Tour Book:

- Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, CA. June 15, 1996 -

The first show of the tour was more a warm up show for a special event (KROQ 4th Annual Weenie Roast), to check if everything on the technical side was working right, it did not go very smooth, Ace's smoking guitar effect did not work, his rockets missed their target and one flew over the heads of the audience, during '100,000 Years' the flamethrowers set some of the fireworks for the grand finale on fire sending it in all directions, the 'Firehouse' engine siren was also turned on in the wrong song.

- The Mark of the Quad Cities, Moline, IL, July 12, 1996 -

Paul got so entangled in his microphone cable he was forced to stand still while singing the final verse in fear of falling over.

- Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, July 16, 1996 -

Ace came down with a bronchial infection and his performance was reported "far below his standards, sloppy". The morning after when a local called DJ Mancow

criticized Ace, KISS's management called in to the radio station informing them about Ace's illness.

- Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, July 25, 26, 27, 28, 1996 -

KISS made history at Madison Square Garden, the place they dreamed of playing one day when they started. Paul was teary eyed and choked up during 'King Of The Night Time World' and Peter as well after 'Beth' after dedicating the song to his late mother with blue roses he gave away after the song.

- Sky Dome, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 6, 1996 -

In all their years of performing, the band had seen many items being thrown upon the stage, most of the time these were bra's or panties. But this time it was nothing they expected as a fan threw his prosthetic leg on the stage, Paul picked up the leg and signed it with a marker that got thrown up the stage as well, the rest of the band also signed the leg and returned it to it's owner!

- Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 24, 1996 -

Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer (who severed ties with KISS on August 16 as Mercury Records made clear in a press release) were in attendance, as well as Jay Leno,

who appeared backstage to tape several skits for his show.

- Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, August 31, 1996 -

The pyro at the end of 'Black Diamond' set the ceiling of the venue on fire, Gene announced that the band would be back after the fire had been put out,

eventually the show was put at a halt for 30 minutes.

- Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, NY, 1996 -

This was a special performance for the 1996 MTV Music Video Awards, this performance was made in a trade that MTV would air 'Week In Rock' showcasing the KISS Tiger Stadium show.

- Tupelo Coliseum, Tupelo, MS, September 13, 1996 -

KISS was a target for religious groups since the late 70's, in 1983 this flared up again and now since KISS was hot again in 1996, the religious groups were back with their protests. Before the Tupelo show conservative protesters staged a boycott of the concert. In response Paul announced during the show to the crowd:

"I know there are some people who didn't want us to come here. I want us to all pause in a moment of silence in prayer for these people. Dear God, please, in your infinite wisdom, keep us and protect us from the morons outside who don't know why we're here!"

A report indicated that the protesters offered $300,000 dollars to the band to cancel the show! The band itself made a gross of $278,459 from this show.

- Pan Am Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, October 26, 1996 -

A bald fan had covered his face and head in black and white makeup in a design so it looked like a Holstein cow instead of the popular KISS makeup designs! When his image was put up on the video screen before 'Detroit Rock City'and Ace noticed it, the band burst into such a unconstrained laughter that the show was briefly paused. This footage showed up briefly in The "Second Coming" home video, as seen here.

- Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, CA, October 31, 1996 -

While Paul was doing his cliché raps about the fine selection of women at the show, Peter did a double take when he looked at the video screen behind him and saw his daughter Jenilee in a extreme close up. Strangely enough, this also happened at the October 31 show AND the November 1 show!

- Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, November 10, 1996 -

Much to the amusement of the band (especially Gene), four female fans in the front row started making out with each other, one fan stripped down completely naked and threw her clothes on the stage. In return she was awarded with a KISS tie-dye thirt and Paul's smashed guitar. Paul's in-laws were at the show and he made sure they would not see this all happening on the video screen.

- Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, December 31, 1996 -

Portions of the show were used for a live broadcast on the 25th anniversary of 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'. KISS balloons were dropped during 'Rock And Roll All Nite'. Oddly enough, the part of Paul saying Happy New Years' Eve and the rest of 'Rock And Roll All Nite' was taped during the October 1, Atlanta, GA show.

- Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan, January 22, 1997 -

Because of a throat infection, Gene only sang lead vocals on the first verse of 'Deuce' but shared them on 'God Of Thunder' with Paul. Ace and Peter also sang some songs and 'Calling Dr. Love' and 'Watchin' You' were dropped from the set list.

- Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney, NSW, Australia, February 6, 1997 -

Ace and Paul were stranded mid-air for 10 minutes when their cherry-picker riser stopped working, a portion of the Marshall amp stacks were lowered and the cherry-picker could be swung around but Ace and Paul had to jump the eight remaining feet down to the stage floor but were not harmed.