KISS Guitarist Tommy Thayer On North American Tour - "I Can Guarantee The Show Will Be Bombastic And Fiery, Figurative And Literally"
June 23, 2011, 13 years ago
KISS kicked off their North American summer tour last night (June 23rd) in Everett, WA. Guitarist Tommy Thayer is featured in a new interview with Jackson Holtz at The Herald as a build-up to the tour. An excerpt is available below:
Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer gather in a dressing room before taking the stage. It takes two hours for each man to apply their own face paint and step into their elaborate costumes.
"It's a time of anticipation and preparation prior to the show," Thayer said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's a transition into KISS."Rock 'n' roll, fake blood and a whole lot of black-and-white face paint. Add platform shoes, pyrotechnics, outrageous costumes and the result is the "Hottest Show On Earth."
KISS, the iconic '70s band, is scheduled to perform tonight at Comcast Arena Everett. The show marks a return to touring after a six-month hiatus and kicks off an 18-night run across the western United States and Canada.
"I can guarantee the show will be bombastic and fiery, figurative and literally," Thayer said. "It's going to be everything that KISS is about."Go to this location for the complete article.
KISS summer tour dates are now as follows:
June
24 - Spokane Arena - Spokane, WA26 - Interior Savings Centre - Kamloops, BC
27 - Entertainment and Sports Center - Abbotsford, BC
29 - CN Centre - Prince George, BC
30 - Encana Events Centre - Dawson Creek, BC
July
2 - MacDonald Island Park "Canada Rock" Festival - Fort McMurray, AB6 - Rogers Sarnia Bayfest - Sarnia, ON
9 - Centennial Park - Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
12 - Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, NH
13 - Mt Laurel Poconos PAC – Bushkill, PA
15 - Moondance Jam – Walker, MI
16 - Ford Festival Park – Oshkosh, WI
18 - Prairie Capital Convention Center – Springfield, IL
24 - Heavy MTL Festival – Montreal, QC
26 - Casino Rama - Orillia, ON
27 - Colosseum at Caesars Windsor - Windsor, ON
28 - Turning Stone - Verona, NY
