sounds, 4/26/80). However, it was rumored at the time that "KISS have been re-negotiating their contract with Casablanca and were unable to do their UK and European tours as planned because of this (ongoing?) label limbo situation" (Sounds, 5/10/80). Regardless, the impact on fans was negligible; Wembley had only sold £200 worth of tickets, and only 7 Edinburgh tickets had been sold due to that show having gone on sale the day prior to cancellation and only having been advertised locally. Dates were rescheduled in May, though negotiations for concerts in Brighton and Edinburgh were not successful.

[edit] North America

[edit] Europe

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The KISSFAQ - KISS Tourdates Archive - 1980
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