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Kiss is currently on their Farewell Tour, which is expected to run for three years. Dubbed the End of the Road, the trek marks 19 years after Kiss staged their first farewell trip and according to the guys will be the last chance for fans to see this iconic rock band live.

“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who've filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years,” Kiss said in a statement accompanying the dates. “This will be the ultimate celebration for those who've seen us and a last chance for those who haven't. Kiss Army, we're saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we'll go out the same way we came in. ... Unapologetic and unstoppable.”

Full of explosive pyrotechnics and larger than life costumes and tongue wagging, the men of Kiss are truly going out with a bang! Donning platform heels, face makeup and plenty of fire power, here are just a few highlights from the exciting farewell tour.

The Setlist:

Comprised of the groups greatest hits, the set is 20-tracks long. The setlist also on average remains the same and features songs such as "Detroit Rock City," "Shout It Out Loud," "Say Yeah" and "Calling Dr. Love."

Check out the most recent setlist below:

The Encore:

The encore regularly features 4 songs and concludes the show with a tape of "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II."

The Covers:

With so many original hits, the band only does a snippet of The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" during a rendition of "Lick It Up."

The Stage Antics:

The stage is filled with fiery explosions, smoke machines and thunderous instrumental sets. Even more exciting though? Paul Stanley gliding across the amorous arena just a few feet above the crowd!

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The Fan Experience:

If you got some extra cash to spare, do the fan meet and greet! The band will take you up on the stage, hang out with you backstage and even let you try on some of their iconic gear.

As we wait for more dates to be announced, check out the remaining show stops in North America below!

Kiss, The End of the Road Farewell Tour Dates:

Apr. 11 – Tampa, FL@ Amalie Arena

Apr. 12 – Jacksonville, FL@ Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Apr. 13 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC

Aug. 6 – Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center

Aug. 8 – Charleston, NC @ North Charleston Coliseum

Aug. 10 –  Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion

Aug. 11 –  Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live

Aug. 13 –  Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

Aug. 14 –  Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

Aug. 16 –  Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

Aug. 17 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

Aug. 20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

Aug. 21 – Hershey, PA @ HersheyPark Stadium

Aug. 23 –  Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater

Aug. 24 – Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Aug. 27 – Syracuse, NY @ St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview

Aug. 29 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

Aug. 31 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center

Sept. 1 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Sept. 3 –  Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena

Sept. 5 –  Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena

Sept. 7 –  Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center

Sept. 8 –  San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center

Sept. 9 –  Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

Sept. 11 –  Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater

Sept. 12 –  Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

Sept. 14 – Salt Lake City @ USANA Amphitheatre

Sept. 16 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

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Kiss sets closing dates of farewell tour, including a NYC finale

Kiss will wheel out the makeup , pyro and platform boots one last time, as the band heads out next year for the final shows of its farewell tour.

The band has announced 40-plus North American shows to cap its End of the Road World Tour, including a July 2021 career closer in its home state New York. By the time it wraps, the tour will have played more than 180 concerts on five continents.

The newly announced Kiss dates have the band returning to 15 markets it's already hit on the farewell outing (full schedule below).

Tickets for the general public will go on sale Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. local time in most markets. A Kiss Army club presale will run from 10 a.m. Nov. 20 through 10 p.m. Nov. 21, while Citi credit card holders will have access to tickets from noon Nov. 20 through 10 p.m. Nov. 21.

The itinerary announced Thursday starts Feb. 1 in New Hampshire and wraps up with a pair of October shows in Texas.

And Kiss has already declared that it will officially conclude its career with a July 17, 2021, performance in New York City, where Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss formed the band that became one of the ‘70s best-selling acts and an enduring rock-merchandising machine.

The End of the Road World Tour kicked off in Vancouver, British Columbia, in January, introducing a new high-tech production to go with old Kiss stage gimmicks and a greatest-hits set list. Simmons and Stanley are joined by drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer, part of the band lineup since the mid-2000s.

This isn't the first time Kiss has toured under the guise of a goodbye – the band staged a farewell tour nearly two decades ago – but this one seems to be the real deal. By the time July 2021 arrives, Simmons will be 71 and Stanley will be 69.

"We’re wearing 30 to 40 pounds of gear, running around and making it look easy," Stanley told the Detroit Free Press this spring. "It's fun, but we also realize we can’t do it forever."

Kiss final concert dates, End of the Road World Tour

(Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. local time Nov. 22 except where noted.)

Feb. 1 Manchester, N.H., SNHU Arena

Feb. 4 Allentown, Pa., PPL Center

Feb. 5 Buffalo, N.Y., KeyBank Center

Feb. 7 Charlottesville, Va., John Paul Jones Arena

Feb. 8 Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum Complex (on sale noon Nov. 22)

Feb. 11 Columbia, S.C., Colonial Life Arena (on sale noon Nov. 22)

Feb. 13 Lexington, Ky., Rupp Arena

Feb. 15 Peoria, Ill., Peoria Civic Center

Feb. 16 Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Feb. 18 Springfield, Mo., JQH Arena

Feb. 19 Wichita, Kan., INTRUST Bank Arena

Feb. 21 Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Center

Feb. 22 Grand Forks, N.D., Alerus Center

Feb. 24 St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center (on sale 9 a.m. Nov. 22)

Feb. 25 Lincoln, Neb., Pinnacle Bank Arena (on sale 9 a.m. Nov. 22)

Feb. 29 Laughlin, Nev., Laughlin Event Center

March 2 Bakersfield, Calif., Mechanics Bank Arena

March 4 Los Angeles, Staples Center

March 6 Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena

March 9 El Paso, Texas, UTEP Don Haskins Center

March 10 Lubbock, Texas, United Supermarkets Arena

March 12 Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center

March 14 Lafayette, La., Lafayette Cajundome

March 15 Biloxi, Miss., Mississippi Coast Coliseum

Aug. 28 Burgettstown, Pa., KeyBank Pavilion

Aug. 29 Atlantic City, N.J., Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall

Aug. 31  Canandaigua, N.Y., Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center

Sept. 3 Bangor, Maine, Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion

Sept. 4 Mansfield, Mass., Xfinity Center

Sept. 5 Hartford, Conn., XFINITY Theatre

Sept. 8 Atlanta, Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood

Sept. 9 Raleigh, N.C., Coastal Credit Union Music Park (on sale noon Nov. 22)

Sept. 11 Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre

Sept. 12 Tinley Park, Ill., Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Sept. 14 Dayton, Ohio, Wright State University Nutter Center

Sept. 15 Milwaukee, American Family Insurance Amphitheater

Sept. 19 George, Wash., Gorge Amphitheatre

Sept. 20 Ridgefield, Wash., Sunlight Supply Amphitheater

Sept. 22 Boise, Idaho, ExtraMile Arena

Sept. 24 Salt Lake City, USANA Amphitheatre

Sept. 27 Chula Vista, Calif., North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sept. 29 Phoenix, Ak-Chin Pavilion

Oct. 1 Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater

Oct. 2 Fort Worth, Texas, Dickies Arena

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KISS Announce Farewell Tour

KISS have announced that their upcoming End of the Road: World Tour will officially be their farewell tour. The news came at the end of their performance on the season 13 finale of America's Got Talent . They played "Detroit Rock City."

"This is gonna be our last tour," said Paul Stanley . "It will be the most explosive, biggest show we've ever done. People who love us, come see us. If you've never seen us, this is the time. This will be the show."

The band's website says, "More details coming soon." There are currently options to sign up for pre-sale access and being the first to know when more information is available. You can watch the band's performance and announcement below.

Gene Simmons revealed that KISS were planning a three-year tour earlier this year . “It will be a three year-long tour, starting in January 2019,” the KISS co-founder told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “It will be our most spectacular tour ever. We will go to all continents, though exactly where I can’t tell you now.”

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Members of KISS perform in Vancouver, Canada, for the band's "One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour" in Jan. 2019. Keith Leroux/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Members of KISS perform in Vancouver, Canada, for the band's "One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour" in Jan. 2019.

After nearly 50 years, KISS is saying goodbye to touring. The over-the-top purveyors of heavy metal have embarked on a year-long finale tour titled "One Last KISS: End of the Road World Tour." The 105-stop tour spans North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and will encapsulate KISS' larger-than-life show for the last time.

Before his storied rock rise, KISS' lead singer Paul Stanley recalls being a New York cab driver and driving people to Madison Square Garden to see Elvis. He remembers telling himself that night, "One of these days, people are going to be driving here to see me."

Stanley formed KISS in 1973 along with bassist and back-up vocalist Gene Simmons. Inspired by glam rock, the band was determined to make its performances into an all-encompassing experience.

"As a rock fan I had gone to see bands who oftentimes made you think they were doing you a favor by showing up when I just paid them," Stanley says. "I think there was a lot of apathy onstage in a sense of complacency."

Even if you're not an avid fan of KISS, you can probably conjure up a mental picture of the group: Black and white face paint, performative alter-egos, space suits and platform boots performing on spectacular sets. "We wanted to create iconic images. We wanted to be larger than life." Stanley says.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the "End of the World Tour" in Jan. 2019. Keith Leroux/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the "End of the World Tour" in Jan. 2019.

As a withdrawn child who grew up with an ear condition called microtia, Stanley liked the idea of figures like Zorro or the Lone Ranger, who could be heroic but still keep a sense of anonymity by wearing masks. That idea, paired with his love of music helped transport Stanley to another place. "If you take a shy, chubby kid who is not very popular and put him behind makeup and give him a strong enough persona, that can get you pretty far," he says.

After decades of making music, breaking up, reuniting and yes, touring, at 67, Stanley says the guys are ready to say farewell to touring after this year. "There is a finite quality to life. The physical wear and tear of what we do is enormous," he explains. "If I was out there in a T-shirt and jeans I could do this into my 90s but I'm carrying around 30, 40 pounds of gear and making it look easy."

Stanley and his bandmates have celebrated more highs and lows than they could've imagined as kids when they were just starting out in their parents' apartments. "It's been a long road, and at times it hasn't been fun, but we've always understood the value of each other," he says.

Stanley spoke with NPR's David Greene about his childhood, gaining confidence as a performer and deciding to stop touring. Hear their conversation at the audio link.

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Of the band’s new stage design, Paul Stanley said. “If the tour is anything like this stage, it’s totally sweet. We always try to raise the bar.”

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KISS’ social and digital media guru Keith Leroux has shared a behind-the-scenes video look at the band’s End Of The Road stage, which you can check out above.  The video was shot in Vancouver as the band’s crew prepare for the tour’s first show in Vancouver, Canada.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently said about the End Of The Road tour and stage production: “People say is this bittersweet? No. If the tour is anything like this stage, it’s totally sweet. We always try to raise the bar — that’s just for us — but when other bands would see us, they would feel they had to up their game. Let me tell you something: everybody better start working out, because we’re upping the game that much more. This is absolutely mind-bogglingly good. It’s totally KISS. And I’ll be looking for you on the End Of The Road tour.”

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer told Australia’s Hysteria Magazine that the group’s farewell tour will be “the biggest” one the band has ever done “in terms of production.” It will be “a whole new thing for KISS,” the guitarist said. “It’s just gonna be the bombastic show KISS has always been famed for.”

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In September, KISS announced their End Of The Road farewell tour on NBC’s America’s Got Talent , and a month later, the band revealed the first set of dates and cities in North America, produced by Live Nation. International markets were announced simultaneously.

The first North American leg of KISS’ End Of The Road will launch tonight, 31 January in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena and will hit an additional 43 cities.

“One thing for sure is that this is the last tour,” Stanley told Billboard . “What goes beyond that is really hard to say. The tour may go three years, but once we play your city, it is done. That is our big thank you.”

The line-up features the current version of the band — Stanley, Thayer, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer. But Paul Stanley has hinted that former members like Ace Frehley and Peter Criss could make appearances.

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January 31, 2019 at 12:57 pm

Any posibility of adding a date in Puerto Rico?

We love you guys and we are a KISS island.

January 31, 2019 at 3:27 pm

I was a fan when you first started, but today, I wouldn’t cross the street to see you if someone gave me a ticket. The way you’ve treated Ace Frehley (Peter too) is disgusting. Not to mention that you’re a shell of your former selves and the magic has been gone for decades. Just glad I got to see you when you were great … at least I have the memories.

February 1, 2019 at 2:03 am

So true Scott. These guys have done some great shows in Vancouver. Last one I saw was the New Years 99/00 and it was entertaining but the writing was on the wall. The best they sounded was ’92 and the best they looked was ’96. I was too young for the 70’s shows unfortunately!

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Kiss Announce First Wave of ‘End of the Road’ Farewell Tour Dates

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Kiss  announced the first wave of dates for the band’s “End of the Road” farewell tour , a worldwide trek that kicks off in 2019. The opening North American stretch begins January 31st in Vancouver, British Columbia and hits over 40 arenas across the U.S. and Canada – including stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ the Forum – before the maiden leg of the farewell trek concludes April 13th in Birmingham, Alabama.

“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years,” Kiss said in a statement.

“This will be the ultimate celebration for those who’ve seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we’re saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in… Unapologetic and Unstoppable.”

Tickets for the End of the Road Tour go on sale to the Kiss Army starting October 31st, with a general on-sale to follow on November 2nd.

Kiss Tour Dates

January 31 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena February 1 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center February 2 – Tacoma, WA @Tacoma Dome February 4 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena February 7 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena February 8 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center February 9 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center February 12 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center February 13 – Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena February 15 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena February 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum February 19 – Corpus Christi, TX @ American Bank Center February 20 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center February 22 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center February 23 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum February 26 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake February 27 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center March 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum March 2 – Chicago, IL @ United Center March 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center March 6 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center March 7 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center March 9 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena March 10 – Moline, IL @ Mark of the Quad Cites March 12 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center March 13 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena March 16 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena March 17 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena March 19 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre March 20 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre March 22 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum March 23 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena March 26 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden March 27 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden March 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center March 30 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena April 2 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre April 3 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre April 6 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena April 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena April 9 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena April 11 – Tampa, FL@ Amalie Arena April 12 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena April 13 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC

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KISS Announce 'Final Shows Ever' in New York City — Where the Iconic Rock Band Was 'Born'

The rock and roll band will conclude The End of the Road Tour at Madison Square Garden

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KISS has been together for over four decades, but the iconic band's final days on the road are near.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers announced that their string of farewell concerts, The End of the Road Tour, will recommence in October and conclude in December — with two dates at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 1 and 2.

The band chose N.Y.C. for its "final shows ever," per a press release, in honor of their roots, as they first joined together as a group in the city in the 1970s.

"KISS was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago," the band shared in a press statement. "It will be a privilege and an honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden, 10 blocks and 50 years from where we first started."

The final leg of the tour will span 18 cities across North America, with tickets going on presale starting on March 6 and a general sale on March 10.

The End of the Road Tour began in 2019, but was put on pause due to the pandemic. However, the final tour may not be the end for KISS' time onstage together, as the band members have expressed that despite retiring from touring, they may still be open to one-off concerts, festivals or a Las Vegas residency.

During a July 2022 interview with Chaoszine , singer and bassist Gene Simmons shared that the band was enjoying touring so much — then on the second European leg of the tour — that they wanted to add "another 100 cities."

On when they will retire, Simmons, 73, said, "We don't know. We've never retired before. This is our first time. It's like painting a painting or writing a book. When somebody says, 'When is it gonna be finished?' You're in the middle of it; you don't know."

Simmons shared the band — which also includes members Paul Stanley , Eric Singer and Tommy Thaye — were "happy" to keep going.

"The crew is happy. Everybody's happy," he said at the time. "So we've decided to add another 100 cities before we stop. I don't know how long that's gonna take."

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Since the End of the Road World Tour's launch in January 2019, KISS has played concerts across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia.

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KISS Announce Their “Absolute Final Shows” on Farewell Tour [Updated]

The post KISS Announce Their “Absolute Final Shows” on Farewell Tour [Updated] appeared first on Consequence .

KISS have announced their “absolute final shows,” concluding their long-running farewell tour.

The fall North American trek kicks off October 29th in Austin, Texas, and ends with a two-night stand on December 1st and 2nd at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Tickets for sold-out shows or preferred seats can be purchased via StubHub — where your order is 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.

Update – March 30th: KISS have added four new dates to the beginning of the North American tour: Detroit (October 20th), Nashville (October 23rd), St. Louis (October 25th) and Ft. Worth (October 27th). Tickets for these shows go on sale to the general public on April 7th via Ticketmaster , with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning April 6th.

Remarked KISS in a press release: “KISS was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago. It will be a privilege and honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden, 10 blocks and 50 years from where we first started.”

The “End of the Road Tour” launched back in January 2019 and was billed as KISS’ final jaunt, though the band has said that before (i.e. the 2000-2001 “Farewell Tour,” the last to feature guitarist Ace Frehley).

In July 2022, Gene Simmons had said that KISS were adding 100 more cities to the current farewell outing. Between the band’s upcoming South American and UK/European dates, along with the newly announced North American leg, there are 50 remaining shows on the tour as of now. According to the poster below, it appears that these are the last 50 dates ever.

During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show this morning, the band affirmed that this is truly the end, with Paul Stanley saying, “Yes, this is the end … we’re giving it everything we have.”

While the current iteration of KISS featuring Simmons and Stanley might be hanging up their instruments come December, Simmons insinuated that some form of KISS could continue with “four deserving 20-year-olds sticking the makeup back on.”

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You can see the full list of KISS’ final tour dates below, followed by their appearance on The Howard Stern Show . Get tickets via StubHub .

KISS’ Fall 2023 North American Tour Dates: 10/20 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 10/23 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 10/25 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center 10/27 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena 10/29 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center 11/01 – Palm Springs, CA @ Acrisure Arena 11/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl 11/06 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 11/08 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 11/10 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place 11/12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome 11/13 – Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre 11/15 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre 11/18 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell 11/19 – Quebec, QC @ ideotron Centre 11/21 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre 11/22 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 11/24 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson–Boling Arena 11/25 – Indianapolis. IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11/27 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena 11/29 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 12/01 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 12/02 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

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Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney In their final Australian tour, Kiss bring bombast and pyrotechnics to the masses with incredible costumes, fake blood and huge heels

F rom the moment they first graced a club stage in 1973, envisioning themselves as the star children of Alice Cooper, the Beatles and the New York Dolls, Kiss have introduced themselves as “The Hottest Band In The Woooooorrrrld!” even when no one had ever heard their name. Never has anyone better worn the adage: dress for the job you want, not the one you have.

“You wanted the best, you got the best!” booms a voice over the PA, and over the heads of 20,000 fans gathered at the stadium hosting the Sydney leg of the band’s End of the Road tour – an allegedly final string of shows that began in 2019 before being endlessly interrupted by Covid. Down comes a huge, black Kiss-emblazoned curtain as pyrotechnics erupt, fireballs shoot towards the ceiling and four grown men in shiny black and silver clown costumes stomp out in unison to the opening riff of Detroit Rock City. Paul Stanley wails triumphantly, “I feel alright/On a Saturday night!” and we do too, already beaming at the unfettered rock’n’roll theatre of the absurd that is Kiss. (Detroit Rock City is about a young fan dying in a car wreck in his haste to get to a Kiss concert – which seems a huge bummer of a way to start a show, but as with all things Kiss, you just don’t think too hard about it.)

Few bands have been as critically maligned as Kiss over their career, and no band has single-handedly done more to prove music critics redundant than they have, striding – perhaps a little more slowly than their younger selves – around the stage in front of a packed arena a full 50 years after they formed. They have always viewed critics as losers and critique as pointless. And, they are right: attempting to police what people enjoy is the last bastion of the bitter and defeated, of the self-deluded and the lame. The only thing Kiss cares about (apart from making more money, about which they care most) is their lifelong army of fans: the ever faithful Knights In Satan’s Service . And for them, they will deliver nothing but wall-to-wall hits for two straight hours at a volume beyond deafening.

On top of their hilarious , ridiculous and ingenious attention-seeking gimmicks, Kiss also has more than a few songs that are legitimately canon-great, and they still sound fantastic singing them. Gene Simmons turned 73 on this tour, so word is that this truly is the last dance for Kiss – and never in such a short span of time have I amassed more respect for our elders than during this gig and its feats of physical endurance. Will holographic versions of Kiss tour in the future and into eternity, playing to no one in the decaying ruins of casinos surrounded by dust? Yes . But it will never be the same as this.

Their shows are, by and large, family-friendly entertainment (catering to the very lucrative kids market). The songs Kiss wrote that could be interpreted as encouraging naughty behaviour tonight come down to just a few: Cold Gin, a stone classic written by Ace Frehley, who was kicked out of the band for indulging in substances that the famously teetotal Simmons could not abide (but who sings this song with the conviction of a true lush); Lick It Up, which is not about ice-cream; and Love Gun, which is not about a water pistol. Best not tell that to the numerous kids visible around the arena, up on shoulders and singing the choruses at the top of their tiny, innocent lungs.

Simmons’ adolescent proclivities remain vitality alive as he breathes fire and lurches on 7-inch platform heels, while baking inside 20kg of stage costume. He unfurls his enormous tongue to spill about a litre of (absolutely real) blood down his front while rising on a platform above the stage to holler out the ludicrously righteous God of Thunder, engulfed in dry ice. He duels face-to-face with guitarist Tommy Thayer during Deuce, twice reaching across between the pair to grab Thayer by the manhood, in some kind of very public hazing ritual that he notably avoids with Stanley.

Paul Stanley! He bestows a kiss on his magnificent 70-year-old biceps, displaying himself as a proud graduate of the Iggy Pop school of insanely ripped older rock dudes. He shimmies his still-slender hips with effortless brio and slings his guitar behind his head to play a solo. He steps one foot into a hoop on a kind of flying fox and is winched up above the crowd, singing as he goes, until being deposited on a stage at the other end of the arena floor. Is this all somehow … arousing? Look, we’re all three sheets to the wind here. Not one octave has been shaved off his vocal range, as he hits the high notes on I Was Made For Loving You : an irresistibly danceable disco-rock track Kiss wrote in a moment when it looked liked disco might unseat hard rock as the dominant pop genre of the late 70s. It’s now a song that has proven itself with the same longevity as the men who wrote it.

Though it is difficult to wrest the spotlight away from the antics of the two original septuagenarian frontmen, the other half of the band are allowed their moments to shine with extended guitar and drum solos, during which the frontmen duck backstage, presumably to lie for a few minutes in a hyperbaric chamber while being fanned by giant palm fronds. Eric Singer takes the stage to play a sparkling silver piano while singing Beth, the sweet sentiment of which only the most stone-hearted cynic could deny. (Kiss began the “ metal band with heartfelt ballad ” genre rule with this song.)

Kiss were fighting for our right to party (every day) when the Beastie Boys were still in primary school. To look around the crowd at this Corporate(™) Arena, is to see people wantonly basking in pure adoration. It is beers held aloft and very bad singing. It is fist pumping and cheering at explosions. It is standing under a shower of red and white confetti as the crowd is led through the chorus of the show’s closer, Rock and Roll All Nite. It’s no more Mondays sitting at your desk all day tabbing through spreadsheets, or prepping in the kitchen giving your wrist RSI. It is unabashed braggadocio and rockstar fantasies laced with unexpected vulnerability. Kiss is the part of us that sometimes needs to disengage from the exhausting realities of the world; the part that lets us reconnect with hedonistic pleasures that exist only to be enjoyed. For me, Kiss is about simply being very alive in glorious moments as they pass through us. It is all of that, at least for two magnificent hours.

This article was amended on 30 & 31 August 2022. An earlier version mistakenly referred to the late Eric Carr instead of Eric Singer and misspelled Ace Frehley’s surname.

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KISS Is Saying Goodbye (For Real). Here’s Who You’ll See on the Farewell Tour.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group, which began its final tour back all the way back in 2019, is calling it quits this December at Madison Square Garden.

The group—co-founded by guitarist and vocalist Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons and originally featuring drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley—is known for its iconic black and white face paint and theatric live performances. Some of its most successful songs on the Billboard charts include “Beth,” “Rock And Roll All Nite,” “Shout It Out Loud,” and “Calling Dr. Love.”

“Yes, this is the end,” Stanley said Wednesday in an interview on SiriusXM’s Howard Stern Show . “When you come to see the show, it’s awesome. It’s the most high-tech show out there and yet is clearly a kick– rock ’n’ roll show. ...It’s everything KISS, just amped up and ramped up.”

Who Will Be On This Tour?

During the band’s tenure, several musicians have taken the KISS stage such as drummer Eric Carr and guitarist Bruce Kulick. The farewell tour will feature Stanley and Simmons, the only remaining original members of KISS, with drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer completing the lineup .

After Carr died of cancer in 1991 at age 41 while the group was recording its Revenge album, Singer stepped in to complete it. In 2001, Singer again filled in , this time for Criss, and donned the band’s “Catman” persona on a tour through Japan and Australia. He returned to the drums in 2004 after Criss left the band for good.

Thayer made his first official appearance as the band’s guitarist in 2002 but had previously co-written songs for the group and oversaw return preparations for Frehley and Criss ahead of a 1996 reunion tour.

What Are the Tour Details?

After an extensive summer swing throughout Europe, with stops in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy, the group begins its North American leg in Austin, Texas, on October 29. Presale tickets will be available March 6, and general sales begin March 10.

The band will play 19 shows across the United States and Canada, including a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on November 3. Other stops include Seattle, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Indianapolis, and Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Madison Square Garden shows will bring the band’s touring career to a close, 50 years after its debut just down the road in Queens.

KISS Has Been Performing That Long?

KISS took the stage for the first time in New York City on January 30, 1973, at the Popcorn club, which later became known as The Coventry. In a 2023 interview posted to the band’s official site , Simmons said the group did two sets that evening for a crowd of around 10 people. He and his bandmates didn’t have an agent or a manager at the time, but Simmons succeeded in booking a three-night gig for a $150 paycheck total.

The band began its first North American tour in Edmonton, Alberta, on February 5, 1974, as an opening act. Its first national television appearance, on ABC’s In Concert , aired a few weeks later on March 29.

KISS would go on to perform all over the world , including stops in 26 countries during a reunion tour with Criss and Frehley that began in 1996. The band also performed at the pregame show for Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 and the closing ceremony for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Is This Really It?

It sounds like it. Simmons told Stern on Wednesday he’s sure he’ll “cry like a 9-year-old girl whose foot’s being stepped on” during the final performance.

The band actually kicked off this final tour in 2019 and, according to Rolling Stone , already tried to schedule one farewell show at Madison Square Garden on July 17, 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the group to delay dates. Simmons and Stanley were diagnosed with breakthrough cases in August 2021. The band’s guitar tech, Francis Stueber, died of the virus weeks later in October.

“Some people have kind of snickered and said, ‘This End of the Road tour has gone on for years,’” Stanley added Wednesday . “Yeah, we lost two and a half years to COVID. We would have been done already.”

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The "End of the Road World Tour" will wrap in New York City on July 21st, 2021

KISS are in the midst of their “End of the Road World Tour” , and the legendary band just revealed when and where the final date of the farewell trek will take place. During a performance on their current KISS Kruise, the band announced that the tour’s last concert will occur in New York City on July 21st, 2021.

The KISS Cruise set sail October 30th from Miami, Florida. According to Ultimate Classic Rock , while KISS were onstage during their indoor performance on Saturday night (November 2nd), singer-guitarist Paul Stanley told the crowd, “We’ve been on the ‘End of the Road Tour’, and people have said, ‘When is the last show?’ So, we’re here to tell you that the end of the road comes to an end on July 21st, 2021, in New York City.”

A giant countdown clock also appeared behind the band, confirming the July 21st, 2021, date. Additionally, KISS disclosed that they would be adding 90 new tour dates to its current itinerary.

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KISS’ “End of the Road World Tour” kicked off on January 31st, 2018, in Vancouver, Canada, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act playing a 20-song career-spanning setlist. Heavy Consequence caught the second night of the tour in Portland, Oregon, and you can check out our review and photo gallery .

As of now, once the KISS Kruise wraps up tomorrow (November 4th), the “End of the Road World Tour” is set to resume with shows in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan starting in the middle of this month. One of the gigs will take place off coast of Port Lincoln, Australia, where the band will play a concert for great white sharks .

So far, the band has a handful of 2020 headlining and festival gigs booked, as well. See their current itinerary , and pick up tickets here .

UPDATE: While on the cruise, KISS unveiled more than 70 new dates for their “End of the Road Tour”. See their updated itinerary .

UPDATE 11/14: KISS have unveiled the venues for their 2020 shows, but have canceled their 2019 Australia tour. See the updated itinerary below, and the full story here .

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Paul Stanley went into the End of the Road Tour promising not just a celebration but "the biggest party ever,"  telling azcentral.com, "There’s nothing somber about it. There’s nothing bittersweet. It’s all sweet. It’s an awesome, awesome time for the band and an awesome time to celebrate."

And that's exactly what their farewell tour delivered Wednesday night in Glendale — a celebration of Kiss' peculiar brand of showmanship that touched on many of their greatest hits — both musical and visual. 

Gene Simmons drooled blood and breathed fire. Tommy Thayer shot sparks from the neck of his guitar like Ace Frehley, the founding Kiss member whose onstage persona he's adopted. 

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A voice shouted "You wanted the best, you got the best — the hottest band in the world, Kiss!!!," an introduction that's been shouted for so many years that there are fans in the audience who shout right along.

There was pyro-galore. 

And Paul Stanley cemented his standing as rock-and-roll's loopiest master of ceremonies. His between-song banter is the stuff of legends, and he did not disappoint on that front.

"I want you know something," he shouted two or three songs into the performance. "Things have changed since we were here last. You're looking at a band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!"

As cheers erupted, Stanley said, "Now, it's no secret that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hates Kiss. But they had to listen to you. Thank you, Glendale, for standing up for rock and roll!"

And with that, it was back to the rock and roll punctuated by crowd-pleasing speeches that only added to the show's momentum.

At one point, Stanley rode a zipline to a high stage at the back of the arena, singing "Love Gun" while facing his bandmates on the main stage. 

"This is a cool place to be," he shouted when the song was through, "because I can see Kiss!" 

The Kiss he’s seeing is, of course, a very different animal than the one people saw on the concerts they captured on 1975’s “Alive!”

Although they did enjoy a very lucrative reunion tour in 1996 and stay on for the “Psycho Circus” tour and album, founding drummer Peter Criss and Frehley are no longer in the picture.   

But this lineup – with Thayer and drummer Eric Singer – has been steady since Criss' departure in 2004, which means a lot of people in the audience on Kiss' farewell tour have only seen this lineup. And they definitely do their best to do the music justice.

Thayer's Frehley-esque leads were just flawless enough. And Singer's solo left no doubt that he can handle Criss' parts.

He even handled Criss' vocal parts on "Beth," rising up from beneath the stage to start the encore while accompanying himself on piano. It was sweet. 

Many Stanley speeches earlier, Kiss made their entrance dropping to the stage on individual platforms while rocking their way through the opening riff of "Detroit Rock City," the same song that served as their opening number on 1977's double-platinum calling card, "Alive II."

They stuck with the '70s classics for "Shout It Loud" and "Deuce" before bringing it back to the 21st century with a track from 2009's "Sonic Boom," "Say Yeah."

And from that point out, they touched on several different eras, providing much more of an overview than Elton John's farewell tour while returning often to the early days, including no fewer than five songs from "Destroyer" and four from their debut. 

There's been a lot of talk these past few weeks on social media accusing Kiss of sweetening the mix with piped-in vocal tracks. But if they are, it wasn't obvious enough to call attention to itself. 

There are fans out there comparing video from different tour stops like some rock-and-roll Zapruder film.

But in the moment? It just felt like watching Kiss. 

Is this really the End of the Road? It's not their first farewell tour, after all. And when we spoke to Stanley, he said it's too early to say what they'll do at the end of the End of the Road. 

"Quite honestly," he said, "I can’t imagine me ever having attached to my name, ‘formerly of Kiss.' " 

But if this is truly goodbye? You can't say they didn't go out with a bang. 

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It’s good news and bad news for Van Halen fans. David Lee Roth has been announced as the opening act for the apparent final months of KISS ‘ farewell tour, with dates from February through October of 2020. That puts a nail in the coffin of whatever dim hopes fans might still have harbored for a Van Halen group resumption, but it does mean that Roth, who hasn’t toured as a solo artist since 2006, does not intend to sit on his hands, or go back to being a paramedic.

KISS reps are declaring that these dates really are getting close to the end of the road for the long-running “End of the Road Tour,” which will “officially come to a close” on July 17, 2021 at “a New York location yet to be named.” The concerts announced Tuesday only run through Oct. 2, 2020, so it’s unclear whether there’ll be tread left on the tires for another run of shows in 2021 before the planed NYC swan song. The announcement does refer to the fall 2020 shows as “the last leg” of the farewell tour.

Roth and KISS go back quite a ways, together. In 1976, Gene Simmons produced Van Halen’s demo tape after being taken to see the group at Gazzarri’s in West Hollywood by DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, although KISS’ management at the time passed on signing the group.

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After being separated since the mid-’80s, Roth reunited with Van Halen for a tour in 2007 and a new studio album in 2012. The group last toured in 2015, with rumors swelling since then about possible future gigs and why those might or might not come to be, with diminishing hopes in the last year for any future activity with Roth and the band. “I think Van Halen’s finished,” Roth told WRIF “Meltdown” in September as he promoted an upcoming Las Vegas residency.

Since his last solo tour in 2006, Roth had done only a few short one-off shows as a solo artist. He recently announced a solo residency at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, with shows booked for January and March of 2020. The KISS tour that begins in February takes a five-month break in mid-March before resuming in August, which will allow Roth a few days to get back to Vegas before the second part of his residency picks up.

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"It will be the most explosive, biggest show we've ever done. People who love us, come see us. If you've never seen us, this is the time. This will be the show."

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Last night everyone's favourite Knights In Satan's Service, KISS , announced – during an appearance on America's Got Talent, where else? – that their 2019 tour will be a "farewell" tour. They're calling it One Last Kiss: End Of The Road World Tour.

"This is gonna be our last tour," said Paul Stanley. "It will be the most explosive, biggest show we've ever done. People who love us, come see us. If you've never seen us, this is the time. This will be the show."

Check out last night's performance here:

KISS added in a statement: "All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who've filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years. This will be the ultimate celebration for those who've seen us and a last chance for those who haven't. KISS Army, we're saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we'll go out the same way we came in… unapologetic and unstoppable."

Blabbermouth reports that rumours of KISS' final live shows gained momentum a few months ago after news broke that the band were applying to trademark the phrase "The End Of The Road."

We're not sure if this is it though: KISS already performed a farewell tour back in 2000. It's true that that outing was the last to feature drummer Peter Criss, but someone should've written a strongly worded letter to the Better Business Bureau about their use of the term "farewell", as they certainly stuck around for a while longer. Stanley later said of the tour it was an attempt by the group to "put KISS out of its misery" after many years of bad blood and arguments over songwriting credits between the band's original members.

Who knows if this time it will stick, but we'll probably go to the shows anyhow, as you can't have a bad time watching KISS.

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KISS reveals 2019 'End of the Road' farewell tour dates in North America

Rock band KISS will start its "End of the Road" tour in 2019.  (Getty)

Don’t “kiss” these rockers goodbye quite just yet.

KISS is slated to kick off its “End of the Road” tour next year – and on Monday, a Live Nation news release revealed the first North American concert dates.

The group – which currently consists of members Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer – acknowledged the band didn't create its legacy all by itself.

“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years,” KISS said in a statement.

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The band added, “This will be the ultimate celebration for those who've seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we're saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in... Unapologetic and Unstoppable.”

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Fans will be able to check out 44 different dates that run from Jan. 31 in Vancouver, Canada, to April 13 in Birmingham, Ala.

Live Nation said Kiss Army fan club members and Citi cardholders can take part in 10 a.m. local time presales on Wednesday. General ticket sales will take place on Friday at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com, according to the events company.

“One thing for sure is that this is the last tour," Stanley told Billboard . "What goes beyond that is really hard to say. The tour may go three years, but once we play your city, it is done. That is our big thank you.”

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