# The Hottest Show on Earth Tour

The Hottest Show on Earth Tour was a concert tour by Kiss in support of their 19th studio album, Sonic Boom. It is essentially the North American leg of the Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour, itself a continuation of the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour that started in 2008. Kiss also played in Mexico for the first time since 2004. The tour featured both arena and amphitheater shows throughout the United States, plus Canada, and was produced by Live Nation. As with previous concert tours, live recordings of every show were sold at the venue by SymfyLive.
Kiss also stated that one dollar from each ticket sold would be donated to the United States Armed Forces to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project. Kiss also added more shows to the tour in Puerto Rico, Houston, and Hollywood, Florida. Kiss announced seven shows to be added to the tour as a small Japanese tour however these shows have now been postponed to later in the year.
The opening bands for the concert were The Academy Is..., Bad City, The Envy and a local act for every city, winner of a contest held by Guitar Center.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Stanley reflected on the tour:
   The idea is that I'm out there and I'm able to do this and that there's an audience that wants to see it makes it incredibly satisfying for me. I'll never disappoint them. But I'm only part of the equation, the other part of the equation is the audience. My philosophy is when people pay for a ticket, if you agree to do a show the last thing you should be doing is making excuses for not doing your job. If you can't do your job go home, but if you're gonna go up onstage you better give a hundred percent and make sure it's what people expect.

## Set list

According to kissonline.com, the official website of the band, Kiss will perform such classics as "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" as well as hits that they haven't played in the US in many years. The set list is almost identical to the previous European tour, including three songs from Sonic Boom and the song "Crazy Crazy Nights", which hasn't been played live (except during their last European tour) since 1990. The setlist below started the tour in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
* "Modern Day Delilah"
* "Cold Gin"
* "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
* "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
* "Say Yeah"
* "Deuce"
* "Crazy Crazy Nights"
* "Calling Dr. Love"
* "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
* "I'm an Animal"
* "100,000 Years"
* "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies)
* "Love Gun"
* "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Whole Lotta Love" before "Black Diamond")
* "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
* "Beth"
* "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
* "Shout It Out Loud"
* "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Paul flies to B-Stage)
* "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II"
* "Rock and Roll All Nite"

### Lost Cities Tour set list

* "Modern Day Delilah"
* "Cold Gin"
* "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
* "Firehouse" (Gene breathes fire)
* "Say Yeah"
* "Deuce"
* "Do You Love Me"
* "Calling Dr. Love"
* "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jamming together)
* "I Love It Loud"
* "Love Gun"
* "God of Thunder" (Gene spits blood)
* "Black Diamond" (Paul solo and excerpt from "Stairway to Heaven" before "Black Diamond")
* "Detroit Rock City"
Encore
* "Beth"
* "Lick It Up" (with bridge from "Won't Get Fooled Again")
* "Shout It Out Loud"
* "Rock and Roll All Nite"

## Tour dates

List of 2010 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| July 23, 2010 | Cheyenne | United States | Cheyenne Frontier Days |
| July 24, 2010 | Minot | United States | North Dakota State Fair |
| July 29, 2010 | Burgettstown | United States | First Niagara Pavilion |
| July 30, 2010 | Cincinnati | United States | Riverbend Music Center |
| July 31, 2010 | Hershey | United States | Hersheypark Stadium |
| August 6, 2010 | Camden | United States | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| August 7, 2010 | Mansfield | United States | Comcast Center |
| August 9, 2010 | Indianapolis | United States | Indiana State Fair |
| August 10, 2010 | Sault Ste. Marie | Canada | Essar Centre |
| August 13, 2010 | Corfu | United States | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
| August 14, 2010 | Wantagh | United States | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
| August 15, 2010 | Scranton | United States | Toyota Pavilion |
| August 17, 2010 | Saratoga Springs | United States | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| August 19, 2010 | Uncasville | United States | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| August 20, 2010 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| August 21, 2010 | Bristow | United States | Jiffy Lube Live |
| August 27, 2010 | Virginia Beach | United States | Virginia Beach Amphitheater |
| August 28, 2010 | Charlotte | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| August 29, 2010 | Raleigh | United States | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion |
| August 31, 2010 | Atlanta | United States | Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| September 2, 2010 | Milwaukee | United States | Marcus Amphitheater |
| September 3, 2010 | Tinley Park | United States | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
| September 4, 2010 | Saint Paul | United States | Minnesota State Fair |
| September 10, 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
| September 11, 2010 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| September 12, 2010 | Cuyahoga Falls | United States | Blossom Music Center |
| September 17, 2010 | The Woodlands | United States | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion |
| September 18, 2010 | Frisco | United States | Pizza Hut Park |
| September 19, 2010 | San Antonio | United States | AT&T Center |
| September 22, 2010 | Sandy | United States | Rio Tinto Stadium |
| September 24, 2010 | Phoenix | United States | Cricket Wireless Pavilion |
| September 25, 2010 | Fontana | United States | Epicenter |
| September 28, 2010 | Monterrey | Mexico | Teatro Banamex |
| September 30, 2010 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| October 1, 2010 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| October 2, 2010 | Guadalajara | Mexico | Arena VFG |
List of 2011 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| March 12, 2011 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum |
| March 15, 2011 | Houston | United States | Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo |
| March 17, 2011 | Hollywood | United States | Hard Rock Live |
| May 29, 2011 | Sacramento | United States | Rock'n Walk For Kids |
| June 23, 2011 | Everett | United States | Comcast Arena at Everett |
| June 24, 2011 | Spokane | United States | Spokane Arena |
| June 26, 2011 | Kamloops | Canada | Interior Savings Centre |
| June 27, 2011 | Abbotsford | Canada | Abbotsford Centre |
| June 29, 2011 | Prince George | Canada | CN Centre |
| June 30, 2011 | Dawson Creek | Canada | EnCana Events Centre |
| July 2, 2011 | Fort McMurray | Canada | Canada Rock Festival |
| July 6, 2011 | Sarnia | Canada | Sarnia Bayfest |
| July 9, 2011 | Grand Falls-Windsor | Canada | Salmon Festival |
| July 12, 2011 | Manchester | United States | Verizon Wireless Arena |
| July 13, 2011 | Bushkill | United States | Mountain Laurel Center |
| July 15, 2011 | Walker | United States | Moondance Jam |
| July 16, 2011 | Oshkosh | United States | Rock USA Festival |
| July 18, 2011 | Springfield | United States | Prairie Capital Convention Center |
| July 24, 2011 | Montreal | Canada | Heavy Montréal |
| July 26, 2011 | Orillia | Canada | Casino Rama |
| July 27, 2011 | Windsor | Canada | Caesars Windsor |
| July 28, 2011 | Verona | United States | Turning Stone Events Center |

## Personnel
### Kiss

* Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
* Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
* Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, vocals
* Eric Singer – drums, vocals