The Hottest Show on Earth Tour

The Hottest Show on Earth Tour

Tour by Kiss
Associated album	Sonic Boom
Start date	July 23, 2010
End date	July 28, 2011
Legs	2
No. of shows	58
Kiss concert chronology

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 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. ^[1] The opening bands for the concert were The Academy Is...,^[2] Bad City, The Envy and a local act for every city, winner of a contest held by Guitar Center.^[3]

Setlist

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.^[4] 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.

1. "Modern Day Delilah"
2. "Cold Gin"
3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
5. "Say Yeah"
6. "Deuce"
7. "Crazy Crazy Nights"
8. "Calling Dr. Love"
9. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
10. "I'm an Animal"
11. "100,000 Years"
12. "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies)
13. "Love Gun"
14. "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Whole Lotta Love" before "Black Diamond")
15. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore:

16. "Beth"
17. "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
18. "Shout It Out Loud"
19. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Paul flies to B-Stage)
20. "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II"
21. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Lost Cities Tour setlist:

1. "Modern Day Delilah"
2. "Cold Gin"
3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
4. "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
5. "Say Yeah"
6. "Deuce"
7. "Do You Love Me"
8. "Calling Dr. Love"
9. "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
10. "I Love It Loud"
11. "Love Gun"
12. "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
13. "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Stairway to Heaven" before "Black Diamond")
14. "Detroit Rock City"

Encore:

15. "Beth"
16. "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
17. "Shout It Out Loud"
18. "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Date	City	State	Venue
July 23, 2010	Cheyenne, Wyoming	United States	Cheyenne Frontier Days
July 24, 2010	Minot, North Dakota		North Dakota State Fair
July 29, 2010	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		First Niagara Pavilion
July 30, 2010	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Music Center
July 31, 2010	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hersheypark Stadium
August 6, 2010	Camden, New Jersey		Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7, 2010	Boston, Massachusetts		Comcast Center
August 9, 2010	Indianapolis, Indiana		Indiana State Fair
August 10, 2010	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Canada	Essar Centre
August 13, 2010	Buffalo, New York	United States	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 14, 2010	Wantagh, New York		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 15, 2010	Scranton, Pennsylvania		Toyota Pavilion
August 17, 2010	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 19, 2010	Uncasville, Connecticut		Mohegan Sun Arena
August 20, 2010	Holmdel, New Jersey		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 21, 2010	Washington, DC		Jiffy Lube Live
August 27, 2010	Virginia Beach, Virginia		Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 28, 2010	Charlotte, North Carolina		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29, 2010	Raleigh, North Carolina		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 31, 2010	Atlanta, Georgia		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
September 2, 2010	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Marcus Amphitheater
September 3, 2010	Chicago, Illinois		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 4, 2010	Saint Paul, Minnesota		Minnesota State Fair
September 10, 2010	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
September 11, 2010	Detroit, Michigan	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 12, 2010	Cleveland, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
September 17, 2010	Houston, Texas		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 18, 2010	Frisco, Texas		Pizza Hut Park
September 19, 2010	San Antonio, Texas		AT&T Center
September 22, 2010	Salt Lake City, Utah		Rio Tinto Stadium
September 24, 2010	Phoenix, Arizona		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
September 25, 2010	Fontana, California		Epicenter Festival
September 28, 2010	Monterrey	Mexico	Teatro Banamex
September 30, 2010	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes
October 1, 2010
October 2, 2010	Guadalajara		Arena VFG
March 12, 2011	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot
March 15, 2011	Houston, Texas	United States	Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
March 17, 2011	Hollywood, Florida		Hard Rock Live
May 29, 2011	Sacramento, California		Rock'n Walk For Kids
June 23, 2011^1	Everett, Washington		Comcast Arena
June 24, 2011	Spokane, Washington		Spokane Arena
June 26, 2011	Kamloops, British Columbia	Canada	Interior Savings Centre
June 27, 2011	Abbotsford, British Columbia		Abbotsford Sports Centre
June 29, 2011	Prince George, British Columbia		CN Centre
June 30, 2011	Dawson Creek, British Columbia		EnCana Events Centre
July 2, 2011	Fort McMurray, Alberta		Canada Rock Festival
July 6, 2011	Sarnia, Ontario		Sarnia Bayfest
July 9, 2011	Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland		Salmon Festival
July 12, 2011	Manchester, New Hampshire	United States	Verizon Wireless Arena
July 13, 2011	Bushkill, Pennsylvania		Mountain Laurel Center
July 15, 2011	Walker, Minnesota		Moondance Jam
July 16, 2011	Oshkosh, Wisconsin		Rock USA Festival
July 18, 2011	Springfield, Illinois		Prairie Capital Convention Center
July 24, 2011	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Heavy MTL Festival
July 26, 2011	Orillia, Ontario		Casino Rama
July 27, 2011	Windsor, Ontario		Caesars Windsor
July 28, 2011	Verona, New York	United States	Turning Stone Events Center

• ^Note 1 Beginning of the Lost Cities Tour

References

1. http://www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/25011 www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/25011
2. http://www.theacademyis.com www.theacademyis.com
3. http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/ eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register/
4. http://www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925 www.kissonline.com/stream/article/display/id/24925

Kiss played in Puerto Rico for the first time since 1999 and the third time in total. The first was in 1986 on the Asylum Tour and the second in 1999 on the Psycho Circus Tour.