# Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour

The Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour (full title: Sonic Boom Over Europe: From the Beginning to the Boom) 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, England 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.
Each show was recorded and sold to fans on a USB flash drive following the concert.
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 CO$_2$ 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.
In the tour program for the band's final tour, Singer reflected on the tour:
   Tommy and myself are in a unique position because we grew up as Kiss fans and ended up playing with Kiss so that's a kind of different perspective that Gene and Paul will never have. I don't think there's anyone else who playing in Kiss besides Tommy and myself that really were truly Kiss fans when they were younger.

## 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.
| Main setlist "Modern Day Delilah" "Cold Gin" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Firehouse" "Say Yeah" "Deuce" "Crazy Crazy Nights" "Calling Dr. Love" "Shock Me" (Tommy and Eric jam and solos) "I'm an Animal" "100,000 Years" "I Love It Loud" (Gene spits blood and flies) "Love Gun" "Black Diamond" "Detroit Rock City" Encores: "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" "Beth" is only played for a few dates of the tour 1^ Omitted in Vienna and Ostrava. 2^ Performed on all dates from May 31 to June 25, 2010. | Promo show setlist (London, Islington Academy, March 2, 2010) "Modern Day Delilah" "Cold Gin" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Say Yeah" "Calling Dr. Love" "Got to Choose" "I Love It Loud" "100,000 Years" "Love Gun" "Black Diamond" "Rock and Roll All Nite" "Detroit Rock City" |

## Tour dates

List of 2010 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| May 1, 2010 | Sheffield | England | Sheffield Arena |
| May 2, 2010 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena |
| May 4, 2010 | Liverpool | England | Echo Arena |
| May 5, 2010 | Birmingham | England | LG Arena |
| May 7, 2010 | Dublin | Ireland | The O$_2$ |
| May 9, 2010 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC |
| May 10, 2010 | Manchester | England | Evening News Arena |
| May 12, 2010 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| May 13, 2010 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| May 16, 2010 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
| May 17, 2010 | Geneva | Switzerland | SEG Geneva Arena |
| May 18, 2010 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| May 20, 2010 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
| May 21, 2010 | Ostrava | Czech Republic | ČEZ Aréna |
| May 23, 2010 | Prague | Czech Republic | O$_2$ Arena |
| May 25, 2010 | Leipzig | Germany | Arena Leipzig |
| May 26, 2010 | Berlin | Germany | O$_2$ World |
| May 28, 2010 | Budapest | Hungary | Papp László Sportaréna |
| May 29, 2010 | Bratislava | Slovakia | Štadión Pasienky |
| May 31, 2010 | Hamburg | Germany | O$_2$ World |
| June 1, 2010 | Oberhausen | Germany | König Pilsener Arena |
| June 3, 2010 | Nürburgring | Germany | Rock am Ring Festival |
| June 5, 2010 | Nuremberg | Germany | Rock im Park Festival |
| June 8, 2010 | Trondheim | Norway | Lerkendal Stadion |
| June 10, 2010 | Tampere | Finland | Sauna Open Air Metal Festival |
| June 12, 2010 | Stockholm | Sweden | Olympiastadion |
| June 13, 2010 | Malmö | Sweden | Malmö Stadion |
| June 14, 2010 | Oslo | Norway | Vallhall Arena |
| June 16, 2010 | Aalborg | Denmark | Gigantium |
| June 18, 2010 | Arnhem | Netherlands | GelreDome |
| June 20, 2010 | Clisson | France | Hellfest |
| June 22, 2010 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes |
| June 24, 2010 | Barcelona | Spain | Palau Sant Jordi |
| June 25, 2010 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | Azkena Rock Festival |
| June 27, 2010 | Dessel | Belgium | Graspop Metal Meeting Festival |