KISS World 2017 - May 27, Glasgow, Scotland

Post by **Admin** » Thu May 25, 2017 3:32 am

Plan meet-ups, discuss/review the show, share the set list...

Stats will be archived here:

Prince777 · Post by **Prince777** » Thu May 25, 2017 5:17 am

This show can't come quickly enough for me!! First time I'll have seen a full KISS show since Toronto in 2010!

KingOfHearts89 · Post by **KingOfHearts89** » Thu May 25, 2017 1:07 pm

This will be my first ever show seeing the band I love! I can already feel the tears fall when the curtain falls! I'm so excited for this.

nibbler1982 · Post by **nibbler1982** » Thu May 25, 2017 1:31 pm

KingOfHearts89 wrote:This will be my first ever show seeing the band I love! I can already feel the tears fall when the curtain falls! I'm so excited for this.

Enjoy brother.

Ain't nothing like your first KISS!

KingOfHearts89 · Post by **KingOfHearts89** » Thu May 25, 2017 1:42 pm

nibbler1982 wrote:
KingOfHearts89 wrote:This will be my first ever show seeing the band I love! I can already feel the tears fall when the curtain falls! I'm so excited for this.
Enjoy brother.

Ain't nothing like your first KISS!

I Will!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:23 am

Saw on tv news that security will be increased. Extra barriers maybe 30 metres in front of the venue and nobody gets past that without a ticket and a pat down search. Might take longer to get in so leave plenty time and DO NOT bring rucksacks or large bags. They'll take them off you, you'll cause delays and it'll take me longer to get in!

Note for anyone collecting tickets that the Hydro box office will be closed. Go instead to the SECC box office. If you've never been before it's a large box of a building, 1 minute walk away beside the "Armadillo" (which looks like Sydney Opera House, can't miss it).

It's also the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday, with 50,000 football fans at Hampden. 3pm kickoff, so traffic will be super busy on the M8 before and after.

This is from the Hydro website:

The safety of the public attending events on our Campus is our highest priority and we continually liaise with the appropriate authorities, including Police Scotland. Robust security measures are in place to provide reassurance to our visitors.

Here’s what you need to know if you are attending an event:
Allow extra time for our additional security checks
Full bag and pat down searches will be carried out for all events at The SSE Hydro and Armadillo.
Bags larger than A3 size (35cm x 40cm) will NOT be permitted into The SSE Hydro or Armadillo.
Large bags not permitted into the venue can be deposited in the Cloakroom in the SEC Centre (£5 per item) and will be searched.
The SSE Hydro and Armadillo box offices will not be open. Please go to the Box Office in the SEC Centre if you want to collect tickets, buy tickets or have a query about tickets.
Congress Road (the loop road in front of The SSE Hydro and Armadillo) may be closed to public vehicles at times. The SSE Drop Off and Pick Up Zone at the West of the Campus is in operation for events at The SSE Hydro, and drivers dropping off or picking up passengers will be directed there.

https://www.thessehydro.com/tickets/faqs/faqs-attending

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:55 am

Still a few seats left. Those lower areas have been sold out for months, now showing a few spare again. Standing area sold out in a day or two.

See y'all in there, I'll be rocking out at the front.

jok1 · Post by **jok1** » Fri May 26, 2017 3:01 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:See y'all in there, I'll be rocking out at the front.

As will I. Flying over to Glasgow today, cannot wait 'til tomorrow.

thunderwing · Post by **thunderwing** » Fri May 26, 2017 6:58 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:Still a few seats left. Those lower areas have been sold out for months, now showing a few spare again. Standing area sold out in a day or two.

See y'all in there, I'll be rocking out at the front.

It will sell out now with Manchester cancelled....

IggyMontpellier · Post by **IggyMontpellier** » Fri May 26, 2017 7:19 am

Have fun and rock out with your cock out!

Easy on the ale, be careful driving home!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri May 26, 2017 8:29 am

Swapped a couple of texts with a friend who was working at an event at the Hydro last night. Said the queues were massive, doors opened at 6pm, show started maybe 7 - 7.30 and people still coming in at 9.10pm. That doesn't necessarily mean everyone had been queuing all that time, but get there early on Saturday.

Me and Mrs Spiff have a table booked at the Rotunda for 5pm, grabbing a quick bite then walking over. If the queues are that big I'm gonna see if we can climb into a flight case and get wheeled in the back door.

acesmiddlefinger · Post by **acesmiddlefinger** » Sat May 27, 2017 12:23 am

Here we go. Setting off for Glasgow heading to the bag o nails for a meet up with fellow Kiss Kruisers and the UK Kiss army.

Smekaren · Post by **Smekaren** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:03 am

Enjoy the show!

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 10:03 am

Glasgow Airport

thunderwing · Post by **thunderwing** » Sat May 27, 2017 10:09 am

Erwin wrote:Glasgow Airport

LOL, Where did Doc get all that hair from, Wtf is going on with Genes hair and my god, how tall is that guy on the far right???

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sat May 27, 2017 10:38 am

We're in!! made it right to the front row.

Can. Not. Wait!

daveyd · Post by **daveyd** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:03 am

Ah amazing. This place is huge and the staging/light truss's look incredible.

thunderwing · Post by **thunderwing** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:40 am

daveyd wrote:Ah amazing. This place is huge and the staging/light truss's look incredible.

It's pretty incredible when you consider how far Kiss has come.... the die hards amoungst us will remember the sad days of Crazy nights and a quarter of Wembly arena sold.... and look at the whole package now,,,, they are where they always wanted to be....

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 1:54 pm

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:00 pm

Crazy Nights

I love a lassie...

Mr Slow · Post by **Mr Slow** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:03 pm

I love this shot. Gives you a sense of being there amongst it all.

LordThurisaz · Post by **LordThurisaz** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:04 pm

Hey Crocodile Hunter [Erwin] -- are you going to every show in Europe, or...? I'm just curious. If you are, have fun at all of em.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:13 pm

LordThurisaz wrote:Hey Crocodile Hunter [Erwin] -- are you going to every show in Europe, or...? I'm just curious. If you are, have fun at all of em.

Dude that would be deluxe! I has no such means hehe

Venue + instagram = https://www.instagram.com/explore/locat ... sse-hydro/

half a scroll down are the latest.

fissaman · Post by **fissaman** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:20 pm

Wow... MEGA sized crowd.

LordThurisaz · Post by **LordThurisaz** » Sat May 27, 2017 3:51 pm

Erwin wrote:
LordThurisaz wrote:Hey Crocodile Hunter [Erwin] -- are you going to every show in Europe, or...? I'm just curious. If you are, have fun at all of em.
Dude that would be deluxe! I has no such means hehe

Venue + instagram = https://www.instagram.com/explore/locat ... sse-hydro/

half a scroll down are the latest.

Ah, okay. I was just wondering since it seemed like you were at a lot of the European gigs thus far. Take care.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 4:16 pm

Philly Cheese · Post by **Philly Cheese** » Sat May 27, 2017 5:07 pm

Anyone have scans from the new tour book?

acesmiddlefinger · Post by **acesmiddlefinger** » Sat May 27, 2017 5:58 pm

Glasgow crowd were mental. Enjoyed the show, plenty of happy punters. On to Brum, can it get better?!

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sat May 27, 2017 6:22 pm

steveh67 · Post by **steveh67** » Sat May 27, 2017 7:24 pm

fissaman wrote:Wow... MEGA sized crowd.

Whilst I have no interest in 2017 KISS, I do love Scotland and they certainly filled that arena in Glasgow.

Post by **Forevertj** » Sat May 27, 2017 9:15 pm

Erwin wrote:Glasgow Airport

Thank you so much. I have been looking for tour merchandise (T shirts) for this tour. Do you have one more with a view of any more shirts to left? IF not, thanks for what you did get!

Post by **Forevertj** » Sat May 27, 2017 9:17 pm

daveyd wrote:Ah amazing. This place is huge and the staging/light truss's look incredible.

You are right. That's the most detailed and full looking tress I have ever seen. Nice.

Red_Walrus · Post by **Red_Walrus** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:46 pm

Forevertj wrote:
Erwin wrote:Glasgow Airport

Thank you so much. I have been looking for tour merchandise (T shirts) for this tour. Do you have one more with a view of any more shirts to left? IF not, thanks for what you did get!

Is there a tourbook...disappointed they never had one last tour. Is the program book online anywhere?

jok1 · Post by **jok1** » Sun May 28, 2017 2:05 am

Red_Walrus wrote: Is there a tourbook...disappointed they never had one last tour. Is the program book online anywhere?

They were selling them in the lobby for a tenner after the show, i got one.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sun May 28, 2017 2:32 am

That was worth the wait. Fanfkntastic! Blew the roof off, band looked like they were enjoying themselves and the crowd were up for it. 5th time I've seen them, going back to 83, and I'd say that was the best yet.

Paul's singing voice held up okay (we all helped) but it sometimes sounded a bit strained talking to the crowd.

That was my wife's "first Kiss" and she was never a huge fan of them. She wasn't even sure she wanted to come with me.
Happy to report that the Kiss Army now has a new recruit! We've been fangirling all the way home and doing it again this morning.

I'll post some photos soon.

Over to you Birmingham, enjoy the show!

bluedog · Post by **bluedog** » Sun May 28, 2017 2:36 am

Erwin wrote:Glasgow Airport

Foot thing once again from Stanley.

jok1 · Post by **jok1** » Sun May 28, 2017 2:39 am

Ok here are my thoughts on the show last night.

Firstly, i went for the vip, mainly for the early entry as i can't be arsed waiting in line all day for a good spot.

What a shocking rip off! The vip ticket for the sonic boom tour in 2010 got you a poster, program, tshirt delivered to the house and $50 to spend on kissonline as well as early entry all for £200.

This one cost £275. I got a nice Kissworld canvas bag containing only a flimsy Kissworld licence plate, nothing else. Just before they opened the doors for us I found that i should have also got a wee box of guitar picks, so now i'm going to have to complain about that when i get home. That is a really piss poor package.

Now onto the support, The Dives. They really should not be on this tour. They performed very well, but i don't think they're good for a Kiss crowd. They received a fairly warm reception but i think thats due to the Paul connection. One more thing, Evan was playing a Gibson similar to what Ace would play (sorry, i don't really know guitars) with a lightning bolt on the strap and i thought "oh, he may be Pauls son, but he's an Ace guy", but then I figured he just borrowed one of Tommy's guitars.

As for the main event. WOW. What a fucking show. They blew the roof off The Hydro. The minute silence for Manchester is a classy act and for one night the whole Scotland/England rivalry was put aside. As for the setlist I was impressed. I don't actively watch or listen to bootlegs or youtube clips, so the last full kiss show i saw would be on the afore mentioned sonic boom tour, so the inclusion of War Machine, psycho circus and fucking Flaming Youth was great. Also no Love Gun, so thats another plus

Ikons · Post by **Ikons** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:01 am

jok1 wrote:This one cost £275. I got a nice Kissworld canvas bag containing only a flimsy Kissworld licence plate, nothing else. Just before they opened the doors for us I found that i should have also got a wee box of guitar picks, so now i'm going to have to complain about that when i get home. That is a really piss poor package.

Now onto the support, The Dives. They really should not be on this tour. They performed very well, but i don't think they're good for a Kiss crowd. They received a fairly warm reception but i think thats due to the Paul connection. One more thing, Evan was playing a Gibson similar to what Ace would play (sorry, i don't really know guitars) with a lightning bolt on the strap and i thought "oh, he may be Pauls son, but he's an Ace guy", but then I figured he just borrowed one of Tommy's guitars.

Raveneye, the support we got in Rotterdam, tore the roof off the place. They moved around, were VERY tight and energetic players, at one point the singer/guitarist sat on the bassist's shoulders. It was crazy.

kissjrj · Post by **kissjrj** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:22 am

"The Hydro was sold out for their hotly-anticipated performance."

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvands ... ns-review/

Post by **Admin** » Sun May 28, 2017 8:08 am

Glad the show went off safely and that many seem to have enjoyed!

jok1 · Post by **jok1** » Sun May 28, 2017 11:01 am

I will say I thought the crowd lingered a bit longer than normal, sure there were the usual bunch who make their way to front after the show ended searching for that elusive pick that no one else noticed, but it seemed there was no rush to leave. Security were telling people to make their way to the exits. Anyway, great fun had by all and here's a wee video I took (skip to 2.20 to get past the Led Zep song).

kissjrj · Post by **kissjrj** » Sun May 28, 2017 11:15 am

Thanks for posting jok1 that sounded and felt like a rumbling train and I loved it.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Sun May 28, 2017 5:14 pm

jok1 wrote:here's a wee video I took

Front row footage

Ted Maul's Paradise · Post by **Ted Maul's Paradise** » Mon May 29, 2017 4:23 am

jok1 wrote:I will say I thought the crowd lingered a bit longer than normal, sure there were the usual bunch who make their way to front after the show ended searching for that elusive pick that no one else noticed, but it seemed there was no rush to leave. Security were telling people to make their way to the exits. Anyway, great fun had by all and here's a wee video I took (skip to 2.20 to get past the Led Zep song).

Awesome footage for conveying that "I Was There" feeling.....and I was, along with my 3 friends. I must have been almost next to you then; was literally on the barrier front centre. I've been lucky enough to be front row a few times, but this was just that bit more special. The band & fans seemed really "up" for it, probably to do with the recent tragic events, but out of 40 (so far) KISS shows I've seen since 1980, this was in the top 5....no, make that top 3!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:17 am

Good video! We were at the barrier too (seems like everyone was!) just to the right of you, in front of the Konfetti Kannon.

Remember that lass who was running about the photo pit with a video camera? Have a look at this clip and keep an eye on the videowall in the background. You're bound to see yourself. I've managed to get a couple of great screenshots of me and Mrs Spiff on the backdrop with Kiss playing in front of us!

KingOfHearts89 · Post by **KingOfHearts89** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:27 pm

This was my first KISS show. I want to live it over and over again, i get goosebumps thinking back to that night when I play a live version of Firehouse or Crazy Nights etc. The heat of the flames during Lick It Up, getting a pic, Watching Paul flying over me - so surreal.