The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
{{Short description|2010–2011 concert tour by Kiss}}
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{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name = The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
|image = The_Hottest_Show_On_Earth_Tour_Poster.jpg
|artist = Kiss
|album = Sonic Boom
|start_date = July 23, 2010
|end_date = July 28, 2011
|number_of_legs = 2
|number_of_shows = 58
|last_tour = Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour
(2010)
|this_tour = The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
(2010–2011)
|next_tour = The Tour
(2012)
}}
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...,http://www.theacademyis.com www.theacademyis.com Bad City, The Envy and a local act for every city, winner of a contest held by Guitar Center.http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/ eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
{{Quote|The idea is that I'm out there and I'm able to do this and that there's an audience that wants to see it makes it incredibly satisfying for me. I'll never disappoint them. But I'm only part of the equation, the other part of the equation is the audience. My philosophy is when people pay for a ticket, if you agree to do a show the last thing you should be doing is making excuses for not doing your job. If you can't do your job go home, but if you're gonna go up onstage you better give a hundred percent and make sure it's what people expect.(2019). End of the Road World Tour Program, pg. 39.}}
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.http://www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925 www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925 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
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|+ List of 2010 concerts ! style="width:150px;"|Date ! style="width:150px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Country ! style="width:250px;"|Venue |
July 23, 2010
| Cheyenne | rowspan="8"|United States |
July 24, 2010
| Minot |
July 29, 2010 |
July 30, 2010 |
July 31, 2010
| Hershey |
August 6, 2010
| Camden |
August 7, 2010 |
August 9, 2010 |
August 10, 2010
| Canada |
August 13, 2010
| Corfu | rowspan="14"|United States |
August 14, 2010
| Wantagh |
August 15, 2010
| Scranton |
August 17, 2010 |
August 19, 2010 |
August 20, 2010
| Holmdel |
August 21, 2010
| Bristow |
August 27, 2010 |
August 28, 2010 |
August 29, 2010
| Raleigh |
August 31, 2010
| Atlanta |
September 2, 2010 |
September 3, 2010 |
September 4, 2010 |
September 10, 2010
| Toronto | Canada |
September 11, 2010
| rowspan="8"|United States |
September 12, 2010 |
September 17, 2010 |
September 18, 2010
| Frisco |
September 19, 2010 |
September 22, 2010
| Sandy |
September 24, 2010
| Phoenix |
September 25, 2010
| Fontana |
September 28, 2010
| rowspan="4"|Mexico |
September 30, 2010
| rowspan="2"|Mexico City | rowspan="2"|Palacio de los Deportes |
October 1, 2010 |
October 2, 2010 |
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|+ List of 2011 concerts ! style="width:150px;"|Date ! style="width:150px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Country ! style="width:250px;"|Venue |
March 12, 2011
| San Juan |
March 15, 2011
| Houston | rowspan="5"|United States |
March 17, 2011 |
May 29, 2011
| Rock'n Walk For Kids |
June 23, 2011
| Everett |
June 24, 2011
| Spokane |
June 26, 2011
| Kamloops | rowspan="7"|Canada |
June 27, 2011 |
June 29, 2011 |
June 30, 2011 |
July 2, 2011
| Canada Rock Festival |
July 6, 2011
| Sarnia |
July 9, 2011
| Salmon Festival |
July 12, 2011
| rowspan="5"|United States |
July 13, 2011
| Bushkill |
July 15, 2011
| Walker |
July 16, 2011
| Oshkosh | Rock USA Festival |
July 18, 2011 |
July 24, 2011
| Montreal | rowspan="3"|Canada |
July 26, 2011
| Orillia |
July 27, 2011
| Windsor |
July 28, 2011
| Verona | United States |
Personnel
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- Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
- Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, vocals
- Eric Singer – drums, vocals
References
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