Kiss concluded tonight�s (June 13) Download with an out of this world stage show.
With pyrotechnics, fireworks and Paul Stanley leaving the stage via a zip wire mid song the finale gig proved phenomenal.
Taking to the stage at 8.45pm (BST) the band appeared from behind a black and silver Kiss banner while a voice announced over the speakers: �Alright Download you want the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world Kiss.�
Lowered down on platforms to stage level and surrounded by pyrotechnics the four-piece dressed in full costume and make-up launched into the opening track.
Before launching into second track, �Strutter�, Paul Stanley said: �Man it seems like tradition every ten years we come to Donnington. We couldn�t have made it this far without you � we salute you Kiss army!�
Playing their classic �Alive� album in its entireity, with synchronised dancing, fireworks and Gene Simmons sticking out his tongue in signature style, the band didn�t disappoint.
In the early part of the set the band elongated their track �She� with a blues solo which saw Tommy Thayer playing his guitar held over his head with precision solo on stage.
Thayer didn�t stop there though and placed the guitar in front of an amp while a roadie handed him another one.
The guitar neck then proceeded to let off fireworks before the rest of the band returned to the stage.
Throughout the set the Paul Stanley kept asking the crowd to scream louder and participate.
At one point he said: �I want you to help us, I want you to sing with us.�
When the crowd weren�t loud enough Stanley continued: �We played in Stockholm to half as many people and they were twice as loud!�
The crowd then responded with an even louder cheer.
The band then continued with the set which saw Gene Simmons stalking the stage tongue extended.
Then, during �Cold Gin�, Paul Stanley teased the crowd by playing the opening riff of Led Zeppelin�s �Stairway To Heaven�.
While the crowd squealed in delight while Stanley joked: �Nah. Not tonight�but it�d be great if 50,000 people could sing with us.�
After a few more tracks and, of course, plenty more obligatory pyrotechnics and synchronised dancing, Stanley said: �Things change all over the years, politicians come, politicians go�but no matter how many things are going bad take a little time to rock n roll and have a party.�
The band then launched into �Rock N Roll All Night�.
Which saw Stanley teasing the crowd by swirling his guitar round pretending to hit the stage to the sound of fireworks.
He finally relented and on the third firework smashed his guitar much to the crowd�s joy.
The stuntsmanship didn�t end there though.
For the band�s encore, which saw Simmons return to the stage with a bass guitar in the shape of an axe and for one track get lifted up to the stage�s roof by strings while swilling fake blood in his mouth, Stanley travelled through the crowd on a zip wire.
Before launching into the mass of bodies Stanley said: �I wouldn�t mind coming out all the way to see you.�
Stanley then asked the crowd to chant his name before launching off the main stage down a zip wire all the way to a mini stage in the centre of the crowd to perform �Love Gun�.
Shaking his hips and holding his guitar over his head Stanley was clearly enjoying himself.
After returning to the stage the foursome, surrounded by more exploding fireworks and pyrotechnics, the band concluded with Detroit Rock City� before bowing and leaving the stage.
After the band had exited tv screens on either side of stage said: �Kiss thanks you.�
Although the band didn�t play their iconic hit �God Gave Rock N Roll To You� it was blasted over the speakers while roadies cleared up the stage.
Kiss played:
Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
Nothing to Loose
C�Mon and Love me
Parasite
She
Watchin You
Rock Bottom
100,000 years
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock n Roll
Black Diamond
Rock n Roll All Nite
Shout IT OUT oud
Lick it Up
I Love it Loud
I Was Made For Loving You
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City
