Is an all-new KISS on the horizon, one that doesn't have any original members? It's possible, according to the band's manager. According to the New York Times, KISS manager Doc McGhee "has been toying with the idea of recruiting an entire band to...don the band's famous makeup." McGhee said, "KISS is more like Doritos or Pepsi, as far as a brand name is concerned. They're more characters than the individual person. I think (new members) have a legitimate chance to carry the franchise."
KISS singer-bassist Gene Simmons doesn't necessarily disagree with that idea. He told Launch that the concept of original members isn't widely held by fans, and it isn't really accurate anyway. "There's no question that there's a core of fans — five-10 percent, my sense is — who believe in original members," he said. "And yet, when you look at original members, THE BEATLES are not original members — Ringo is not an original member; the STONES — barely. You know, they've had so many members come and go, but it's the STONES; and AC/DC's aren't original members; and VAN HALEN; and JOURNEY...you go down the list of every — almost every band you can think of."
Somehow I don't think you could throw "the Beatles" out there today with 4 new guys and get the same affect.
KISS it could probably work, though, as long as they didn't just go up there and do a 100% KISS imitation, like sticking the tongue out and everything.
Banned from the John Byrne Forum because I loved Linda and Melissa just a little too much. ;)
I'm sure in Simmons mind that only 5-10% of the fans care about the band having all four original members but since this is the same guy who thinks KISS toilet paper and coffins are brilliant ideas and putting out 8000 greatest hit cds is great for the fans I'll pass on this latest brainstorm.
The only thing that brought KISS back to life was the reunion tour with the four original guys in makeup and Simmons and Stanley have been milking that ever since! Reunion tours, Farewell tours, Symphonies, I guess they don't have many more ways to package tours.
I hope they do try this latest stunt so that the 5-10% of the KISS fans who buy every piece of garbage KISS puts out will have something to entertain them.
Oddly enough I think it could work with KISS. Especially if they add a bit of carnival to it. Make it a SHOW, and not just four guys pretending to be KISS.
Oddly enough I think it could work with KISS. Especially if they add a bit of carnival to it. Make it a SHOW, and not just four guys pretending to be KISS.
They did that with the Beatles. It was called Beatlemania.
Styx were talking about doing this around '77/'78. They were going to "tour" by hiring local musicians to be Styx™, playing Styxsongs™ in every city and every country on their itinerary, but all in the same month. A world tour in 30 days. For whatever reason, they never got around to trying this concept.
I posted about this in the KISSology thread. I'll repost it here because John sounds so excited!
KISS At The Movies From: KISSOnline
Tickets are now available for the special Big Screen showing of KISS ALIVE! at Cobo Hall, Detroit 1976. This never-before-seen special one night event will feature a historic Rockumentary - KISS Day in Cadillac, Michigan 1975. For Only One Night, October 26 at 8PM local. Click the link below for tickets:
This special Big Screen showing is to promote the "KISSOLOGY Vol. 1 1974-1977" 2-disc DVD set on sale 10/31.
Here is the complete list of theaters were the KISS special will be shown:
TRUSSVILLE STADIUM 16 5895 Trussville Crossings Parkway , Birmingham, AL 35235 HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 18 - HUNTSVILLE 3312 South Memorial Parkway , Huntsville, AL 35801-5310
BRECKENRIDGE STADIUM 12 1200 Breckenridge Dr. , Little Rock, AR 72207
DESERT RIDGE 18 21001 N TATUM BLVD STE 32 , PHOENIX, AZ 85050 CINEMARK 10 2175 El Mercado Loop , Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE 14 1 East Main Street , Alhambra, CA 91801-3514 ALISO VIEJO STADIUM 20 26701 Aliso Creek Road , Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 BURBANK 16 125 EAST PALM AVE , BURBANK, CA 91502 BAKERSFIELD STADIUM 14 9000-G Ming Avenue , Bakersfield, CA 93311 CINEMARK CHICO 801 East Avenue , Chico, CA 95926 HACIENDA CROSSINGS STADIUM 20 PLUS 5000 Dublin Blvd , Dublin, CA 94568 PARKWAY PLAZA STADIUM 18 405 Parkway Plaza , El Cajon, CA 92020 EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 6330 Christie Ave , Emeryville, CA 94608 FRESNO STADIUM 22 7750 North Blackstone Avenue , Fresno, CA 93720-4304 IRVINE SPECTRUM 20 PLUS IMAX 65 Fortune Drive , Irvine, CA 92618 LA HABRA STADIUM 16 1351 W. Imperial Hwy , La Habra, CA 90631 LONG BEACH STADIUM 26 7501 East Carson Boulevard , Long Beach, CA 90808-2365 OCEANSIDE STADIUM 16 401 Mission Ave. , Oceanside, CA 92054 RIVERSIDE PLAZA STADIUM 16 3535 Riverside Plaza Drive , Riverside, CA 92506 NATOMAS MARKETPLACE STADIUM 16 3561 TRUXEL ROAD , SACRAMENTO, CA 95834 MIRA MESA STADIUM 18 10733 Westview Parkway , San Diego, CA 92126-2963 VALENCIA STADIUM 12 24435 Town Center Drive , Santa Clarita, CA 91355-4591
TINSELTOWN 1545 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. , Colorado Springs, CO 80906 DENVER PAVILIONS STADIUM 15 500 16Th Street #310 , Denver, CO 80202 CINEMARK FORT COLLINS 4721 S. Timberline Rd. , Ft. Collins, CO 80525 COLORADO MILLS STADIUM 16 14500 W. Colfax Avenue Suite 600, Lakewood, CO 80401
BRANFORD STADIUM 12 325 E MAIN ST , Branford, CT 06405
GALLERY PLACE STADIUM 14 701 Seventh Street Northwest , Washington, DC 20001
SHADOWOOD 16 9889 West Glades Road , Boca Raton, FL 33434 BONITA SPRINGS STADIUM 12 25251 Chamber Of Commerce Drive , Bonita Springs, FL 34135 BELLTOWER STADIUM 20 13499 Belltower Drive , Ft Myers, FL 33907 GAINESVILLE CINEMA STADIUM 14 3101 SW 35th Blvd. Butler Plaza, Gainesville, FL 32608 BEACH BOULEVARD STADIUM 18 14051 Beach Boulevard , Jacksonville, FL 32250 TINSELTOWN USA 4535 Southside Blvd. , Jacksonville, FL 32216 SOUTH BEACH STADIUM 18 1120 Lincoln Road Mall , Miami Beach, FL 33139 CINEMARK ORLANDO FESTIVAL BAY 5150 International Drive , Orlando, FL 32819 WATERFORD LAKES STADIUM 20 541 North Alafaya Trail , Orlando, FL 32828 ROYAL PALM BEACH STADIUM 18 1003 State Road 7 , Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20 - SARASOTA 1993 Main Street , Sarasota, FL 34236 SAWGRASS STADIUM 23 2600 Northwest 136th Avenue , Sunrise, FL 33323 CITRUS PARK STADIUM 20 7999 Citrus Park Town Center Mall , Tampa, FL 33625 WINTER PARK VILLAGE STADIUM 20 510 North Orlando Ave , Winter Park, FL 32789
ATLANTIC STATION STADIUM 16 261 19TH STREET, STE 1250 , ATLANTA, GA 30363 BEECHWOOD STADIUM CINEMAS 196 Alps Road , Athens, GA 30606 AUGUSTA EXCHANGE STADIUM 20 1144 Agerton Lane , Augusta, GA 30909 MALL OF GEORGIA STADIUM 20 PLUS IMA 3333 Buford Drive Suite 300, Buford, GA 30518 GALLERIA MALL CINEMAS 2980 Watson Blvd. , Centerville, GA 31208 HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 24 @ NORTH I-85 3265 N.E. Expressway Access , Chamblee, GA 30341 HOLLYWOOD CINEMAS 659 Green Hill Circle NW , Gainesville, GA 30501 TOWN CENTER STADIUM 16 - KENNESAW 2795 Town Center Drive , Kennesaw, GA 30144 VALDOSTA STADIUM CINEMAS 1680 Baytree Road , Valdosta, GA 31602
GRAND TETON STADIUM 14 2707 South 25th East , Ammon, ID 83406-5702 BOISE STADIUM 21 7701 W Overland Road , Boise, ID 83709-1628
LINCOLNSHIRE STADIUM 20 PLUS IMAX 300 Parkway Drive , Lincolnshire, IL 60069 ROUND LAKE BEACH STADIUM 18 550 East Rollins Road , Round Lake Beach, IL 60073 CINEMARK WOODRIDGE W/ IMAX 6500 Route 53 , Woodridge, IL 60517
COLDWATER CROSSING STADIUM 14 211 West Washington Center Road , Fort Wayne, IN 46825 GALAXY STADIUM 14 8105 E. 96Th Ave , Indianapolis, IN 46256 MOVIES 14 910 W. Edison , Mishawaka, IN 46545
STUDIO 30 OLATHE STATION 12075 S. Strang Line RD. , Olathe, KS 66062
HAMBURG PAVILION STADIUM 16 1949 Starshoot Road , Lexington, KY 40509 TINSELTOWN LOUISVILLE 4400 Towne Center Drive , Louisville, KY 40241
TINSELTOWN 8400 Millicent Way , Shreveport, LA 71105
BELLINGHAM STADIUM 14 259 HARTFORD AVE , Bellingham, MA 02019 INDEPENDENCE MALL 14 101 INDEPENDENCE MALL WAY , Kingston, MA 02364 SOLOMON POND STADIUM 15 591 DONALD J LYNCH BLVD , Marlborough, MA 01752 SWANSEA STADIUM 12 207 Swansea Mall Drive , Swansea, MA 02777
BEL AIR CINEMA STADIUM 14 409 Constant Friendship Boulevard , Abingdon, MD 21009 UA SNOWDEN SQUARE STADIUM 14 9161 Commerce Center Dr. , Columbia, MD 21046 ROCKVILLE CENTER STADIUM 13 199 East Montgomery Avenue , Rockville, MD 20850 SALISBURY 2322 SALISBURY BLVD. , SALISBURY, MD 21804
BRUNSWICK 10 19 GURNET RD , Brunswick, ME 04011
WOODLAND MALL 14 3195 28th Street SE , Grand Rapids, MI 49512 CINEMARK 20 - RIVERTOWN MALL 3728 River Town Parkway , Grandville, MI 49418 LIVONIA 20 19500 Haggerty Rd , Livonia, MI 48152 COMMERCE TOWNSHIP STADIUM 14 3033 Springvale Drive , Walled Lake, MI 48390
ST LOUIS MILLS STADIUM 18 5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd. Suite 525, Hazelwood, MO 63042 KANSAS CITY STADIUM 18 CINEMAS 3200 Ameristar Drive , Kansas City, MO 64161
TINSELTOWN JACKSON 411 Riverwind Drive , Pearl, MS 39208
CINEMARK 7 ASHEBORO 400 Randolph Mall , Asheboro, NC 27203 STONECREST AT PIPER GLEN STADIUM 22 7824 Rea Road , Charlotte, NC 28277 North Hills Stadium 14 4150 MAIN AT NORTH HILLS STREET , RALEIGH, NC 27609 TINSELTOWN 305 Faith Road , Salisbury, NC 28146
COMMERCE CENTER STADIUM 18 2399 Route 1 South , North Brunswick, NJ 08902
COTTONWOOD THEATRE STADIUM 16 10000 NW Coors Blvd. , Albuquerque, NM 87114 FOUR HILLS THEATRE 10 13120A Central Se , Albuquerque, NM 87123
COLONNADE STADIUM 14 8880 South Eastern Ave , Las Vegas, NV 89123 VILLAGE SQUARE STADIUM 18 9400 W Sahara Ave , Las Vegas, NV 89117
CROSSGATES STADIUM 18 120 B Washington Avenue Extension , Albany, NY 12203 ELMWOOD REGAL CENTER 16 2001 Elmwood Avenue , Buffalo, NY 14207 SHOPPINGTOWN MALL 10 3649 ERIE BLVD E , DeWitt, NY 13214 LATHAM CIRCLE MALL 10 800 NEW LOUDON RD , Latham, NY 12110 NEW ROC CITY STADIUM 18 PLUS IMAX 33 Le Count Place , New Rochelle, NY 10801 BATTERY PARK STADIUM 11 102 North End Ave. , New York, NY 10281 UNION SQUARE STADIUM 14 850 Broadway , New York, NY 10003 HENRIETTA CINEMA STADIUM 18 525 Marketplace Drive , Rochester, NY 14623 STATEN ISLAND STADIUM 16 2474 Forest Avenue , Staten Island, NY 10303 CAROUSEL MALL 19 9586 CAROUSEL CTR , Syracuse, NY 13290 EASTVIEW MALL 13 70 Eastview Mall Drive , Victor, NY 14564 UA WESTBURY THEATRE STADIUM 12 7000 Brush Hollow Road , Westbury, NY 11590 TRANSIT CENTER STADIUM 18 PLUS IMAX 6707 Transit Road , Williamsville, NY 14221-7224
MONTROSE MOVIES STADIUM 12 4020 Medina Road , Akron, OH 44333 HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20 @ FAIRFIELD CO 2651 Fairfield Commons , Beavercreek, OH 45431 TINSELTOWN 7401 Market Street , Boardman, OH 44512 MIDDLEBURG TOWN SQUARE STADIUM 16 18348 Bagley Road , Cleveland, OH 44130 GEORGESVILLE SQUARE STADIUM 16 1800 Georgesville Square Drive , Columbus, OH 43228 NORTHTOWNE CINEMA 9 1500 North Clinton Street , Defiance, OH 43512 CROCKER PARK STADIUM 16 30147 Detroit Road , Westlake, OH 44145
OLD MILL STADIUM 10 680 SW Powerhouse Drive , Bend, OR 97702 EVERGREEN PARKWAY STADIUM 13 2625 NW 188th , Hillsboro, OR 97124 LLOYD CENTER 10 CINEMA 1510 NE Multnomah Street , Portland, OR 97232 CINEMARK 17 (SPRINGFIELD) 2900 Gateway , Springfield, OR 97477
MORAINE POINTE CINEMA 10 300 Moraine Pointe Plaza , Butler, PA 16001 HARRISBURG STADIUM 14 1500 CAUGHEY DR , Harrisburg, PA 17112 HAZLETON STADIUM 10 400 LAUREL MALL , Hazleton, PA 18202 KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16 300 Goddard Blvd , King Of Prussia, PA 19406 MANOR STADIUM 16 1246 Millersville Pike , Lancaster, PA 17603 CINEMARK 20 MOOSIC 40 Glenmurra National Blvd. , Moosic, PA 18507 RIVERVIEW PLAZA STADIUM 17 1400 South Columbus Blvd. , Philadelphia, PA 19147 CINEMARK 17 PITTSBURGH MILLS 425 Pittsburgh Mills Circle , Tarentum, PA 15084 WARRINGTON CROSSING STADIUM 22 104 Easton Rd., Bldg F , Warrington, PA 18976
HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20 - GREENVILLE 1025 Woodruff Road , Greenville, SC 29607 CINEMARK 14 AT COASTAL GRAND 2100 Coastal Grand Circle , Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
KNOXVILLE CENTER STADIUM 10 3051 B Mall Road , Knoxville, TN 37919 GREEN HILLS STADIUM 16 3815 Greenhills Village Drive , Nashville, TN 37215 OPRY MILLS STADIUM 20 PLUS IMAX 570 Opry Mills Drive , Nashville, TN 37214
AMARILLO STAR STADIUM 14 8275 Amarillo Blvd West , Amarillo, TX 79106 METROPOLITAN STADIUM 14 901 Little Texas Lane , Austin, TX 78745 TINSELTOWN USA 3855 Interstate 10 South , Beaumont, TX 77705 CINEMARK CEDAR HILL 280 Uptown BLVD , Cedar Hill, TX 76201 HOLLYWOOD USA - COLLEGESTATION 1401 Earl Rudder Freeway S. , College Station, TX 77845 FOSSIL CREEK STADIUM 11 N. 6100 Freeway , Ft Worth, TX 76137 WILLOWBROOK 24 17145 TOMBALL PKWY , HOUSTON, TX 77064 HOUSTON MARQ*E STADIUM 23 7600 Katy Freeway , Houston, TX 77024 CINEMARK MANSFIELD 2041 N. Highway 287 , Mansfield, TX 76063 TINSELTOWN USA PFLUGERVILLE 15436 FM 1825 , Pflugerville, TX 78660 TINSELTOWN USA PLANO 3800 Dallas Parkway , Plano, TX 75093 ALAMO QUARRY STADIUM 16 255 E.BASSE , SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209 FIESTA 16 STADIUM THEATRES 12631 Vance Jackson , San Antonio, TX 78230 CINEMARK 12 SHERMAN 3310 Town Center St. , Sherman, TX 75091 CINEMARK 18 WEBSTER 20915 Gulf Freeway , Webster, TX 77598
CINEMARK 16 PROVO 1200 Town Center Blvd. , Provo, UT 84601 CINEMARK 24 W. JORDAN 7301 South Jordan Landing , West Jordan, UT 84088
BALLSTON COMMON STADIUM 12 671 N. Glebe Road , Arlington, VA 22203 TINSELTOWN BRISTOL 3004 Linden Drive , Bristol, VA 24201 GREENBRIER CINEMA 13 600 Jarman Road , Chesapeake, VA 23320 DANVILLE STADIUM CINEMAS 3601 Riverside Drive , Danville, VA 24541 VIRGINIA CENTER STADIUM 20 10091 Jeb Stuart Parkway , Glen Allen, VA 23060 MANASSAS STADIUM 14 11380 BULLOCH DR , Manassas, VA 20109 MACARTHUR CENTER STADIUM 18 300 Monticello Avenue Suite 330, Norfolk, VA 23510 SHORTPUMP STADIUM 14 11650 West Broad Street , Richmond, VA 23233
LAKEWOOD STADIUM 15 2410 South 84th Street , Lakewood, WA 98499 BELLA BOTTEGA STADIUM 11 CINEMA 8890 NE 161st Avenue , Redmond, WA 98052 NORTHTOWN MALL STADIUM 12 4750 North Division Street , Spokane, WA 99207 CINEMA 99 STADIUM 11 9010 NE Hwy 99 , Vancouver, WA 98665
COLLEGE AVENUE STADIUM 16 W3091 Van Roy Road , Appleton, WI 54915 TINSELTOWN KENOSHA 7101 70th Court , Kenosha, WI 53142
Paul and Gene will appear at VIRGIN MEGASTORE TIMES SQUARE on October 31st beginning at 11 PM to promote the KISSOLOGY DVD. Pictured is the image being used to promote the KISSOLOGY in store. Paul and Gene will be wearing makeup for this appearance! Other surprises to be announced.
In order to attend this event, fans must get a wristband from the VIRGIN TIMES SQUARE location ON STREET DATE. They will be available at 8 AM on 10/31. Initial pressings of KISSOLOGY will include bonus goodies too! (A third disc of exclusive, unreleased content; and a cool collectible!)
Signings will be limited to KISSOLOGY DVD (plus ONE other item).
KISS Alive! on the Big Screen From: National CineMedia, LLC
In 1976, KISS came to Detroit for an incendiary concert at the Motor City's Cobo Hall and the world of rock & roll was never the same again. On October 26th at 8:00 p.m. local time, fans can travel back in time with the biggest, baddest, most triumphant show band in rock & roll history to catch that historic show in a Big Screen Concerts(SM) event for only one night in select movie theatres nationwide.
KISS ALIVE! ON THE BIG SCREEN (click here for the trailer) features the band's classic line-up - GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, ACE FREHLEY and PETER CRISS - plus a never-before-seen special rockumentary with GENE SIMMONS and PAUL STANLEY as they take a look back to the band's 1970s roots. All historic concert and rockumentary footage including the Cobo Hall performance and KISS Day in Cadillac, MI will be shown in its original 1975-76 format. In the past thirty years, a thousand musical trends and genres have come and gone and come again, but through it all, there has always been KISS!
KISS lead singer and co-founding band member PAUL STANLEY comments, "I was blown away by this footage. Watching it on the big screen is as close as anyone will ever get to traveling back to those days."
KISS ALIVE! ON THE BIG SCREEN will be presented by National CineMedia and VH1 Classic in association with McGhee-Proffer Media for only one night at 164 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, Cinemark, and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres across the country. Tickets for this exciting Big Screen Concerts(SM) event are on sale now at presenting theatre box offices and online at http://www.BigScreenConcerts.com for $10.00. (For a complete list of participating theatre locations, please visit the Web site.)
KISS has more Gold Records than Fort Knox and, after 33 years of rocking and rolling all night and partying every day, KISS continues to be the juggernaut of licensing and merchandising. The group has earned more than 55 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards since receiving its first gold record for "KISS Alive!" in 1975. KISS has performed more than 3500 concerts in front of nearly eighty million fans in virtually every country on planet earth. Where other bands have fan clubs, KISS has a full-fledged Army of the most rabid and loyal true believers in the world.
"KISSology Vol. 1 1974-1977," a 2-disc DVD will be released on Halloween day, October 31, five days following the Big Screen Concerts event. "KISSology Volume One 1974-1977" provides ample evidence of why KISS has lasted so long and continues to mean so much to so many millions of people. For the KISS Army, this DVD marks the arrival of nothing less than a Holy Grail: 6 solid hours of vintage KISS going all the way back to the deep early roots of the band's classic line-up - GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, ACE FREHLEY and PETER CRISS - captured and re-mastered on 2 state-of-the-art DVDs featuring more than 70 live performances and four full concerts bundled along with unreleased tracks and never-before-seen footage. "KISSology Volume One 1974-1977" is the first volume of a definitive three part collection - Volumes Two and Three are being readied for release in 2007.
"KISS truly took rock and roll to new heights. Music fans will witness how high on this special night as well as on the upcoming 'KISSology Volume 1' release, presented by VH1 Classic," said Eric Sherman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, VH1 Classic. "And as a card-carrying member of the KISS Army since I was 15, I'm personally excited to see the band on the big screen."
Read today that Paul Stanley And Gene Simmons were Grand Marshals of The Halloween Parade in the Village, in their makeup. Nice job guys, NYC all the way
I was there, since I live one block away. I go every year at least for a few minutes - my first one was about 25 years ago (!). We left before the Kiss guys came past, though - my daughter's teachers had the nerve to give homework on Halloween! Saw it live on NY1 at home - Gene Simmons was as full of himself as ever.
There have been some bizarre events in KISStory - hopefully Paul is doing alright as I post this.
KISS ROCKS FOR PAUL PERFORMS AS TRIO
07/28/2007 KISSONLINE.com
KISSONLINE.com
By Louis Antonelli, Jim Lunger & Keith Leroux WIth photos by Hiro Shiga
Last night an extraordinary page was written in KISSTORY. At the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California, last stop of the band’s 2007 ‘Hit & Run’ mini Tour, KISS performed as a TRIO for the first time ever. Immediately following the band’s sound check, Paul Stanley suddenly fell ill, with what was later determined to be a “cardiac event”.
Once it was determined by emergency medical staff that Paul could not perform, there was talk that the show would need to be canceled. It was Paul himself, who insisted that the band play the show without him. Paul was concerned that fans had traveled long distances and because of the band's individual schedules the show could not be rescheduled.
KISS Manager Doc McGhee then took the stage to announce to the crowd that Paul was sick and unable to perform but that Gene wanted to speak with the fans. Gene asked the audience if they wanted him, Tommy & Eric to perform. The crowd responded with a defeaning chant of yes, yes, yes. With that, Gene announced that the concert (If they could pull it off), was a tribute to “The Greatest Voice in Rock and Roll - Rock God Paul Stanley”.
With Paul en route to the hospital - Gene,Tommy and Eric played their hearts out in honor of their stricken leader! The set list evolved as the night progressed and KISS blasted their way into the hot night air - valiantly trying to hold it together minus the band’s heart & soul. In an emotionally charged moment, Gene told the crowd that he was an only child, but nevertheless had a brother – Paul Stanley! ‘Christine Sixteen' brought 11 invited fans onto the stage to help perform the song, and added a bit of lighthearted fun to the pensive night.
The trio went on to perform a full set including classics and rarities - ‘Watchin’ You’, ‘Goin’ Blind’, ‘Nothing to Lose’, ‘Black Diamond’, ‘Cold Gin’, ‘She’, and ‘Parasite’. The sold out arena was filled with dedicated fans who appreciated what a unique night this really was, despite its bittersweet nature, and rocked hard & loud. As the final chords of ‘Rock & Roll All Night’ were struck, and the last jets of flames and confetti shot into the night sky, everyone realized what they had just witnessed was simply great music performed by dedicated, extraordinary musicians who really gave it their all, and then some.
Another thing every KISS fan at the show last night realized - is just how lucky we are that our favorite band, led by the greatest front man in Rock N Roll PAUL STANLEY, cares so much for us fans!
Get well soon Paul - we all love you!
Paul posted this on his website...
MESSAGE FROM PAUL PROUD OF GENE, TOMMY & ERIC
07/28/2007 PAULSTANLEY.com
PAULSTANLEY.com
During sound check yesterday, my heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern. Not knowing if this episode was life threatening made it even more exhausting. After consulting with both the paramedics and a cardiologist at Cedar Sinai, they confirmed my worst fear. They said that I would put myself at risk if I tried to do the show.
I’m very proud of Gene, Tommy and Eric for carrying on without me. I apologize to anyone I disappointed and I’ll make it up to you when I see you again.
Paul.
The setlist for this unique show...
01. Deuce 02. Cold Gin 03. Calling Dr. Love 04. Christine Sixteen 05. Nothin' to Lose (Eric on vocals) 06. I Love it Loud 07. Goin' Blind 08. Watchin' You 09. She 10. Parasite 11. God of Thunder 12. Let Me Go, Rock 'n Roll 13. Black Diamond (Eric on vocals) 14. Rock and Roll All Night
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