The Sonic Boom over Europe Tour (full title: Sonic Boom over Europe: From the Beginning to the Boom) was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss in support of their 19th studio album Sonic Boom, which was released in October 2009.
The tour started in Sheffield, England at the Sheffield Arena in early May and concluded at the Graspop Metal Meeting Festival in Dessel, Belgium in late June. The leg marked the band's first tour of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom since 1996, their first show in Ireland since 1988, and their debut concert in Slovakia. The group performed at a number of music festivals on the tour, including the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Festivals, Sauna Open Air Metal Festival and Hellfest.
Each show was recorded and sold to fans on a USB flash drive following the concert.
Before the start of the tour, the group played a promotional show at the Islington Academy in London on March 2, 2010, to about 800 people. Three songs had to be cut from the 15-song set due to issues with the CO2 canisters used to release confetti during "Rock and Roll All Nite".
A subsequent tour entitled The Hottest Show on Earth Tour followed in late July 2010, reaching North American markets.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Singer reflected on the tour:
Set list
The set list featured three songs from Sonic Boom: "Modern Day Delilah", "Say Yeah" and "I'm an Animal". Also included was "Crazy Crazy Nights", performed live for the first time since the Hot in the Shade Tour in 1990. Beginning with the date in Hamburg, Germany, "Beth" was added to the set list. It was the first time the song was performed live since the World Domination Tour in 2003 and the first time it was performed acoustically since Kiss' appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1995.
"Modern Day Delilah" "Cold Gin" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Firehouse" "Say Yeah" "Deuce" "Crazy Crazy Nights" "Calling Dr. Love" "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jam and solos) "I'm an Animal" "100,000 Years" "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies) "Love Gun" "Black Diamond" "Detroit Rock City"
Encores: "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"
"Beth" is only played for a few dates of the tour
1^ Omitted in Vienna and Ostrava. 2^ Performed on all dates from May 31 to June 25, 2010."Modern Day Delilah" "Cold Gin" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Say Yeah" "Calling Dr. Love" "Got to Choose" "I Love It Loud" "100,000 Years" "Love Gun" "Black Diamond" "Rock and Roll All Nite" "Detroit Rock City"
Tour dates
+ List of 2010 concertsDateCityCountryVenueMay 1, 2010SheffieldEnglandSheffield ArenaMay 2, 2010NewcastleMetro Radio ArenaMay 4, 2010LiverpoolEcho ArenaMay 5, 2010BirminghamLG ArenaMay 7, 2010DublinIrelandThe O2May 9, 2010GlasgowScotlandSECCMay 10, 2010ManchesterEnglandEvening News ArenaMay 12, 2010LondonWembley ArenaMay 13, 2010May 16, 2010ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionMay 17, 2010GenevaSEG Geneva ArenaMay 18, 2010MilanItalyMediolanum ForumMay 20, 2010ViennaAustriaWiener StadthalleMay 21, 2010OstravaCzech RepublicČEZ ArénaMay 23, 2010PragueO2 ArenaMay 25, 2010LeipzigGermanyArena LeipzigMay 26, 2010BerlinO2 WorldMay 28, 2010BudapestHungaryPapp László SportarénaMay 29, 2010BratislavaSlovakiaŠtadión PasienkyMay 31, 2010HamburgGermanyO2 WorldJune 1, 2010OberhausenKönig Pilsener ArenaJune 3, 2010NürburgringRock am Ring FestivalJune 5, 2010NurembergRock im Park FestivalJune 8, 2010TrondheimNorwayLerkendal StadionJune 10, 2010TampereFinlandSauna Open Air Metal FestivalJune 12, 2010StockholmSwedenOlympiastadionJune 13, 2010MalmöMalmö StadionJune 14, 2010OsloNorwayVallhall ArenaJune 16, 2010AalborgDenmarkGigantiumJune 18, 2010ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDomeJune 20, 2010ClissonFranceHellfestJune 22, 2010MadridSpainPalacio de DeportesJune 24, 2010BarcelonaPalau Sant JordiJune 25, 2010Vitoria-GasteizAzkena Rock FestivalJune 27, 2010DesselBelgiumGraspop Metal Meeting Festival
References
External links KissOnline.com