Asylum Tour (Kiss)

Asylum Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Asylum
Start date	November 29, 1985
End date	April 12, 1986
Legs	1
No. of shows	91 played, 3 cancelled
Kiss concert chronology

The Asylum Tour was a concert tour by Kiss. It was the first Kiss tour since the Dynasty Tour to stay inside North America. Kiss also performed The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again", usually in the encore. Paul Stanley does his guitar-smashing ritual after "Lick It Up".

On February 2, 1986, Paul Stanley dedicated the Tucson, Arizona concert at the McKale Center to the astronauts that were killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.

On February 17, 1986, Kiss played the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. W.A.S.P. was the opening act. The power went out in the middle of "Rock and Roll All Nite" and the concert ended when Kiss walked off the stage, waving to the audience.

On March 30, 1986, Kiss played at the Hammond Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana. Local church groups protested the entire event due to its being scheduled on Easter Sunday. During the show, the band blew out half of the windows on the outside west wall of the arena. Their public address system on this tour was rated at 120 decibels. Before the show Gene Simmons and Eric Carr walked around the perimeter of the building trying to hold polite conversations with the church groups. The concert in Hammond only sold 1,900 tickets. The Hammond Civic Center holds 4,500.

On April 8, 1986, Kiss played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Opening act King Kobra was invited and appeared on stage to sing "Lick it Up" with Kiss, making King Kobra the first group to ever share the stage with Kiss. W.A.S.P. opened in Chicago and Los Angeles (Inglewood).

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

Over the years the band has been in existence, the ritual of getting ready has literally stayed the same for the last forty plus years. Since the late Seventies we've had a Superman bed sheet that's taped across the door so that if people walk by and the door is open, you don't get a free glimpse. The time that we spend in the dressing room getting ready gives us a chance to focus on what we have to do and interestingly it's calmest time of the night. It's the calm before the storm.

Set list

1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Fits Like a Glove"
3. "Cold Gin"
4. Paul Stanley guitar solo
5. "Uh! All Night"
6. Eric Carr drum solo
7. "War Machine"
8. "I Still Love You"
9. "Under The Gun"
10. Bruce Kulick guitar solo
11. "Tears Are Falling"
12. Gene Simmons bass solo
13. "I Love It Loud"
14. "Love Gun"
15. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
16. "Heaven's on Fire"
17. "Won't Get Fooled Again"
18. "Lick It Up"

"King Of The Mountain" and "Firehouse" were played on early shows before being dropped from the set list. Other songs played include "Creatures of the Night", "Strutter", "Calling Dr. Love", and "Oh! Susanna". "Black Diamond" was only performed once on this tour on February 4, 1986 in Daly City, California.

Information

• Average Attendance (6200)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
November 29, 1985	Little Rock, Arkansas	United States	Barton Coliseum	Black 'n Blue
November 30, 1985	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
December 1, 1985	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum
December 3, 1985	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
December 4, 1985	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena
December 6, 1985	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome
December 7, 1985	Houston, Texas		Sam Houston Coliseum
December 8, 1985	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center
December 11, 1985	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
December 12, 1985	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall
December 13, 1985	Trotwood, Ohio		Hara Arena
December 14, 1985	Detroit, Michigan		Cobo Arena
December 16, 1985	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
December 17, 1985	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		The Spectrum
December 19, 1985	Glens Falls, New York		Glens Falls Civic Center
December 20, 1985	Worcester, Massachusetts		The Centrum
December 21, 1985	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
December 22, 1985	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
December 27, 1985	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum
December 28, 1985	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum
December 29, 1985	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
December 30, 1985	Augusta, Georgia		Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
December 31, 1985	Atlanta, Georgia		The Omni Coliseum
January 3, 1986	Johnson City, Tennessee		Freedom Hall Civic Center	W.A.S.P.
January 4, 1986	Knoxville, Tennessee		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
January 7, 1986	Tampa, Florida		USF Sun Dome
January 8, 1986	West Palm Beach, Florida		West Palm Beach Auditorium
January 9, 1986	Fort Myers, Florida		Lee County Civic Center
January 10, 1986	Jacksonville, Florida		Jacksonville Coliseum
January 12, 1986	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
January 14, 1986	Norfolk, Virginia	United States	Norfolk Scope
January 15, 1986	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
January 16, 1986	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
January 17, 1986	Chicago, Illinois		UIC Pavilion
January 20, 1986	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
January 21, 1986	Saint Paul, Minnesota		St. Paul Civic Center
January 22, 1986	Rockford, Illinois		Rockford MetroCentre
January 23, 1986	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
January 24, 1986	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium
January 25, 1986	Kansas City, Missouri		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
February 2, 1986	Tucson, Arizona		McKale Center
February 4, 1986	Daly City, California		Cow Palace
February 5, 1986	Sacramento, California		Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
February 7, 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center	Black 'n Blue
February 8, 1986	San Bernardino, California		Orange Pavilion	W.A.S.P.
February 9, 1986	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 10, 1986	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
February 11, 1986	Inglewood, California		The Forum
February 13, 1986	Portland, Oregon		Portland Memorial Coliseum
February 14, 1986	Seattle, Washington		Seattle Center Coliseum
February 17, 1986	Salt Lake City, Utah		Salt Palace
February 19, 1986	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
February 21, 1986	Norman, Oklahoma		Lloyd Noble Center
February 22, 1986	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Expo Square Pavilion
February 23, 1986	Waco, Texas		Waco Convention Center
February 24, 1986	Corpus Christi, Texas		Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
February 26, 1986	Beaumont, Texas		Beaumont Civic Center
February 27, 1986	Abilene, Texas		Taylor County Expo Center
February 28, 1986	Fort Worth, Texas		Tarrant County Convention Center
March 1, 1986	Shreveport, Louisiana		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 2, 1986	New Orleans, Louisiana		Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
March 5, 1986	Green Bay, Wisconsin		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena	King Kobra
March 6, 1986	Saginaw, Michigan		Wendler Arena
March 7, 1986	Port Huron, Michigan		McMorran Place
March 8, 1986	Springfield, Illinois		Prairie Capital Convention Center
March 9, 1986	Salina, Kansas		Bicentennial Center
March 12, 1986	La Crosse, Wisconsin		La Crosse Center
March 13, 1986	Duluth, Minnesota		Duluth Arena
March 14, 1986	Jamestown, North Dakota		Jamestown Civic Center
March 16, 1986	Des Moines, Iowa		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
March 17, 1986	Sioux City, Iowa		Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
March 18, 1986	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center
March 20, 1986	Fort Wayne, Indiana		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
March 21, 1986	Cincinnati, Ohio		Cincinnati Gardens
March 22, 1986	Carbondale, Illinois		SIU Arena
March 23, 1986	Terre Haute, Indiana		Hulman Center
March 25, 1986	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
March 26, 1986	Battle Creek, Michigan		Kellogg Arena
March 27, 1986	Erie, Pennsylvania		Erie Civic Center
March 28, 1986	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena
March 29, 1986	Columbus, Ohio		Battelle Hall
March 30, 1986	Hammond, Indiana		Hammond Civic Center
April 1, 1986	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania		Stabler Arena
April 2, 1986	Utica, New York		Utica Memorial Auditorium
April 4, 1986	Poughkeepsie, New York		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
April 6, 1986	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
April 7, 1986	Rochester, New York		Rochester Community War Memorial
April 8, 1986	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
April 10, 1986	Baltimore, Maryland	United States	Baltimore Civic Center	Blue Öyster Cult
April 11, 1986	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Brendan Byrne Arena
April 12, 1986	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Kix