KISS is out on their “End Of The Road” world tour. The trek was scheduled to end on July 17, 2021 in New York City, but has since been extended to 2023. The band first made the announcement of the tour in September of 2018 on “America’s Got Talent.”
Recently, guitarist/singer Paul Stanley talked about the tour, when it might conclude and what will come after in an interview with Yahoo!’s Lyndsey Parker.
“The fact that we still not only survived but thrived is special enough,” Stanley said when asked if they would do anything special to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
“There’s nothing special to do. I’m thrilled that we’re still here. I’m thrilled that the fans are still here. The fans seem thrilled that we’re still here. We’re coming to the end of this [farewell tour], so to speak. We pretty much know when we’re ending and where we’re ending. And that’s it.”
Stanley also addressed why the tour has gone on for so long.
“This tour, interestingly, seems to go on forever,” he said. “That’s because we lost two years to C*VID. People go, ‘Oh my God. This tour…’ Well, yeah, there’s two years that didn’t count. And it’s a big world. So, there’ve been some countries that I thought we were finished with, and the fans and the promoters wanted us to come back. So we have shows to do. The end is in sight — more so than some people know,” Stanley continued. “But we’ll have an announcement about that in the not-too-distant future.”
The band previously hinted that the final concert would take place in New York City.
“It would only make sense for us to play the States, and I think it would make sense that we would end where we started. There’s gonna be some tears shed, for sure.”
When asked if the final show of the tour would in fact be the band’s last show, Stanley said: “I really can’t say. But it is the last of any kind of regular shows or touring.”
“It’s just time,” he explained. “And in the same way, it’s time consuming. And physically, it’s grueling to do what we do. Hell, if I could go out on stage in my jeans and a t-shirt, give us another 10, 15 years easily. But what we do is a whole different sport. I mean, we’re athletes; we’re running around on stage with 30, 40, pounds of gear, and it’s not possible to do it that much longer. So we’re not like other bands.”
“So, will we do more shows or one-offs? I really have no idea,” Paul admitted. “But this is a real clear mindset that the touring days and doing those kind of shows, that’s over.”
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