Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour


The Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Kiss in support of their 19th studio album Sonic Boom, which was released in October 2009.
The tour started in Sheffield, United Kingdom at the Sheffield Arena in early May and concluded at the Graspop Metal Meeting Festival in Dessel, Belgium in late June. The leg marked the band's first tour of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom since 1996, their first show in Ireland since 1988, and their debut concert in Slovakia. The group performed at a number of music festivals on the tour, including the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Festivals, Sauna Open Air Metal Festival and Hellfest.
Before the start of the tour, the group played a promotional show at the Islington Academy in London on March 2, 2010 to about 800 people. Three songs had to be cut from the 15-song set due to issues with the CO2 canisters used to release confetti during "Rock and Roll All Nite".
A subsequent tour entitled The Hottest Show on Earth Tour followed in late July 2010, reaching North American markets.

Setlist

The setlist featured three songs from Sonic Boom: "Modern Day Delilah", "Say Yeah" and "I'm an Animal". Also included was "Crazy Crazy Nights", performed live for the first time since the Hot in the Shade Tour in 1990. Beginning with the date in Hamburg, Germany, "Beth" was added to the setlist. It was the first time the song was performed live since the World Domination Tour in 2003 and the first time it was performed acoustically since Kiss' appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1995.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue/Event
May 1, 2010SheffieldUnited KingdomSheffield Arena
May 2, 2010NewcastleUnited KingdomMetro Radio Arena
May 4, 2010LiverpoolUnited KingdomEcho Arena
May 5, 2010BirminghamUnited KingdomLG Arena
May 7, 2010DublinIrelandThe O2
May 9, 2010GlasgowUnited KingdomSECC
May 10, 2010ManchesterUnited KingdomEvening News Arena
May 12, 2010LondonUnited KingdomWembley Arena
May 13, 2010LondonUnited KingdomWembley Arena
May 16, 2010ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
May 17, 2010GenevaSwitzerlandSEG Geneva Arena
May 18, 2010MilanItalyMediolanum Forum
May 20, 2010ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle
May 21, 2010OstravaCzech RepublicČEZ Aréna
May 23, 2010PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena
May 25, 2010LeipzigGermanyArena Leipzig
May 26, 2010BerlinGermanyO2 World
May 28, 2010BudapestHungaryPapp László Sportaréna
May 29, 2010BratislavaSlovakiaŠtadión Pasienky
May 31, 2010HamburgGermanyO2 World
June 1, 2010OberhausenGermanyKönig Pilsener Arena
June 3, 2010NürburgringGermanyRock am Ring Festival
June 5, 2010NurembergGermanyRock im Park Festival
June 8, 2010TrondheimNorwayLerkendal Stadion
June 10, 2010TampereFinlandSauna Open Air Metal Festival
June 12, 2010StockholmSwedenOlympiastadion
June 13, 2010MalmöSwedenMalmö Stadion
June 14, 2010OsloNorwayVallhall Arena
June 16, 2010AalborgDenmarkGigantium
June 18, 2010ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome
June 20, 2010ClissonFranceHellfest
June 22, 2010MadridSpainPalacio de Deportes
June 24, 2010BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi
June 25, 2010Vitoria-GasteizSpainAzkena Rock Festival
June 27, 2010DesselBelgiumGraspop Metal Meeting Festival