KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (2024)

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KISS original members, bassist Gene Simmons, left, and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary while rocking the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during their End of the Road World Tour on Friday, October 20, 2023.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play ‘Detroit Rock City’ to kick off their ‘final’ show in Detroit. Legendary rock band KISS plays what they claim is their final show in Detroit, kicking off the set with ‘Detroit Rock City’ during their End of the Road World Tour stop at Little Caesars Arena on Friday night, October 20, 2023.

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Fans go crazy for KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Rock City.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (4)

KISS rocks the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (7)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (8)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (9)

A digital banner features band members, from left, Eric Singer, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of KISS.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (11)

KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (12)

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer performs.

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KISS original members, bassist Gene Simmons, left, and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary while rocking the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during their End of the Road World Tour on Friday, October 20, 2023.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (14)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (15)

Wayne State University student Angelina Feola, 22, and her father John Feola, 66, of Alden, Michigan wear elaborate KISS costumes with faces painted like KISS bassist Gene Simmons as they wait for the KISS concert to begin at LCA.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (16)

A giant curtain drops to kick off legendary rock band KISS’ final Detroit concert, or so they say. The band, including original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, is celebrating their 50th anniversary with an ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (17)

Legendary rock band KISS, including original members Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley, kick off their final show by being lowered to the stage on floating platform while playing the opening notes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ on their 50th anniversary ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (18)

Legendary rock band KISS, including original members Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley, kick off their final show by being lowered to the stage on floating platform while playing the opening notes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ on their 50th anniversary ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (19)

KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (20)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play ‘Detroit Rock City’ to kick off their ‘final’ show in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (21)

Legendary rock band KISS, including original members Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley, kick off their final show by being lowered to the stage on floating platform while playing the opening notes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ on their 50th anniversary ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (22)

KISS singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (23)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play ‘Detroit Rock City’ to kick off their ‘final’ show in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (24)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (27)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play ‘Detroit Rock City’ to kick off their ‘final’ show in Detroit.

John T. Greilick, The Detroit News
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play ‘Detroit Rock City’ to kick off their ‘final’ show in Detroit.

John T. Greilick, The Detroit News
KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (29)

KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (30)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Fans go crazy for KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Rock City.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Eleven-year-old Dawsyn Gibson of Oxford attends his first KISS concert with his grandfather Dan Graunstadt, 61, of Grand Blanc.

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KISS singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley performs for the final time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS original members, bassist Gene Simmons, left, and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary while rocking the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during their End of the Road World Tour on Friday, October 20, 2023.

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Diana and Jeff Flynn of Adrian wait for the KISS concert to begin at LCA.

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KISS fans attend the band’s final Detroit concert.

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Theo Zaharko, left, and her mother Heather Perry, both of Toledo, wear KISS face paint while waiting for the KISS concert to begin at LCA in Detroit.

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Chessa Bendus, 15, of Oxford wears a Paul Stanley star over her right eye while waiting for the KISS concert to begin at LCA in Detroit.

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KISS fans attend the band’s final Detroit concert.

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A KISS fan sports an elaborate beard and handlebar mustache while attending the band’s final Detroit concert.

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Massive KISS fan David Colling of St. Clair Shores and his wife Christine Colling, right, greet their daughter Katie Mahaffey and son-in-law Mason Mahaffey of Harrison Township before the KISS concert at LCA in Detroit.

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Christine Colling of St. Clair Shores and her husband David Colling, a massive KISS fan who wears a tattoo of the four band members on his left arm, attend the band’s final Detroit concert.

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Gene Simmons impersonator Peter Bach Sr. of Delta, Ohio, poses for photos at Little Caesars Arena before the KISS concert.

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Gene Simmons impersonator Peter Bach Sr. of Delta, Ohio, lposes for photo with childhood friends and KISS fanatics (who grew up together in Ann Arbor), from left, Jay Schaffer, Charlie Richmond and Scott Bell at Little Caesars Arena before the KISS concert. The artwork they hold is reminiscent of that held by a fan in a photo on the 1975 Kiss Alive album.

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Legendary rock band KISS, including original members Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley, kick off their final show by being lowered to the stage on floating platform while playing the opening notes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ on their 50th anniversary ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (47)

Legendary rock band KISS, including original members Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley, kick off their final show by being lowered to the stage on floating platform while playing the opening notes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ on their 50th anniversary ‘End of the Road World Tour.’

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS original members, bassist Gene Simmons, left, and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary while rocking the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during their End of the Road World Tour on Friday, October 20, 2023.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (50)

KISS original members, bassist Gene Simmons, left, and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary while rocking the stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during their End of the Road World Tour on Friday, October 20, 2023.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (51)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer performs.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (59)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (60)

KISS drummer Eric Singer performs in Detroit.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons performs during the final Detroit concert of the band’s 50-year rock-n-roll career.

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Bassist Gene Simmons, age 74, rocks the stage in Detroit for the final time with his legendary band KISS.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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Fans go wild for KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit during the final Detroit show of the band’s 50-year career.

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley play perform at Little Caesars Arena during the final Detroit show of their 50-year Rock n Roll Hall of Fame career. Simmons, age 74, and Stanley, 71, are founding members of the band.

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Evan Stanley, son of KISS frontman Paul Stanley, warms up the crowd with his band Amber Wild at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit before headliners KISS take the stage for their final Detroit concert.

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Opening act Amber Wild, from left, bassist Jake Massanari, guitarist Marshall Via, drummer Thomas Lowery and Evan Stanley, son of Paul Stanley, warm up the crowd for headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Guitarist Marshall Via, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Drummer Thomas Lowrey, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Bassist Jake Massanari of the opening act Amber Wild performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Guitarist Marshall Via, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Guitarist Marshall Via, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Drummer Thomas Lowrey, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Evan Stanley, son of KISS frontman Paul Stanley, warms up the crowd with his band Amber Wild at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit before headliners KISS take the stage for their final Detroit concert.

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Drummer Thomas Lowrey, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Guitarist Marshall Via, of the opening act Amber Wild, performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Evan Stanley, son of KISS frontman Paul Stanley, warms up the crowd with his band Amber Wild at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit before headliners KISS take the stage for their final Detroit concert.

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Bassist Jake Massanari of the opening act Amber Wild performs before headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Opening act Amber Wild guitarist Marshall Via, left, and singer/guitarist Evan Stanley, warm up the crowd for headliners KISS at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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KISS plays final Detroit concert on 50th anniversary 'End of the Road' tour. (2024)
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