I have now returned from London and I am extremely happy to have experienced such a unique and amazing show! When I entered the venue I couldn't believe how small and intimate the O2 Islington Academy is. According to a security officer outside, a total of 750 persons were let in. The original capacity is 800 but they had to extend the stage a bit and because of this they had to lower the capacity with 50 persons. After the new official last song before show start - Led Zeppelin's "Rock And Roll" - Paul, Gene, Eric and Tommy entered the small stage. I had wondered if they were to start the intro with "Allright London" or "Allright Islington" but it was no intro at all. After some short words from Paul they started the sthow with "Modern Day Delilah" and it was just amazing! I couldn't believe that I was witnessing Kiss at a small club. The atmosphere was incredible. The show consisted of the following songs:
Modern Day Delilah
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock & Roll
Say Yeah
Calling Dr Love
Got To Choose
I Love It Loud
100,000 Years
Love Gun
Black Diamond
Rock & Roll All Nite
Detroit Rock City
The show was about 75 minutes so it was a bit short. But nevertheless it was an amazing show. According to set lists, they were supposed to also play Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up and Deuce. After Rock & Roll All Nite Gene and Paul spoke and they clearly discussed how many more songs to play. Kissonline has posted an official statement that the confetti canons that was used during Rock & Roll All Nite made the air impossible to breathe and because of this they cut these three songs out. I was a bit suprised that they didn't return to the stage to at least thank the audience, throw guitar picks etc but that's no big deal.
All in all just an amazing experience!
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