KISS played its final show in NYC last night. But it wasn’t really the FINAL show.
That’s it for KISS–at least a version of the band that features Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. They played a final show in New York City last night (December 2). No Ace, no Peter, though.
Opening the night was Amber Wild, a group that featured Evan Stanley, Paul’s son. Then came the kabuki drop.
KISS then launched through the 23-song set that has been standard on this tour, opening with “Detroit Rock City.”
- Detroit Rock City
- Shout It Out Loud
- Deuce
- War Machine
- Heaven’s on Fire
- I Love It Loud
- Say Yeah
- Cold Gin
- Guitar Solo
- Lick It Up
- Calling Dr. Love
- Makin’ Love
- Psycho Circus
- Drum Solo
- 100,000 Years
- Bass Solo
- God of Thunder
- Love Gun
- I Was Made for Lovin’ You
- Black Diamond
Encore:
Beth
Do You Love Me
Rock and Roll All Nite
(God Gave Rock and Roll to You II — That was a little different. See below.)
Gene spit blood and breathed fire. Tommy Thayer’s spewed fireworks. Paul zip-lined to a remote stage to sing a couple of songs. There was pyro and confetti.
And they promised to rock and roll all night and party every day.
Before they left for the night, Paul dropped this nugget: “We’re not going anywhere, you’ll see us in all different things, all the time. See you in your dreams. We love you, goodnight.”
Once they left the stage in a puff of smoke, “God Gave Rock and Roll to You II” started playing over the PA and some KISS avatars (designed by George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic) appeared. As that was happening, a press released appeared, announced that KISS will continue ABBA-like with avatars.
