The Hottest Show on Earth Tour

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The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
Tour by Kiss
The Hottest Show On Earth Tour Poster.jpg
Associated album Sonic Boom
Start dateJuly 23, 2010
End dateJuly 28, 2011
Legs2
No. of shows58
Kiss concert chronology

The Hottest Show on Earth Tour was a concert tour by Kiss in support of their 19th studio album, Sonic Boom . It is essentially the North American leg of the Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour, itself a continuation of the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour that started in 2008. Kiss also played in Mexico for the first time since 2004. The tour featured both arena and amphitheater shows throughout the United States, plus Canada, and was produced by Live Nation. As with previous concert tours, live recordings of every show were sold at the venue by SymfyLive.

Contents

Kiss also stated that one dollar from each ticket sold would be donated to the United States Armed Forces to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project. Kiss also added more shows to the tour in Puerto Rico, Houston, and Hollywood, Florida. Kiss announced seven shows to be added to the tour as a small Japanese tour however these shows have now been postponed to later in the year. [1] The opening bands for the concert were The Academy Is..., [2] Bad City, The Envy and a local act for every city, winner of a contest held by Guitar Center. [3]

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

The idea is that I'm out there and I'm able to do this and that there's an audience that wants to see it makes it incredibly satisfying for me. I'll never disappoint them. But I'm only part of the equation, the other part of the equation is the audience. My philosophy is when people pay for a ticket, if you agree to do a show the last thing you should be doing is making excuses for not doing your job. If you can't do your job go home, but if you're gonna go up onstage you better give a hundred percent and make sure it's what people expect. [4]

Set list

According to kissonline.com, the official website of the band, Kiss will perform such classics as "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" as well as hits that they haven't played in the US in many years. [5] The set list is almost identical to the previous European tour, including three songs from Sonic Boom and the song "Crazy Crazy Nights", which hasn't been played live (except during their last European tour) since 1990. The setlist below started the tour in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

  1. "Modern Day Delilah"
  2. "Cold Gin"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  5. "Say Yeah"
  6. "Deuce"
  7. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
  8. "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
  10. "I'm an Animal"
  11. "100,000 Years"
  12. "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies)
  13. "Love Gun"
  14. "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Whole Lotta Love" before "Black Diamond")
  15. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

  2. "Beth"
  3. "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
  4. "Shout It Out Loud"
  5. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Paul flies to B-Stage)
  6. "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II"
  7. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Lost Cities Tour set list

  1. "Modern Day Delilah"
  2. "Cold Gin"
  3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
  4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
  5. "Say Yeah"
  6. "Deuce"
  7. "Do You Love Me"
  8. "Calling Dr. Love"
  9. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
  10. "I Love It Loud"
  11. "Love Gun"
  12. "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
  13. "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Stairway to Heaven" before "Black Diamond")
  14. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore

  2. "Beth"
  3. "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
  4. "Shout It Out Loud"
  5. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Tour dates

List of 2010 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
July 23, 2010 Cheyenne United States Cheyenne Frontier Days
July 24, 2010 Minot North Dakota State Fair
July 29, 2010 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
July 30, 2010 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 31, 2010 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
August 6, 2010 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7, 2010 Mansfield Comcast Center
August 9, 2010 Indianapolis Indiana State Fair
August 10, 2010 Sault Ste. Marie Canada Essar Centre
August 13, 2010 Corfu United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 14, 2010 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 15, 2010 Scranton Toyota Pavilion
August 17, 2010 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 19, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
August 20, 2010 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
August 21, 2010 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 27, 2010 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 28, 2010 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29, 2010 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 31, 2010 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
September 2, 2010 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
September 3, 2010 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 4, 2010 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair
September 10, 2010 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
September 11, 2010 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 12, 2010 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
September 17, 2010 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 18, 2010 Frisco Pizza Hut Park
September 19, 2010 San Antonio AT&T Center
September 22, 2010 Sandy Rio Tinto Stadium
September 24, 2010 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
September 25, 2010 Fontana Epicenter
September 28, 2010 Monterrey Mexico Teatro Banamex
September 30, 2010 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
October 1, 2010
October 2, 2010 Guadalajara Arena VFG
List of 2011 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
March 12, 2011 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
March 15, 2011 Houston United States Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
March 17, 2011 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
May 29, 2011 Sacramento Rock'n Walk For Kids
June 23, 2011 Everett Comcast Arena at Everett
June 24, 2011 Spokane Spokane Arena
June 26, 2011 Kamloops Canada Interior Savings Centre
June 27, 2011 Abbotsford Abbotsford Centre
June 29, 2011 Prince George CN Centre
June 30, 2011 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
July 2, 2011 Fort McMurray Canada Rock Festival
July 6, 2011 Sarnia Sarnia Bayfest
July 9, 2011 Grand Falls-Windsor Salmon Festival
July 12, 2011 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena
July 13, 2011 Bushkill Mountain Laurel Center
July 15, 2011 Walker Moondance Jam
July 16, 2011 Oshkosh Rock USA Festival
July 18, 2011 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
July 24, 2011 Montreal Canada Heavy Montréal
July 26, 2011 Orillia Casino Rama
July 27, 2011 Windsor Caesars Windsor
July 28, 2011 Verona United States Turning Stone Events Center

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/25011 www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/25011
  2. ↑ http://www.theacademyis.com www.theacademyis.com
  3. ↑ http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/ eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/
  4. ↑ (2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 39.
  5. ↑ http://www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925 www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925
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