Kiss’ End of the Road tour might be three months away, but that hasn’t stopped them from telling the public what they can expect from the show. In a series of interviews, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have promised an expanded set list and a completely reimagined stage set. “We virtually have thrown out everything that has been on stage for the past 10 years, at least, and created a whole new stage and a whole new show,” Paul Stanley said. “We’re not crawling to the finish line; we’re celebrating.
- 10/29/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Kiss recently became the latest in a very long list of rock acts to announce a farewell tour this year. Many fans were probably a little skeptical when they heard the news since, well, Kiss already went on a farewell tour. It happened back in 2000 and kept them on the road for well over a year. They played 142 concerts to fans that all believed they were seeing Kiss for the final time. Here’s video of the group launching the tour with “Detroit Rock City” at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix,...
- 9/27/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
2014 is a landmark year for the Hottest Band in the World. Kiss started the year off by being inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame and announcing a tour that will take them across the United States. Not a bad way to kick off the celebration of forty years of makeup, mayhem, and magic. The group now releases a new compilation album featuring one song off of every studio, compilation, and live album. They top it off with a few commercially unreleased tracks that will get their army even more heated up and ready to party with the band in a concert venue somewhere.
The songs off of their different albums aren't always the ones you'd expect the group to choose for Kiss 40. This just shows the guys thinking outside of the box again. Known for "Deuce" off their debut album, this time we get "Nothin' to Lose.
The songs off of their different albums aren't always the ones you'd expect the group to choose for Kiss 40. This just shows the guys thinking outside of the box again. Known for "Deuce" off their debut album, this time we get "Nothin' to Lose.
- 5/30/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
Kiss was recently inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame after forty years of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears. Unlike other bands, not all of their current and former associates were asked to share the honor. The Hall of Fame only awarded original members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss in the ceremony which took place on April 10, 2014.
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were enraged by the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame's decision and refused to perform at the event. How could thirty years of hit records and songs still being played in their concert sets just be ignored? Not only were the two founding members of Kiss irritated by this, but many fans of the band's music past their early makeup days were as well.
We've heard from the original four founders of Kiss in regards to how they feel about their...
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were enraged by the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame's decision and refused to perform at the event. How could thirty years of hit records and songs still being played in their concert sets just be ignored? Not only were the two founding members of Kiss irritated by this, but many fans of the band's music past their early makeup days were as well.
We've heard from the original four founders of Kiss in regards to how they feel about their...
- 4/18/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
Wall Township, N.J. (AP) — Kiss won't rock and roll all night — or at any point during the day, either — when they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, the band said Sunday. The 40-year-old group is unable to agree on which lineup should perform during the April 10 ceremony in New York City, and has decided not to plug in at all. The dispute concerns whether original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss would join Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in a live performance, or whether the current lineup of Stanley, Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer would play instead. In a message on its website, Kiss said it won't perform with any lineup, calling it "an emotional situation where there is no way to please everyone." "Our intention was to celebrate the entire history of Kiss and give credit to all members, including longtime...
- 2/24/2014
- by Wayne Parry, Associated Press
- Hitfix
Legendary rock bands Kiss and Motley Crue gathered Tuesday to announce their 40-date North American summer 2012 tour -- simply proclaimed "The Tour." The groups will crisscross the country starting in Bristow, Virginia on July 20th and ending in Hartford, Connecticut on September 23rd.
"These guys are the baddest bands in the f***ing world," Motley Crue's Vince Neil said on stage with both bands at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
The last time Kiss...
"These guys are the baddest bands in the f***ing world," Motley Crue's Vince Neil said on stage with both bands at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
The last time Kiss...
- 3/21/2012
- Extra
Legendary rock bands Kiss and Motley Crue gathered Tuesday to announce their 40-date North American summer 2012 tour -- simply proclaimed "The Tour." The groups will crisscross the country starting in Bristow, Virginia on July 20th and ending in Hartford, Connecticut on September 23rd.
"These guys are the baddest bands in the f***ing world," Motley Crue's Vince Neil said on stage with both bands at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
The last time Kiss...
"These guys are the baddest bands in the f***ing world," Motley Crue's Vince Neil said on stage with both bands at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
The last time Kiss...
- 3/21/2012
- Extra
Starting off the week with a kiss at the Billboard Music Awards were music superstars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. It is safe to say that the two are officially an item now. It has been announced that Kim Kardashian is engaged to New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries whom she has been dating for the past six months.Director/screenwriter, Sofia Coppola is also engaged to Phoenix band mate, Thomas Mars. The two are planning a summer wedding in Italy. Sara Rue has married her fiancé of two years, Kevin Price. As for baby news, it has been revealed that David Schwimmer and his wife welcomed their daughter, Cleo Buckman Schwimmer into the world on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty) has shared that the sex of her second child with her husband, Noah Lebenzon will be a baby boy. And Bryce Dallas Howard is expecting her second child with husband,...
- 5/28/2011
- by Melody Simpson
- BuzzFocus.com
Vinnie Vincent, the guitarist who originally replaced Ace Frehley in Kiss before starting the group Vinnie Vincent Invasion, was arrested in his Rutherford County, Tennessee home yesterday after his wife Diane accused him of attacking her. Police say the 58-year-old rock allegedly hit and threw his wife to the ground, dragging her through shattered glass on the floor. Diane was eventually able to flee and drove to a police station, and when authorities picked up Vincent, they discovered “four sealed containers containing deceased dogs.”
Vincent, whose brief tenure as Kiss’ Ankh Warrior was discussed in Chuck Klosterman‘s popular book Fargo Rock City, co-wrote the majority of 1983′s Lick It Up, the first album where the legendary rock group did not wear make up, and would later sue Kiss’ Gene Simmons over song royalties and unlawful use of his image. Charged with aggravated domestic assault after last night’s incident,...
Vincent, whose brief tenure as Kiss’ Ankh Warrior was discussed in Chuck Klosterman‘s popular book Fargo Rock City, co-wrote the majority of 1983′s Lick It Up, the first album where the legendary rock group did not wear make up, and would later sue Kiss’ Gene Simmons over song royalties and unlawful use of his image. Charged with aggravated domestic assault after last night’s incident,...
- 5/23/2011
- by Anthony Miccio
- TheFabLife - Movies
When he came up with the Kiss tune "Creature of the Night," Vinnie Vincent probably wasn't thinking about himself. The guitarist—who briefly replaced Ace Frehley in the legendary rock band in the early '80s—has been arrested in Tennessee for allegedly beating his wife in an incident that's even more bizarre for the gory scene investigators found at the couple's Tennessee home. The faint of heart might want to avert their eyes. According to a spokeswoman for the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department, deputies found four sealed containers with...dead dogs inside. Zoinks! Per the incident report, Vincent (real name Vincent Cusano) was charged with one...
- 5/23/2011
- E! Online
Former Kiss guitarist Vincent Cusano -- aka Vinnie Vincent -- allegedly smacked his wife in the face and dragged her through a pile of broken glass on the night he was arrested ... and when cops arrived to the house, they found 4 dead dogs at the scene ... this according to law enforcement. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ ... on May 22, Vincent's wife, Diane, arrived to the Sheriff's Office "covered in blood" and reeking of alcohol.
- 5/23/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Vinnie Vincent -- the guitarist who famously took Ace Frehley's place in the band Kiss -- was arrested today on charges of aggravated assault ... TMZ has learned. Vincent (real name Vinnie Cusano) was busted by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee and held on $10,000 bond. He posted and was released at 11:27 Am. Vincent was known as the Ankh Warrior during his time with the band. Story developing ... Read more...
- 5/22/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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- 2/19/2011
- Extra
Former Kiss star Vinnie Vincent has lost an appeal that could have helped him stave off bankruptcy following a court battle with his ex-bandmates. The guitarist, real name Vincent John Cusano, was barred from seeking bankruptcy protection from paying more than $81,000 (54,000 pound sterling) to Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons after unsuccessfully suing them for royalties in 1997.
In court, he alleged Simmons and Stanley owed him royalties for his work on 1983 album "Lick It Up", but a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled against him and awarded the defendants fees and costs amounting to $81,000. Vincent took the case to an appeals court, but lost, according to Courthouse News Service.
After parting ways with Kiss, Vinnie Vincent formed Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
In court, he alleged Simmons and Stanley owed him royalties for his work on 1983 album "Lick It Up", but a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled against him and awarded the defendants fees and costs amounting to $81,000. Vincent took the case to an appeals court, but lost, according to Courthouse News Service.
After parting ways with Kiss, Vinnie Vincent formed Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
- 6/30/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Kiss made a name for themselves by crafting big hard rock tunes accompanied by pyrotechnics, moon boots, face paint and a healthy dose of sexual suggestion. They then took that name and slapped it on just about any product you can think of. Founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have created a gigantic empire full of merchandise gobbled up by the Kiss Army. For any fan of Kiss, there are literally hundreds of ways to bring Kiss into your life, in the form of action figures, underwear, toothbrushes, lamps, air fresheners, condoms, credit cards and the legendary Kiss Kasket (which you can buy while you're still alive and use it as a beer cooler until you have to fill it with your corpse).
Now comes the news that Stanley and Simmons have signed a deal to produce a television show for children in Canada. According to production company E...
Now comes the news that Stanley and Simmons have signed a deal to produce a television show for children in Canada. According to production company E...
- 3/10/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent has sued the band several times since he left the group back in 1984 -- but this time he's thrown a cable network into the mix. Vincent is suing the band, along with A&E Television Networks, for using his image ...
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Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent has sued the band several times since he left the group back in 1984 -- but this time he's thrown a cable network into the mix. Vincent is suing the band, along with A&E Television Networks, for using his image ...
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- 8/24/2009
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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