Rock the Nation World Tour

Rock The Nation World Tour

Tour by Kiss
Start date	May 8, 2004
End date	August 17, 2004
Legs	2
No. of shows	59
Kiss concert chronology

Listen to this concert Rock the Nation World Tour or buy cd/DVDs of this concert on amazon The Rock The Nation World Tour was a concert tour by the hard rock group Kiss. ZO2 and Poison were the opening bands. The tour marked the return of Eric Singer on the drums, who once again replaced Peter Criss, whose contract was not renewed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. While attendance was not what the previous tour had been, it still averaged 8,900 on the American leg of the tour while grossing $20 million. Kiss would not tour in 2005 due to Paul Stanley's hip replacement.

During this tour, the setlist was not as 1970s-exclusive as it had been on their last few tours, as Kiss played songs that spanned their entire career. This also included performing a few selections from their non-makeup era, songs the band have generally shied away from playing since returning to wearing their make-up in 1996. After this tour, however, most of those songs would again be shelved and to date, with the exception of "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" and "Lick it Up", they have not reappeared. The band released a two-disc DVD of this tour.

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

The unique thing about Eric and I is that we are tried and true Kiss fans from day one. We've told each other stories about how we've seen Kiss performing back in the '70s and we were in our respective towns where we grew up, sitting in the front row and going crazy and watching this amazing band play. So we have that in our blood to begin with. With that in mind our ability to come in and be a part of this band is a very natural thing. It's in our blood and it's been inside of us for years. Since we did grow up with Kiss, for us to come in and be in this band now is a very natural transition. So coming from the place of being the guy who was there in 1974 watching Kiss play the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon, if somebody back then somebody told me in 20 or 30 years that I'd be that guy up on stage playing the guitar, I'd be the one up there in makeup and costumes, I'd never believed that something like that could have been possible.

Setlist

Australian Setlist

1. "Creatures of the Night"
2. "Deuce"
3. "I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll"
4. "I Love It Loud"
5. "Christine Sixteen"
6. "Tears Are Falling"
7. "War Machine"
8. "Lick It Up"
9. "Calling Dr. Love"
10. "I Want You"
11. "100,000 Years"
12. "Unholy"
13. "Shout It Out Loud"
14. "Love Gun"
15. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
16. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

17. "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
18. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Japanese Setlist

1. "Love Gun"
2. "Deuce"
3. "Makin' Love"
4. "Calling Dr. Love"
5. "C'mon and Love Me"
6. "Cold Gin"
7. "Got to Choose"
8. "War Machine"
9. "Lick It Up"
10. "Parasite"
11. "She"
12. "I Want You"
13. "I Love It Loud"
14. "100,000 Years"
15. "Unholy"
16. "Shout It Out Loud"
17. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
18. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

19. "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
20. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

• "Christine Sixteen", "Tears Are Falling" and "All the Way" only played, "Got to Choose", "Parasite" and "She" not played in Tokyo (1st night).

• "King of the Night Time World" and "Goin' Blind" only played, "C'mon and Love Me" and "Cold Gin" not played in Tokyo (1st night) and Kanazawa.

• "Love Her All I Can" only played in Tokyo (2nd night) and Kanazawa.

• "Lick It Up" not played in Tokyo (2nd night).

• "Calling Dr. Love" not played in Kanazawa.

North American Setlist

1. "Love Gun"
2. "Deuce"
3. "Makin' Love"
4. "Lick It Up"
5. "War Machine"
6. "Got to Choose"
7. "Christine Sixteen"
8. "I Want You"
9. "Psycho Circus"
10. "I Love It Loud"
11. "100,000 Years"
12. "Unholy"
13. "Shout It Out Loud"
14. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
15. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

16. "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
17. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Australia
May 8, 2004	Perth	Australia	WACA Ground
May 11, 2004	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
May 13, 2004	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
May 14, 2004
May 15, 2004			Palais Theatre
May 17, 2004	Sydney		Sydney Superdome
May 18, 2004			Enmore Theatre
May 20, 2004	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Asia
May 27, 2004	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
May 28, 2004
May 29, 2004
May 31, 2004	Osaka		Osaka Castle Hall
June 2, 2004	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
June 3, 2004	Kanazawa		Ishikawa Sangyo Hall
North America
June 10, 2004	Selma, Texas	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 11, 2004	Dallas, Texas		Smirnoff Music Centre
June 12, 2004	The Woodlands, Texas		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 15, 2004	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
June 16, 2004	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Journal Pavilion
June 18, 2004	Phoenix, Arizona		Cricket Pavilion
June 19, 2004	Irvine, California		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 20, 2004	Concord, California		Chronicle Pavilion
June 22, 2004	Ridgefield, Washington		The Amphitheatre at Clark County
June 26, 2004	Somerset, Wisconsin		Float Rite Park Amphitheatre
June 27, 2004	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 28, 2004	Maryland Heights, Missouri		UMB Bank Pavilion
June 30, 2004	Clarkston, Michigan		DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 2, 2004	Antioch, Tennessee		Starwood Amphitheatre
July 3, 2004	Noblesville, Indiana		Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 4, 2004	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 6, 2004	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
July 7, 2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Marcus Amphitheater
July 9, 2004	Tinley Park, Illinois		Tweeter Center
July 10, 2004	Columbus, Ohio		Germain Amphitheater
July 11, 2004	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Music Center
July 13, 2004	Camden, New Jersey		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 14, 2004	Darien, New York		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 16, 2004	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Tweeter Center
July 17, 2004	Atlantic City, New Jersey		Trump Taj Mahal
July 18, 2004	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hersheypark Stadium
July 20, 2004	Holmdel, New Jersey		PNC Bank Arts Center
July 21, 2004	Wantagh, New York		Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
July 23, 2004	Scranton, Pennsylvania		Ford Pavilion
July 24, 2004	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion
July 25, 2004	Virginia Beach, Virginia		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 27, 2004	Raleigh, North Carolina		Alltel Pavilion
July 28, 2004	Charlotte, North Carolina		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 30, 2004	West Palm Beach, Florida		Sound Advice Amphitheatre
August 3, 2004	Pelham, Alabama		Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 4, 2004	Atlanta, Georgia		HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
August 6, 2004	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena
August 7, 2004	New Orleans, Louisiana		New Orleans Arena
August 8, 2004	Little Rock, Arkansas		Alltel Arena
August 10, 2004	Bossier City, Louisiana		CenturyTel Center
August 12, 2004	Laredo, Texas		Laredo Entertainment Center
August 13, 2004	Hidalgo, Texas		Dodge Arena
August 14, 2004	Monterrey	Mexico	Arena Monterrey
August 15, 2004
August 17, 2004	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes

Cancelled shows

• May 21, 2004 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
• June 23, 2004 – Seattle, Washington – White River Amphitheatre
• July 31, 2004 – Tampa, Florida – Ford Amphitheatre
• August 1, 2004 – Pensacola, Florida – Pensacola Civic Center

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