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June 30, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
The new edition of the Spanish Metal Hammer features
Gene on the cover.
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June 30, 2008
KISS IN BELGIUM
Kiss played their last concert in Europe at the Graspop
Festival in Belgium in front of 50.000 fans the usual set. During the show there was a
power failure and Kiss was without power for some time. Click here to see some photos from the show.
Kiss flew back from Frankfurt to the USA yesterday.
[Comments]
June 29, 2008
PICS FROM LUXEMBOURG
Click here
to see 34 photos from Luxembourg from the newspaper Volksfreund.
[Comments]
June 29, 2008
PICS FROM NÜRNBERG
Click here to see 76
photos from Nürnberg from Frankenpost Online.
[Comments]
June 28, 2008
KISS ARTICLE IN BULGARIAN
MAGAZINE
(from Lubomir Petrov)
Here's a photocopy of two page article for KISS from their concert in Bulgaria.I
don't have a scanner, but I think the picture is usefull.
[Comments]
June 28, 2008
LAST SHOW!
Today is Kiss' last show in Europe at the Graspop
Festival in Belgium. Click here
to see interviews and live-footage from the Festrival. Kiss is listed for 23:30 - 1:00.
[Comments]
June 28, 2008
KISS IN NÜRNBERG
Kiss played at a packed Arena in Nürnberg yesterday
for about 8.000 people the usual set-list. Today Kiss will play their last concert in
Europe in Belgium at the Graspop Festival!
[Comments]
June 27, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
(from Mauricio)
The cover of the Spanish magazine 'ROCK HARD' features Paul Stanley, and inside there is a
8-page article about KISS, with interviews with Tommy, and Paul and more things.
I enclose a picture of the cover.
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June 27, 2008
KISS IN LUXEMBURG
After their "secret" appearance at the US Air
Base in Spangdahlem in Germany, Kiss flew to Luxembourg and played at the sold out Rockhal
for 6.500 fans. Gene's son was also present (see picture in the Forum). Reviews and photos
as always in the Forum.
[Comments]
June 27, 2008
KISS SIGN SESSION AT
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE IN GERMANY
(from Christian Hof)
Before their concert in Luxemburg KISS made a short "secret" stop at the
US Air Base in Spangdahlem.
Luckily I was able to attend. Here a few photos.
They were an hour late, it started at 3 pm. Kiss came without their make-up and did not
have much time. You were only allowed to get one item signed. About 400 people were
present, mainly US soldiers, but a few Germans as well.
[Comments]
June 26, 2008
KISS, RAMONES MEMBERS GUEST
WITH PEARL JAM IN NYC
(from Billboard)
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Pearl Jam gave a nod to its classic rock influences last night (June 25) in New York,
drafting Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone for guest appearances
during the second of a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden.
Frehley turned up to play lead guitar on Kiss' "Black Diamond," which was
mostly sung by drummer Matt Cameron, with guitarist Mike McCready, an admitted Frehley
obsessive, handling the first verse.
As he'd done the night before, Ramone thundered through his former band's "I Believe
in Miracles" with Pearl Jam. Frontman Eddie Vedder also saluted his guitar tech,
Ricky Ramone, who had long worked for the late Johnny Ramone before joining Pearl Jam.
Frehley and Ramone weren't the only guests during the show. A local vocal trio, secured
after a couple of phone calls from Pearl Jam personnel, was enlisted to sing on "All
Night," "Who You Are" and "W.M.A.," all of which were either new
to Pearl Jam's live set on this short tour or had been absent from the rotation for a
decade or more.
During the MSG run, the crowd often reached deafening volume, taking over for Vedder on
tracks like "Better Man," "Present Tense" and "Release,"
which opened last night's show.
[Comments]
June 26, 2008
PICTURES FROM ZÜRICH
Click here to see
photos from the Kiss concert in Zürich.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
MILANO VIRGIN RADIO
MAGAZINE
(from Fabio)
This is the Fanzine Virgin Radio gave out of the venue yesterday.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
NEW JAPANESE CD BOX SET
RELEASED TODAY
A new CD Box Set has been released in Japan today. It
includes 11 CDs.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
KISS IN MILANO
(from Fabio)
Great, great show in Milan yesterday night.
KISS were in really high spirit and since the M&G (18 people) they cared a lot to the
fans, chatting and posing for personal photos and signing almost everithing...
I got my personal photobook (from Verona) signed and they were astonished about the
quality and the layout of it!!!
The set list was the same of recents dates but they sounded way better then in Verona,
Gene spitted fire and Paul made his stunt during Love Gun.
The venue was realy hot in many ways (38° and great volumes and bombs)
It was not packed and I assume we were not more the 8.000
Here a picture
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June 25, 2008
KISS IN MILANO
Click here
to see some photos and a concert-report in Italian from the concert in Milano, where Kiss
played a packed, but not sold out show last night.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
THE DYNASTY PROMO SHOOT
(from Dogmatic)
Promotional activity was rampant during the 1979 era of KISS. Some of the shots below
ended up in the Dynasty Tourbook of 1979. The band filmed the promo video for ‘Sure
Know Something’ on the same day most of these photos were taken. Although musically
the band had come back quite a different beast after the release of the solo albums a year
before, it was still an exciting time and proved to be KISS’ most popular eras
outside of the United States.
Click here
to see the photos.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
MEET & GREET IN FRANCE
Over 80 (!) people attended the meet
& greet in Paris. See some clips here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMT93iTDVp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeQqq97usY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Iv4AQPCgU
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June 25, 2008
KISS ON DIRECT MUSIC
CATALOG
(from Diamant Noir)
KISS is on the cover of the Summer Edition of Direct Music, which is a musical instruments
buying guide sold in France.
[Comments]
June 25, 2008
KISS ON THE COVER OF
HOLLANDS AARDSCHOK MAGAZINE
(from www.kisskollector.com)
Next month's issue of Aardschok magazine,
Holland's rock & metal magazine, is to feature a KISS coverstory! Whereas the magazine
traditionally has been writing in a negative way about KISS most of the times - or ignored
them completely - and usually refuses to put KISS on the cover, the new issue will not
only feature a KISS article for the first time in quite a while, it's even their
coverstory. Check out the cover of the July issue below. The times, they are a-chancing it
seems...
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June 24, 2008
BRUCE KULICK INTERVIEW
The second part of the interview with Bruce Kulick from
the New Jersey Kiss Expo is now also online. Click here and scroll down to
read the rest of the interview.
[Comments]
June 24, 2008
KISS IN ZÜRICH
Kiss performed yesterday in Zürich in a packed Arena
in front of about 12.000 fans the usual set-list. 20 people were at the meet & greet.
[Comments]
June 23, 2008
KISS IN PARIS AT THE HOTEL
(from X17video.com)
X17 Xclusive - June 18th, 2008: We spotted the members of the rock band Kiss
leaving their hotel, the "Meurice" in Paris. Among them: Kiss frontman Gene
Simmons and his longtime partner and former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed, Paul Stanley
and Eric Singer. Even after more than 30 years in business their fans are still waiting
for them, fighting for a piece of their heroes. See it here.
[Comments]
June 23, 2008
KISS IN ZÜRICH
Kiss played for about 30.000 fans at a festival in
Bilbao the day before yesterday. Kiss arrived in Zürich yesterday. Thanks to User hzzi
from the Kiss Forum for the photo he posted in the Forum of him with Kiss taken yesterday
at the Hyatt hotel in Zürich. Kiss will play in Zürich today.
[Comments]
June 23, 2008
KISS ON UK TV
Click here to see an interview with Paul
and live-clips from the Download festival shown on Scuzz TV.
[Comments]
June 22, 2008
KISS IN PARIS FOOTAGE
Click here
to see a report about Kiss in Paris from the French TV channel M6.
[Comments]
June 22, 2008
MORE ABOUT THE ARROW ROCK
FESTIVAL
(from Erwin Zinger)
On our site
under www.fury-mag.com/category/reviews/ you will find a photocompilation
of KISS on Arrow Rock Festival in Holland. Later on we will post a review on the whole
festival.
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June 21, 2008
MORE KISS LIVE PHOTOS
Arrow Rock Festival in Holland: http://www.metal-experience.com/images/festivals/Arrow2008/thumb9.html
Paris (from Ross Halfin): http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/kiss/kiss11.php
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June 21, 2008
KISS IN THE FRENCH PRESS
Bassiste (July/August 2008), Rock & Folk (July 2008)
(photos: Kiss Journal)
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June 19, 2008
PHOTOS FROM PRAGUE,
OBERHAUSEN & PARIS
Here you see photos from Prague, Oberhausen and Paris: http://www.classicrockphotos.nl/classic-81/page2.html.
Thanks to Hilco Arendshorst for the link.
[Comments]
June 19, 2008
KISS IN STUTTGART
Reportedly almost 12.000 people saw Kiss yesterday in Stuttgart. There was no
change at the set-list.
[Comments]
June 19, 2008
BRUCE KULICK INTERVIEW
Click here
to read an interview with Bruce Kulick from the New Jersey Kiss Expo.
[Comments]
June 18, 2008
KISS IN PARIS
Almost 11.000 people saw Kiss yesterday in Paris. There was no change at the
set-list. There were 51 fans at the meet & greet!
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June 18, 2008
KISS AT ARROW ROCK FESTIVAL
PHOTOS
(from Will van Leuken)
I took some nice pictures (a few hundred!) last sunday at Arrow Rock in Nijmegen. I
placed them in a Webalbum, so anyone can see them through this link.
[Comments]
June 18, 2008
SET-LIST CHANGES
The new issue of the German
"Metal Hammer" magazine includes a review from the Oberhausen show. A piece of
paper with the set-list from Oberhausen is also pictured, which surprisingly also features
"Calling Dr. Love", which was not performed. It seems like it was left out in
the last minute. With this song it would have been 7 encores. The day before the show they
even mentioned 8 encores. In fact only 3 shows later 3 more songs got cut from the set
list. However, they are still playing over 2 hours.
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June 17, 2008
PHOTOS FROM ARROW ROCK
FESTIVAL
Click here
and here to see
photos from the Arrow Rock Festival.
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June 17, 2008
VINTAGE PHOTOS
Check out Backstage
Gallery for a lot of great old vintage photos like this one.
![CA-3457-001-l[2].jpg (74235 Byte)](http://www.backstagegallery.com/photos/CA/3457/CA-3457-001-l.jpg)
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June 17, 2008
PHOTOS FROM THE DOWNLOAD
FESTIVAL
Here you can see some photos from Kiss at the Download Festival from Ross
Halfin: http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/kiss/kiss09.php
[Comments]
June 17, 2008
KISS & ACE FREHLEY PHOTOS
Here you can see some photos from Kiss at Arrow Rock
Festival and from Ace in Tilburg in Holland:
http://www.classicrockphotos.nl
[Comments]
June 17, 2008
ALIVE 35 TOUR STATISTIC UPDATE
Here is a little statistic from the
Alive 35 Tour so far:
16.03.2008: Melbourne (Albert Park) ca. 65.000 attendance/no meet & greet
18.03.2008: Brisbane (Entertainment Centre) ca. 12.000 attendance/no meet & greet
20.03.2008: Sydney (Acer Arena) ca. 9.500 attendance/no meet & greet
22.03.2008: Wellington (Westpac stadium) ca. 24.000 attendance/no meet & greet
09.05.2008: Oberhausen (Arena) ca. 12.500 attendance (sold out)/23 at meet & greet
11.05.2008: Munich (Olympiahalle) ca. 10.000 attendance (sold out)/34 at meet & greet
12.05.2008: Vienna (Stadthalle) ca. 10.500 attendance/18 at meet & greet
13.05.2008: Verona (Arena) ca. 13.000 attendance (sold out)/60 at meet & greet
16.05.2008: Sofia (Akamenik stadium) ca. 15.000 attendance/4 at meet & greet
18.05.2008: Athens (Terra Vibe) ca. 8.000 attendance/6 at meet & greet
22.05.2008: Riga (Arena) ca. 9.000 attendance/1 at meet & greet
24.05.2008: Moscow (Olympissky) ca. 15.000 attendance/15 bei meet & greet
26.05.2008: St. Petersburg (New Arena) ca. 8.000 attendance/no meet & greet
27.05.2008: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena) ca. 11.200 attendance (sold out)/7 at meet &
greet
28.05.2008: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena) ca. 11.200 attendance (sold out)/14 at meet &
greet
30.05.2008: Stockholm (Olympic Stadium) ca. 32.500 attendance (sold out)/23 at meet &
greet
31.05.2008: Oslo (Valhall) ca. 12.800 attendance (sold out)/60 at meet & greet
01.06.2008: Bergen (Koengen) ca. 17.000 attendance/38 at meet & greet
03.06.2008: Copenhagen (Forum) ca. 9.000 attendance/25 at meet & greet
04.06.2008: Hamburg (Color Line Arena) ca. 10.000 attendance/16 at meet & greet
06.06.2008: Prag (O2 Arena) ca. 18.000 attendance (sold out)/20 at meet & greet
09.06.2008: Berlin (Velodrom) ca. 9.000 attendance/31 at meet & greet
10.06.2008: Mannheim (SAP Arena) ca. 9.000 attendance/16 at meet & greet
11.06.2008: Oberhausen (Arena) ca. 7.500 attendance/24 at meet & greet
13.06.2008: Donington ca. 55.000 attendance/15 at meet & greet
15.06.2008: Arrows Rock Festival ca. 27.500 attendance/18 at meet & greet
At 26 concerts Kiss played for about 442.200 people (average: 16.969)
[Comments]
June 17, 2008
KISS & ACE AT
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Click here to see
some photos of Ace at the Download Festival.
Click here to see Ace's burnin'
guitar solo at the Download Festival.
Click here to see
some photos of Kiss at the Download Festival.
[Comments]
June 16, 2008
KISS TO PLAY IN LAS
VEGAS
Kiss will be playing at
the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas on August 29, 2008. The Pearl holds 2.500 people
and tickets are between 103 and 303 US Dollars.
[Comments]
June 16, 2008
KISS AT ARROW ROCK
FESTIVAL
Kiss played at the Arrow
Rock Festival yesterday. There was no change to the set-list and Kiss palyed the full
show. According to this news
report there were 25.000 people at the festival, newspapers seem to report about an
audience of 30.000. Photos and reviews as always in the Forum.
[Comments]
June 14, 2008
KISS IN DONINGTON
The set-list reported from
NME is incorrect. There was no Firehouse, Watchin' you or Rock bottom.
Click here
to see some pics from Kiss performing for 55.000 fans in England.
[Comments]
June 14, 2008
KISS CLOSE OPENING
NIGHT OF DOWNLOAD WITH EPIC STAGE SHOW
(from NME)
Paul Stanley literally flies through Donington crowd
Kiss concluded the first night (June 13) of the 2008 Download Festival with an eye-popping
stage show.
With pyrotechnics, fireworks and Paul Stanley leaving the stage via a zip wire mid-song
the finale of the band's set proved phenomenal.
Taking to the stage at 8.45pm (BST), the group appeared from behind a black and silver
Kiss banner while a voice announced over the speakers: “Alright Download you want the
best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world Kiss.”
Lowered down on platforms to stage level and surrounded by pyrotechnics the four-piece
dressed in full costume and make-up launched into the opening track 'Deuce'.
Before launching into ’Strutter’, Paul Stanley told the audience: “Man it
seems like tradition every ten years we come to Donnington. We couldn’t have made it
this far without you – we salute you Kiss army!”
Playing their classic ’Alive’ album in its entirety, with synchronised dancing,
fireworks and frontman Gene Simmons sticking out his tongue in signature style, the band
did not disappoint their faithful.
In the early part of the show, they elongated ’She’ with a bluesy solo which saw
Tommy Thayer playing his guitar held over his head.
Thayer did not stop there though, and leaving his guitar to feeback in front of an amp
while a roadie handed him another one to continue the song.
That guitar's neck then proceeded to let off fireworks before the rest of the band
returned to the stage.
Throughout the set the Paul Stanley kept asking the crowd to scream louder and
participate.
At one point he said: “I want you to help us, I want you to sing with us.”
When the crowd were not loud enough for Stanley, he goaded them by saying: “We played
in Stockholm to half as many people and they were twice as loud!” The crowd then
responded with an even louder cheer.
The band then continued with the set which saw Gene Simmons stalking the stage.
Then, during ’Cold Gin’, Paul Stanley teased the crowd again by playing the
opening riff of Led Zeppelin’s ’Stairway To Heaven’.
While the crowd squealed in delight while Stanley joked: “Nah. Not tonight…but
it’d be great if 50,000 people could sing with us.”
After a few more songs and plenty more pyrotechnics and synchronised dancing, Stanley
said: “Things change all over the years, politicians come, politicians go…but no
matter how many things are going bad take a little time to rock n roll and have a
party.”
The band then launched into ’Rock N Roll All Night’.
Which saw Stanley swirling his guitar round pretending to hit the stage to the sound of
fireworks.
He finally relented and on the third firework smashed his guitar much to the crowd’s
joy.
The showmanship didn’t end there though.
For the band’s encore, which saw Simmons return to the stage with a bass guitar in
the shape of an axe and for one track get lifted up to the stage’s roof by strings
while swilling fake blood in his mouth, Stanley travelled through the crowd on a zip wire.
Before launching into the mass of bodies Stanley declared: “I wouldn’t mind
coming out all the way to see you.”
He then asked the crowd to chant his name before launching off the main stage down a zip
wire all the way to a mini stage in the centre of the crowd to perform ’Love
Gun’.
Shaking his hips and holding his guitar over his head Stanley was clearly enjoying
himself.
After returning to the stage the foursome, surrounded by more exploding fireworks and
pyrotechnics, the band concluded with Detroit Rock City’ before bowing and leaving
the stage.
After the band had exited TV screens on either side of stage said: “Kiss thanks
you.”
Although the band did not play their iconic hit ’God Gave Rock N Roll To You’ it
was blasted over the speakers as roadies cleared up the stage.
Kiss played:
'Deuce'
'Strutter'
'Got To Choose'
'Hotter Than Hell'
'Firehouse'
'Nothing To Loose'
'C’Mon And Love Me'
'Parasite'
'She'
'Watchin' You'
'Rock Bottom'
'100,000 years'
'Cold Gin'
'Let Me Go Rock N Roll'
'Black Diamond'
'Rock N Roll All Nite'
'Shout IT OUT Loud'
'Lick It Up'
'I Love It Loud'
'I Was Made For Loving You'
'Love Gun'
'Detroit Rock City'
[Comments]
June 14, 2008
DOWNLOAD PRESS
CONFERENCE
Click here to see the press conference
from the Download Festival.
[Comments]
June 14, 2008
MICHAEL DORET
(from Rockpages.gr)
We continue our year-long
KISS special article with the 12th interview with a KISS-related figure.
This
week we publish an interview with Michael Doret, the artist of “Rock And Roll
Over” cover! Here’s an excerpt:
Rockpages.gr:
“Rock and Roll Over” is one of the most classic KISS covers ever! How do you
feel about it after 32 years?
Michael
Doret: When I did it, it wasn’t one of my favorites. Previously I had done a cover
for “IDEA” magazine – a Japanese art magazine- that contained an article
about my work. I liked what I had done for them so much that I tried to emulate the look
for the KISS cover. However I didn’t think it was that good…just a good piece,
but definitely not one of my best! I do enjoy all the attention it gets, even after all
these years. I have had many young designers that came to me and said that this cover made
them follow a career in graphic design. That makes me feel good.
You can find the whole interview on:
http://www.rockpages.gr/kissspecial2008/12-MichaelDoret-en.htm
[Comments]
June 13, 2008
KISS TO PLAY IN
ARGENTINA?
Kiss may play at the Pepsi
Music festival in Buenos Aires in the middle of September. Click here to see a TV news report
reporting this rumour.
[Comments]
June 13, 2008
PHOTOS FROM
COPENHAGEN
Click here
to see hundrets of great photos from Copenhagen.
[Comments]
June 13, 2008
ACE IN HOLLAND
Ace Frehley played in Holland in Tilburg at the
club Club "013" yesterday for about 900 people. The set-list was the same as in
Cologne:
Rip It Out
Parasite
Snow Blind [incl. I Want You ending]
Rock Soldiers
Breakout
Into The Void
Strange Ways
Shout It Out Loud
New York Groove
2000 Man
Shock Me
Rocket Ride
Deuce
Love Gun
Cold Gin [incl Black Diamond ending]
Click here
to see some photos from this concert.
[Comments]
June 13, 2008
PHOTOS FROM
OBERHAUSEN
(from Chris Stern)
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June 13, 2008
"DEUCE"
LIVE IN HELSINKI
Click here
to see "Deuce" live in Helsinki.
[Comments]
June 12, 2008
MORE PHOTOS
FROM MANNHEIM
Click here to see
more photos from Mannheim.
[Comments]
June 12, 2008
KISS IN OBERHAUSEN
AGAIN
Kiss played in Oberhausen yesterday again for
about 7.500 people. No change in the set-list. This time an Instant Live CD was available
for 20 Euros.
[Comments]
June 11, 2008
PHOTOS FROM MANNHEIM
Clich here
to see some photos from the Kiss concert in Mannheim yesterday.
[Comments]
June 11, 2008
NEW ISSUE KISS
KOLLECTOR FANZINE OUT NOW
The new issue of KISS Kollector fanzine just came
out (see image of cover). Issue 61 includes several reviews of KISS' Alive 35 World Tour,
with reports and stories of the shows in Australia, New Zealand and Europe, plus a review
of Ace Frehley's recent solo gig in London, an indepth article on the 1976/77 Rock And
Roll Over Tour with never before seen photos, a piece on what Slash has to say about Paul
Stanley (who at one point wanted to produce Guns N' Roses' debut album) in his
autobiography, and lots of exclusive photos from the European leg of the Alive 35 Tour.
For more info, please check out www.kisskollector.com
[Comments]
June 11, 2008
KISS ROCKED MANNHEIM
Kiss played in Mannheim yesterday to a packed,
but not sold out Arena. They play in Oberhausen today. (pic: kisspidde/Kiss Forum)
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June 11, 2008
PICTURES FROM BERLIN SHOW
Here you can find some great photos from the
Berlin show:
http://idollisimo.livejournal.com/496195.html
http://idollisimo.livejournal.com/496413.html
[Comments]
June 11, 2008
WHEN KISS WAS COOL - LIVE
AT THE OMNI - DECEMBER 30, 1977
(from Dogmatic)
1977 marked the peak era of KISS. The band were in a heavy routine of releasing a new
album every 6 months and then touring relentlessly to promote said album. In 1977 the band
released the ‘Love Gun’ album and later in the year their second live album,
‘KISS Alive II’.
Click here
to see the photos.
[Comments]
June 10, 2008
KISS IN PRAGUE - REVIEWS
IN CZECH PRESS
(from Pavel Hromada)
Taken from PRAVO: http://pravo.novinky.cz/
Taken from DENIK: http://www.denik.cz/
Taken from LIDOVE NOVINY: http://www.lidovky.cz/
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June 10, 2008
STOCKHOLM & HAMBURG
REVIEWS & PHOTOS
(from Erwin Zinger)
On www.fury-mag.com/category/reviews/ you
will find reviews with photo's on the KISS concerts in Stockholm and Hamburg.
[Comments]
June 10, 2008
KISS IN BERLIN, ACE IN
COLOGNE
Kiss played in Berlin yesterday at the Velodrom
for about 9.000 people with less pyros than normal. There was no change to the set-list.
(Pic: Roman Schwarz)
Ace played in Cologne for about 400 people.
Reviews as always in the Forum.
[Comments]
June 9, 2008
NEW ITALIAN MAG WITH KISS ON THE
COVER
(from Michael)
Cool new Italian magazine w/KISS coverstory + POSTER
available now - can be online ordered here:
http://www.disc-empyre.com/servlet/the-4879/KISS-%27Rock-Hard%27-magazine/Detail
[Comments]
June 9, 2008
PAUL STANLEY SETS RECORD
STRAIGHT
(from Kissonline)
Amid the numerous reports stemming from an interview done in Norway, Paul Stanley has
decided to set the record straight regarding a KISS clone reality TV show.
Statement from Paul:
A KISS clone reality show? First of all, contrary to what was said by anyone, there is no
signed deal. Secondly, if we were to do a "KISS II", and I don't rule that out,
it would be in addition to, and never in place of KISS. If we were to do it, I know it
would be done in a ground breaking way and would be tremendously entertaining. KISS has
always defined itself by the rules we break, so what's the big surprise? We are in the
middle of our biggest and most successful tour of Europe ever, playing to over a half
million people, and neither KISS or I have any plans to stop afterwards!
[Comments]
June 9, 2008
ACE AT SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
(from http://www.kissonfire.blogspot.com/)
I have just returned from Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg (southern Sweden) where Ace
Frehley did an amazing show last Friday!
During the next couple of days I will post some really cool exclusive photos that I took
backstage. Be prepared for close-ups of Ace's guitars etc.
Ace played the following songs during the show:
RIP IT OUT
HARD TIMES
PARASITE
SNOW BLIND (incl I Want You)
ROCK SOLDIERS
BREAK OUT
INTO THE VOID
STRANGE WAYS
MEDLEY
SHOUT IT OUT LOUD
NEW YORK GROOVE
2000 MAN
SHOCK ME
ROCKET RIDE
DEUCE
LOVE GUN
COLD GIN
When Ace introduced Breakout he dedicated the song to Eric Carr. To me the highlights of
the show were Rocket Ride and New York Groove. Absolutely amazing!
I took this photo from the side of the stage during the show.
Come back to www.kissonfire.blogspot.com
during the next couple of days and I will guarantee you some really cool photos you never
seen before.
[Comments]
June 9, 2008
KISS IN PRAGUE
(from Pavel Hromada)
See a review written in Czech at:
http://musicserver.cz/clanek/22464/Kiss-Cinder-Road-O2-Arena-Praha-6-6-2008/
To enlarge pics click on them
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June 8, 2008
FANS FROM ICELAND
(from Atli
Hergeirsson)
I´m happy to send you this photo of me (first from the left) and my friends
with Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer. We met them on Strĝget along with Kiss manager Doc
McGee who took this photo. Paul and Tommy where so nice and clearly see their fans as a
importand persons. And the concert in Forum Copenhagen June 3, 2008 where fantastic. We
traveled from Reykjavik - Iceland just to see the concert.
Thanks again for great website.
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June 8, 2008
ACE FREHLEY LIVE PHOTOS
Here
at Barometern.de you can see some pictures from Ace at the Sweden Rock Festival from June
6th. You must click on the link "Visa i mediaspelaren".
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June 8, 2008
ACE LIVE IN OSLO
(from Alex Fedotov)
Ace Fuckin' Crazy Show!!!!
I was in second row!!! It's amazing!
No support act, Ace start at 21:38 with his great opener Rip It Out!!! I think finish was
around 23:00. Set-list like all previous show. Sadly, but Ace not play new songs from long
await solo album.
Funny look at Ace song, which he play and compare with the same songs which play KISS
during this tour. KISS play in this city one week ago!
One of the really shock moment on the show: during smokin' guitar solo Ace's guitar was
really burning in fire! Crew member jump on stage with the fire extinguisher. After this
incident Ace end his solo on different guitar.
After the show I have one really used Ace's guitar pick!
Awesome show!!!! Wow!!!
I think set-list was next: Rip It Out / Hard Times / Parasite / Snowblind-I Want
You (Tag) / Rock Soldiers / Breakout / Into The Void / Strange Ways / Shout It Out Loud /
New York groove / 2,000 Man / Shock Me / Rocket Ride / Love Gun / Cold Gin / Black Diamond
Outro
Some mershandise was on sell - tour T-Shirts (250 NKR), old Trouble Walkin' promo poster
(200 NKR) and new Rocked Ride tour poster "Bike Week" (200 NKR), before show was
also for sale some Ace Frehley signature copy the same Rocked Ride tour poster "Bike
Week" for 460 NKR (?)
P.S. In the song New York Groove Ace sing - I'm back in Oslo groove!!!
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June 7, 2008
ACE LIVE IN HOLLAND
A reminder, that Ace will be playing
in Tilburg on June 12th. Support Act is Southern Werewolf Farm.
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June 7, 2008
KISS IN PRAGUE
Kiss played in Prague yesterday in
front of about 18.000 fans. Pictures from Prague can be seen here.
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June 6, 2008
OLD GENE INTERVIEW
Click here to see an old interview with Gene
from 1978 in a Cleveland book store.
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June 5, 2008
KISS IDOL
Click here to see the controversal interviews
with Gene and Paul about Kiss idol.
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June 5, 2008
KISS LIVE CDS
Here is a picture of the Live CD from
Hamburg (pic: MMP-Ace/Kiss Forum)
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June 5, 2008
MORE LIVE-CDS!
There will also be Live CDs available
for the following shows:
O2 Arena - Prague - 06.06.08
SAP Arena - Mannheim - 10.06.08
Arena Oberhausen - Oberhausen - 11.06.08
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June 5, 2008
KISS IN HAMBURG
Kiss played yesterday in
Hamburg. Reported attendance varies from 9.600 to 12.500. There was no change for the show or
the set-list.
Kiss in Hamburg (pic: Stefan Beckmann)
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June 4, 2008
ALIVE 35 TOUR STATISTIC UPDATE
Here is a little statistic from the
Alive 35 Tour so far:
16.03.2008: Melbourne (Albert Park) ca. 65.000 attendance/no meet & greet
18.03.2008: Brisbane (Entertainment Centre) ca. 12.000 attendance/no meet & greet
20.03.2008: Sydney (Acer Arena) ca. 9.500 attendance/no meet & greet
22.03.2008: Wellington (Westpac stadium) ca. 24.000 attendance/no meet & greet
09.05.2008: Oberhausen (Arena) ca. 12.500 attendance (sold out)/23 at meet & greet
11.05.2008: Munich (Olympiahalle) ca. 10.000 attendance (sold out)/34 at meet & greet
12.05.2008: Vienna (Stadthalle) ca. 10.500 attendance/18 at meet & greet
13.05.2008: Verona (Arena) ca. 13.000 attendance (sold out)/60 at meet & greet
16.05.2008: Sofia (Akamenik stadium) ca. 15.000 attendance/4 at meet & greet
18.05.2008: Athens (Terra Vibe) ca. 8.000 attendance/6 at meet & greet
22.05.2008: Riga (Arena) ca. 10.000 attendance/1 at meet & greet
24.05.2008: Moscow (Olympissky) ca. 15.000 attendance/15 bei meet & greet
26.05.2008: St. Petersburg (New Arena) ca. 8.000 attendance/no meet & greet
27.05.2008: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena) ca. 11.200 attendance (sold out)/7 at meet &
greet
28.05.2008: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena) ca. 11.200 attendance (sold out)/14 at meet &
greet
30.05.2008: Stockholm (Olympic Stadium) ca. 32.500 attendance (sold out)/23 at meet &
greet
31.05.2008: Oslo (Valhall) ca. 12.800 attendance (sold out)/60 at meet & greet
01.06.2008: Bergen (Koengen) ca. 17.000 attendance/38 at meet & greet
03.06.2008: Copenhagen (Forum) ca. 10.000 attendance/25 at meet & greet
At 19 concerts Kiss played for about 307.200 people (average: 16.168)
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June 4, 2008
KISS IN COPENHAGEN
Kiss played yesterday at the packed Forum for almost 10.000
people. The set-list was again the same. Kiss will play in Hamburg today.
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June 3, 2008
KISS ON TV TODAY!
Today at 10.25 pm will be a report about Kiss on 3 Sat in
"Foyer-Das Theatermagazin" (repeat at 3.55 am).
More infos here: http://www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www.3sat.de/3satindex.php?/theater/programm/122378/index.html
3 Sat is on Astra satellite.
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June 3, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Paul is on the cover of the new French "Guitarist &
Bass" magazine.
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June 3, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Ace is on the cover of "Sweden Rock Magazine"
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June 2, 2008
LIVE-CLIP FROM BERGEN
Click here
to see some live-footage from Bergen, Norway.
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June 2, 2008
KISS IN BERGEN
(from Alex Fedotov)
News about Bergen Show!!!
Yesterday KISS play in Bergen (Norway) at outdoors venue for 17.000 crazy fans!
No support act, the same set list like before. Paul not fly during Love Gun. Instant Live
CD (#4) from this show was available.
Two local morning newspaper printed KISS on the full cover!!! Awesome!
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June 2, 2008
"FRIDAY NIGHT ROCKS"
GIVES SNEAK PREVIEW OF VINNIE VINCENT TRIBUTE
Steve Brown's new recording of the underground Kiss track
"A Million To One," a song co-written by Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent,
premiered during the May 30th episode of nationally syndicated radio program Friday Night
Rocks. In the studio with DJ Eddie Trunk were Steve and his Trixter bandmate Mark
"Gus" Scott, who were there to promote the upcoming Trixter reunion. Also
discussed was Steve's new cover of "A Million To One," which will receive its
official release on the upcoming tribute album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie
Vincent."
"It's just an amazing concept and that's why I signed on to the project,"
remarked Brown during the broadcast. "I mean, who would think to do a Vinnie Vincent
tribute album? I just thought that was so funny! But Vinnie was a great guitar player and
a great songwriter."
"You can laugh all you want about the fact that there's a Vinnie Vincent tribute
album," offered Trunk, "but he was a huge part of the reason why Kiss had a
career in the '80s. He wrote "Lick It Up" and all that great stuff. No matter
what state the band is in now, Vinnie was a huge contributor to their success."
Trunk further added, "You've got to hear Steve's version of "A Million To
One" because he did such a great job on it. He covered one of my favorite songs from
a non-original Kiss lineup and he did such a different, cool version of it that I was just
blown away. I only play one ballad per show, so I'm going to play it tonight." Ed
later ended the program by selecting the song for his closing ballad.
Steve's interpretation of "A Million To One" is an elaborate acoustic rendition
of the song, putting a fresh new spin on the 25-year-old classic. A 30-second sample of
the song is available at the SplitScreen Entertainment website. Steve Brown currently
fronts the modern rock act Stereo Fallout and is expected to reunite with his Trixter
bandmates for select live dates in 2008, including the massive Rocklahoma festival in
July.
Though Vinnie Vincent himself has not released any new material in over a decade,
"KISS MY ANKH" will pay tribute to the undeniable musical legacy of the former
Kiss guitarist. Vinnie's compositions are widely regarded as a highlight of the Kiss
catalog and remain a staple of the live Kiss set list. Included on the tribute will be
selections from the three Kiss albums to which Vinnie contributed, as well as the two
albums he released with the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Additional artists and track listings
will be announced as they are confirmed. Further details can be found at the SplitScreen
Entertainment website.
"KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent" is scheduled for a Summer 2008
release.
http://www.SplitScreenEntertainment.com
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June 1, 2008
GENE SIMMONS CONFIRMS "KISS
IDOL"
(from Roy Hilmar Svendsen/NRK
Hordaland)
We have already signed the contract, and it is going to go
through in a couple of months, the Kiss-frontman says to Norway’s NRK.
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.5856841
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June 1, 2008
EVERYTHINGKISS.COM
(from George Xirocostas/kissarmyaustralia.com)
Hi there, a member from KISS ARMY AUSTRALIA
named Nick Buckland has created an online guide to the world of KISS collecting. It is a
non profit reference site for the fans by the fans. Could you let the KISS ARMY know about
this amazing reference site ?
Here is the link to the site http://www.everythingkiss.com/
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June 1, 2008
KISS
CONCERT POSTER FROM PARIS
(from Richard)
Following my request, an huge Kiss fan from Paris, Marie Joelle, sent me some
shots of the underground of the subway in Paris with Kiss concert poster on the wall..
One shot is taken on the line 13 at the 'Porte de Vanves' station and stayed during 6
days.
The second one is taken on the line 8 at the 'Lourmel' station.
According to informations I got, the tickets sold for Paris show has reached the number of
9000, we think the audience will probably be around 10 000 people.
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June 1, 2008
KISS IN
THE PRESS
(from Pavel Hromada)
6 pages about Kiss inside written in Czech
more at: http://www.spark-rockmagazine.cz/
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June 1, 2008
KISS IN
THE PRESS
Here is the cover of "Time Out" magazine from Moscow.
Kiss is one out of 4 different covers printed for this edition. Thanks to Alex Fedetov for
the picture.
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June 1, 2008
FRENCH
MARVEL COMIC
(from Fred Vehert/Diamant Noir)
*The KISS 1977 comic book available in limited edition! Hard Rock
Magazine, Wetta Publishing and KISS Comics Group present: KISS - 1977
After 30 years of waiting, the cultest comic book of Rock History finally in
French!
"Hard Rock Magazine" limited edition (also available in standard edition), 100
copies, hardcover, INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE POSTER!
To order online, go to: http://eshop.hardrockmag.fr/
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June 1, 2008
KISS IN
OSLO
(from Alex Fedotov)
Vallhall (I think almost sold out) - this arena like in KISS video GGRNRTY II
Local Oslo newspaper "VG" report about 12.800 fans attend in Vallhall!
Support act: Cinder Road (yesterday was two support band Happy Pill (Ryan Roxy band) and
Crooked X)
Set list the same like yesterday and day before...
Meet n' Greet was attend 60 crazy fans! yesterday was 22 persons.
!!!Note: Today was extra date for unplanned Instant Live CD!!! Wow!!!
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