Tour Dates

Month	Day	Time	City	Venue	On Sale
March	9	7:00 p.m.	Yokohama	Yokohama Arena	2/17
March	10	5:00 p.m.	Yokohama	Yokohama Arena	2/17
March	13	7:00 p.m.	Tokyo	Tokyo Dome	1/20
March	16	7:00 p.m.	Fukuoka	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	1/27
March	18	5:00 p.m.	Nagoya	Rainbow Hall	2/ 3
March	21	7:00 p.m.	Osaka	Osaka Castle Hall	1/28
March	22	7:00 p.m.	Osaka	Osaka Castle Hall	1/28

Ticket Information

Prices 9,500 yen (Section S) / 8,500 yen (Section A) (tax incl.)

The March 9th & 10th shows at Yokohama Arena

Promoter
Udo Yokohama	Call (045)664-6969

The March 13th show at Tokyo Dome

Promoter
Udo Artists	Call (03)3402-5999

The March 16th show at Fukuoka Kokusai Center

Promoter
Brains	Call (092)771-8121

The March 18th show at Rainbow Hall

Promoter
CBC (Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Co.,ltd.)	Call (052)241-8118

The March 21st & 22nd shows at Osaka Castle Hall

Promoter
Osaka Udo	Call (06)6341-4506

Late in December, 2000
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists informed Sound Mate members about KISS Japan tour. They sell tickets for the March 13th show at Tokyo Dome, the March 21st show at Osaka Castle Hall and the March 22nd show at Osaka Castle Hall. Sound Mate members can preorder tickets for these 3 shows on January 15th and 16th, 2001.

January 8th, 2001
The radio program "Maximum Power Rock Today" (Bay FM) accepted preorders for the Tokyo show. 3,000 tickets were prepared for it.

January 9th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists officially announced KISS Japan Tour on The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. Tickets for the Tokyo show go on sale Paul's birthday, January 20th!

January 10th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists had accepted preorders for the Tokyo show until January 17th on their web site.

January 12th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists had accepted preorders for the Fukuoka show until January 17th and preorders for the Osaka shows until January 24th on their web site.

January 14th, 2001
The radio program "Power Rock Today" (Bay FM) accepted preorders for the Tokyo show. 2,000 tickets were prepared for it.

January 15th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists had accepted preorders for the Tokyo and Osaka shows until January 16th. But it was for Sound Mate members only (Sound Mate is maganed by Udo Artists).

January 16th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists advertised KISS Japan tour in the sports newspapers. As far as I know, these newspapers published the big KISS advertisements. Nikkan Sports Houchi Shimbun Sankei Sports Sports Nippon Tokyo Chunichi Sports

January 17th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists advertised KISS Japan tour in The Asahi Shimbun newspaper evening edition. It was a full-page advertisement!

January 20th, 2001
Tickets for the Tokyo show went on sale.

January 27th, 2001
Tickets for the Fukuoka show went on sale. CBC accepted preorders for the Nagoya show from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

January 28th, 2001
Tickets for the Osaka shows went on sale.

January 31st, 2001
It was officially announced that Eric Singer replaced Peter Criss.

February 3rd, 2001
Tickets for the Nagoya show went on sale.

February 4th, 2001
The radio program "Power Rock Today" (Bay FM) had a plan to accept preorders for the additional Yokohama shows. But it was postponed for the reason of Peter's departure.

February 5th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists officially announced that Peter Criss had left KISS and Eric Singer replaced him on The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.

February 9th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists officially announced 2 additional shows (March 9th & 10th at Yokohama Arena) on The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists had accepted preorders for the Yokohama shows from February 9th until February 14th on their web site.

February 11th, 2001
The radio program "Power Rock Today" (Bay FM) accepted preorders for the Yokohama shows. 2,000 tickets (1,000 tickets per show) were prepared for it. All of the tickets for the March 10th show were sold out less than 40 minutes.

February 17th, 2001
Tickets for the Yokohama shows went on sale.

February 28th, 2001
The Japanese promoter, Udo Artists advertised 2 addtional Yokohama shows in The Asahi Shimbun newspaper evening edition. It was a full-page advertisement and a picture of Eric Singer with his cat make-up was available.

March 9th, 2001

KISS Japan Tour kicked off!! It was the 1st show in Japan and it was also the 1st show for Eric Singer to wear his make-up. Tickets were not sold out but it was really a great show!! Here is the setlist. Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < 1st encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You < 2nd encore > Rock And Roll All Nite These merchandise were available. Tour Jacket - 35,000 yen 5 kinds of T-shirts - 3,500 yen each No. 5 was "I WAS THERE" t-shirt for each city. Line Stone T-shirt - 4,000 yen Small T-shirt for women - 3,500 yen Baseball Cap - 3,000 yen Program (Tour Book) - 3,000 yen Poster - 1,000 yen GIBSON Strings Set includes Ace's guitar pick with Ace's autograph - 6,000 yen / only 36 pieces ... of course, I got it! Sticker - 500 yen Key Chain - 500 yen

March 10th, 2001

The 2nd Yokohama show I went to see them with my friend Mr. Know-It-All. Our seats were very close to the center stage so we could see Paul Stanley at intervals of only 5 meters. During Ace's guitar solo, his guitar shot bombs. He took shots at balls that were hanged from the ceiling but a bomb didn't hit a ball on the left side and it didn't burst. The setlist was the same as the 1st night. Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun Black Diamond [ intro ] I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < 1st encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You < 2nd encore > Rock And Roll All Nite

March 13th, 2001

The Tokyo show "KISSTORY I" & "KISSTORY II" were sold at Tokyo Dome. I didn't find them at Yokohama arena. I was going to buy a tour jacket on this day, but they were already sold out though I went to the merchandise counter at 5:20 p.m. (it was an hour and forty minutes before the show started). The merchandise counters were outside venue, so they were opened earlier on. The setlist was the same as the Yokohama shows. Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun Black Diamond [ intro ] I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < 1st encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You < 2nd encore > Rock And Roll All Nite

March 16th, 2001

The Fukuoka show "KISSTORY I" & "KISSTORY II" were also sold at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Key chains seemed to be sold out before the door opened (the merchandise counters were outside the venue). Paul didn't wear a helmet for "Firehouse" during this tour. Someone threw in a red helmet before "Firehouse" on this day. Paul picked up it and wear it for a short while. The setlist was the same as past shows. Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < 1st encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You < 2nd encore > Rock And Roll All Nite

March 18th, 2001

Few songs added in Nagoya GIBSON Strings Sets with Ace's autograph were sold at Rainbow Hall. I already got it at Yokohama Arena on March 9th but I had never seen them except the March 9th show. Paul hummed the famous Japanese song "Sukiyaki" before "Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll". After playing "Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll", he hummed it again and made an audience sing it. During Ace's guitar solo, he took shots at balls that were hanged from the ceiling. A bomb fell wide it on the left side but it burst. Paul said "Anata wa Saikou Circus" before "Psycho Circus". "Anata wa Saikou" is the Japanese language and it means "You are great". The pronunciation of "Saikou" is similar to the word "Psycho". Well, it's only his joke for the Japanese audience. The setlist was the same as past shows before an encore. But we had a big surprise after that. Paul hummed "Sukiyaki" just a little again and then Gene sang "La Bamba" a few phrases. After "I Was Made For Lovin' You", they played "Got To Choose" and "Parasite". I was very glad to hear them though they played both of them only one chorus. Furthermore they played "She" and "Makin' Love". They stopped playing "Makin' Love" just before the 2nd verse and began playing the last song "Rock And Roll All Nite". Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < encore > La Bamba [ vo. Gene Simmons / only a few phrases ] I Was Made For Lovin' You Got To Choose [ only 1 chorus ] Parasite [ only 1 chorus ] She Makin' Love [ only 1 chorus ] Rock And Roll All Nite

March 20th, 2001

The March 9th show was aired on the Japanese TV program. Rock City Station TV Kanagawa station (TVK) Air Time Mar. 20, 2001 25:30-26:00 A part of "Detroit Rock City", "Deuce" and "Shout It Out Loud" were aired. But the sound bored me because the recording was technically bad. I got bootleg videos of both Yokohama shows on the day following their last show in Japan. These are better than it though these were recorded by an amateur single camera.

March 21st, 2001

"Forever" added in Osaka New merchandise was available in Osaka. It was an Ace's photograph with Ace's autograph & Ace's guitar pick. But it seemed to be sold out immediately because it was not available on the next day (March 22nd). Ticket-collector women at Osaka Castle Hall wore each member's make-up. It was really cool! "Forever" was played during Paul's solo ("Forever" ~ "I Still Love You" ~ "Black Diamond (intro)"). Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun Forever I Still Love You [ only 1 chorus ] Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You Hotter Than Hell [ less than 1 chorus ] She [ only 1 chorus ] Parasite [ only 1 chorus ] Rock And Roll All Nite

March 22nd, 2001

The last show in Japan Ticket-collector women wore make-up on this day, too. 6 songs were played for the encore. All of them were played to the end. Detroit Rock City Deuce Shout It Out Loud Talk To Me I Love It Loud Firehouse Do You Love Me Calling Dr. Love Heaven's On Fire Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll Shock Me - Ace Frehley guitar solo - Psycho Circus Lick It Up - Gene Simmons bass solo - God Of Thunder - Eric Singer drum solo - God Of Thunder ( cont.) Cold Gin [ vo. 1st verse Gene, 2nd verse Ace ] 100,000 Years Love Gun I Still Love You [ intro ] I Want You [ intro ] I Still Love You ~ Forever ~ I Still Love You Black Diamond [ vo. Eric Singer ] < encore > I Was Made For Lovin' You Got To Choose Parasite She Makin' Love Rock And Roll All Nite As far as I know, these newspapers in Osaka reported the March 21st show. Nikkan Sports (with a black-and-white picture) Houchi Shimbun (with a black-and-white picture) Sports Nippon (with a black-and-white picture) Daily Sports (with a color picture)