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<\/a><\/p>\nThe show was a smaller, less involved production than a normal KISS show, but they still rocked it. They played through a majority of their hits (16 in total) including a deeper cut like \u201cFlaming Youth\u201d and ended with \u201cDetroit Rock City\u201d. They played one of their newer tracks, \u201cSay Yeah\u201d off the 2009 release, \u201cSonic Boom\u201d, but it wasn\u2019t met with the fervor of the fan favorites like \u201cBlack Diamond or \u201cRock and Roll All Nite\u201d, the majority still fell along with it. The only song that really didn\u2019t seem right was hearing, \u201cShock Me\u201d done by Tommy Thayer. Tommy is a great musician, but he\u2019s not Ace Frehley. Several of the fans could be over heard mumbling about this not being right, but he pulled it off.<\/p>\n
KISS has been a strong supporter of the armed forces for sometime now. Tonight was no different. After the main set, they took a break and went into their tribute to the men and women of the United States military. They brought out vets, the flag and did the national anthem. They also brought out the mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin. Irvin thanked them and gave away the keys to the city to the fantastic four.<\/p>\n
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The show went off without a hitch as the weather wasn\u2019t playing well that night in many parts of northern Illinois. A light sprinkle was felt off and on, but unlike a previous show there just a couple weeks earlier, didn\u2019t get cancelled. You could see lightning flashes in the distance, but luckily the storms held off until well after the show was over.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve seen KISS before, you realized this wasn\u2019t one of their best. That\u2019s not to say anything about their skills, but more on the event over all. The band didn\u2019t call out to the city by name. Paul Stanley\u2019s voice crackled a little more than usual and he didn\u2019t fly out over the crowd, Gene Simmons didn\u2019t raise up into the rafters and the set props weren\u2019t all there, but it was still a strong KISS show. Stanley always appreciates the fans no matter where they are and tonight was no different. They just weren\u2019t mentioned by name. The pyrotechnics were strong. The fire was high and the confetti was blasting like a strong winter snow storm north of \u201cThe Wall\u201d (Sorry, Game of Thrones night) in general, it all worked. Especially for the surprisingly newbies to a KISS show as Stanley called out, \u201cWho here hasn\u2019t seen a KISS show before?\u201d Many hands went up and that meant many new KISS Army members were joined to the greatest rock band around.<\/p>\n This was the end of the summer tour for KISS. As a matter of fact, there are only 4 other dates listed on the bands tour site and those are one offs in the South. So we\u2019re pretty lucky to have gotten not one, but two KISS shows.<\/p>\n =================================================================================<\/p>\n For more on KISS, click here<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KISS-live-at-RiverEdge-Park-Aurora-Illinois-08-20-17-42-1024x683.jpg\")
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