KISS announces farewell tour (for real...we think)

KISS has announced one final tour...and this time, they might even stick to that decision. Photo: Trae Patton

KISS has announced one final tour...and this time, they might even stick to that decision. Photo: Trae Patton

We’ve heard this song before, but it seems genuine that KISS’ upcoming “End of the Road World Tour” will be exactly that.

The band announced the decision to pack up the pyro after a performance on Wednesday’s finale of “America’s Got Talent.”

"All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who've filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years. This will be the ultimate celebration for those who've seen us and a last chance for those who haven't. KISS Army, we're saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we'll go out the same way we came in... Unapologetic and Unstoppable," the band said in a statement.

KISS hasn't yet announced dates for this final run, but will update fans in the next few weeks on www.kissonline.com.

In 2000-01, KISS embarked on “The Farewell Tour,” which, in fairness, turned out to be the final tour with the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. But the band returned in 2003 for a co-headlining tour with Aerosmith and has remained steady road warriors.

The quartet of Stanley, Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer last performed in Atlanta in July 2014 on a double bill with Def Leppard at Lakewood.

In June, singer Stanley visited Atlanta to display and talk about his artwork at Wentworth Gallery at Phipps Plaza.