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BIOGRAPHY: KISS - A Definitive Timeline of the Rock Band

2021-06-21T11:09:00.002-04:00

KISS has left an indelible mark on popular music through its unique presentation of four distinct characters in makeup – Starchild, Demon, Spaceman and Catman – reeling off irresistibly catchy hit songs amid fire-and-explosion-filled stage shows.

KISS add more dates to END OF THE ROAD

2021-06-14T14:08:00.006-04:00

The "end of the road" is in sight for KISS who have just announced the final leg of their lengthy run that will finish off the current lineup's touring career. The legendary rockers have readjusted their touring after the pandemic delay of the last year and the current itinerary stops on Oct. 9 in Tampa, Florida, though more dates will be added to the leg before the final show is announced.

VIDEO: KISS Rock Tribeca Film Festival with min-concert performance

2021-06-14T13:59:00.000-04:00

On Friday, June 11, 2021, KISS rocked the Tribeca Film Festival with a five-song set to celebrate their new Biography: KISStory documentary.

The brief set included performances of “Detroit Rock City,” “Shout It Out Loud,” “War Machine” and “Heaven’s on Fire,” and closing with "Rock and Roll All Nite."

Up-to-date schedule of the 2021-22 END OF THE ROAD tour

2021-05-25T09:39:00.001-04:00

KISS is ramping up to get back on the road after more than a year off because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Below are the current confirmed dates, but we are sure there are more to come, including the final date that was originally set for Madison Square Garden, in NYC.

KISS announce new 2022 European dates for End Of The Road tour

2021-05-19T16:55:00.002-04:00

KISS have announced rescheduled dates for the European leg of their End Of The Road tour – which will now be taking place in 2022.

Alice Cooper Announces Fall 2021 Tour Dates With Ace Frehley

2021-05-17T13:14:00.003-04:00

ALICE COOPER will make his long-awaited return to the road on a headline tour this September and October. The tour kicks off September 17 in Atlantic City and runs through October 23 in Atlanta. Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will appear as special guest on all shows September 18 through October 22. All confirmed dates are below.

Bruce Kulick Announces LIVE IN LAS VEGAS Livestream Performance

2021-04-08T09:34:00.003-04:00

Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick will revisit music from some of classic rock’s biggest names in a newly announced livestream performance, titled “Bruce Kulick Live in Las Vegas.” The special will air April 16 from the Marquee Club’s Library inside the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Kulick will be joined by his wife, Lisa, and longtime collaborator and Slash bassist Todd Kerns, performing music from his former band Kiss along with song made famous by the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, Elvis Presley and more.

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TOMMY THAYER Says He 'Found' His Daughter Last Summer: 'I Couldn't Be Happier'

2021-03-06T12:03:00.004-05:00

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer has expressed his joy after "creating a close bond" with his newfound daughter.

Earlier today, the 60-year-old rocker took to his Instagram to go public with the discovery that he'd fathered a child.

"This is a big one," he wrote. "I've been waiting for the right time to tell everyone. My daughter Sierra and I were blessed to find each other last summer. We've already spent a lot of time since getting to know each other and creating a close bond. She's a beautiful, sincere person and I couldn't be happier. I think she feels the same about me."

He added: "The most wonderful thing about miracles is that they sometimes happen."

Paul Stanley's Soul Station: New Release - I, Oh I

2021-03-06T11:58:00.002-05:00

The third official single from Paul Stanley's Soul Station new album celebrating classic soul songs along with 5 brand new original songs written by Paul Stanley as experienced here.

“As much as Soul Station is rooted in the past, I wanted our music to also live in the present,” Stanley said in a statement. “‘I, Oh I’ shows what can grow from those deep roots. With love and respect, we’re proud of where we come from and where we’re going. Check out the first of five originals from the album!” Paul Stanley quote from Rolling Stone Magazine.

KISS Announce Final Australian Tour Dates

2021-02-26T00:57:00.001-05:00

KISS will tour Austraila one last time, starting in November, 2021. The band announced seven dates in six cities, over a 3 week period.

Tour Dates

14 November - RAC Arena, Perth
17 November - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
20 November - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
21 November - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
26 November - Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
30 November - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4 December - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

Pre-sale tickets will be available via Telstra Plus™ from 10am (local time) Tuesday 2 March. General Public tickets go on sale at midday (local time) Friday 5 March.

KISSTORY highlights for February 2021

2021-02-01T09:00:00.001-05:00

A quick look at some of the KISSTORY moments for the Month of December.

Feb 2, 2010 - Bruce Kulick releases his third solo album, BK3
Feb 3, 1995 - First ever official Convention takes place at Hyatt Hotel in Perth. The convention marks the return of KISS to Australia, after 15-year absence.
Feb 5, 2002 - To kick off New York Fashion Week, KISS gave a live performance throughout the Lane Bryant runway show. The Lane Bryant show featuring plus size fashions in New York. The legendary rock band. KISS played 'Shout it Out Loud', 'Lick it Up', 'Love Gun', 'God of Thunder' and 'Rock and Roll All Nite.'
Feb 6, 1984 - Single Release: ALL HELL'S BREAKIN' LOOSE, with NOT FOR THE INNOCENT on the b-side, is released as a single off the album LICK IT UP
Feb 7, 1956 - Mark Norton [a.k.a. Mark St. John] is born.
Feb 7, 2002 - KISS make their second appearance on the FOX animated show 'Family Guy', in the episode 'European Road Show.'
Feb 7, 2010 - The new Dr. Pepper Commercial, featuring KISS, premieres during Super Bowl XLIV
Feb 8, 2002 - Gene Simmons appears on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' - Season 9, Episode 1544.
Feb 10, 1977 - The single 'Beth', wins a Peoples Choice Award for KISS.
Feb 11, 2001 - The Rock Star Edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, featuring Gene Simmons, premiers on ABC. Gene is the third contestant and loses on the $16,000 question.
Feb 13, 1977 - Single Release: CALLING DR. LOVE is released, with TAKE ME on the b-side.
Feb 15, 1989 - Paul begins a solo tour playing classic material from his solo album and some new material. Featured in his band are Bob Kulick and Eric Singer.
Feb 18, 1977 - KISS headline at Madison Square Garden, in NY.
Feb 20, 1976 - Outside Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, KISS add their footprints to the famous sidewalk.
Feb 21, 1974 - In LA, Casablanca Records holds a launch party in support of the release of the album 'KISS', which is only released on the east coast on this day.
Feb 21, 2010 - KISS is the featured guest in ABC's EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION.
Feb 22, 1978 - Single Release: ROCKET RIDE, with TOMORROW AND TONIGHT on the b-side, is released as a single off the album ALIVE II
Feb 22, 2000 - Union, featuring Bruce Kulick, release their third album 'The Blue Room.'
Feb 23, 2015 - KISS begin their 2015 Japanese tour in Nagoya. It marks the first time the band plays SAMURAI SON, live, for the very first time.
Feb 24, 1974 - KISS appear on Don Kirshners 'Rock Concert.'
Feb 24, 1998 - The debut album by Union is released in the US.
Feb 24, 2002 - KISS performs 'Rock and Roll All Nite' to the skating of previous olympians Katerina Witt and Kristi Yamaguchi, during the closing ceremonies of the XIX Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Feb 25, 2003 - KISS appear on the Australian talk show 'Rove Live' to promote the KISS Symphony Concert in Melbourne. KISS also performs 'Sure Know Something' live with a 10 piece orchestra.
Feb 26, 1999 - The European leg of 'Psycho Circus' tour begins.
Feb 27, 1988 - Single Release: TURN ON THE NIGHT, with HELL OR HIGH WATER on the b-side, is released as a single off the album CRAZY NIGHTS.
Feb 28, 1996 - For the first time in 17 years, a reunited KISS, in full makeup, appear at the Grammys to present an award with Tupak.
Feb 28, 2003 - KISS perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, at the Telstra Dome.
Feb 29, 2000 - The 'KISS Immortals' webisodes debuts.

Checkout Paul Stanley's SOUL STATION Music Video "O-O-H Child"

2021-01-29T10:17:00.003-05:00

The new official video from Paul Stanley's Soul Station for "O-O-H Child" from the album NOW AND THEN..

The much anticipated debut album will be released on March 5, 2021.

END OF THE ROAD: Updated Tour Boxscores 2019-2020

2020-12-22T11:35:00.006-05:00

A recap of what the END OF THE ROAD tour has done so far, in attendance and box office receipts.

KISS will perform again on New Years Eve, with a mega performance at Atlantis, in Dubai, and the tour will ramp back up in the summer of 2021.

KISS Has Another 150 Shows Left In 'End Of The Road' Tour, Including Stop In 'The Coldest Place On Earth'

2020-12-03T10:36:00.003-05:00

KISS Has Another 150 Shows Left In 'End Of The Road' Tour, Including Stop In 'The Coldest Place On Earth': Gene Simmons says that KISS has 'a hundred and fifty' shows left in its 'End Of The Road' tour, including a stop at 'the coldest place on earth.' KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 bu...

TOP TEN: Highest Charting KISS Singles in the USA

2020-10-09T10:42:00.000-04:00

Here are the top 10 KISS single releases, in order of peak chart position on the US Billboard Singles Chart.

"Beth" / "Detroit Rock City" (POS. 7)
"Forever" (Remix) / "The Street Giveth & the Street Taketh Away" (POS. 8)
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" / "Hard Times" (POS. 11)
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (live) / "Rock and Roll All Nite" (POS. 12)
"Hard Luck Woman" / "Mr. Speed" (POS. 15)
"Calling Dr. Love" / "Take Me" (POS. 16)
"Christine Sixteen" / "Shock Me" (POS. 25)
"Shout It Out Loud" / "Sweet Pain" (POS. 31)
"Rocket Ride" / "Tomorrow and Tonight" (live) (POS. 39)
"Sure Know Something" / "Dirty Livin'" (POS. 47)
"Shandi" / "She's So European" (POS. 47)

Here are the top 10 KISS single releases, in order of their peak chart position on the US Billboard Rock Chart.

"Psycho Circus" / "Into the Void" (POS. 1)
"Jungle" (radio edit) / "Jungle" (album version) (POS. 8)
"Heaven's on Fire" / "Lonely Is the Hunter" (POS. 11)
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (Unplugged) / "Every Time I Look at You" (Unplugged) (POS. 13)
"Forever" (Remix) / "The Street Giveth & the Street Taketh Away" (POS. 17)
"Lick It Up" / "Dance All Over Your Face" (POS. 19)
"Tears Are Falling" / "Anyway You Slice It" (POS. 20)
"God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" (edit and album version) (POS. 21)
"I Love It Loud" / "Creatures of the Night" (POS. 22)
"Hide Your Heart" / "Betrayed" (POS. 22)
"I Love It Loud" (live) / "Unholy" (live) (POS. 22)
"You Wanted the Best" (POS. 22)

Ace Frehley Joins the CLE Rocks Podcast

2020-09-25T12:08:00.004-04:00

Joining the CLE Rocks podcast, Ace talked about the influences that shaped his latest album “Origins Vol. 2” and talked about the behind the scenes of KISS' dramatic 2014 Rock Hall Induction

10 WORST KISS SONGS

2020-09-23T17:25:00.002-04:00

The worst KISS songs are usually made when they try to sound like someone else.

Apparently not content with simply being one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, Kiss has reached for an even wider audience or attempted to resurrect their flagging commercial fortunes by incorporating whatever musical trends were most popular at the time – be it disco, pop, metal or grunge.

That admirable adaptability kept them in business for decades, yielding unexpected hit singles such as "A World Without Heroes," "Lick It Up" and "Forever," as well as less celebrated creative high points like "Sure Know Something," "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" and "In My Head."

But as they'll be the first to tell you, Kiss can also take things too far.

Band mainstays Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley refer to past albums such as Unmasked, Music from 'The Elder' and Carnival of Souls as "crappy," "bizarre" and "a big misstep," respectively, in their 2001 book Kiss: Behind the Mask. But which individual songs were the worst?

Skipping tracks from the band's four 1978 solo albums, here's 10 times Kiss really missed the mark.

10. "Kissin’ Time"
From: Kiss (1974)

This one wasn't really Kiss' fault. When their debut album failed to make much of an initial dent on the charts, Casablanca Records boss Neil Bogart insisted that the band record a cover of Bobby Rydell's 1959 hit single "Kissin' Time." Bogart then released it as a single, and added it to later pressings of the album against the group's will. "If he could get you a hit today and ruin your career, that was well worth it 'cause you'd have had a hit," Stanley said in Kiss: Behind the Mask. They were right to be unhappy about this addition, as the gimmicky song stuck out like a sore thumb alongside future classics such as "Black Diamond" and "Cold Gin."

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KISS Announce 2021 Rescheduled European Tour Dates

2020-07-20T17:06:00.001-04:00

KISS has announced the first rescheduled dates for the European leg of its "End Of The Road" tour. The shows will kick off on June 2 in Antwerp, Belgium and will conclude on July 15 in Budapest, Hungary.Continue Reading >>

Ace Frehley Announces August Live Performance Dates

2020-06-12T19:17:00.001-04:00

Ace Frehley is returning to live music this summer. The former Kiss guitarist announced on Friday that tickets are on sale for an August 7th show in Warren, Ohio, at the Robins Theatre, with his Facebook page also listing an August 6th date at Warrendale, Pennsylvania, and three more concerts scheduled for the fall.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States in mid-March, concerts and other mass gatherings have been banned across the country, but certain states are beginning to ease social distancing guidelines due to pressure from the struggling economy.

As Ultimate Classic Rock reports, the Facebook page for the Robins Theatre outlines their safety precautions in the midst of the pandemic, including an “electrostatic deep cleaning” of the theatre before it opens, plexiglass installed at the concession area, hand-sanitizing stations throughout the venue and restrooms that are “completely touch-less.”

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KISSTORY: December 7, 2019

2019-12-07T11:02:00.000-05:00

1984
Mark St. John made his final appearance with KISS at the show in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

2007
Starting at 9pm, VH1 Classic begins the 24 Hours of KISSMAS. It is actually 27 hours of nothing but KISS programming, to promote the release of KISSOLOGY 3

2013
KISS play live, unmasked, at Alice Cooper's 13th annual Christmas Pudding benefit in Phoenix. The event directly benefits Solid Rock and The Rock Teen Center.

END OF THE ROAD: Four More European Date Report Boxscore Figures

2019-12-07T10:50:00.000-05:00

A second wave of figures have come out for some of the European dates. Adding to the first three we passed along, Boxscore has added four more dates to the chart.
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KISS Announces 2020 End Of The Road Tour Dates

2019-11-03T15:33:00.001-05:00

KISS has released its 2020 schedule of End Of The Road tour dates, which includes stops in South America, Europe and two kegs in North America.
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KISS Announces Final Tour Date and Location

2019-11-03T02:34:00.000-05:00

Kiss have revealed that their final concert will take place July 17, 2021 in New York City at an unspecified venue.
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KISS gives one (presumably) last spectacle at SPAC

2019-08-27T11:32:00.002-04:00

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Farewell tours are a funny thing in rock music since no one, band or fan, takes them seriously. In 2000, KISS came to SPAC for a farewell tour, then returned to the Capital Region in 2003, 2010, 2014 and Saturday night. This show was part of its multi-year End of the Road tour, billed as the last-ever KISS tour. While it’s easy to scoff at another retirement announcement, Saturday’s concert at SPAC indeed felt like the last KISS.
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END OF THE ROAD: First Europe Boxscore Figures

2019-08-23T09:12:00.000-04:00

The first attendance and sales figures from the European leag of the END OF THE ROAD TOUR are in, with three July concerts released.
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