The clip was shot during the band's private warm-up show
at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on September 24. Over 1,500
lucky fans attended the event, where the group also previewed its
new stage and taped two songs for an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel
Live!"
Kiss' new album, "Sonic Boom",
sold 108,000 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to land at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. This
marks the band's highest-charting LP ever.
Kiss has notched eight Top 10 albums, according
to Billboard.com. Its previous highest-charting set was 1998's
"Psycho Circus", which debuted and peaked at No.
3 with 110,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen
SoundScan. The group's other high-charting sets include 1975's
"Alive!" (No. 9), 1977's "Love
Gun" (No. 4) and 1992's "Revenge" (No.
6).
"Sonic Boom" was released in Europe on October 5
via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. The CD was made
available in the U.S. and Canada on October 6 exclusively via
Wal-Mart, Walmart.com and Sam's Club retail locations.
Kiss will bring its new "Sonic Boom Over
Europe: From The Beginning To The Boom" tour to Europe
in summer 2010.
With multiple dates across Europe, the "Sonic Boom Over
Europe: From The Beginning To The Boom" is set to be The
rock event of 2010, building on the incredible success of the
2009 "Sonic Boom" album.
"Sonic Boom Over Europe: From The Beginning To The
Boom" will see dates in Ireland, Switzerland, Italy,
Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden,
Demark, Holland, France, Spain, Belgium and, not only will the
tour feature Kiss's first U.K. arena shows in 11
years, but it will see the band breaking new ground completely
with their first-ever shows in Slovakia.