Paul Stanley: Last News

KISS‘s Paul Stanley has opened up about the illness that forced the band to cancel three recent shows.The glam rock band are currently on the final leg of their extensive last run of concerts, dubbed the ‘End Of The Road World Tour’ and are due to bow out with a performance at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday (December 2).However, three gigs had to be pulled after Stanley came down with the flu. They resumed the tour at the weekend in Indianapolis once he had fully recovered.During the pre-show soundcheck and Q&A session, Stanley revealed the extent of just how serious his condition was.

KISS have announced an upcoming show in Las Vegas – the first since they retired from touring in 2023.The new date comes in celebration of the KISS Army celebrating its 50th year, and will take place at a three-day event in Nevada, running between November 14 and 16. It has been dubbed ‘KISS Army Storms Vegas’.Initially, the news of a return to the stage was announced to members of the fan club in an email.

their farewell trek, the “End of the Road World Tour” at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2023, but their legacy lives on in the sons of frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.That’s right: Nick Simmons, 36, and Evan Stanley, 30, are following in their fathers’ footsteps — without the face paint — by coming together in musical harmony, and the two dads are loving this unexpected Kiss connection.“You know, they both have their own bands,” Simmons told The Post about his son’s Sym Fera and Stanley’s Amber Wild.But of course, they have plenty of Kiss-story together.“Both have been pals because they went to see their dads work since they were little boys,” said Simmons. “And they never thought about getting together, just strumming and humming and all that.”While they are now rolling together, they aren’t exactly rocking like their fathers.

Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed To Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors involved.“I did not own a suit or a tie, so I had to borrow our manager at the time Bill Aucoin’s suit,” Kiss co-frontman Gene Simmons, 75, exclusively told The Post.“He was a much smaller man … So I put on his suit and nothing fits. If you look at the album cover, the sleeves were short, and the pants didn’t go all the way down.”Plus, Simmons had to finagle his footwear from one of his bandmates.“I didn’t have dress shoes,” he said, “so [Kiss guitarist] Ace Frehley had a pair of white clogs that he used to walk around with, and for no reason at all, I put on the clogs that are on the cover.”It all made for a classic album cover in rock history that is revisited on a new audio walking tour of New York spots that shaped Kiss and the group’s third LP, which inspired generations to “Rock and Roll All Nite” after it was released 50 years ago, on March 19, 1975.Along with Simmons and his Kiss co-frontman, Paul Stanley, photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the cover of “Dressed To Kill” — shares his makeup-covered memories in the 60-minute tour that takes you from 23rd and Eighth to Greenwich Village’s legendary Electric Lady Studios, where the LP was recorded.Gruen was shooting Kiss for a Creem magazine story — in which his photos would be used in a comic-book treatment on the band — and ended up taking the album cover pic.“It was just a whim.

KISS have announced plans for an “unmasked” show in Las Vegas later this year.The concert is part of the KISS Army fan club’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which is set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on November 14-16.It will mark the band’s first performance since their 2023 farewell tour.According to an email sent out to fans, the concert also promises “a special live performance from former KISS member Bruce Kulick, along with other special guests, activities, exclusive experiences and more.”The guitarist played on five KISS albums before leaving the band in 1996.KISS apparently ARE doing a non-make up show in Vegas. This November 14 – 16, 2025.Special guest Bruce Kulick.The…Posted by Rock N Roll Experience on Saturday, March 22, 2025The show comes after Gene Simmons quietly postponed 17 dates on his upcoming solo tour in April and May, with the tour set to kick off at the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California on April 5.However, in a recent statement given by Christina Vitaglano, who runs Simmons’ backstage VIP fan experience packages, it was revealed the April dates as well as the Texas leg of the May dates have all been postponed “until early 2026.”KISS, meanwhile, were recently working on their upcoming avatar show, which Paul Stanley previously described as “Cirque Du Soleil meets Star Wars and a KISS concert”.The production is being overseen by the company behind ABBA’s ‘Voyage’ show, in which the Swedish pop group were represented by holographic virtual avatars on stage.Pophouse acquired KISS’ catalogue, brand name and IP last April, while the band first unveiled their ‘new era’ at the final show of their farewell tour in December 2023 in Madison Square Garden.

KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, have recorded 10 songs together.The pair recently shared photos with fans on Instagram showing themselves beside recording equipment as they performed as yet unheard material. Taking to his account last Saturday (February 22), Evan Stanley – the son of KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley – wrote: “One song turned into 10 real quick.”Another post featured Evan and Nick performing an original track with guitarist Jacob Bunton, which Paul Stanley called “magic!!!” while Nick’s sister Sophie joked “we want the album” in the comments.

KISS’ Gene Simmons has announced a North American tour for 2025 – check out all the dates below.The bassist and singer will head out on the road with The Gene Simmons Band in April and May, with the tour kicking off at the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California on April 5.Later that month, he will head to Florida for a string of shows, before heading to the North East and Canada and finally wrapping in Houston’s House Of Blues on May 24.

KISS’ upcoming avatar show will be like “Cirque Du Soleil meets Star Wars and a KISS concert”.The future production will be overseen by Pophouse Entertainment, the company behind ABBA’s ‘Voyage’ show, in which the Swedish pop group were represented by holographic virtual avatars on stage.Pophouse acquired KISS’ catalogue, brand name and IP in April, while the band first unveiled their ‘new era’ at the final show of ftheir farewell tour last December in Madison Square Garden. After leaving the stage, the band members’ avatars were revealed, and they went on to perform ‘God Gave Rock And Roll To You’.Shortly afterwards, the band’s co-founder Gene Simmons confirmed that the band’s virtual avatars will “get better”, and revealed that “about 200 million” dollars was being invested in the technology.Around the same time, KISS also shared a teaser clip revealing when fans will be able to see their avatars perform.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has shared his thoughts on Jane’s Addiction‘s bust-up onstage.Frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro got into a fight while on stage during a show in Boston last month subsequently resulting in the band cancelling their remaining dates and confirming a hiatus, citing the frontman’s “mental health difficulties”.Speaking on Jackass star Steve-O‘s Wild Ride podcast. Stanley said: “You don’t hit.

KISS avatar show, saying that it will be “beyond anything that anyone else has contemplated.”In an interview with Billboard on podcast Behind The Setlist, published last Thursday (September 12), Stanley spoke at length about the show following the acquisition of the band’s catalogue, brand name and IP by Pophouse Entertainment, the company behind ABBA‘s ‘Voyage’ show.“People just are thrilled with [‘Voyage’]. I took my wife last month, and I had seen it last year,” Stanley says, as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net.

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Yungblud has covered the KISS hit ‘I was Made For Loving You’ for the soundtrack for Ryan Gosling’s new action-comedy The Fall Guy. Yungblud’s take on the song starts off stripped back before blossoming into a rockier song closer in style to the icons’ original 1979 song.

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron has recalled receiving a cease-and-desist letter from KISS when he was a teenager.Speaking on the Howard Stern Show to promote Pearl Jam’s latest album ‘Dark Matter’, Cameron – who was also in Soundgarden – told the story about meeting KISS when he was young and how that resulted in him getting a cease-and-desist a few months later.Cameron revealed that he had been in a KISS cover band growing up: “We played local high schools, keggers, whatnot. And my dad was friends with the head of the stagehand union in San Diego, so when KISS was playing there… during the ‘Alive’ tour, that was ’75, we got to go see KISS do a soundcheck at the San Diego Sports Arena.”Cameron continued: “So I brought the two guys I was in the KISS band with, Tim and Dave Mahoney and we brought our photo album from our stupid KISS cover band to meet Paul Stanley, and we got a photo with him.

KISS’ catalogue, brand name and IP have been acquired by the Swedish entertainment and music investment firm, Pophouse.Announced today (April 4), the global entertainment and music investment firm has announced that it has concluded an agreement with the rock veterans – acquiring their music catalogue, brand name, trademarks and likeness, which includes their signature face paint designs.The deal and partnership agreement have been done to help further develop and expand KISS’ legacy globally, as well as preserve their image and music for generations to come.Pophouse is an investment firm known for its development of brand-building activities across the music and entertainment sphere, including the groundbreaking ABBA Voyage show in London.Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, and the band members will continue to play an active role in the development of upcoming projects.Plans for a biopic, an avatar show, and a KISS-themed experience are already in the works.“We have always been breaking new ground in popular culture, and this partnership will ensure that we continue to do so for years to come,” said bassist and KISS co-founder Gene Simmons of the deal. “Because what Pophouse is doing, is breaking rules.

an update on his website. “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,” she wrote.“Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know, that for decades, his music touched so many and will be his lasting legacy.

Eric Carmen, who found fame as the Raspberries frontman before a successful solo career, died over the weekend at 74, his wife announced Monday. “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,” Amy Carmen wrote. “Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend.

KISS bandmates “look like imbeciles”.Drama between Frehley and his former bandmates began last year, after KISS’s Paul Stanley explained why the band didn’t perform when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame back in 2014.Among the reasons was the “demanding” nature of the Rock Hall, which wanted KISS to take to the stage with its original members – Frehley and Peter Criss. Stanley said the move would be “demeaning” to the band, adding: “‘Cause if you saw people onstage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called PISS.”Frehley subsequently threatened to release “dirt” on KISS if Stanley didn’t apologise, later sharing that he didn’t apologise, but called to say “fuck you”.Speaking to Guitar World about his solo album ‘10,000 Volts’ which is set for release on February 4, Frehely shared that he’s getting back at Stanley and KISS frontman Gene Simmons for attempting to ruin his reputation by releasing his best music yet.A post shared by Ace Frehley (@acefrehleyofficial)“Paul and Gene have tried to destroy my reputation over the years – we know that.

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have shared a cover of KISS’ ‘Lick It Up’ to celebrate the new year.Their version of the 1983 classic track by KISS was shared by the married duo as part of their ongoing ‘Sunday Lunch’ series – which sees them play covers of famous rock tracks in their kitchen.Although the series no longer runs every week, Fripp and Willcox have shared a special New Year’s Anniversary edition to celebrate the start of 2024. For the video, the King Crimson guitarist sports the same iconic ‘Demon’ makeup as KISS bassist Gene Simmons, alongside a giant red tongue.While he plays guitar to the track, Toyah dances around him and takes on the role of singing Paul Stanley’s lyrics.

KISS have confirmed that their first shows using avatars will take place in 2027. The band played their final show as humans at Madison Square Garden on December 2, bringing their ‘End Of The Road’ world tour to its conclusion.

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Kiss have unveiled their ‘new era’ as a virtual band at the last show of their farewell tour.The band have seemingly bowed out of live performing at their huge Madison Square Garden show last night (December 2). They will reportedly be the first US band to become virtual.In the encore, the band’s remaining members – founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, along with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer – left the stage, revealing their new digital avatars.