What KISS’ final tour kicked off on Thursday, January 31st in Vancouver. But it will likely be a while before the actual final farewell.
“This is going to last a few years,” in a recent interview, Paul Stanley told about the End of the Road World Tour, which has currently announced dates announced through December 3rd, including a KISS Kruise setting sail October 30th. But, he adds, rest assured the group isn’t kidding about saying goodbye to the road.
“It’s been 45 years,” Stanley says, “and we want to be able to do this with the fortitude and with the respect for our legacy that it deserves. We felt it was time to make a conscious decision that this is the last tour and go out in a blaze of glory and take a victory lap and spend a very special evening with fans around that world.”
“This is in no way or should be a reunion tour — that would negate everything that came since,” Stanley explains. “The band is in the best shape it’s ever been, and built on a foundation of everything that came before it and built that much higher by us. This is a celebration of KISS and of all eras and everything that’s happened. It doesn’t even make any sense to me to talk of a reunion.” Nevertheless, he adds, “We’re happy to invite people who have been involved in the band to come join us at some point for a song or whatever. If it doesn’t happen, it wouldn’t be by my choosing.”
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