The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Kiss. It began November 24, 1976 (shortly after the release of the Rock and Roll Over album) and ended April 4, 1977.

History On February 18, 1977, the band performed for the first time at Madison Square Garden – a venue all four members had long dreamed of playing. That night was also the Garden debut of opening act Sammy Hagar.

Kiss also performed in Japan for the first time on this tour. They played Budokan Hall four nights in a row, breaking an attendance record set by The Beatles. On December 12, 1976, Ace Frehley suffered a severe electrical shock on stage. The consequent delay lasted about fifteen minutes but Frehley resumed the show, despite having lost feeling in one of his hands. Inspired by the event, he wrote "Shock Me", which appeared on Kiss' next album, 1977's Love Gun. It is the first Kiss song on which he sings lead vocals.

This was the first tour on which "Beth" was performed. Instead of being played by the band, it was sung by drummer Peter Criss to a recording of the instrumental track from the Destroyer album.

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

Tour dates +List of 1976 concertsDateCityCountryVenueSupport act(s) November 24, 1976 Savannah United States Savannah Civic Center Graham Parker & The Rumour November 25, 1976 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum Jesse Bolt November 27, 1976 Raleigh J.S. Dorton Arena The Raisin Band November 28, 1976 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium Climax Blues Band November 30, 1976 Columbus Columbus Municipal Auditorium Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers December 2, 1976 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum Dr. Hook December 3, 1976 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum December 4, 1976 New Orleans New Orleans Municipal Auditorium Blackfoot December 5, 1976 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium December 7, 1976 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center Dr. Hook December 8, 1976 Macon Macon Coliseum Uriah Heep December 10, 1976 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum December 11, 1976 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium December 12, 1976 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center December 15, 1976 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium December 16, 1976 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial December 18, 1976 New Haven New Haven Coliseum December 19, 1976 Landover Capital Centre Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band December 21, 1976 Philadelphia The Spectrum December 27, 1976 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena Blackfoot December 28, 1976 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center Uriah Heep December 30, 1976 Augusta Augusta Civic Center Natural Gas

+List of 1977 concertsDateCityCountryVenueSupport act(s) January 1, 1977 Providence United States Providence Civic Center Uriah Heep January 5, 1977 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center January 6, 1977 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center January 7, 1977 Norman Lloyd Noble Center January 9, 1977 Wichita Levitt Arena January 10, 1977 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center January 11, 1977 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum January 13, 1977 Salt Lake City Salt Palace January 15, 1977 Denver McNichols Sports Arena January 17, 1977 Grand Forks UND Fieldhouse January 18, 1977 Duluth Duluth Arena-Auditorium January 20, 1977 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium January 21, 1977 Des Moines Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium January 22, 1977 Chicago Chicago Stadium January 24, 1977 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum January 25, 1977 Terre Haute Hulman Center January 27, 1977 Detroit Cobo Arena January 28, 1977 January 29, 1977 February 1, 1977 Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium February 2, 1977 February 3, 1977 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena February 4, 1977 Madison Dane County Expo Coliseum February 6, 1977 Bloomington Metropolitan Sports Center February 8, 1977 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium February 9, 1977 Kansas City Kemper Arena Head East February 10, 1977 Waterloo McElroy Auditorium The Dictators February 12, 1977 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center February 16, 1977 Hartford Hartford Civic Center Sammy Hagar February 18, 1977 New York City Madison Square Garden February 21, 1977 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum February 26, 1977 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center The Dictators February 27, 1977 Columbia Carolina Coliseum March 1, 1977 Asheville Asheville Civic Center March 3, 1977 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum March 5, 1977 Lexington Rupp Arena Legs Diamond March 6, 1977 Columbus St. John Arena March 7, 1977 Hampton Hampton Coliseum March 24, 1977 Osaka Japan Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan Bow Wow March 25, 1977 March 26, 1977 Kyoto Kyoto Kaikan March 28, 1977 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium March 29, 1977 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall March 30, 1977 Fukuoka Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium April 1, 1977 Tokyo Nippon Budokan April 2, 1977 April 4, 1977

Ace Frehley was nearly electrocuted, resulting in a 30-minute delay Kiss performed two shows on this day, one at 3pm and one at 7pm.

Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDateCityVenueAttendanceGrossNovember 24, 1976Savannah, United StatesSavannah Civic Center8,000 / 8,000$60,000December 2, 1976Memphis, United StatesMid-South Coliseum12,000 / 12,000$73,250December 11, 1976Pembroke Pines, United StatesHollywood Sportatorium12,943$91,323December 15, 1976Buffalo, United StatesBuffalo Memorial Auditorium12,182$75,274December 18, 1976New Haven, United StatesNew Haven Coliseum9,300$66,828January 9, 1977Wichita, United StatesLevitt Arena10,886 / 10,886$76,202January 20, 1977Lincoln, United StatesPershing Auditorium8,387 / 8,387$57,605January 21, 1977Des Moines, United StatesIowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium14,234 / 14,234$93,146February 1, 1977Milwaukee, United StatesMilwaukee Auditorium12,311 / 12,311$86,719February 2, 1977February 3, 1977Green Bay, United StatesBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena7,008 / 7,008$52,560February 4, 1977Madison, United StatesDane County Expo Coliseum10,050 / 10,050$75,375February 6, 1977Bloomington, United StatesMetropolitan Sports Center16,800 / 16,800$104,900February 8, 1977Omaha, United StatesOmaha Civic Auditorium12,000 / 12,000$78,000February 9, 1977Kansas City, United StatesKemper Arena14,794$103,558February 18, 1977New York City, United StatesMadison Square Garden19,600 / 19,600$145,000March 7, 1977Hampton, United StatesHampton Coliseum9,949$67,928

Personnel Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar Gene Simmons – vocals, bass Peter Criss – drums, vocals Ace Frehley – lead guitar, backing vocals

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