Creatures of the Night Tour

Creatures Of The Night/10th Anniversary Tour
Tour by Kiss
Start date	December 29, 1982
End date	June 25, 1983
Legs	2
Shows	56 played, 1 cancelled
Kiss tour chronology
Unmasked Tour (1980) Creatures Of The Night Tour (1982-1983) Lick it Up Tour (1983-1984)

The Creatures of the Night Tour^[1] was a concert tour by the hard rock group Kiss in support of their album of the same title. It was the second tour with drummer Eric Carr,his first in his home country, and the first tour with guitarist Vinnie Vincent,(nee Vincent Cusano) who replaced Ace Frehley.

Wearing a make up design of an Egypian 'Ankh', Cusano was promoted as "Vinnie 'The Wiz' Vincent" who was "even weirder than we are" in the tour's press release. The groups's lucrative record contract with Polygram required Kiss to be composed of founders Gene Simmons (bass), Paul Stanley (singer/guitarist)- and Frehley. The release did not say Frehley had quit, but instead stated Frehley was too injured from a recent car crash to tour, but might make appearances onstage when able. The band used group photos containing Ace Frehley for the tour's press kits and ad material during early dates; these were used by promoters for advertising, so many fans did not realize Frehley was replaced until they came to the venues. Before Vincent was announced, new photos were taken and later dates featured the band with Vincent in show ads.

The tour was billed as their "Tenth Anniversary Tour" and silver was used in tour promotion and for the guitar pick and drum stick signatures in keeping with a 'silver anniversary' theme. The band sold tee shirts, jerseys, black baseball caps, and pins at their concesion stands. The tour program was not available for sale until mid-February, shortly before the tour ended, making it one of the rarest Kiss programs and very sought after by fans of a certain age.

Attendance in North America was abysmal; even though the band had returned to its signature hard rock after several years of pop and disco-influenced music, very few people showed up at the concerts on the tour. Co-frontman Paul Stanley recalled a show in Lexington, Kentucky where he threw a pick that went over the entire audience of 2,500 and hit the floor. They later cancelled the rest of the US leg, and were offered some dates in Brazil, where they played to the biggest crowds of their career.

This tour is the only tour to feature live performances of "Rock and Roll Hell" and "Keep Me Comin" from the Creatures Of The Night lp, although both would be dropped from the set almost immediately. "I Want You" returned to the setlist for the first time since the Alive II Tour in 1978. The band sang the chant that opened and closed their new, main single "I Love It Loud" but by the tour's end this was changed and only Simmons sang it.

When the tour ended, Kiss decided to turn the page: Removing their make-up, and hanging up their platform boots until 1996.

Tour setlist

1. "Creatures of the Night"
2. "Calling Dr. Love"
3. "Cold Gin"
4. "Firehouse"
5. "I Love It Loud"
6. "I Want You"
7. "Detroit Rock City"
8. "War Machine"
9. "Strutter"
10. "Love Gun"
11. "God of Thunder"
12. "I Still Love You"
13. "Shout It Out Loud"
14. "Black Diamond"
15. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

"Rock and Roll Hell" was dropped after two shows. "Keep Me Comin" was also played live on this tour, and it was dropped after a few shows. "I Love It Loud" was played twice in Sao Paulo-Brazil (instead of "Strutter").

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
December 29, 1982	Bismarck, North Dakota	United States	Bismarck Civic Center1
December 30, 1982	Sioux City, Iowa		Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
December 31, 1982	Rockford, Illinois		Rockford MetroCentre
January 1, 1983	Terre Haute, Indiana		Hulman Center
January 3, 1983	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
January 6, 1983	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
January 7, 1983	Saginaw, Michigan		Wendler Arena
January 8, 1983	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena
January 9, 1983	Dayton, Ohio		Hara Arena
January 12, 1983	Quebec City, Quebec	Canada	Colisée Pepsi
January 13, 1983	Montreal, Quebec		Montreal Forum
January 14, 1983	Toronto, Ontario		Maple Leaf Gardens
January 15, 1983	Ottawa, Ontario		Ottawa Civic Centre
January 16, 1983	Glens Falls, New York	United States	Glens Falls Civic Center
January 18, 1983	Syracuse, New York		War Memorial Arena
January 20, 1983	Rochester, New York		War Memorial Coliseum
January 21, 1983	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center
January 22, 1983	Worcester, Massachusetts		Worcester Centrum2
January 23, 1983	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center3
January 25, 1983	Norfolk, Virginia		Norfolk Scope
January 27, 1983	Huntsville, Alabama		Von Braun Civic Center
January 28, 1983	Birmingham, Alabama		Boutwell Auditorium
January 29, 1983	Chattanooga, Tennessee		UTC Arena
January 30, 1983	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
February 1, 1983	Knoxville, Tennessee		Knoxville Civic Center
February 3, 1983	West Palm Beach, Florida		West Palm Beach Auditorium
February 4, 1983	Lakeland, Florida		Lakeland Civic Center
February 11, 1983	Pine Bluff, Arkansas		Pine Bluff Convention Center
February 14, 1983	New Orleans, Louisiana		Louisiana Superdome
February 16, 1983	Dubuque, Iowa		Five Flags Center
February 18, 1983	Bloomington, Minnesota		Met Center
February 19, 1983	Sioux Falls, South Dakota		Sioux Falls Arena
February 20, 1983	La Crosse, Wisconsin		La Crosse Center
February 22, 1983	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
February 23, 1983	Detroit, Michigan		Cobo Hall
February 26, 1983	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
February 27, 1983	Springfield, Illinois		Prairie Capital Convention Center
February 28, 1983	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
March 1, 1983	Kansas City, Missouri		Municipal Auditorium
March 9, 1983	Dallas, Texas		Dallas Convention Center
March 10, 1983	Houston, Texas		Sam Houston Coliseum
March 11, 1983	San Antonio, Texas		San Antonio Convention Center
March 13, 1983	Beaumont, Texas		Beaumont Civic Center
March 14, 1983	Corpus Christi, Texas		Corpus Christi Civic Coliseum
March 18, 1983	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
March 19, 1983	Shreveport, Louisiana		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 20, 1983	Norman, Oklahoma		Lloyd Noble Center
March 21, 1983	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Myriad Convention Center
March 23, 1983	El Paso, Texas		El Paso County Coliseum
March 26, 1983	Irvine, California		Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
March 27, 1983	Universal City, California		Universal Amphitheater
March 28, 1983	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Arena
April 1, 1983	Las Vegas, Nevada		Aladdin Theater
April 3, 1983	San Francisco, California		Civic Center
South America
June 18, 1983	Rio De Janeiro	Brazil	Maracana Stadium
June 23, 1983	Belo Horizonte		Mineirão Stadium
June 25, 1983	Sao Paulo		Morumbi Stadium4

• ^Note 1 First show with Vinnie Vincent.
• ^Note 2 Paul Stanley announced from the stage they would not be allowed to use pyrotechnics. The show had none, except Gene's firebreathing. Clips of this show and a quote from Paul Stanley backstage appeared on a Providence, RI tv station WPRI Channl 12 news story about the Centrum venue beating out the Civic Center for business, using Kiss as one example.
• ^Note 3 This show was canceled, due to poor tickets sales (only 2,000 sold). Promoter Frank J. Russo offered to swap Providence tickets for Worcester tickets and provided bus rides from the Civic Center to the Centrum and back. This boosted the Worcester show attendance to one of the tour's biggest.
• ^Note 4 Kiss' last show in make-up until 1996.

Notes

1. ^ The KISSFAQ - KISS Tourdates Archive