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Freedom to Rock Tour

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Freedom to Rock Tour
Tour by Kiss
LocationNorth America
Start dateJuly 4, 2016 (2016-07-04)
End dateOctober 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)
Legs1
No. of shows42
Kiss concert chronology

The Freedom to Rock Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Kiss. The tour hit secondary markets and smaller cities in 2016. The tour started on July 4 in Tucson, Arizona, marking a return to the city for the first time since 2000. The tour was also the first full scale North American tour for the band since 2014.

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

The Freedom to Rock tour is a big, awesome show, and the band is big and awesome. Anybody can pattern their show on what we've done in the past, but you'll never be us. That's why we're Kiss, and that's why we've been around 40 years. Kiss has multi-generational appeal because Kiss has an appeal that's timeless. Kiss isn't only about music. It's about an attitude, it's about a way of life and it's about a philosophy of approaching life. The idea of going for what you believe in and not stopping until you achieve or attain it. It's one of the great thrills and sources of satisfaction to see somebody who's brought their mother or father to a show and see these people really enjoying it and getting it.[1]

History

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At the Rockford, Illinois show, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen joined the band onstage to play "Rock and Roll All Nite".[2]

Reception

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Emerson Malone of the Daily Emerald described the Eugene, Oregon show as "Musically, the band still sounds incredible and the set came with numerous things to love: Thayer's inky, sludgy guitar in "Calling Dr. Love" and "Strutter," Singer's drum fills in "Cold Gin," and Singer taking the reins on vocals during the lighter-sparking ballad "Beth."[3]

Lacey Paige, of Exclaim, praised the nostalgic aspect of a Kiss concert, as "For younger audiences, experiencing a live Kiss concert for the first time is like stepping into a time machine and going back to the late 1970s, when the New York-based glam-shock-rockers' career soared to the pinnacle of rock'n'roll prestige. A Kiss show perfectly encapsulates the zeitgeist of that era, giving older generations of fans a chance to relive and relish the essence of their youth."[4]

Mike Baltierra, of Seattle Music Insider, did a positive review of the Kennewick, Washington concert: "Stanley had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. While Simmons lurked over the crowd, Thayer ripped out riff after riff, and Singer pounded on the drums".[5]

Setlist

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This is the setlist from the first show of the tour, and may not represent the majority of the tour:[6]

  1. "Detroit Rock City"
  2. "Deuce"
  3. "Shout It Out Loud"
  4. "Do You Love Me?"
  5. "I Love It Loud"
  6. "Flaming Youth"
  7. "God of Thunder" (Gene Solo, Spits Blood and Flies)
  8. "Psycho Circus"
  9. "Shock Me" (Tommy Guitar Solo)
  10. "Cold Gin"
  11. "Lick It Up"
  12. "War Machine"
  13. "Love Gun"
  14. "Black Diamond"

Encore

  1. "Beth"
  2. "The Star-Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith cover)
  3. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Notes

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Support Act
July 4, 2016 Tucson United States AVA Amphitheater Magnetico[7]
July 7, 2016 Boise Taco Bell Arena Caleb Johnson
July 9, 2016 Eugene Matthew Knight Arena
July 10, 2016 Kennewick Toyota Center
July 12, 2016 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
July 13, 2016 Calgary Stampede Roundup Festival
July 15, 2016 Spokane United States Spokane Arena
July 16, 2016 Bozeman Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
July 18, 2016 Colorado Springs Broadmoor World Arena
July 20, 2016 Independence Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
July 22, 2016 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
July 23, 2016 Springfield JQH Arena
July 25, 2016 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
July 27, 2016 Sioux City Tyson Events Center
July 29, 2016 Cheyenne Cheyenne Frontier Days
July 30, 2016 Minot North Dakota State Fair
August 1, 2016 Mankato Verizon Wireless Center
August 3, 2016 Duluth Amsoil Arena
August 5, 2016 Moline iWireless Center
August 6, 2016 La Crosse La Crosse Center
August 8, 2016 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center
August 10, 2016 Green Bay Resch Center
August 12, 2016 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum The Dead Daisies
August 13, 2016 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
August 15, 2016 Saginaw Dow Event Center
August 17, 2016 Springfield Illinois State Fair
August 19, 2016 Des Moines Iowa State Fair
August 20, 2016 Rockford BMO Harris Bank Center
August 22, 2016 Dayton Nutter Center
August 24, 2016 Toledo Huntington Center
August 26, 2016 Youngstown Covelli Centre
August 27, 2016 Erie Erie Insurance Arena
August 29, 2016 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
August 30, 2016 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
September 1, 2016 Allentown Great Allentown Fair
September 3, 2016 Worcester DCU Center
September 4, 2016 Portland Cross Insurance Arena
September 7, 2016 Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena
September 9, 2016 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
September 10, 2016 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
October 29, 2016 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
October 30, 2016 Cabazon Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa

Box office score data

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Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue (USD)
Taco Bell Arena Boise 5,631 / 7,274 $261,604
Matthew Knight Arena Eugene 4,926 / 5,794 $294,844
Toyota Center Kennewick 4,687 / 5,528 $383,214
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman 5,032 / 5,032 $420,130
Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs 4,885 / 6,225 $276,276
Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Independence 4,996 / 6,385 $284,771
Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln 7,535 / 10,027 $524,921
JQH Arena Springfield 6,870 / 8,017 $505,754
INTRUST Bank Arena Wichita 7,841 / 10,153 $495,153
Tyson Events Center Sioux City 4,511 / 5,984 $281,261
Verizon Wireless Center Mankato 4,328 / 5,176 $279,445
AMSOIL Arena Duluth 5,157 / 5,883 $406,092
i wireless Center Moline 7,214 / 9,885 $505,480
La Crosse Center La Crosse 5,061 / 7,000 $247,782
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne 6,989 / 8,343 $495,864
Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids 7,259 / 9,222 $482,773
Dow Event Center Saginaw 4,287 / 5,484 $284,780
Resch Center Green Bay 6,265 / 7,420 $424,122
BMO Harris Bank Center Rockford 5,693 / 7,208 $395,872
Ervin J. Nutter Center Dayton 6,194 / 8,000 $453,729
Huntington Center Toledo 5,562 / 6,687 $359,271
Covelli Centre Youngstown 5,289 / 5,598 $472,700
Bryce Jordan Center University Park 4,530 / 6,005 $301,423
Erie Insurance Arena Erie 5,431 / 7,054 $279,264
Blue Cross Arena Rochester 5,677 / 7,172 $268,616
DCU Center Worcester 5,656 / 7,541 $445,487
Cross Insurance Arena Portland 4,888 / 6,436 $334,071
Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport 5,261 / 6,916 $366,856
Richmond Coliseum Richmond 6,407 / 8,368 $385,873
Big Sandy Superstore Arena Huntington 6,109 / 6,109 $607,645
Parque Fundidora Monterrey 17,511 / 36,015 $793,407
TOTAL 187,718 / 236,926 (80.1%) $12,424,982

Gross

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The tour grossed $15.4 million, with 233,262 tickets sold in 40 shows. [8][9]

Personnel

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Kiss

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Guest appearances

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References

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  1. ^ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 45.
  2. ^ "KISS at the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, IL". April 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Review: KISS, aptly excessive, brings Freedom to Rock tour to MKA". July 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rexall Place, Edmonton AB, July 12". April 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "KISS Brings Their Freedom to Rock Tour to Kennewick". April 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Kiss Kick Off 'Freedom to Rock' Tour: Set List and Videos". July 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Dellamarggio, Melina (July 7, 2016). "KISS Celebrate Fourth of July With Explosive Show in Arizona". Loudwire. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Pollstar – Login". www.pollstar.com. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Pollstar – Welcome to the New Pollstar!" (PDF). www.pollstarpro.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018.