1/19/2024 0 Comments Whiskey a go go capacity![]() You go into the streets and you play for people.” If you want to really make it, you don’t do it by going on a talent musical show. (The show marked the group’s first at the Whisky and first club show in more than 20 years.) “To be able to relive what we did once upon a time is pretty fuckin awesome,” he said. In the middle of the show, Stanley acknowledged the role small venues played in the group’s early development now that the band has long been an arena act. (Three songs from the Eighties - 1982’s “War Machine,” 1983’s “Lick It Up” and 1984’s “Heaven’s on Fire” - rounded out the set alongside 2009’s “Say Yeah.”) “How many of you people have seen us in the Seventies?” Stanley asked the crowd to sizable applause. (The marquee outside boasted “SiriusXM Presents Wicked Lester,” referring to the group’s original name.)Īfter longtime Kiss obsessive Tom Morello came onstage to mimic the group’s famous intro from 1977’s Alive II (“You wanted the best and you got the best!”), the group performed a 70-minute set that drew heavily from their 1974–77 heyday. Less than two weeks into their End of the Road tour, which finds the band headlining arenas, the group opted for a far more intimate setup in conjunction with SiriusXM and their Kiss Army Radio channel.įans lined up hours before the gig to try to score an invite to the show, which saw celebs like LL Cool J, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, No Doubt’s Tony Kanal and George Lopez gawk at the Hall of Famers. ![]() ![]() “This stage is so small, I have to leave to change my mind,” Kiss frontman Paul Stanley quipped onstage at the 500-capacity Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles Monday night.
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