Foto: Kai Rune Storhagen, aktivioslo.no

Why change something that works well? Pyro effects, blood and old classics were in place as expected during the Kiss concert at Holmenkollen.

Finally the time has come. Kiss back in Oslo for the first time in two years. Expectations are sky high and the fans have been in place since early Saturday afternoon. Black-clad men and women, decorated with white and black paint on the face. Boys with Ray-Bans, shirt and lick. Girls with the volume in your hair and pink cheeks. Children with hearing about the size of their own head, and eyes as big as marbles. Kiss pull all kinds, of all ages.

The tension builds up. Kiss backstage appear on TV screens, and the audience howls. The volume falls not until hours later, when the confetti has settled and the lights are off. Based on the stage marching boys or old men, maybe. Greatness time still exists, 38 years after the first album KISS was released. Kiss is a group that is passed down for generations. From father to son and mother to daughter.

Flames, fireworks and bleeding tongues were Kiss-signature, and Saturday in Holmenkollen was no exception. Gene Simmons, goes in with basso lint as usual, and a little solo in the blood falls out of the mouth and covers both the costume and instrument. In his younger days he must have bitten his tongue to start bleeding, but today it is certainly enough vials of blood, as applicable. True or not, it belongs to the show.

Kiss did not spare the powder, literally. Pyro effects lasted throughout the concert and the call jump air was regularly hit by heat waves from the stage.

Kiss took no chances in the ski jump, and went to the godlåt for godlåt. Singing songs loomed over the arena and when “I Was Made For Loving You” was played at the end, the mood could not have been better. Holmenkollen, that worked all too big for the festival and its audience shrank in the minutes before Kiss entered the scene. In contrast to the Rihanna concert, there were few who went earlier to get t-banekø this evening.

Ace Frehley will now be playing three shows in the UK at the end of the year.

Apart from the ex-Kiss guitarist’s previously announced appearance at Hard Rock Hell V in Prestatyn, north Wales, on Saturday, December 3, you can also see him headlining the following two gigs in the same month:

Thu. 1: Cardiff Coal Exchange

Sun. 4: London Islington O2 Academy

Pictures by Kirk Stauffer

Two songs added to the setlist that KISS hadn’t played for a long time:

Modern Day Delilah
Cold Gin
Let Me Go, Rock ‘N’ Roll
Say Yeah
Deuce
Firehouse
Do You Love Me?
Calling Dr.Love
Shock Me
God Of Thunder
Love Gun
100,000 Years
I Love It Loud
Black Diamond
Detroit Rock City
Beth
Lick It Up
Shout It Out Loud
God Gave Rock and Roll To You II
Rock And Roll All Nite

Pictures by Annie Mulligan / For The Herald

2011 TOUR DATES

March 12, 2011 Coliseo de Puerto Rico Hato Rey
March 15, 2011 Reliant Stadium HOUSTON, TX
March 17, 2011 Hard Rock Live (Seminole) HOLLYWOOD, FL
May 29, 2011 Raley Field Sacramento

Coming this Summer:

June 23, 2011 Comcast Arena Everett
June 24, 2011 Spokane Arena Spokane
June 26, 2011 Interior Savings Centre Kamloops
June 27, 2011 Entertainment and Sports Center Abbotsford
June 29, 2011 CN Centre Prince George
June 30, 2011 Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek
July 2, 2011 McDonald Island Park Fort McMurray
July 6, 2011 Rogers Sarnia Bayfest Sarnia
July 9, 2011 Centennial Park Grand Falls-Windsor
July 12, 2011 Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester
July 13, 2011 Mt Laurel Poconos PAC Bushkill
July 15, 2011 Moondance Jam WALKER
July 16, 2011 Ford Festival Park Oshkosh
July 18, 2011 Prairie Capital Convention Center Springfield
July 24, 2011 Heavy MTL Festival Montreal
July 26, 2011 Casino Rama Orillia
July 27, 2011 Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Windsor
July 28, 2011 Turning Stone Casino Verona

Paul Stanley performed Detroit Rock City & Rock and Roll all Nite on this weeks Lopez Tonight.

To check out the clips:

http://www.lopeztonight.com/episode_recaps_and_highlights/exclusive_paul_stanley_and_george_rock.php#video2