As we wait for KISS to bring their End of the Road World Tour to Boston on Wednesday night, let’s look back at some of the band’s legendary local gigs.
The KISS Farewell Tour (“farewell” for about 2 years, it turned out to be) rolled into TD Garden on March 26, 2019. A fan with pretty good seats captured the band’s bombastic intro and “Detroit Rock City.”
The World Domination Tour brought KISS back to Boston on November 26, 2003. The first comment on this bootleg pretty much sums it up: “I was 10 years old…. Kiss nearly made me deaf before Aerosmith even took the stage.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFRXd2KN_4E
Let’s travel back almost exactly 25 years: July 31, 1996. KISS live at the FleetCenter (remember?) for the second night of their Alive/Worldwide Tour. Were you there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcHCCqxx5oY
Our KISS live list wouldn’t be complete without a makeup-free show from the ’80s. I went with the Worcester Centrum stop on the Lick It Up Tour: February 24, 1984.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvqV-O_hd0
Back to the beginning: the Dressed To Kill Tour. KISS played the Orpheum in Boston on May 11, 1975. Given the fact that this bootleg is almost 50 years old, the quality is pretty damn good.
Congrats to everyone who won tickets as part of our Commercial Free/Free Ticket Summer on ROCK 92.9. Enjoy rockin’ with KISS this week!
