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Well, have to say, my son and I had a great time this past Sunday....
Poison, I have to admit, did an unexpectedly decent set.... Pretty much their "greatest hits", if I could call them that, about 50 minutes or so, and they were off of the stage....
Surprisingly big crowd - I'd estimate between 13 and 15 grand....
KISS came on about 8:50PM and played for about 2 hours and 10 minutes...
The usher told us they were filming a DVD that night, and that looked sure to be the case as a couple of large TV-style cameras were placed near the mixing board.... And it's also confirmed on their website now as well, filmed in D.C. Saturday night and this night here in Va Beach...
Also, due to the DVD, they played some extra songs that weren't on their normal setlist for this tour...
The setlist was a minor disappointment IMO.... They tried to dig deeper with some hits that they hadn't been playing live since they put the makeup back on, but in the course of that, they played some post-makeup songs that shouldn't have been played, such as "Unholy", "Tears Are Falling", and "Psycho Circus".... No "God of Thunder", no "Black Diamond", no "Firehouse"....
The best part was watching my son... As soon as the house lights went down, his fists were in the air... He loved every explosion, every flash pot, the blood spitting, the fire breathing, all of it....
And the bonus part - I didn't buy tickets until Saturday, thinking they may lower the prices, which they didn't... Well, because I waited, they obviously opened up some seats in the reserved section just to the right of the mixing board facing the stage....
So we get to our seats, me, my buddy, and my son, and after a few minutes we look up and see that they have the trackbar going from the right side of the stage all the way back to where we were.... We knew that we were in for a treat later on that night....
So about 3/4 into the show, we see about 10 roadies quickly put together a platform right behind our row... They had this thing up, with monitors and speakers complete, in 5 minutes...
They start playing "I Was Made for Loving You", and Paul tells the crowd that he's "coming out there"... Of course, we know what's coming... So Paul hooks his boot onto a strap, and hangs over the crowd while it takes him out to the platform....
So my buddy and I hoist my son onto the armrest so he can stand between the two seats, and now he's about 7 feet high, pumping his fists right up to Paul, who's only a few feet away on the platform....
Unfortunately, I don't think Paul looked directly down to us, or I'm sure he would have given my son a pick or something... He's done that at other KISS shows I've been to with kids....
But, they also had several guys walking around the crowd with mini-KISScams.... When we put my son up on the seat, a guy with one of the minicams was filiming him about a foot away for a good 10-15 seconds....
I can't wait for the DVD to come out, I'd like to think they'd put a shot like that of a young KISS fan on the recording....
One last thing - Not sure if you've heard of this, but KISS also has the folks from "Instant Live" recordings on every stop of this tour.... What you do is signup prior to the show, and minutes after the show is over, you get a high-quality CD of the show right at the front gates.... We didn't think of doing it at the time, and there were a few hundred people in line after the show, but I'm going to grab one, even if I have to grab it off of Ebay...
Poison, I have to admit, did an unexpectedly decent set.... Pretty much their "greatest hits", if I could call them that, about 50 minutes or so, and they were off of the stage....
Surprisingly big crowd - I'd estimate between 13 and 15 grand....
KISS came on about 8:50PM and played for about 2 hours and 10 minutes...
The usher told us they were filming a DVD that night, and that looked sure to be the case as a couple of large TV-style cameras were placed near the mixing board.... And it's also confirmed on their website now as well, filmed in D.C. Saturday night and this night here in Va Beach...
Also, due to the DVD, they played some extra songs that weren't on their normal setlist for this tour...
The setlist was a minor disappointment IMO.... They tried to dig deeper with some hits that they hadn't been playing live since they put the makeup back on, but in the course of that, they played some post-makeup songs that shouldn't have been played, such as "Unholy", "Tears Are Falling", and "Psycho Circus".... No "God of Thunder", no "Black Diamond", no "Firehouse"....
The best part was watching my son... As soon as the house lights went down, his fists were in the air... He loved every explosion, every flash pot, the blood spitting, the fire breathing, all of it....
And the bonus part - I didn't buy tickets until Saturday, thinking they may lower the prices, which they didn't... Well, because I waited, they obviously opened up some seats in the reserved section just to the right of the mixing board facing the stage....
So we get to our seats, me, my buddy, and my son, and after a few minutes we look up and see that they have the trackbar going from the right side of the stage all the way back to where we were.... We knew that we were in for a treat later on that night....
So about 3/4 into the show, we see about 10 roadies quickly put together a platform right behind our row... They had this thing up, with monitors and speakers complete, in 5 minutes...
They start playing "I Was Made for Loving You", and Paul tells the crowd that he's "coming out there"... Of course, we know what's coming... So Paul hooks his boot onto a strap, and hangs over the crowd while it takes him out to the platform....
So my buddy and I hoist my son onto the armrest so he can stand between the two seats, and now he's about 7 feet high, pumping his fists right up to Paul, who's only a few feet away on the platform....
Unfortunately, I don't think Paul looked directly down to us, or I'm sure he would have given my son a pick or something... He's done that at other KISS shows I've been to with kids....
But, they also had several guys walking around the crowd with mini-KISScams.... When we put my son up on the seat, a guy with one of the minicams was filiming him about a foot away for a good 10-15 seconds....
I can't wait for the DVD to come out, I'd like to think they'd put a shot like that of a young KISS fan on the recording....
One last thing - Not sure if you've heard of this, but KISS also has the folks from "Instant Live" recordings on every stop of this tour.... What you do is signup prior to the show, and minutes after the show is over, you get a high-quality CD of the show right at the front gates.... We didn't think of doing it at the time, and there were a few hundred people in line after the show, but I'm going to grab one, even if I have to grab it off of Ebay...
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