Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour

{{Short description|2010 concert tour by Kiss}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox concert

|concert_tour_name = Sonic Boom Over Europe:
From the Beginning to the Boom

|image = Sonic Boom Over Europe cover.jpg

|type = Concert

|artist = Kiss

|album = Sonic Boom

|start_date = May 1, 2010

|end_date = June 27, 2010

|number_of_shows = 36

|last_tour = Alive 35 World Tour
(2008–2009)

|this_tour = Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour
(2010)

|next_tour = The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
(2010–2011)

}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Kiss Announce Huge European Tour|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/03276-news-kiss-announce-huge-european-sonic-boom-tour|access-date=2021-04-24|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}}

The tour started in Sheffield, England{{Cite web|title=Kiss Add Four Dates To May 2010 UK Arena Tour|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/53877/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.gigwise.com}} at the Sheffield Arena in early May{{Cite web|title=Kiss [Arena, Sheffield] May 1, 2010|url=https://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/live/kiss-arena-sheffield-may-1-2010/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Soundsphere magazine|date=May 13, 2010 |language=en-US}} and concluded at the Graspop Metal Meeting Festival in Dessel, Belgium{{Cite web|title=Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 — Reviews — Studio Rock|url=http://studiorock.ro/reviews/graspop-metal-meeting-2010-23/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=studiorock.ro}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2011-09-17|title=Kiss to make 2010 European tour|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kiss-to-make-2010-european-tour-5508675.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kiss-to-make-2010-european-tour-5508675.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2009-11-23|title=Kiss Announces 2010 European Tour|url=https://sleazeroxx.com/kiss-announces-2010-european-tour/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Sleaze Roxx|language=en-CA}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe Live Recordings|url=https://www.kissonline.com/news?n_id=50769|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Kiss Online|language=en}}

image:SonicBoomOverEuropeKISSTicket.JPG

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".{{cite web|url=http://www.kissnews.de/ArchivNewsUSA/March2010.htm|title=Kiss News|publisher=Kissnews.de|access-date=May 2, 2010}}

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:

{{Blockquote|Tommy and myself are in a unique position because we grew up as Kiss fans and ended up playing with Kiss so that's a kind of different perspective that Gene and Paul will never have. I don't think there's anyone else who playing in Kiss besides Tommy and myself that really were truly Kiss fans when they were younger.(2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 38.}}