KISS Alive/35 World Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = KISS Alive/35 World Tour


artist = KISS
start_date = March 16 2008
end_date = August 31 2008
number_of_legs = 3
number_of_shows = 38 played 1 cancelled
last_tour = Hit 'N Run Tour (2007)
this_tour = KISS Alive/35 World Tour (2008)
next_tour = Confirmed 2009 Tour (2009)The KISS Alive/35 World Tour is a concert tour by Kiss to celebrate Kiss' 35th anniversary. This is the band's first world tour since the Rock the Nation Tour in 2004. On this tour Kiss played New Zealand for the first time since the Alive/Worldwide Tour in 1997. It also saw the band return to Europe for the first time since the Psycho Circus Tour in 1998/1999.

3 legs and 38 shows were announced. Kiss headlined both the Download [http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/story.aspx?aid=8f8ff5a0-3977-49bf-a63f-93f26248dda9] and Arrow Rock [http://www.arrowrockfestival.nl/default.asp?id=1&newsid=203&LNG=EN] festivals in Europe as part of the tour.

The World Tour began on March 16th at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. The European leg started on May 9th in the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.

Kiss is wearing Destroyer-themed costumes for the tour and on the European leg the majority of Kiss "Alive!" was played. Rumored, but still unconfirmed is the plans for Kiss to wear new costumes from the "Hotter Than Hell" era for their confirmed 2009 USA leg of the Alive/35 Tour.

et List

(Australia/New Zealand Leg Set List)
*Deuce
*Shout It Out Loud
*C'mon And Love Me
*Lick It Up
*I Love It Loud
*Calling Dr Love
*Shock Me (Tommy Thayer on lead vocals with guitar solo)
*Let Me Go, Rock and Roll
*Firehouse (Gene Simmons firebreathing)
*100,000 years (Eric Singer drum solo)
*God of Thunder (Gene Simmons bass solo, blood spitting beforehand)
*Black Diamond (Eric Singer lead vocals)
*Love Gun (Paul Stanley flies out to the audience)
*Detroit Rock City
*Shandi (acoustic version, Paul Stanley only on guitar and vocals. No drums, bass etc)
*I Was Made For Lovin' You
*Rock And Roll All Nite

During the European Leg Kiss were to play the entire live album Alive! they would then come back and do 6 encore songs. However on the Verona, Italy show on May 13, both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were battling illness (Gene with the flu, Paul with bronchitis), in which case they cut Firehouse, Rock Bottom and Watchin' You from the set.

(European/North American Set List)
* Deuce
* Strutter
* Got To Choose
* Hotter Than Hell
* Nothin' To Lose
* C'mon And Love Me
* Parasite
* She (Tommy Thayer Guitar Solo)
* 100.000 Years (Eric Singer Drum Solo)
* Cold Gin (not played at Konocti Harbor show, August 31st)
* Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
* Black Diamond
* Rock And Roll All Nite

-encores-
* Shout It Out Loud
* Lick It Up
* I Love It Loud (Gene Simmons Bass Solo)
* I Was Made For Lovin' You (not played at Konocti Harbor show, August 31st)
* Love Gun (Paul Stanley flies out to audience)
* Detroit Rock City

European Setlist Notes:
* Gene spit blood during I Love It Loud, however on the Athens, Greece show on 5/18, God Of Thunder replaced for that one show.
* After Firehouse was cut from the set Gene spit fire during Hotter Than Hell.
* During the middle of Lick It Up, Kiss would perform a portion of The Who song Won't Get Fooled Again.
* During Tommy Thayer's solo after She, he would shoot rockets from his guitar neck as Ace Frehley did during his solo.
* For the first time since the Psycho Circus Tour Rock And Roll All Nite is not the closing song of the show.

Tour Dates

[http://www.kissontour.com/index.php?module=tour Tour Dates] [ [http://tour.kissfaq.com/td2008.html The KISSFAQ - KISS Tourdates Archive - 2008 ] ]

Australia/New Zealand Leg

* 16/03/08 flagicon|Australia Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit - Melbourne, Australia
* 18/03/08 flagicon|Australia Brisbane Entertainment Center - Brisbane, Australia
* 20/03/08 flagicon|Australia Acer Arena - Sydney, Australia
* 22/03/08 flagicon|New Zealand Rock2Wgtn - Wellington, New Zealand

European Leg

* 09/05/08 flagicon|Germany König-Pilsener Arena - Oberhausen, Germany
* 11/05/08 flagicon|Germany Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
* 12/05/08 flagicon|Austria Wiener Stadthalle - Vienna, Austria
* 13/05/08 flagicon|Italy Verona Arena - Verona, Italy
* 15/05/08 flagicon|Serbia Stadium Tašmajdan - Belgrade, Serbia "CANCELLED"
* 16/05/08 flagicon|Bulgaria Akademik Stadium - Sofia, Bulgaria
* 18/05/08 flagicon|Greece Terra Vibe Park - Athens, Greece
* 22/05/08 flagicon|Latvia Arena Riga - Riga, Latvia
* 24/05/08 flagicon|Russia Olympic Arena - Moscow, Russia
* 26/05/08 flagicon|Russia Ice Palace - Saint Petersburg, Russia
* 27/05/08 flagicon|Finland Hartwall Areena - Helsinki, Finland
* 28/05/08 flagicon|Finland Hartwall Areena - Helsinki, Finland
* 30/05/08 flagicon|Sweden Stockholms Stadion - Stockholm, Sweden
* 31/05/08 flagicon|Norway Vallhall Arena - Oslo, Norway
* 01/06/08 flagicon|Norway Koengen - Bergen, Norway
* 03/06/08 flagicon|Denmark Copenhagen Forum - Copenhagen, Denmark
* 04/06/08 flagicon|Germany Color Line Arena - Hamburg, Germany
* 06/06/08 flagicon|Czech Republic Sazka Arena - Prague, Czech Republic
* 09/06/08 flagicon|Germany Velodrom - Berlin, Germany
* 10/06/08 flagicon|Germany SAP Arena - Mannheim, Germany
* 11/06/08 flagicon|Germany König-Pilsener Arena - Oberhausen, Germany
* 13/06/08 flagicon|England Download Festival - Castle Donington, England
* 15/06/08 flagicon|Netherlands Arrow Rock Festival - Nijmegen, Netherlands
* 17/06/08 flagicon|France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy - Paris, France
* 18/06/08 flagicon|Germany Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart, Germany
* 21/06/08 flagicon|Spain Bilbao Kobetasonik Festival - Bilbao, Spain
* 23/06/08 flagicon|Switzerland Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland
* 24/06/08 flagicon|Italy Datchforum - Milan, Italy
* 26/06/08 flagicon|Luxembourg Rockhal - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
* 27/06/08 flagicon|Germany Nuremberg Arena - Nuremberg, Germany
* 28/06/08 flagicon|Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium

North America

* 04/08/08 flagicon|United States Rock'n The Rally - Sturgis, SD
* 29/08/08 flagicon|United States Pearl Concert Theater - Las Vegas, NV
* 30/08/08 flagicon|United States Harvey's Outdoor Arena - Lake Tahoe, NV
* 31/08/08 flagicon|United States Konocti Harbor Resort - Kelseyville, CA

External links

* [http://www.kissontour.com/index.php?module=tour Tour Dates]
* [http://tour.kissfaq.com/current.html KISS faq]
* [http://www.denisoregan.com Denis O'Regan: KISS Alive 35 official photographer]

References