2019 promises to bring some great rock ‘n’ roll concerts to the Boston area. While many—including Maroon 5's vocalist Adam Levine—have been quick to write off rock ‘n’ roll as dead in the last year, there are still signs that rock is alive and well, with four big classic bands coming to town this spring.
Kiss is the first big act and will play in TD Garden on March 26. The band formed in New York City in 1973, with guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. These musicians were well-known for their elaborate face paint and fancy stage outfits. They rose to prominence in the mid 1970s with their live performances that featured fire-breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several line-up changes over the years, with Stanley and Simmons the only two original members remaining. Former drummer Criss refuses to have any contact with the other two members over unresolved song credits and royalty disputes.
Frehley had not performed with the band since a 2002 Farewell Tour because of similar disputes, but appears to have since buried the hatchet as he reunited with Kiss this past October to perform four songs on a cruise boat: "New York Groove," "2,000 Man," "Hide Your Heart," and "Domino."
Earlier, on September 19, following their performance on America's Got Talent, Kiss announced that they are ending their career with One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour 2019, which kicks off January 21 in Vancouver and currently includes 74 additional dates that run through December 3, in Auckland, New Zealand.
At TD Garden, Kiss will perform its One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour, and it promises to be a great show—although don't count on it being the final Kiss show you’ll ever attend if you are a huge Kiss fan. The band has already staged several Farewell Tours, and this one may be just be another cash grab for Stanley and Simmons, known to be more business enthusiasts in the rock ‘n' roll world, than actual rock ‘n' rollers.
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