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.
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.
The opening bands for the concert were The Academy Is..., Bad City, The Envy and a local act for every city, winner of a contest held by Guitar Center.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
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. 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"
Tour dates + List of 2010 concertsDateCityCountryVenue July 23, 2010 CheyenneUnited 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 CorfuUnited 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 ClarkstonUnited 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 MonterreyMexico Teatro Banamex September 30, 2010Mexico CityPalacio de los Deportes October 1, 2010 October 2, 2010 Guadalajara Arena VFG
+ List of 2011 concertsDateCityCountryVenue March 12, 2011 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum March 15, 2011 HoustonUnited 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 KamloopsCanada 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 ManchesterUnited 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 MontrealCanada 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 Kiss Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar Gene Simmons – vocals, bass Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, vocals Eric Singer – drums, vocals
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