Kiss 1976 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England Concert Poster....

Description

Kiss 1976 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England Concert Poster. A commanding horizontal poster for the New York-based greats, playing outside of U.S. soil for the first time on May 13, 1976. Playing at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, the show was sold-out ahead of time. (The pink "lips" is a nice touch.)

Performing to a reported 2,500 people, the band was on tour behind their blockbuster studio album, Destroyer. After hard years of grinding out a spectacular live show (with all the theatrics they could afford), the band was really breaking as "the best," performing in a long-running concert venue (which also hosted acts like Bob Dylan, Genesis and Pink Floyd). Measures 40" x 30". In Very Good condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Poster was originally folded down into eighths for mailing. Those neat creases do remain, and they break the black color but nothing seriously and actually seem right at home. There's a bit of crumpling to the top edge also creating a tiny tear or two, but nothing comes close to the black. There's a printer's flaw underneath the phone number at the bottom which may look like damage, but it's entirely the way it was printed.


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