Kiss Announces Dates For North American Tour

Kiss has announced the dates for their forthcoming “Kiss Alive 35” North American tour. Commemorating the band’s 35th year, the tour kicks off September 25 in Detroit Rock City, and concludes in December in Dallas, Texas. Shows will take place in 39 cities.

Promised features include a new stage set, pyrotechnics that only the “hottest band in the world” can deliver, and new costumes. The set list for the 2-1/2 hour show will include such hits as “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” as well as songs from Kiss’s latest album, Sonic Boom.

In separate statements, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley expressed excitement about the tour.

“For 35 years, Kiss raised the bar for what a rock concert should really be,” said Simmons. “This year is no different – all new, all killer … all Kiss! The master’s class in rock is in session! Kiss rules. Oh, yeah!”

Bigger is better!” echoed Stanley. “Sonic Boom is our future and Kiss Alive is our proud past. On this tour you get Kiss Alive plus a slew of other classics and soon to be classics. New stage, new battle gear and a pyro arsenal that will again show everyone that there is only one Kiss!”

Sonic Boom will be released October 6 exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com, and Sam’s Club. The album is the centerpiece of a three-disc set that also includes a newly recorded greatest hits CD and a live DVD shot earlier this year in Argentina. The CD/DVD set will retail for $12.

The main supporting act for “Kiss Alive 35” will be Buckcherry. Tour dates are as follows:

Sept. 25 – Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
Sept. 26 – Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
Sept. 28 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Sept. 29 – London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Oct. 1 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Oct. 2 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 3 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 5 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Oct. 9 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
Oct. 10 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Oct. 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
Oct. 13 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
Oct. 16 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
Oct. 17 – Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center
Oct. 19 – Pensacola, FL @ Civic Center
Oct. 21 – Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Oct. 22 – Sunrise, FL @ Bankatlantic Center
Oct. 24 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC
Oct. 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena
Oct. 28 – Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
Oct. 29 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Center
Nov. 6 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Nov. 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Nov. 9 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Nov. 10 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
Nov. 12 – Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Nov. 14 – Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
Nov. 15 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Nov. 17 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
Nov. 20 – Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Nov. 21 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Nov. 24 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Nov. 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
Nov. 27 – San Diego, CA @ Sports Arena
Nov. 28 – Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 1 – Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
Dec. 2 – El Paso, TX @ UTEP
Dec. 4 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
Dec. 5 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Dec. 6 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

New Kiss Album “Sonic Boom”

Kiss’s new album, Sonic Boom, will be sold exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com, and Sam’s Club, the band announced yesterday (Aug. 17).

The 11-track disc, which is the group’s first studio album in 11 years, is the centerpiece of a three-disc package that also includes a re-recorded greatest hits CD and a live DVD shot in Argentina during the band’s recent KISS ALIVE 35 tour. The set will retail for $12 and will be in stores October 6.

“Sonic Boom may be the best new record we’ve done since Destroyer,” said Gene Simmons, in a prepared statement. “It is Rock And Roll Over meets Love Gun. The world’s biggest retailer had better get ready for the hottest band in the world and hire more cashiers before October 6.”

To mark the album’s release, Kiss will stage a special KISS ALIVE 35 show at Detroit Rock City’s legendary Cobo Arena on September 25. The venue served previously as the setting for the series of shows that spawned the band’s classic 1975 album, Kiss Alive!

“Through all of the albums that are considered our classics, we tried to always find ways to give our fans extras that went beyond just the music,” said Paul Stanley. “Besides our making the best KISS album in decades, Walmart has made it possible for us to include a bonus CD with 15 of our most famous songs and an additional live DVD …. In every sense, Sonic Boom is the ultimate return to classic KISS form.”

A snippet of the albums’ first single, “Modern Day Delilah,” has been posted on the band’s website. Pre-orders are set to start in September at Walmart.com.

Sonic Boom track list:
“Modern Day Delilah”
“Russian Roulette”
“Never Enough”
“Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)”
“Stand”
“Hot and Cold”
“All for the Glory”
“Danger Us”
“I’m an Animal”
“When Lightning Strikes”
“Say Yeah”
Kiss Klassics:
“Deuce”
“Detroit Rock City”
“Shout It Out Loud”
“Hotter Than Hell”
“Calling Dr. Love”
“Love Gun”
I Was Made For Lovin’ You”
Heaven’s On Fire”
“Lick It Up”
“I Love It Loud”
“Forever
“Christine Sixteen”
“Do You Love Me?”
“Black Diamond”
“Rock and Roll All Nite”
Kiss: Live In Buenos Aires DVD:
“Deuce”
“Hotter Than Hell”
“C’Mon and Love Me”
“Watchin’ You”
“100,000 Years”
“Rock and Roll All Nite”