KISS pause Brazil show after Gene Simmons falls ill and performs sat down

nme.com:

KISS were forced to pause one of their live performances earlier this week when Gene Simmons was taken ill when onstage.The incident took place on Wednesday night (April 12), when the band were performing in Manaus, Brazil, as part of their ongoing farewell tour.While mid-set, the iconic bassist – who is aged 73 – had to take a seat on the stage and temporarily halt the performance while crew members looked after him.

According to a review by ACritica, the show was only paused for around five minutes before he returned to the stage again and continued performing for the remainder of the set.“We’re gonna have to stop,” frontman Paul Stanley said to the crowd when he noticed Simmons was seated. “You know how much we love Gene, and he’s obviously sick.

And we’re gonna have to stop to take care of him, ’cause we love him, right?”He then asked the crowd to chant “Gene” as the bassist was being tended to by the crew.

While seated, Simmons plated some of the bass parts to KISS’ 2010 track, ‘Say Yeah’ before returning to the front of the stage.