Legendary rockers KISS have been on their “End Of The Road” farewell tour for quite a while as the band continues to make the rounds for what they say are their final concerts in most markets.
The band appeared on The Howard Stern Show earlier this year where they announced the final two concerts of the trek will take place Dec. 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
“Some people have kind of snickered and said, ‘This ‘End Of The Road’ tour has gone on for years.’ Yeah, we lost two and a half years to C*VID,” singer/guitarist Paul Stanley said.
“We would have been done already. Yeah, this is the end. When you come to see the show, it’s awesome. It’s the most high-tech show out there, and yet it’s clearly a kick-*ss rock and roll show. It’s not Vegas; it’s not something that loses its balls, so to speak. It’s everything KISS, just amped up and ramped up.”
In a new interview with The Sunday Project out of Australia, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons commented on the band’s final two shows and said that it’s important to know “when it’s time to call it quits.”
“Well, look, at a certain point Mother Nature takes over no matter what your plans are,” Simmons said.
“And at a certain time you’ve gotta have the dignity and pride but also the love and admiration of your fans to know when it’s time to call it quits. We’ve all seen boxers that stay in the ring too long, and we’ve all seen bands that stay on the stage too long. So, I’m still looking pretty damn good. But that’s not the point. The point is the physical nature of what we do is gonna limit how long we do it. And we remember, we introduce ourselves with ‘You wanted the best. You got the best. The hottest band in the world.’”
Simmons continued: “I don’t wanna be in one of those bands where the fans just say, ‘Oh, you should have seen them back in 1804 when they were really rocking.’ Right here, right now, either be a champion or get off the stage. So we’re gonna quit while the quitting’s good, while we’re on top. And gratefully, I don’t know how to verbalize what an amazing journey it’s been, and it’s only due to the fans. Without them, I’d be asking the next person in line if they’d like some fries with that. Don’t kid yourself.”
KISS recently added more shows to the tour including stops in Crandon, Wisconsin and Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio. Simmons also previously didn’t rule out a possible Las Vegas residency following the tour.
“I actually don’t know because we have been so inundated by people wanting to see us wherever we go,” Simmons told The Las Vegas Review-Journal when asked if KISS would ever play a show in Las Vegas again. “I mean, every guy whoever washed my dog or did my dry cleaning is hitting me up for tickets for his entire family, three generations back. Vegas? I don’t know, it would be nice to do a Vegas residency. But I don’t know any of these things.”
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