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.
Quick Facts Associated album, Start date ...
The Hottest Show on Earth Tour|
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| Associated album | Sonic Boom |
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| Start date | July 23, 2010 |
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| End date | July 28, 2011 |
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| Legs | 2 |
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| No. of shows | 58 |
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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.
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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]
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.
- "Modern Day Delilah"
- "Cold Gin"
- "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
- "Say Yeah"
- "Deuce"
- "Crazy Crazy Nights"
- "Calling Dr. Love"
- "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
- "I'm an Animal"
- "100,000 Years"
- "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies)
- "Love Gun"
- "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Whole Lotta Love" before "Black Diamond")
- "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
- "Beth"
- "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
- "Shout It Out Loud"
- "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Paul flies to B-Stage)
- "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Lost Cities Tour set list
- "Modern Day Delilah"
- "Cold Gin"
- "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
- "Say Yeah"
- "Deuce"
- "Do You Love Me"
- "Calling Dr. Love"
- "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
- "I Love It Loud"
- "Love Gun"
- "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
- "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Stairway to Heaven" before "Black Diamond")
- "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
- "Beth"
- "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
- "Shout It Out Loud"
- "Rock and Roll All Nite"
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List of 2010 concerts
| Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
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| 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 |
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List of 2011 concerts
| Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
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| 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 |
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