Kiss kicks of its final “End Of The Road” world tour tonight (January 31st) at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena. The tour will be hitting both indoor arenas and outdoor sheds, with the current lineup of Kiss featuring co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons along with drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer.
So far, the trek, which is expected to take a full three years to hit every territory, has 69 North American dates on the books, with the current leg wrapping on August 13th in Birmingham, Alabama. The band will be back on the road on August 6th in Sunrise, Florida and wraps the second North American run on September 16th in Oakland, California. There’s been no word whether Kiss will be undertaking their international legs during the spring hiatus — or whether they’ll be going abroad after the September dates.
Gene Simmons reiterated that no one puts more into their performance than Kiss does: [“I wear seven, eight-inch platform boots. Our outfits — mine, I don’t know, weighs at least about 40 pounds. I gotta spit fire and fly through the air and do all that kind of stuff; so if you put (Mick) Jagger and Bono — who are both great — in you stick ’em in my outfit, they’d pass out in a half-hour. We are the hardest working band in show business period.”] SOUNDCUE (:18 OC: . . . in show business period)
Paul Stanley says that committing to the job at hand over decades is what separates the men from the boys: [“Success initially is fairly easy. Sustaining success over the long haul is something that’s very challenging. So, at this point, we’re 40 years in and 100 million albums (sold) — so we’ve done quite well — it’ll be terrific.”] SOUNDCUE (:20 OC: . . . done quite well)
As most fans remember, back in 2000 and 2001, Kiss already performed a “Farewell Tour.” The trek, which was the last to feature Peter Criss, played 142 shows over five legs, covering North America, Japan, and Australia.
- Kiss tour dates (subject to change):
January 31 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
February 1 – Portland, OR – Rose Garden 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 CiWes
March 12 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
March 13 – Detroit, MI – Lible Caesars Arena
March 16 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
March 17 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
March 19 – Montreal, QC – Canada Bell Centre
March 20 – Toronto, ON – Canada 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 – Obawa, 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
August 6 – Sunrise, FL – BB&T Center
August 8 – Charleston, NC – North Charleston Coliseum
August 10 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
August 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
August 13 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
August 14 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
August 16 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
August 17 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
August 20 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
August 21 – Hershey, PA – HersheyPark Stadium
August 23 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 24 – Saratoga, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 27 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
August 29 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
August 31 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
September 1 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
September 3 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
September 5 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
September 7 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
September 8 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
September 9 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
September 11 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
September 12 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
September 14 – Salt Lake City – USANA Amphitheatre
September 16 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
SIDE NOTES
- On June 4th, Paul Stanley will publish his second memoir, titled, Backstage Pass: The Starchild’s All-Access Guide To The Good Life via the HarperOne imprint. The book marks Stanley’s followup to his critically acclaimed bestselling 2014 memoir, Face The Music: A Life Exposed.
- According to the product description on Amazon.com: “Paul shares fascinating details about his life — his fitness routine philosophy, business principles, how he finds inspiration, passion, and joy after nearly 50 years filling arenas and selling out shows. (The book shares) his favorite meals, and includes recipes from friends such as Anthony Bourdain, Rocco DiSpirito, Mario Batali, and other star chefs.”