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KISS: How to Watch Their Final Farewell Show

KISS is finally bidding touring adieu this Saturday (Dec. 2). The iconic band’s final show of their farewell tour will be a hometown show in New York City. What better…

Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of Kiss perform onstage at Staples Center on March 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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KISS is finally bidding touring adieu this Saturday (Dec. 2).

The iconic band's final show of their farewell tour will be a hometown show in New York City. What better way for a legendary NYC band to go out than with a show at Madison Square Garden Of course, the show is sold out, but fans the world over will be able to watch the show from the comfort of their own home.

Being billed as "Our final concert EVER," the last show on KISS' "End of the Road" tour will be available for purchase at PPV.com. It'll cost $39.99, plus applicable taxes and service fees. Prices vary if ordering outside of the United States.

While PPV.com is primarily used on computers and mobile devices, the site notes, "Casting/Mirroring can be used, depending on your mobile device and/or TV functions. For more information on casting to your TV, please refer to our step-by-step video tutorials, located here."

Complete viewing options and details are available at Support.PPV.com.

Don't Expect a KISS Reunion

Many KISS fans were curious to see if there would be a reunion of the classic lineup during the farewell tour. In October, Paul Stanley was very frank in explaining why including Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the final KISS show "doesn't make sense."

He told Ultimate Classic Rock, "As important as the original lineup was, I can say that we wouldn't be here today if not for them, and we wouldn't be here today with them," said Stanley. He added a further dig at Frehley and Criss saying, "It doesn't make sense to allow anybody to come in and call shots.

In June, Gene Simmons told Linea Rock said Frehley and Criss were offered opportunities to take part in the tour for either encores or select shows. However, Simmons said, " ... They both said no. So, I don't know what to say about that."

The Who’s Live at Leeds was released on May 16, 1970, and it’s one of the greatest live albums of all time.

It saw the band adding heavier guitars to their mod-era classics and to some early rock and roll chesnuts, and it holds up to any of their studio albums. Through the ‘70s, and ever since, rock bands have been releasing live documents of their concerts, and while some of them are little more than “greatest hits” collections with crowd noise, the albums on this list are essential parts of their respective artists’ discographies.

Scroll through the gallery below and see where some of your favorites are ranked in our greatest live albums list.

40. Billy Joel - ‘Songs In The Attic’ (1981)

Billy-Joel_Songs-from-the-Attic_Columbia_Legacy.jpgColumbia/Legacy

39. Yes - “Yessongs’ (1973)

Yes_yessongs_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

38. The Kinks - ‘One For The Road’ (1980)

kinks_one-for-the-road_Arista.jpgArista

37. Thin Lizzy - ‘Live And Dangerous’ (1978)

thin-lizzy_dangerous_Mercury.jpgMercury

36. Rush - ‘Exit… Stage Left’ (1981)

rush_exit_Mercury.jpgMercury

35. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - ‘The Live Anthology’ (2009)

Petty_live_Reprise.jpgReprise

34. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - ‘Live Rust’ (1979)

neil-young_live-rust_Reprise.jpgReprise

33. Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘One More From The Road’ (1976)

skynyrd_one-more_MCA.jpgMCA

32. Janis Joplin - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (1998)

Janis-Joplin_woodstock_Sony-Legacy.jpg

31. Ozzy Osbourne - ‘Randy Rhoads Tribute’ (1987)

ozzy-Osbourne_randy_Sony-Legacy.jpgSony/Legacy

30. The Runaways - ‘Live In Japan’ (1977)

runaways_japan_Mercury.jpgMercury

29. Queen - ‘Live Killers’ (1979)

Queen_LiveKil_CoverAr_3000DPI300RGB1000003004.jpgUMG

28. Iron Maiden - ‘Live After Death’ (1985)

iron-maiden_live_EMI.jpgEMI

27. The Rolling Stones - ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ (1970)

TheRoll_GetYerY_CoverAr_3000DPI300RGB1000036131.jpgUMG

26. Otis Redding - ‘Live In Europe’ (1967)

otis-redding_live_Volt_Atco.jpgVolt/Atco

25. The Yardbirds - ‘Five Live Yardbirds’ (1964)

yardbirds_Five-Live-Yardbirds_Columbia.jpgColumbia

24. Pearl Jam - ‘October 31st, 2009 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia’ (2009)

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23. David Bowie - ‘Live Santa Monica ‘72’ (2008)

David-Bowie_Santa-Monica_Rhino_Parlophone.jpgRhino/Parlophone

22. AC/DC - ‘If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It’ (1978)

ACDC_If-you-want-blood_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

21. Nirvana - ‘Live At Reading’ (2009)

Nirvana_reading_Geffen.jpgGeffen

20. Talking Heads - ‘Stop Making Sense’ (1984)

talking-heads_stop-making-sense_Sire_Warner-Bros.jpgSire/Warner Bros.

19. Johnny Cash - ‘At Folsom Prison’ (1968)

Johnny-Cash_at-folsom_Columbia.jpgColumbia

18. Elton John - ‘11-17-70’ (1971)

Elton-John_11_17_70_Mercury.jpgMercury

17. Bob Dylan - ‘The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, ‘The Royal Albert Hall’ Concert’ (1998)

Dylan_Bootleg_Sony-Legacy.jpgSony/Legacy

16. Cheap Trick - ‘At Budokan’ (1979)

Cheap-Trick_At-Budokan_Epic.jpgEpic

15. Bruce Springsteen - ‘Hammersmith Odeon, London ‘75’ (2006)

Springsteen_Hammersmith_Sony-Legacy.jpgSony/Legacy

14. Deep Purple - ‘Made In Japan’ (1973)

Deep-Purple_Made-in-Japan_Warner-Bros.jpgWarner Bros.

13. U2 - ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’ (1983)

U2_UnderAB_CoverAr_3000DPI300RGB1000016102.jpgUMG

12. Aretha Franklin - ‘Live At Fillmore West’ (1971)

aretha_Live-At-Fillmore-West_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

11. Motorhead - ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ (1981)

motorhead_no-sleep_Mercury.jpgMercury

10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - ‘Live!’ (1975)

bob-marley_live_Island-Records.jpgIsland Records

9. Peter Frampton - ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ (1976)

frampton_alive_AM.jpgA&M

8. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - ‘Live Bullet’ (1976)

bob-seger_live-bullet_Capitol.jpgCapitol

7. KISS - ‘Alive’ (1975)

Kiss_Alive_CoverAr_4000DPI300RGB1000147351.jpgUMG

6. Santana - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (2009)

santana_woodstock_Sony-Legacy.jpgSony/Legacy

5. The Allman Brothers Band - ‘At Fillmore East’ (1971)

allman-brothers_fillmore-east_Capricorn.jpgCapricorn

4. James Brown - ‘Live At The Apollo, 1962’ (1963)

james-brown_apollo_Polydor.jpgPolydor

3. Jimi Hendrix - ‘Live At Monterey’ (1986)

hendriix_Monterey_Sony-Legacy.jpgSony/Legacy

2. Led Zeppelin - ‘How The West Was Won’ (2003)

led-zeppelin_how-the-west_Atlantic_Swan-Song.jpgAtlantic/Swan Song

1.The Who - ‘Live At Leeds’ (1970)

the-who_live-at-leeds_MCA.jpgMCA
Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights