The rock icons will conclude their End of the Road Tour in New York City
KISS have announced their last concerts ever. During an interview on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday, the band revealed that their End of the Road Tour with back-to-back performances on December 1 and December 2 at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City.
“KISS was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago. It will be a privilege and honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden, 10 blocks and 50 years from where we first started,” said the band.
It has been a wild ride since KISS embarked on their final run. Since 2019, The Rock Revival has been along for the ride documenting the entire End of the Road Tour. Revisit our reviews and live photo galleries from Philadelphia (2019), Allentown (2020), and Atlantic City (2021).
Proceeding the last shows at The Garden is a final North American 50th Anniversary leg. It kicks off at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on October 29 with stops in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, Baltimore, and more. Check out the full fall itinerary below.
Tickets will be available starting Monday, March 6, with a KISS Army pre-sale at 10am local time at KISSonline.com/Tour. Additional pre-sales will be available throughout the week. The general on sale starting on Friday, March 10 at 10am at livenation.com.
The band’s final show was originally set to take place at Madison Square Garden on July 17, 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed a bulk of the band’s End of the Road Tour. The band resumed the run on August 18, 2021 and have been touring the world since saying goodbye to their diehard fans.
“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years,” KISS said in a statement before the initial launch of the tour. “This will be the ultimate celebration for those who’ve seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we’re saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in – unapologetic and unstoppable.”
KISS are one of the most successful acts in music history, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The band broke into the mainstream in 1974 with their self-titled debut album. In 1977, the band won the People’s Choice Award for Best New Song for “Beth.” KISS were nominated for a GRAMMY® Award in 1999 for Best Hard Rock Performance.
From 1996-2000, the band garnered 16 Metal Edge Reader’s Choice Awards. KISS were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10, 2015 at the Barclays Center in New York. The band was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone in April 2014 for the first time in their career in light of their induction into the Hall of Fame.
October 29 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
November 1 – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena
November 3 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
November 6 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
November 8 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
November 10 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
November 12 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
November 13 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
November 15 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
November 18 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
November 19 – Quebec, QC – Videotron Centre
November 21 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
November 22 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
November 24 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
November 25 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
November 27 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
November 29 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
December 1 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
December 2 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden