Monster World Tour
Tour by Kiss
Associated albumMonster
Start dateNovember 7, 2012
End dateNovember 8, 2013
Legs5
No. of shows56
Kiss concert chronology

The Monster World Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock group Kiss in support of their 20th studio album, Monster. Fresh off the heels of the recent success of The Tour with Mötley Crüe and the second annual KISS Kruise, the tour officially began on November 7, 2012, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kiss played shows in Australia for the first time since 2008, and Europe, including a few festivals in June. They played their longest Canadian tour to date in July through early August with a few US concerts following after, including a show taped to air during halftime of ArenaBowl XXVI in Orlando, Florida. They played in Japan for the first time since 2006 in October 2013.

The new stage show, first used in the European leg, involved a giant robotic spider that moved across the stage and all four members were lifted into the air. The spider shot pyro from its legs and had eyes that glowed.[1]

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

With Kiss it's always about giving the fans more bang for their buck and with the Monster tour we delivered just that. The Monster tour is beyond anything the fans have ever seen. We're using the latest technology and lights. We have a gigantic robotic spider on the stage, which is spectacular. It shoots fireballs and like a spider, it can move all over the place. It's simply spectacular.[2]

Setlists

South American leg setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Calling Dr. Love"
  4. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  5. "Wall of Sound"
  6. "Hotter Than Hell"
  7. "I Love It Loud"
  8. "Outta This World" (Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer duet)
  9. "God of Thunder" (Gene Simmons solo)
  10. "Psycho Circus"
  11. "War Machine"
  12. "Love Gun"
  13. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Lick It Up"
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Australian leg setlist

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Deuce"
  4. "Firehouse" (Simmons spits fire)
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "Calling Dr. Love"
  7. "Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  8. "Psycho Circus"
  9. "I Love It Loud" (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  10. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
  11. "War Machine"
  12. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  13. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  2. "Lick It Up"
  3. "Black Diamond"

European/North American leg setlist

  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "I Love It Loud"
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "War Machine" (Simmons spits fire)
  7. "Heaven's on Fire"
  8. "Deuce" or "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "Say Yeah"
  10. "Shock Me"/"Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  11. "God of Thunder (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  12. "Lick It Up"
  13. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  14. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Encore

  2. "Detroit Rock City
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Black Diamond"

Japanese leg setlist

  1. "Psycho Circus"
  2. "Shout It Out Loud"
  3. "Do You Love Me"
  4. "I Love It Loud"
  5. "Hell or Hallelujah"
  6. "War Machine" (Simmons spits fire)
  7. "Sukiyaki" (Kyu Sakamoto cover)
  8. "Heaven's on Fire"
  9. "Calling Dr. Love"
  10. "Say Yeah"
  11. "Shock Me"/"Outta This World" (Thayer and Singer jamming together)
  12. "God of Thunder" (Simmons' bass solo intro – spits blood and flies)
  13. "Lick It Up"
  14. "Love Gun" (Stanley flies out to the audience)
  15. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  2. "Detroit Rock City
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
  4. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Support acts

Tour dates

List of 2012 concerts
Date City Country Venue
November 7, 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
November 10, 2012[a] Santiago Chile Club de Campo Las Vizcachas
November 12, 2012 Asunción Paraguay Jockey Club
November 14, 2012 Porto Alegre Brazil Gigantinho
November 17, 2012 São Paulo Arena Skol Anhembi
November 18, 2012 Rio de Janeiro HSBC Arena
List of 2013 concerts[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Date City Country Venue
February 28, 2013 Perth Australia Perth Arena
March 3, 2013 Adelaide Victoria Park Racecourse
March 5, 2013 Melbourne Etihad Stadium
March 6, 2013
March 9, 2013 Sydney Allphones Arena
March 10, 2013
March 12, 2013 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 16, 2013 Mackay Virgin Australia Stadium
June 1, 2013 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena
June 3, 2013 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
June 6, 2013 Sölvesborg[b] Sweden Norje Havsbad
June 8, 2013 Stavanger Norway Viking Stadion
June 11, 2013 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
June 12, 2013 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
June 14, 2013 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
June 15, 2013[c] Nickelsdorf Austria Pannonia Filds
June 17, 2013 Codroipo Italy Villa Manin
June 18, 2013 Milan Mediolanum Forum
June 20, 2013 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
June 22, 2013[d] Clisson France Val de Moine
July 5, 2013 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
July 6, 2013 Vancouver Rogers Arena
July 8, 2013 Kelowna Prospera Place
July 10, 2013 Lethbridge Enmax Centre
July 12, 2013 Edmonton Rexall Place
July 14, 2013 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
July 16, 2013 Regina Brandt Centre
July 17, 2013 Brandon Keystone Centre
July 18, 2013 Winnipeg MTS Centre
July 20, 2013 Cadott United States Rock Fest
July 23, 2013 Sudbury Canada Sudbury Arena
July 25, 2013 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
July 26, 2013 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
July 27, 2013 London Budweiser Gardens
July 29, 2013 Montreal Bell Centre
July 31, 2013 Saint John Harbour Station
August 1, 2013 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
August 3, 2013 St. John's Mile One Centre
August 4, 2013
August 7, 2013 Gilford United States Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
August 9, 2013 Verona Turning Stone Events Center
August 10, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
August 12, 2013 Portsmouth nTelos Wireless Pavilion
August 13, 2013 Simpsonville Charter Amphitheater at Heritage Park
August 16, 2013 Orlando Amway Center
August 18, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
October 19, 2013 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
October 21, 2013 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
October 23, 2013 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
October 24, 2013
November 8, 2013 Calgary Canada Scotiabank Saddledome

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available
River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires 48,000 / 55,000 (87%)
Hipódromo de Asunción Asunción 8,161 / 10,000 (81%)
Arena Skol Anhembi São Paulo 20,567 / 25,000 (82%)
HSBC Arena Rio de Janeiro 6,803 / 9,500 (71%)
Perth Arena Perth 12,775 / 13,335 (95%)
Clipsal 500 Adelaide 40,000 / 40,000 (100%)
Etihad Stadium Melbourne 25,750 / 26,000 (99%)
Allphones Arena Sydney 18,023 / 23,466 (76%)
Brisbane Entertainment Center Brisbane 9,597 / 9,801 (97%)

Personnel

Kiss

Notes

  1. ^ The concert on November 10, 2012 was a part of Maquinaria Festival.
  2. ^ The concert on June 6, 2013 was a part of Sweden Rock Festival.
  3. ^ The concert on June 15, 2013 was a part of Nova Rock Festival.
  4. ^ The concert on June 22, 2013 was a part of Hellfest.

References

  1. ^ "KISS: Video Tour Of Brand New Stage Setup". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. June 3, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 43.
  3. ^ Dukes, Billy (January 3, 2013). "Kiss' Tommy Thayer Says He Was Ace Frehley's 'Heir Apparent'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "KISS Returning To Czech Republic In 2013". BraveWords. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "2013 KISS Scandinavian Dates Announced". BraveWords. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Lifton, Dave (April 4, 2013). "Kiss Announce 2013 Canada Tour". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "KISS Announce Monster Japan Tour 2013". BraveWords. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "KISS - Calgary Show Rescheduled". BraveWords. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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