Kiss, with special guest David Lee Roth, have rolled out the rescheduled North American "End Of The Road" tour dates. As it stands now, the trek will resume Stateside on August 18th in Mansfield, Massachusetts and run through October 6th, when the 22-city leg wraps in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Paul Stanley told us that these days, he tends to look at the big picture when considering Kiss' career: ["When you think of Muhammad Ali, you think of him as the champ. You don't think of the times he lost — and he did. I'd rather think of us in those terms. Nobody stays on top all the time, but who's been champ longest?"] SOUNDCUE (:11 OC: . . . been champ longest)
David Lee Roth told us a while back that his live set will always feature the classic songs that fans want to hear: ["There is a catalog that is as familiar as 'do-do-do-doom.' People to this day stop in crosswalks and act out the guitar solos in front of me. With this, you know every single song, you know every guitar lick, every 'woo,' every kick, every jump, every drum lick and we can't afford to shirk that duty."] SOUNDCUE (:20 OC: . . . shirk that duty)
Kiss' 2021 "End Of The Road" European tour dates kick off on June 2nd in Antwerp, Belgium and play through July 15th in Budapest, Hungary — with more dates still to be added.
RESCHEDULED: Kiss / David Lee Roth North American tour dates (subject to change):
August 18 – Mansfield, MA – Great Woods
August 19 – Bangor, ME – Waterfront
August 21 – Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall (Kiss only)
August 22 – Hartford, CT – Meadows
August 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – KeyBank
August 28 – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek
August 29 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood
September 1 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center
September 2 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob
September 4 – Tinley Park, IL – The World
September 5 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus
September 17 – Ridgefield, WA – Sunlight
September 18 – George, WA – The Gorge
September 21 – Boise, ID – Taco Bell
September 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA
September 25 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island
September 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Desert Sky
September 29 – Austin, TX – 360
October 1 – Ft. Worth, TX – Dickies
October 2 – Tulsa, OK – BOK
October 5 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast
October 6 – Lafayette, LA – Cajundome
David Lee Roth On Playing All The Van Halen Classics :
Paul Stanley says he sees the big picture of Kiss’ accomplishments over the years :