On this, their "End of the Road World Tour," KISS have stripped down their famous in-concert presentations to "focus on the music as never before," according to a press release. "Over the past 2,400-plus shows, we've admittedly been at the fore of pyrotechnics, theatrics, state-of-the-art lighting and video, special effects, and an overall approach to kaleidoscopic sensory overdose. Often at the expense of the music. Not this time," the statement continued.

For this last-ever foray across the world, then, KISS will take the stage in street clothes, sans makeup and with just acoustic instruments and bongoes, and play their many hits tenderly while images of frolicking colts flash on the sole video screen behind the band.

Not really. Au contraire!

When KISS hits the Mohegan Sun stage on Saturday, The Costumed Ones will bring the hits. And get ready to have your brain erased with the most over-the-top stage show ever conceived. It'll be like U2's "eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE" dates multiplied by Kanye's "Yeezus" presentations — if they all then collectively parachuted, bazookas blazing, into the Battle of Stalingrad.

Throughout, rest assured founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons will rock like beasts. You'd be a fool to miss this last ride.

KISS, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Mohegan Sun Arena; $79-$169; 1-800-745-3000, www.mohegansun.com