It looks like KISS have revealed the date for their final-ever performance… and it's happening in 2021.
Following this weekend's KISS Kruise, it looks as though the legendary New York rockers have revealed a whopping 75 more End Of The Road tour dates – including their final-ever show.
The band look set to wrap up an incredible career in their hometown on July 17, 2021, with a full year of touring commencing before that. The dates haven't been 100 per cent confirmed just yet, but reports from those who attended the cruise say that it was announced on video screens.
As well as touring Australia, Asia and North and South America in the run-up to that last 2021 date, KISS will be performing for the final time in the UK at next summer's Download Festival alongside headliners Iron Maiden and System Of A Down.
“I’ve said it before, Download Festival audiences are the best," says Gene Simmons. "They are up for whatever is thrown at them. KISS is going to come fully prepared to rock their world in 2020 to say Thank You for always showing up for us.”
“Download will be the culmination of 47 years of unapologetic bombast and spectacle," continues Paul Stanley. "We will make this a fitting farewell to a country and its people whose music remains the blood in our veins.”
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Catch KISS at the following dates *deep breath…*
November 2019
16 RAC Arena Perth, WA
19 Entertainment Centre Adelaide, SA
21 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, VIC
22 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, VIC
23 Supercars Newcastle 500 Newcastle, NSW
26 QUDOS Bank Arena Sydney, NSW
28 Brisbane Entertainment Centre QLD Brisbane, QLD
30 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, VIC
December 2019
3 Spark Arena Auckland, NZ
8 Xebio Arena Sendai Sendai, JAP
11 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, JAP
14 Morioka Shi Ice Arena Morioka, JAP
17 Osaka Dome Osaka, JAP
19 Nagoya Aichiken Gymnasium Nagoya, JAP
February 2020
1 Manchester, NH
4 Allentown, PA
5 Buffalo, NY
7 Charlottesville, VA
8 Greensboro, NC
11 Columbia, SC
13 Lexington, KY
15 Peoria, IL
16 Fort Wayne, IN
18 Springfield, MO
19 Wichita, KS
21 Sioux City, IA
22 Grand Forks, ND
24 St. Paul, MN
25 Lincoln, NE
29 Laughlin, NV
March 2020
2 Bakersfield, CA
4 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
6 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
9 El Paso, TX
10 Lubbock, TX
12 Tulsa, OK
14 Lafayette, LA
15 Biloxi, MS
April 2020
24 San Salvador, El Salvador
28 San Jose, Costa Rica
30 Bogata, Columbia
May 2020
2 Lima, Peru
5 Santiago, Chile
7 Asuncion, Paraguay
9 Buenos Aires, Argentina Camp Argentino De Polo
12 Porto Alegro, Brazil
14 Curitiba, Brazil
16 Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Uberlandia, Brazil
June 2020
9 Paris, France
12 Derby, UK Download Festival
14 Dortmund, Germany
15 Hamburg, Germany
18 Copenhagen, Denmark
20 Sandnes, Norway
23 Gothenburg, Sweden
25 Stockholm, Sweden
27 Helsinki, Finland
29 Kaunas, Lithuania
July 2020
1 Prague, Czech Republic
4 Barcelona, Spain
5 Madrid, Spain
7 Lisbon, Portugal
10 Frankfurt, Germany
11 Stuttgart, Germany
13 Verona, Italy
15 Gilwice, Poland
16 Budapest, Hungary
18 Sofia, Bulgaria
21 Geneva, Switzerland
25 Johannesburg, South Africa
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August 2020
28 Mansfield, MA
29 Hartford, CT
31 Canandaigua, NY
September 2020
1 Bangor, ME
4 Atlantic City, NJ
5 Burgettstown, PA
8 Atlanta, GA
9 Raleigh, NC
11 Clarkston, MI
13 Tinley Park, IL
14 Dayton, OH
15 Milwaukee, WI
19 George, WA
20 Ridgefield, WA
22 Boise, ID
24 Salt Lake City, UT
26 San Bernardino, CA
27 Chula Vista, CA
29 Phoenix, AZ
October 2020
1 Austin. TX
3 Ft. Worth. TX
30 – November 4 Kiss Kruise X
2021
July
17 New York, NY
