5 Times KISS Rocked Boston Over the Last Five Decades

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.

• 2019

  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.”

• 2003

  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.”

• 1996

  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?

• 1984

  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.

• 1975

  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.