KISS
A Final Show for the End of the Road Tour
New York (2023)
KISS‘s final show on their “End of the Road” tour came to a masterful close at New York’s Madison Square Garden on December 2, 2023.
Troublemakers had the mandates of the musical composition, sound design and mix, and the on-site audio content integration for musical transitions broadcast during the KISS concert.
Marking 50 years of the legendary rock band’s career, Moment Factory developed the multimedia and creative content for the show.
Photos credit: Moment Factory
CREDITS
KISS Management & Creative Team:
Band Manager: Doc McGhee
Tour Manager: Steev A Toth
Show Director & Production Designer: Robert LongHandover Segment Team:
Creative Direction: KISS, Jocoup Creative, Moment Factory Music & Pophouse Entertainment
Executive Creative Director: Thierry Coup
Executive Producer: Johanna Atilano
Segment Director: Benjamin Dupont
Producer: Daniel Jean
Production Manager: James Richardson
Line Producer: Marie-Pier Hamelin
Scenic Project Manager: Marie-Eve Pageau
Content Director: Benjamin Dupont
Musical Director & Sound Design: Fred Bouchard (Troublemakers)
Lighting Designer: Michael Cooper
Laser Designer: George Dodworth
Industrial Light & Magic
Avatars, God Gave Rock & Roll to you
VFX Associate Producer: Keith Anthony-Brown
Visual Effects Supervisor: Grady Cofer
Executive Producer/Virtual Production: Chris Bannister
Senior Compositor: Jorrit Schulte
VFX Layout Supervisor: Marla Newall
Colour Scientist: Matthias Scharfenberg
CG Supervisor: Doug Sutton
Production Coordinator: Amanda Fish
All of It Now
Additional Content & Live Effect Production
Executive Producer / Screens Producer: Danny Firpo
Executive Producer: Nicole Plaza
CG Supervisor: Vishal Sharma
Notch Artists: Berto Mora, Vishal Sharma
Unreal Technical Artists: Jeffrey Hepburn, Yanjun Chen, Vishal Sharma, Peter Kelly, Izzy Medina
Compositing: Jeffrey Hepburn
Pipeline Engineer: Neil Carman, Mykel Booker
Technical Manager: Anthony Vasquez
Touring Content Director: Colby Geneau
Disguise Programmers: Colby Geneau, Danny Firpo, Anthony Vasquez
Touring Operators: Colby Geneau, Lucy Ockenden, Evan Johnson
Special Thanks: disguise, Notch, Unreal Engine
Pophouse
CEO of Pophouse Entertainment: Per Sundin
Development Director & Producer: Claire Houghton-Price
Brand & Marketing Director: Kim Nyström
Head of Comms and PR: Sofie Nelson
Head of Creative Content Dev.: Petter Eliasson
Brand Manager: Philip Gilchrist
Brand & Creative Development Associate: Alice Bogren
Comms and PR Associate: Tea WinellKiss – End Of the Road Touring Crew
Show Director & Production Designer: Robert Long
Associate Designer & Production Coordinator: Ashley Zapar
Stage Manager: Shane Bandy
Head Rigger: Lenyn Barahona
Lighting Director: Shawn (Motly) Hackett
Video Director: Colby Geneau & Adam Cline
Pyro & Special Effects: Justin Dimitri
Head Carpenter: Dale Bryant
Automation Crew Chief: Benjamin Ullmann
FOH Audio: Adam Stuart
Audio Playback: Hugo Marcotte
Security: Ryan AtkinsonMoment Factory
Additional Scenic Design & Content
Draftsman: Benoit Giguere
Art Director: Simon Léveillé
Concept Artists: Nataly Kais
Previz Producer: Alex Rollier, Rachel Claude
Previz Coordinator: Jule, Khloé Bouchard
CG Supervisor: Laurent Tollard, Timothy Dormady
Motion lead: Esteban Chacin
Previz Motion Designers & 3D Artists: Nikola Nenov, Nicolas Garric, Omid Ghajar, David Churma
Content TD: François Desrochers
ShowTex
Additional Fabrics
Project manager: Michel Gohier
Additional Sound Design & Musical Direction
Musical composition, sound design & mix: Fred Bouchard
On-site audio content integration: Fred Bouchard & Thomas Duchaine
SGPS Showrig
Additional scenic & automation elements
Project Managers: Ben Lampman, Darren Murdock, Peter Lopez
Crew Chief: Justin Summers
ffp effects Inc / ffp SFX GmbH
Additional Special Effects
Creative Director: Matt Varley
Lightwave
Additional Special Effects
Programmer & Project manager: George Dodworth
Crew Chief: Laser Dave
Christie Lites
Additional lighting equipment & Rigging
Sale Rep: Martin Kelley