On may 31th, almost 2 years after their
European Alive 35 tour in 2008, we drove to Hamburg (Germany) to see our first (of 5)
Sonic Boom Over Europe KISS Show! After a 5 hour trip we arrived in Hamburg, checked in our hotel and went to the Color Line Arena. We had
VIP Experience Tickets, went to the VIP-entrance and untill the doors went open we talked to a lot of fans. Around 6 PM we got in, got our VIP Laminates and after a copple of minutes we could get a early entrance to the floor. Thanks to the early entrance we got awesome places, front row in the middle of the stage! All we now had to do was waiting untill the BOOM hit us…
And yes, at 8:59 PM we heard the announcement: "You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best…The Hottest Band On The World…KISS"!!! They opened with Modern Day Delilah with rising Gene, Paul & Tommy over Eric's drumkit! And the rock & roll party was begun, from the first song to the last one, we sang along, clapped, yelled and because of standing front row we saw everything up close! We could almost touch them. We saw Gene breaths fire and his blood spitting act up close, Paul's amazing jumps up close and we could see KISS sweat, every line of their faces, feel the heat of the flames and the "killing" smoke, lol.
During the show, we got a lot of attention from the band, they looked us in the eyes, throwed guitarpics and more to us. We ended up with 3 Paul guitarpics, 1 Gene & Tommy guitarpic and Eric's drumstick! So you can understand this was a awesome night for us.
KISS played a set of 21 songs, during the guitarsolo of Shock Me, Tommy's guitar wasn't hooked up properly and fall off on the stage. Eric's & Tommy's duel-solo was great, especially during Eric's bazooka trick. Also they played a accoustic version of Beth, sung by Eric, for the first time since years! Besides Modern Day Delilah they played also I'm A Animal & Say Yeah (sounded so good live!) from their latest album Sonic Boom.
This is the setlist: Modern Day Delilah, Cold Gin, Let Me Go Rock `N` Roll, Firehouse (Gene breaths fire) Say Yeah, Deuce, Crazy Crazy Nights, Calling Dr. Love, Shock Me (Duelsolo Eric & Tommy) I´m An Animal, 100,000 Years, I Love It Loud (Gene spits blood) Love Gun, Black Diamond, Detroit Rock City. Encores: Beth (accoustic version) Lick It Up, Shout It Out Loud, I Was Made For Lovin You (Paul flying act), God Gave Rock And Roll To You & Rock And Roll All Night.
Around 11 PM it was all over, we had a awesome experience, what a show!
We where BOOMED by KISS…
So, enjoy now a selection of more than 300 photo's I made from KISS Boomed Hamburg…
The next day, we drove about 370 KM to see KISS again in Oberhausen (Germany) First we went to the expo, spoke to a lot of fans who praise me about my weblog, thanks! At the expo all kind of merchandise was for sale, also a special priced Gene Simmons Axe Bass Guitar (used by Gene in Hamburg) including a Meet & Greet with Gene, was for sale for 2800,- Euro's. Outside the expo was the Gene Axe Van parked and we took a copple of pics with it…
At 9 PM it was time to be Boomed again and KISS performed a great show in a sold out arena in Oberhausen! They played the same setlist including the accoutic version of Beth. We stood front row again, right before Tommy! When Shout It Loud was finished all the fans keep singing Shout It Out Loud over and over. Also to hear the fans singing during the bridge part of God Give Rock & Roll To You was very cool.
Here's a pic of us @ the show in Oberhausen…
During this show Spiro made a photo of Marina's tattoo, that was posted later on KISSonline! Here it is amoung other fans tatoos…
KISS was awesome again tonight and we had a blast, 2 awesome shows in 2 days! It was time to recover from the Sonic Boom for a day, because coming up for us was KISS live @ Rock Am Ring…
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