The Asylum Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss, in support of their thirteenth studio album, Asylum.

Background On April 3, 1986, the band was set to perform in the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, when a transformer ended up blowing out the lights two hours before the show, cancelling the performance that night and later rescheduled to April 12.

Tommy Thayer, a future member of Kiss, who was in Black 'n Blue at the time, had impressed Simmons when his band had opened for Kiss.

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

Reception Jerry Spangler, a reporter from the Deseret News who attended the Salt Palace performance, stated that the show was another typical Kiss show, criticizing how little there was regarding talent and excitement. He commented that when they take away the special effects, that Kiss was referred to as a dinosaur; concluding that the band should have closed their doors a long time ago, while also noting on the opening act W.A.S.P.'s performance in more paragraphs. Boyd Rogers, a reader who had attended the performance, later sent a response to the reporter to criticize him, and defending the band's performance, stating the number of people attending the concert; noting also on how short the paragraphs were regarding the band - suggesting that the reporter close his 'carnival doors'.

Set lists These are example set lists of what were performed during the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows.

1985 Set list "Detroit Rock City" "Fits Like a Glove" "Cold Gin" "Uh! All Night" (with Paul Stanley guitar solo) "War Machine" (with Eric Carr drum solo) "I Still Love You" "Under the Gun" (with Bruce Kulick guitar solo) "Tears Are Falling" "I Love It Loud" (with Gene Simmons bass solo) "Love Gun" "Rock and Roll All Nite" Encore "Heaven's on Fire" "Won't Get Fooled Again" "Lick It Up"

1986 Set list "Detroit Rock City" "Fits Like a Glove" "Creatures of the Night" "Cold Gin" (with Bruce Kulick guitar solo) "Uh! All Night" "War Machine" (with Eric Carr drum solo) "Love Gun" "I Still Love You" "I Love It Loud" (with Gene Simmons bass solo) "Heaven's on Fire" (with Paul Stanley guitar solo) "Rock and Roll All Nite" Encore "Tears Are Falling" "Lick It Up"

Tour dates + List of 1985 concerts Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s) November 29, 1985 Little Rock United States Barton Coliseum Black 'n Blue November 30, 1985 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium December 1, 1985 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum December 3, 1985 San Antonio HemisFair Arena December 4, 1985 Dallas Reunion Arena December 6, 1985 Lafayette Cajundome December 7, 1985 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum December 8, 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center December 11, 1985 Richfield Richfield Coliseum December 12, 1985 Louisville Freedom Hall December 13, 1985 Trotwood Hara Arena December 14, 1985 Detroit Cobo Arena December 16, 1985 New York City Madison Square Garden December 17, 1985 Philadelphia Spectrum December 19, 1985 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center December 20, 1985 Worcester Centrum in Worcester December 21, 1985 New Haven New Haven Coliseum December 22, 1985 Providence Providence Civic Center December 27, 1985 Columbia Carolina Coliseum December 28, 1985 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum December 29, 1985 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex December 30, 1985 Augusta Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center December 31, 1985 Atlanta Omni Coliseum

+ List of 1986 concerts Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s) January 3, 1986 Johnson City United States Freedom Hall Civic Center W.A.S.P. January 4, 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum January 7, 1986 Tampa USF Sun Dome January 8, 1986 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium January 9, 1986 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center January 10, 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum January 12, 1986 San Juan Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum January 14, 1986 Norfolk United States Norfolk Scope January 15, 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Center January 16, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena January 17, 1986 Chicago UIC Pavilion January 20, 1986 Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium January 21, 1986 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center January 22, 1986 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre January 23, 1986 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium January 24, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium January 25, 1986 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium February 2, 1986 Tucson McKale Center February 4, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace February 5, 1986 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium February 7, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center Black 'n Blue February 8, 1986 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion W.A.S.P. February 9, 1986 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum February 10, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena February 11, 1986 Inglewood The Forum February 13, 1986 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum February 14, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum February 17, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace February 19, 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena February 21, 1986 Norman Lloyd Noble Center February 22, 1986 Tulsa Expo Square Pavilion February 23, 1986 Waco Waco Convention Center February 24, 1986 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum February 26, 1986 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center February 27, 1986 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center February 28, 1986 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center March 1, 1986 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum March 2, 1986 New Orleans Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena March 5, 1986 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena King Kobra March 6, 1986 Saginaw Wendler Arena March 7, 1986 Port Huron McMorran Place March 8, 1986 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center March 9, 1986 Salina Bicentennial Center March 12, 1986 La Crosse La Crosse Center March 13, 1986 Duluth Duluth Arena March 14, 1986 Jamestown Jamestown Civic Center March 16, 1986 Des Moines Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium March 17, 1986 Sioux City Sioux City Municipal Auditorium March 18, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center March 20, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum March 21, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens March 22, 1986 Carbondale SIU Arena March 23, 1986 Terre Haute Hulman Center March 25, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium March 26, 1986 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena March 27, 1986 Erie Erie Civic Center March 28, 1986 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena March 29, 1986 Columbus Battelle Hall March 30, 1986 Hammond Hammond Civic Center April 1, 1986 Bethlehem Stabler Arena April 2, 1986 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium April 4, 1986 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center April 6, 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center April 7, 1986 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial April 8, 1986 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens April 10, 1986 Baltimore United States Baltimore Civic Center Blue Öyster Cult April 11, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena April 12, 1986 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena Kix

Paul Stanley dedicated the Tucson, Arizona concert at the McKale Center to the astronauts that were killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. The power went out in the middle of "Rock and Roll All Nite", ending the performance early. Local church groups protested the entire show due to its being scheduled on Easter Sunday. 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.

Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1986)CityVenueAttendanceGrossJanuary 8West Palm BeachAuditorium5,063 / 6,400$75,150January 16IndianapolisMarket Square Arena13,583 / 16,000$196,301January 20MilwaukeeMECCA Auditorium4,254 / 6,120$57,429January 21Saint PaulCivic Arena8,700 / 11,000$124,445January 23St. LouisKiel Auditorium5,949 / 10,532$75,677January 24OmahaCivic Auditorium6,426 / 8,000$85,746January 25Kansas CityKemper Arena6,922 / 9,000$96,908

Personnel Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar Gene Simmons – vocals, bass Eric Carr – drums, backing vocals Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals

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