Kiss forced to cut set short at intimate gig

Kiss were forced to cut their set short at last night’s intimate gig at London's Islington Academy.

The stadium rockers, who had not played a venue in the UK that small in nearly 24 years, were left breathless after confetti cannons went off during initial set closer, Rock And Roll All Nite.

According to reports, the stage was flooded with excessive amounts of carbon dioxide and bassist / vocalist Gene Simmons nearly collapsed. Vocalist / guitarist Paul Stanley also found it difficult to breathe and said he didn’t know if he could make it back on stage for an encore.

Thankfully, after a short interval, the band returned to perform their 1976 hit, Detroit Rock City, but unbeknown to fans in attendance at the 800 capacity venue, Kiss were forced to axe classic tracks such as Deuce, Shout It Out Loud and Lick It Up from their set.

The setlist from last night’s gig was as follows:

01 Modern Day Delilah
02 Cold Gin
03 Let Me Go Rock And Roll
04 Say Yeah
05 Calling Dr. Love
06 Got To Choose
07 I Love It Loud
08 100,000 Years
09 Love Gun
10 Black Diamond
11 Rock And Roll All Nite
12 Detroit Rock City

Tags: Kiss

Posted by Dan at 12:44PM | March 3, 2010

Is fucking hilarious!
If i've told you once I've told you a hundred times it's puppet show, then Kiss!

Posted by yes | March 3, 2010 1:09 PM | Reply to this

i lol'd xD

Posted by emuu | March 3, 2010 2:33 PM | Reply to this

I was at the gig and did think at the time that the amount of confetti was a little excessive for such a small venue. And after it was all discharged you could see the cannons still putting out gas. If you watch the encore Detroit Rock City on Youtube it's obvious Paul is struggling. Whatever the reason it's a shame the set was shortened but it still ranks as the gig of a lifetime!

Posted by One -take | March 3, 2010 4:30 PM | Reply to this