May 31, 2008
KISS IN STOCKHOLM
Kiss played in Stockholm last night at sold out Olympic stadium in front of 32.000 fans. Surprisingly a lot of young people attended the show. They played with all their special effects, there were no set-list changes. The soundcheck had been cancelled again.
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May 30, 2008
CONDOLEEZA RICE ENLISTS IN KISS ARMY FAN CLUB
(from Yahoo News)
By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Rice was in the Swedish capital Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out concert to play Friday.

"I was thrilled," Rice said of her late-night encounter with Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff.

"It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons," she told reporters, noting that they seemed well-informed about current events. The band had asked if she could stop by after she finished dinner with the Swedish foreign minister and Rice readily agreed, she said.

Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen.

Hard rockers such as Kiss are included in the mix, and Rice said her favorite Kiss tune is "Rock and Roll All Nite."

But, Rice conceded, she has never seen the band in concert.


This photo provided by the State Department shows Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, posing the hard rocker group Kiss, Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden. From left are, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley, Secretary Rice, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer
(AP Photo/State Department, Anne Lyons)
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May 30, 2008
TOMMY & ERIC AT SIGN SESSION IN STOCKHOLM
Click here to see a clip of Tommy & Eric at the sign session in Stockholm yesterday.
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May 30, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Gene is on the cover of the new "Heavy" magazine (Germany), which includes a 4-page article.

In the coming days, Kiss will be on the cover of 3 different magazines in France as well...
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May 30, 2008
KISS IN THE "GUARDIAN"
Kiss are on a supplement magazine cover in the British newspaper "Guardian". You can read the article also online here.
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May 30, 2008
KISS TO PLAY OUTDOOR CONCERT
(from Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Sara Thompson and Dan Thomas, sthompson@tahoedailytribune.com

Get ready to rock and roll all night Lake Tahoe, Kiss is coming to the South Shore.

John Koster, regional president of Harrah's Northern Nevada operations, made the announcement at the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority Board of Directors meeting today.

Koster said with the line-up this year, it definitely could be the best year for the Harveys Outdoor Concert Series.

Kiss will be playing August 30 in the Harvey’s Outdoor Arena.

The European leg of the Kiss Alive 35 World Tour this spring and summer wraps up with an appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting on June 28 in Dessel, Belgium.

The tour returns to U.S. soil Aug. 4 with a stop at Sturgis, S.D.

Kiss (not an acronym) formed in New York City in January 1973 with Gene Simmons on vocals and bass, lead guitarist Ace Frehley, rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss on drums.

The band bridged metal and glam rock, and its live theatrics — replete with makeup, pyrotechnics, blood-spitting and Simmons’ tongue — catapulted Kiss to equal parts fame and notoriety.

Kiss albums have hit the gold mark 34 times to date, and the group has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. The original lineup reunited in 1996 before Criss and Frehley left again. Simmons and Stanley remain in the current lineup, along with drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer.
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May 29, 2008
TOMMY THAYER INTERVIEW
Click here to read the interview with Tommy Thayer for the German "Guitar" magazine (where Tommy is on the cover) in english.
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May 29, 2008
KISS TAKE OVER CLASSIC ROCK
(from classicrockmagazine.com)
The brand new issue of Classic Rock is available with six different front covers, depending on what part of the world you buy it in.

In the UK the cover features David Coverdale, Joe Elliott, Dave Grohl and Gene Simmons.


In the USA there are four covers, each featuring a different member of Kiss.


And in the rest of the world the cover features all four members of Kiss.
To buy alternative covers, go to: www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/kiss
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May 29, 2008
ALIVE 35 TOUR STATISTIC
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

At 15 concerts Kiss played for about 234.900 people (average: 15.660)
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May 29, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Here is the cover of the May 2008 issue of "Carnet Verona" (Italy).

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May 29, 2008
KISS IN HELSINKI AGAIN
(from Alex Fedotov)
KISS rocks HELL-sinki again!!!
Today was second night KISS show at Hartwall Arena (Hartwall Arena is the twins New Arena-Ledoviy Dvorec in Saint Petersburg)
Very cool! Band was in the best form!
Same set-list like yesterday. Group used all effect (In the begin show KISS again used platform) + rising drum-platform during drum solo!

Set-list

Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Nothin' To Lose
C'Mon And Love Me
Parasite
She
100,000 Years
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll
Black Diamond
Rock And Roll All Nite

Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
I Love It Loud
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City
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May 29, 2008
KISS TV SPECIAL IN ITALY
All Music TV in Italy has broadcast a Kiss Special. It included footage from the press-conference in Oberhausen, an exclusive interview from Oberhausen and 2 songs (Deuce & Strutter) live from Verona.

It also featured some screenshots from our website like this one:
http://www.kissfanshop.de/PaulStanley/make-upPaul.htm


Some more screenshorts from the TV-Special:

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May 29, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
The June-edition of the Italian version of "Rolling Stone" magazines is out now with KISS on the cover.

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May 28, 2008
KISS IN THE STREETS OF WELLINGTON
Click here to see Kiss unplugged in the streets of Wellington, New Zealand.
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May 28, 2008
KISS IN HELSINKI
(from Alex Fedotov)
All about KISS concert in Helsinki (first night)

In Helsinki was the same set-list like yesterday in Saint-Petersburg!

Instant Live CD with soundboard recording was on sale for the first time on this tour! Before show I buy coupon (20 Euro), and after the concert I change my coupon on CD.

2 CD KISS Live In Helsinki at Hartwall Arena - was on sale just 10 minute after the show!
KISS again used platform for the start show!!! Amazing!!!

Set-list was

Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Nothin' To Lose
C'Mon And Love Me
Parasite
She
100,000 Years
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll
Black Diamond
Rock And Roll All Nite

Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
I Love It Loud
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City

Some finland newspaper was printed concert review! Two newspaper (Ilta-Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet) have a partial KISS cover!

Arena was sold out - 11200 people

More info:
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/uutinen.asp?id=1537076 - review with photo
Funny related video - http://www.iltasanomat.fi/videot/viihde/1535642
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/Uutiset/stadi/uutinen.asp?id=1536999 - review

KISS was also give interview for finnish TV!
Soundcheck was been cancelled!
On the meet & greet was 7 peoples!

Funny note! In KISS concert at Riga Arena (Riga, Latvia) on the meet & greet was just 1 (one) person!!!
In Russia KISS was make the meet & greet only in Moscow (around 15 peoples!)
I'm personally standing with KISS in my home (in Saint-Petersburg)!
See picture! Second picture made just after the show!



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May 28, 2008
ERIC & TOMMY IN-STORE APPEARANCE IN HELSINKI
(from Alex Fedotov)
I'm just return from first on this tour rare Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in-store appearances.

This time it was here in Helsinki (Finland) at Dlx Deluxe Music store. This event was visit more than 1000 fans! Start for signature and pose for photos was at 11:30. Very nice time for all Finnish KISS fans. For each fan personally signature promo photo and poster.

Funny note! On the same time on the next street russian pop-star Dima Bilan (Eurovision song contest winner) make his in-store appearances (at Stockmann supermarket) for just 500 fans around.

Second Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in-store appearances will be in Stocholm (Sweden) 29.05.08.
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May 28, 2008
NO MEERT & GREET WITH ACE?
According to this report on Blabbermouth, Ace has cancelled his meet & greets in Europe, because he was not happy the way his meet & greet in nashville turned out. He wants to do them on his next tour.
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May 27, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS

Kiss are on the cover of the Heidelberg-edition of "Frizz" magazine in Germany. The edition with Kiss on the cover is only vailable in Heidelberg.
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May 27, 2008
MARK LINET: "PETER WAS A NICE GUY!"
(from rockpages.gr)
We continue our year-long KISS special article with the 11th interview with a KISS-related figure.

This week we publish an interview with Mark Linet, the engineer of Peter Criss’ solo album in 1978! Here’s an excerpt:

Rockpages.gr: What do you remember mostly from Peter Criss as a person and from the whole recording experience with him?

Mark Linet: Nice guy as I recall. I think the guy who wrote the song "Beth" (Stan Penridge) visited one day. The other thing I remember is that it was that we had fans hanging around outside the studio gate wanting to see Peter. This was very unusual since the same studio had everyone from Van Halen to Neil Diamond recording there and we'd never had fans hanging around before that I can recall.

You can find the whole interview on:
http://www.rockpages.gr/kissspecial2008/11-MarkLinet-en.htm
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May 27, 2008
THE RETURN OF THE PLATFORM
In St. Peterburg Kiss came down from the platform at the beginning of the show again. They played the same songs as in Moscow in front of about 8.000 fans. The soundcheck had been cancelled again.
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May 26, 2008
KISS ON ALL MUSIC TV
(from Fabio)
I'm quite sure the KISS special will be aired at 24:00 (local time) on the 28th of May and not at 21:30 as reported by Diamand noir.
In addition I saw the promo yesterday on tv and they confirmed 28/5 at 24:00.
The special will be about Oberhausen pressconference, some KISSexy performance and some clips from Verona.
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May 26, 2008
KISS RADIO SPECIAL
(from Psycho Circus Radio)
Tomorrow Psychocircusradio will start with the 1st episode of the 3 KISS radiospecials. We will celebrate the 35KISSalive tour with 3 hours full of demo's, live and rare recordings and offcourse all the hits.
Psychocircusradio brought the show on cable, fm and internet.
Visit them at www.psychoradio.nl
broadcast time:
Tuesday evening
21:00 and 23:00 hrs CET
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May 26, 2008
MOSCOW MEET & GREET
The soundcheck in Moscow has been cancelled. Supposedly there should be a soundcheck again at the second Helsinki show. There were about 15 people at the meet & greet. Here are some photos. Thanks to Lars Bamberger for the photos.

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May 26, 2008
KISS ON ALL MUSIC TV
(from Diamant Noir)
On May, 28th at 9:30PM (3:30PM US time) the Italian online TV channel All Music TV will air a KISS Special about Verona Arena's performance.
http://www.allmusic.tv/allmusic/streaming
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May 24, 2008
KISS IN MOSCOW
About 15.000 people saw Kiss performing in Moscow yesterday with all their special effects except the platform where the band was lifted down at the beginning of the show. The ticket-prices were extremely high (100 Euros and more), but there were more people at the concert than at Ozzy or Aerosmith. They played 128 minutes the same set-list as the previous show in Riga. Here you can see some photos from the show. Because of the big success of the tour, the band supposedly wants to come back to Europe again next year (somilar to the 1996/97 Reunion tour).
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May 24, 2008
EDDIE TRUNK WITH ACE FREHLEY
Eddie Trunk recently interviewed Ace Frehley. Click here to watch the interview & live segments from Aces solo concert.
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May 23, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
"Classic Rock" magazine will be released with 5 different Kiss covers. Kiss will also be on the cover of next months "Rolling Stone" magazine in Italy.
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May 23, 2008
KISS IN RIGA
Kiss played in Riga (Latvia) yesterday. Here is the set-list:

Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Nothin' To Lose
C'Mon And Love Me
Parasite
She
100,000 Years
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll
Black Diamond
Rock And Roll All Nite

Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
I Love It Loud
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City
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May 23, 2008
A GOODNIGHT KISS
(from www.concertlive.co.uk)
Rock fans - this on'es for you!!

Excitement is brewing within Concert Live headquarters and rightly so as this time we’ve landed the mighty KISS pan-European tour…

Operations have been ramped up a gear and our team are off on the Concert Live tour bus around Europe at the end of this week!

Limited edition CDs are to be created of 10 dates of their 2008 tour; giving the fans the chance to take the CD home and relive their KISS experience.

This series of exclusive limited edition CD’s will be available throughout the tour and to purchase through the Concert Live website for fans across the globe – click here for more details.

Pre-orders are going live very soon so keep checking back to back your copy – it goes without saying that KISS are an almighty band with legendary performances so these are sure to fly out.

The following dates are being recorded so even if you haven’t managed to bag a ticket be sure not to miss out on these truly collectable CDs:

27/05/2008 Hartwall Arena, Finland 
30/05/2008 Stockholm Stadium, Sweden
01/06/2008 Koengen, Norway 
04/06/2008 Color Line Arena, Germany 
09/06/2008 Velodrom, Germany 
13/06/2008 Download Festival, UK 
15/06/2008 Arrow Rock Festival, Netherlands 
17/06/2008 Bercy, France 
24/06/2008 Datch Forum, Italy 
28/06/2008 Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium 

We’ve got our make-up brushes and platforms poised – what about you?

Click here to order your CD!
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May 23, 2008
WHEN KISS WAS COOL: ATLANTA STADIUM, AUGUST 29, 1976
(from www.dogmaticblog.com)
[...] here are some shots of the band alive and kicking in Atlanta on the Destoyer tour! Enjoy!

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May 22, 2008
TOMMY & ERIC IN-STORES
(from Kissonline)
Eric and Tommy will make two rare in-store appearances in Helsinki and Stockholm!

In-store info:

Helsinki, Finland
May 28th Wednesday
Dlx Deluxe Music
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Stockholm, Sweden
May 29th Thursday
4 Sound
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm


Thanks to Niklas Olsson / KISS ARMY Sweden for the photo
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May 22, 2008
KISS MEET & GREET PHOTO
(from Chis Stern)


Here a photo of me @ the Meet & Greet in Oberhausen, wich was an awesome experiense for me I'm a Kiss-fan for 30 years and this was the first time I got to meet them in Make-up.
It was one of the best times in my life, and I wil never forget.
All I could say was HELL YEAH!!

Greetz,

Chris Stern
(The Netherlands)
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May 21, 2008
KISS SHOW IN STURGIS CONFIRMED
The Kiss show in Sturgis reported on May 17th here in the news is now officially confirmed!
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May 21, 2008
SIGNING SESSION IN SWEDEN
There will be a sign session on May 29th in Stockholm at 4Sound, but only with Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer.
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May 21, 2008
KISS IN DUTCH NEWSPAPER
(from Jochem Blaauw)
This article appeared in the Dutch version of the METRO Newspaper today (May21st). It appears to be an exact copy of the articles that appeared in both the Russian and the French METRO, but still great to bump into on a regular Wednesday-morning!
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May 20, 2008
FOOTAGE FROM OBERHAUSEN
Click here to see some footage from Oberhausen from Norwegian TV (click on the screen to watch it).
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May 20, 2008
KISS IN METAL HAMMER!
Kiss are on the cover of the new edition of the German "Metal Hammer" (6/2008). It includes an interview with Gene and Paul.

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May 20, 2008
MORE PHOTOS FROM BULGARIA
(from Morrison/Metalhead.ro)
Here are some photos from Bulgaria with KISS !!!
http://www.metalhead.ro/Galerie-Foto-KISS_in_Bulgaria-335.html
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May 20, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
(from Pavel Hromada)
Blesk magazine (Czech Republic) from 16.5.2008:

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May 20, 2008
TOMMY AND GENE INTERVIEWS
Kiss Journal has interviewed Tommy and Gene right after the gig in Verona. Here you can read the interview.
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May 19, 2008
ACE MEET & GREETS SOLD OUT
All meet & greets for Ace Frehley are already sold out!
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May 19, 2008
KISS ADDS CALIFORNIA SHOW
(from Kissonline)
Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa on Beautiful Clear Lake...proudly presents...KISS!!!

X.S. Labor Day Weekend Grand Finale - Sunday, August 31st...Outdoors, Under the Stars... "Takin' it to the Streets" Motorcycle Road Rally and Poker Run around Clear Lake, followed by a full concert by the legendary KISS! Fireworks after the Show!

Tickets on sale to the General Public Sunday, May 25th at 9am. KISS ARMY members will have access to an exclusive ticket presale this Wednesday on KISSONLINE (details Tuesday).

Call 1-800-660-LAKE direct to Konocti Harbor for Tickets & Room Reservations or get tickets at any tickets.com locations, or on line at www.tickets.com .

Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa
8727 Soda Bay Road
Kelseyville, California 95451

For more information on the Resort, visit their website at http://www.konoctiharbor.com/ .
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May 19, 2008
PICS FROM SOFIA
Here you can see pictures from Kiss and the opening band in Sofia.
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May 19, 2008
KISS IN ATHENS
Kiss replaced "I love it loud" by "God of thunder" at their show in Athens yesterday. Here is the complete set-list:
01. Deuce
02. Strutter
03. Got to Choose
04. Hotter than hell 
05. Nothin' to Lose
06. C'mon and Love Me
07. Parasite 
08. She (Tommy solo)
09. 100,000 Years (Eric Singer Solo!!!)
10. Cold Gin
11. Let Me Go, Rock'n'Roll
12. Black Diamond (Paul Solo... )
13. Rock and Roll All Nite 

Kiss came out after 4 minutes... the crowd sang Rock and roll all nite until then!!!

Encore:
14. Shout It Out Loud
15. Lick it up
16. God Of Thunder (Gene Solo...)
17. I Was Made for Lovin' You 
18. Love Gun
19. Detroit Rock City
Crowd Stayed and sang God Gave rock n' Roll to you

Some more facts about the show:
KISS walked on stage instead of their usual going down from the top of the roof and there was no big curtain at the beginning of the show as you can see here
Paul didn't fly
there was no soundcheck and there were around 20 people at the meet & greet
more infos & pictures in the Forum
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May 18, 2008
PAUL INTERVIEW IN SPANISH MAGAZINE
(from Jesus Valverde)
Here send you the interview it conducted a 'Paul' in connection with the performance of 'Kiss' in Bilbao (Spain), for the magazine / catalog the chain of stores 'Arise' specialists 'Heavy' / 'Hard-Rock 'And one of the best known of Spain.
Thanks Paul for giving us your time for the interview.

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May 18, 2008
DANISH CONCERT-POSTER
(from Ole Funch)
Here is the Danish poster. 
Still tickets left for the Copenhagen concert.

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May 17, 2008
ATHENS THE DAY BEFORE...
(from Greek Kiss Army)
The venue this afternoon...

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May 17, 2008
KISS TO PERFORM AT THIS YEARS "STURGIS MOTORCYLE RALLY"?
(from Blabbermouth)
According to Sturgis.com, KISS is confirmed to perform at the 68th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The band will apparently play the Glencoe CampResort on August 4. Also scheduled to appear at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are 3 DOORS DOWN, FOGHAT, ALICE COOPER, THEORY OF DEADMAN and SALIVA, among others.

Please note that KISS has **NOT** yet officially confirmed its participation in this event.
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May 17, 2008
KISS IN SOFIA PICTURES
(from Lubomir Petrov)
Here'a a link of netinfo.bg ..with many GREAT Pro-Photos by the photographer of  the that media! Great pics:http://netinfo.bg/index.phtml?tid=20&oid=4750&mgdi=16181
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May 17, 2008
KISS MEET & GREET PHOTOS
Some people have already postet their photo with the band from the meet & greet. Click here to see them.

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May 17, 2008
KISS IN SOFIA
(from radiotangta.com)
"You wanted the best? You got the best! The hottest band in the world! Kiss!!!”

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May 17, 2008
KISS IN SOFIA
(from Lubomir Petrov)
This is not a review, just some facts about the show in Sofia:
A usual KISS concert in terms of -the well known show - but the emotional part.. no words to discribe it...!
No full KISS soundcheck (again)!
Eric Singer did the soundcheck with the bass and guitar techs!
No Lift-band riser for the opening!
No drum-riser!!!
The Show went great-the fans were crazy
The sound at the frst row (center) was crisp-but little distant..more from the guitar amplifires and band monitors than from the PM system-main speakers !!! Excelent sound from behind 4'th-5'th row and to the back of the venue!
No less than 15 000 people (maybe more- to be confirmed by the promoter)
Same setlist, but no Watchin You, no Firehouse, no Rock bottom!
Gene did not fly.
Paul did not fly too!
It's too many 'No's' but it didn't affect the show... I'm giving you just the fact



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May 17, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS IN HOLLAND
(from http://www.kisskollector.com/headlines )
After the KISS article (Paul Stanley interview) in the new issue of OOR magazine, Revolver magazine’s issue featuring a KISS coverstory is out now too. And from the upcoming KISS articles overhere, KISS Kollector Online was informed that the KISS story in newspaper AD will appear on May 22.

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May 16, 2008
KISS DESTROYED VERONA!
(from www.fury-mag.com)
FURY! attended the KISS concert in the Arena di Verona in Italy and this was probably the most beautiful place they performed in their entire career. Being an ancient roman coloseum the Arena is still in use, mostly for opera performances. For this performance though the place was packed with 20000 crazy KISS fans.

KISS put on a marvelous show and rocked from beginning to end. And the crowd … well they were already excited on the square in front of the arena when the gates weren’t even open yet. They yelled and chanted KISS songs all the time creating a beautiful atmosphere. Inside the arena, right before the show, the crowd started a ‘wave’ like they were at a football game and during the show at some points the crowd was even louder than the band, standing, clapping and cheering the entire concert. You could tell from their faces KISS themselves loved the sight of it too.

The stagefloor was the floor which is normally being used for opera performances. This gave the band the opportunity to use the sides of the stage too, which they did very often. At one point Paul Stanley even sat down on the ancient stands of stone, right in front of the audience there. Due to this stagefloor they couldn’t use the elevators they normally use at the end of Rock And Roll All Nite. And there were some more difficulties which kept them from putting on an entire show with all the effects they normally use. Word got out the trucks with the stage attributes were being held at the border thus arriving at around 2 o’ clock. This may have been the cause of them just walking to the stage instead of coming up from the ceiling on a lightning rig. Also the center stage was missing so Paul didn’t fly during Love Gun. But this didn’t seem to bother the crowd at all. And it shouldn’t. This performance was memorable in many ways!

Click here to see more beautiful shots of KISS in Verona.
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May 16, 2008
GENE ON GREEK RADIO
(from John Rigas)
Here is the interview with Gene on Greek radio earlier today: http://www.kissonline.gr/interkiss.mp3
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May 16, 2008
KISS ENTER GERMAN CHARTS AGAIN
Kiss enter the German Top 100 single charts with a re-entry of "I was made for lovin' you" at # 96! Here are the charts listed. Thanks to Marc Scholl for the info.
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May 16, 2008
ACE MEET & GREET
After the concert in Cologne, Tilburg and Oslo, Ace will do a meet & greet. The meet & greet is limited to a very few people only. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to Carol Kaye at carol@kayosproductions.com for further information.
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May 16, 2008
PAUL INTERVIEW
Click here to read a new interview with Paul, done probably a few weeks ago. What we learn from this interview is, that it is not sure at all, if Kiss will tour the USA this year, and that his solo live DVD from his solo tour will be out by Universal in June or July and that it will be a worldwide release.
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May 16, 2008
KISS ON TV IN ITALY
(from Fabio)
All music tv will air in Italy a KISS special on the 28/05/08 at 24:00.
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May 16, 2008
GENE ON THE RADIO
(from Greek Kiss Army)
Gene Simmons will be LIVE on Rock Radio today!!
Login now!!! On ROCKRADIO.GR
http://www.rockradio.gr
Gene Simmons will be LIVE on air at 15:25 GREEK TIME (GMT +2). Visit the website to listen LIVE!!!
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May 15, 2008
VERONA MAGAZINE
When Kiss played at the Arena in Verona, there was a free magazine hanging on the expensive seats at the ground. Here is the magazine (thanks to Fabio for the picture):

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May 15, 2008
KISS IN ATHENS
Kiss arrived in Athens yesterday. Here are some pictures from the arrival at the airport.
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May 15, 2008
KISS ON DUTCH TV
There was a report about Kiss on Dutch TV. It can be seen here. The Kiss report starts at 13:47 minutes.
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May 15, 2008
OBERHAUSEN REVIEW
(from Erwin Zinger/Fury magazine)
At http://www.fury-mag.com you can find a short story on the Kiss concert in Oberhausen. Shortly there will be a review posted on our site of the KISS concert in Verona with a lot of photo's taken by our photographer.
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May 15, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Tommy Thayer is on the front-cover of "Guitar" magazine in Germany!

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May 15, 2008
VERONA MEET & GREET
(from Alexander Zihlmann)
As a KISS fan and collector for almost 28 years know I bought tickets for about a dozen shows of their KISS Alive 35 European tour. Originally I planned to see KISS at the first four shows in Oberhausen, Munich, Vienna, and Verona. I already had the tickets and in fact I still have them...

As on the one hand I never met KISS (beside ex-members) but on the other hand know that a lot of less intensive but probably more aggressive or demanding fans had the chance to meet KISS backstage in the last years for free I wasn't sure if I should buy a Meet&Greet package at all. In last minute I decided yes but found out that Oberhausen and Munich were sold out so I decided to buy it for Verona.

It turned out to be my luck that these were sold out as I went ill and couldn't go to the shows in Oberhausen, Munich, and Vienna.In the morning before leaving for Verona I was shortly checking internet and was looking forward to the Meet&Greet as I read that the (sold out) Meet&Greet in Oberhausen had 25 people and was for about 45 Minutes, KISS signed as many items as you wanted (more or less).

When I arrived in Verona at the Check-in for the Meet&Greet I was informed that the Soundcheck, which I also booked, was cancelled. That's not a problem; I still can go later at another show (although it will cost more as when buying in the package...). We were informed to be back at 7:30 pm. At around 8:15 we were let in, all in a row for the picture with KISS; after that you had to hurry if you wanted an autograph. No organization, no controlling, no chance for more than just say "Hi". Anyway Kiss itself got attention that everyone got (in maximum -- not minimum!) one autograph... At 8:45 -- 30 minutes later it was all over -- but here in Verona there were almost 70 (!) people! How can it be that a sold out Meet&Greet has 25 people but a non sold out has 70 people?

Anyway after almost three decades of being a KISS fan and collector I got (or better will get -- I'm still waiting on the mail with the picture) my photo with KISS -- but was that worth that amount of money?

The show itself was OK, although they dropped a few songs and effects. I was in 6th row -- should have been great places but as of a very wide orchestra ditch we were quite far away from the stage.

All in all it wasn't that tour start as I planned or expected it but anyway this day I surely won't forget.
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May 15, 2008
SAP ARENA DISPLAY
Here you can see a huge display at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany (pic: harmlessdemon/Kiss Forum):

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May 15, 2008
TOMMY GUITAR SOLO
Here you can see Tommys guitar solo from Vienna.
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May 15, 2008
WHEN KISS WAS COOL: 1976 IN STORE APPEARANCE
(from www.dogmaticblog.com)
iHere’s a slab of ultra-rare KISS from the band’s absolute musical peak… the ‘Destroyer’ era. At this point in the band’s career it was practically impossible to see them made-up like this at a record store signing but the band made a successful appearance at the Peaches Record Store for the Muscular Dystrophy charity.

Click here to see more photos.
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May 15, 2008
KISS STAGE PREPARATION FOR BULGARIA SHOW
(from Lubomir Petrov)
I did a few photos at the stadium and the KISS stage preparation.

Photos Of Stage Preparation For The KISS Show 
At Akademik Stadium - Sofia,Bulgaria
Photos Taken - 14 May. 2008
The KISS Show Will Be On 16 May, 2008
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May 15, 2008
KISS IN VERONA INFOS
In fact there was a huge photo pit in Verona... and there were no hydraulic lifts on the side. On Youtube you can find plenty of videos from Verona. Pic: I am the Breeze/Kiss Forum

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May 14, 2008
KISSOLOGY 19X PLATINUM RIAA AWARD
A big display of the 19x Platinum RIAA Award is hanging backstage at the meet & greet room (pic: Hannes Lenhardt):



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May 14, 2008
KISS ON NORWEGIAN TV
(from Stig Karlsen)
KISS - P3tv on NRK, Norwegain Broadcasting Corporation. KISS interview from Oberhausen, Germany.
http://www.nrk.no/p3tv/p3tv-traff-kiss/
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May 14, 2008
KISS MEET & GREET CLIP
Here and here and here and here you can see a short clip from the Meet & Greet in Oberhausen.
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May 14, 2008
KISS IN VERONA
(from Fabio)
just come back, here my comments
M&G
Absolutely below par, two many people (about 50 persons) and definately not organized at all...the guys are kind but in that situation it's quite a good result to get 4 autographs, but it's impossible to chat with them...
The concert was simply great, but due to some health problem from Gene he did not perform the firebreathing stunt so no Firehouse and they dropped some tunes that should be sung by Gene (Watchin'you , Rock Bottom and of course Firehouse) for the rest same set list as previous concerts.
Paul did not fly due to the size of the Arena but he moved all around the stage and interacting with fans
Great pyros at the end of the ecores.
Eric was montrous and Tommy rocked
Overall a damn good show
Here some pictures other in the forum

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May 14, 2008
KISS IN VERONA
Kiss played in Verona yesterday with a shortened set. The Arena was sold out (10.000 fans attending). On stage they have received an Award for selling 100 million albums worldwide. Paul is suffering from bronchitis as you could already hear at the Vienna show.
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May 13, 2008
WHEN KISS WAS COOL: 1974
www.dogmaticblog.com is running a series of great vintage photos.
Check these out so so far:
http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2008/04/24/when-kiss-was-cool-1974/
http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2008/04/27/when-kiss-was-cool-alex-cooleys-electric-ballroom-july-18-1974/
http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2008/05/02/when-kiss-was-cool-alex-cooleys-electric-ballroom-june-22-1974/
http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2008/05/12/when-kiss-was-cool-georgia-techs-alexander-colliseum-december-1-1974/

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May 13, 2008
MEET & GREET/SOUNDCHECK
There are plenty of stories and photos about the meet & greet in the Forum already, but here are the most important facts:
If you bought such a package, you should have received an e-mail with further instructions. It mentions a time when and where all the people will meet. It is usually around 4 pm at the box office, but the time varies from city to city.

So everybody will meet there at the box office. Someone from the Kiss Crew will give you a pass (silver writing for soundcheck and meet & greet, red writing for just meet & greet). You will also get a T-Shirt in your size. It is a nice black group shirt with no backprint. Then you will be told when and where to meet for the soundcheck or the meet & greet.

At the soundcheck cameras are allowed! So you can take pictures or video-tape.

At the meet & greet there are also cameras allowed. Everybody is allowed to get one autograph.
You will get into a room. Later the band will come and will pose with everyone in front of a black backdrop with the "Alive/35" logo on it. During this time you can take photos, but only without flash. There will be two photos taken per person. Within two weeks you should get a link to a page, where you can download your picture with the band. On this page you will be able to see also all the other photos from the other people as well.

Then it will become chaotic. Instead of getting everyone sign their stuff in an organised way, the band members will split up in different directions and it is up to everyone to hunt for them to get their stuff signed. Nobody checks, if you got your autograph already or not. You may be lucky to get all their autographs, but time is short.

On the way out everyone will get a pre-signed tourbook and a photo of the band.

If you have a soundcheck package, expect it to be delayed or cancelled, since the set-up of the satege takes longer than expected. In case it gets cancelled, you should be getting a refund.
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May 13, 2008
VERONA SOUNDCHECK CANCELLED
The soundcheck in Verona had to be cancelled. The stage was not set up in time again...
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May 13, 2008
CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS VIENNA
Hier you can see a video of the concert highlights in Vienna on Youtube. On Youtube there are also plenty of videos from Munich and Oberhausen.
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May 13, 2008
KISS IN "WALK OF STARS" IN MUNICH
Kiss had been inducted into the "Walk of Stars" in Munich. Here you can see photos. Here you can also see a short video.

pic: Mr.Tom/Kiss Forum
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May 13, 2008
KISS IN ITALY
Kiss flew after the concert in Vienna to Verona and arrived at their hotel at 2 am this morning. The soundcheck hat to be cancelled, because setting up the stage took again longer than expected.
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May 13, 2008
MERCHANDISE
Here are some photos from the merchandise-booth in Vienna. There was a lot more available than in Germany. There was some more stuff available not pictured here like key chains, caps and also the Kisstory book (fpr 100 Euros).

 
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May 13, 2008
KISS IN VERONA
(from Fabio)
A dozen of hardcore fans greeted KISS at their arrival in the Hotel this night at 2:00.
Of course I was there!!!
They looked damn tired (especially Eric).
Gene said hallo as Thommy did while the great Paul waved his hand and smiled to us.
We bring a birthday cake for Eric and I had the chance to talked with Doc McGhee and gave the cake to present to Eric.
Pictures and more news will follow.
I confirm the stage set up problem.
The meeting for the soundcheck and M&G instructions was moved from 16:00 to 17:00
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May 12, 2008
KISS IN "WIEN HEUTE"
Click here to see the news-report from "Wien heute" on Austrian TV prior to the concert.
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May 12, 2008
KISS IN VIENNA
Kiss played for about 11.000 fans at the Stadthalle. It was well packed, but not sold out (the venue holds about 14.000 people). However, it was the biggest concert they ever had in Austria. The setup of the stage took too long, so the soundcheck had to be cancelled. In Munich the soundcheck was also delayed and the opening band had to cut their set short. They seem to have serious problems in setting up the stage in time. They might have to do the show in Verona also without a soundcheck.... the crew has a lot of work ahead on the rest of the tour...
The set-list was the same as the nights before.
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May 12, 2008
PRAGUE SOLD OUT
The Kiss concert in Prague is supposedly already sold out (ca. 18.000 tickets sold).
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May 12, 2008
KISS IN MUNICH
Kiss played for about 10.000 fans at the sold out Olympiahalle in Munich yesterday. The set-list was the same as in Oberhausen.
Watch Kiss in Munich in fast mation here:
http://paul-stanley.dyndns.org/olympiahalle/test.avi
Thanks to Martin S. from Pforzheim.
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May 11, 2008
KISS ROCKS OBERHAUSEN
Click here to view a video-report from Yahoo News.
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May 11, 2008
OBERHAUSEN REVIEW
(from CAROL a.k.a. Rockhead)
I've put my review up on my site...http://rockhead.web-log.nl
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May 11, 2008
KISS PRESS CONFERENCE AUDIO CLIP
(from Erwin Zinger/Fury! magazine)
On www.fury-mag.com you will find a short story on the KISS press conference. You can also hear the full press conference in our MP3 section.
Check back regularly to find some reviews and photo's from the KISS tour beginning with Oberhausen and Verona in the coming week.
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May 11, 2008
STAGE SET-UP IN MUNICH
Click here to see the stage set-up in Munichs Olymiahalle.
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May 11, 2008
KISS IN THE DUTCH PRESS
(from Kiss Kollector Online)
For the time being, the media in Holland are a little bit into KISS again - now that the band is finally touring Europe again. Some of the Dutch media even turned up at the press conference and the KISS concert in Oberhausen. Therefore, Eric Singer will be on one of Holland's most popular TV shows, the talkshow De Wereld Draait Door, this Monday. One of the items on the show is called De Jakhalzen and they interviewed Eric at the press conference in Oberhausen last Thursday.

Some of the big publications didn't accept the Tommy offer, so they refused the interview opportunity. That's why OOR magazine got to do a phoner with Paul Stanley (the 3 page article ended up in their June issue, which is available in stores already), and De Telegraaf did an interview with Gene Simmons in the USA. Since the interviewer of De Telegraaf also runs a new magazine, Off The Record, there will also be a KISS article/Gene interview in his magazine. So, make sure to keep an eye out on newsstand and bookstores in the next few weeks.
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May 11, 2008
KISS PARTY IN MOSCOW
Since there are only 2 weeks left before the long-awaited, first-ever KISS visit to Moscow, the wave of KISSteria amongst the RuSSian fans is seems to grow, waiting for it's climax on the 24th of May! Just the week before the REAL THING, the only Russian KISS cover-band called Moscow Rock City is going to make some sort of warm-up for the fans, by performing 22 KISS KlaSSics (1974-1980 era).
One fact that may be interesting: Moscow Rock City made their stage debut at the 1st Russian KISS Convention, 24th of May+ 1998! So the upcoming KISS show is gonna be the greatest Anniversary celebration the band - as well as all the KISS fans - could ever imagine!
So let's KISS some more!

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May 11, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Tommy Thayer is on the cover of the Swedish "Fuzz" magazine.

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May 10, 2008
KISS MERCHANDISE
Here is a picture from the merchandise stand (pic: Space Ace 67)

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May 10, 2008
KISS IN "NACHTMAGAZIN"
In "Nachtmagazin" was a report about the concert in Oberhausen. Click here to see the report.
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May 10, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
The new issue of the German "Rock Hard" magazine features a Kiss poster and a 32-page Kiss Special! Siehe here.
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May 10, 2008
LIVE-TICKER TO MUNICH SHOW
At the webcam of the Olympiahalle München you can see, that the stage setup has already begun:
http://www.olympiapark-muenchen.de/index.php?id=cam_olympiahalle
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Mai 10, 2008
MORE PICS FROM OBERHAUSEN SHOW
Since there are many people surfing the Forum at the moment, it is very slow. Here are some more pics:

before the show (pic: derFan)


and then it was "raining" inside the hall... (pic: derFan)


Gene & Tommy on the ramps (pic: Ben)


at the soundcheck (pics: ShoutItOutLoudX, Mr. Tom)


video: Tommy shoots rockets, Rock bottom/100.000 years and some more here: http://bielius.blogspot.com/

a view inside the Arena before the encores...

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May 10, 2008
OBERHAUSEN REVIEWS
There are plenty of reviews and photos like these from user kisspidde in the Forum:



The most important facts here: The stage was similar to the Farewell Tour stage, but different lights. There was a black curtain with a big Kiss logo covering the stage. After the curtain fell, Kiss came down on a platfrom the top just like on the Farewell Tour.

Eric did not have any burning drumsticks. They were very loud and used a lot of pyros and confetti. Tommy shot two rockets out of his guitar during "Shock me", a third one seemed to fail. After he shot the rockets you could hear loud explosions. He also had another effect: he played with the guitar behind his head, while mirrors on the back of the guitars body reflected the spotlights.

In the middle of "Lick it up" they played an instrumental part of Whos "Won't get fooled again". Gene spit blood and flew during "I love it loud", Paul flew during  "Love Gun". There was a huge confetti-storm during "Rock and Roll all nite" and Gene spit fire during "Firehouse". The Arena was sold out with over 12.000 people attending.

Here's a short clip from the show: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=IXp7ilm3qSM

More photos from the soundcheck can be found here: http://www.kissforum.de/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=230303#230303  
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May 10, 2008
OBERHAUSEN PRESS-CONFERENCE
Here you can see a clip from the press-conference.
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May 10, 2008
OBERHAUSEN REPORT
Here you can find a report about the concert in Oberhausen. There are also links to 2 clips from the press-conference.
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May 10, 2008
MY FAMILY
(from paulstanley.com/Family Circle magazine)

On stage Paul Stanley, singer and guitarist of the band KISS, sings about wanting to "rock and roll all night, and party every day." But this 56-year-old father of sons Evan, 13, and Colin, 1, would really rather have a good night's sleep. Give this rock star dad a round of applause.

By PATTY A. MARTINEZ

You've traded the superstar lifestyle of LA's Viper Room for the Diaper Room. What are some of your day-to-day duties?

At 6 A.M. I was up with Colin. I changed, dressed and fed him, then we played together and watched Baby Einstein DVD's. Mornings are my favorite time of day. And as soon as we're off the phone, I'll pick Evan up from school.

Sounds like you're and involved dad.

You have to be hands on. But I'm fortunate: When I'm not on tour I'm here seven days a week, 24 hours a day. I probably take on more of the load than most fathers. And, of course, my wife, Erin, is amazing. She's always there for the kids, making them feel special.

What are your house rules?

Bedtime is an important routine. We try to get Evan to sleep by 9 P.M. Having respect for everyone else in the house is also key, as is maintaining good grades in school.

Do you and Erin help Evan with his homework?

He's an excellent student - especially in science - but we do our part. I quiz him for tests; Erin is the whiz when it comes to math.

Which rule is Evan most likely to break?

He always wants to stay up past his bedtime. If I told him he could stay up until midnight for a special occasion, he'd try for 12:30.

What's the hardest question you've had to answer as a parent?

When Evan was very young he said to me, "Dad, if God is inside everyone, why are there bad people?"

And how did you respond?

I told him, "Because some people don't listen to what he's saying." But I admit it took me a little while to come up with that.

You're a painter as well as a musician. Do you see a lot of creativity in your sons?

Oh, yeah. I finger paint with Colin, and Evan is a phenomenal guitarist - he can outplay me! But he is very much his own person, and I am grateful for that. My wish for him and Colin is that they'll make their own tracks in life without walking in my shadow.

What's your idea of a perfect day with your family?

It doesn't take much to make us happy - going to the mall, playing instruments at Guitar Center, sitting down to dinner together, giving Colin a bath - it's all great. I also like to spend time alone with Erin to recap the day and revel in how lucky we are to have this family.

Most teens think parents are embarrassing. What have you done to mortify Evan? It's a little different when you're a rock star. You're pretty cool no matter how you slice it.


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May 9, 2008
KISS OBERHAUSEN REPORT
NRK has a report about the Obenhausen concert online (photo: NRK/Stig Karlsen). Thanks to Roy Hilmar Svendsen for the info.

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May 9, 2008
KISS OBERHAUSEN SET LIST
Deuce
Strutter
Got to choose
Hotter than hell
Firehouse
Nothin' to lose
C'mon and love me
Parasite
She (Tommy fires rockets from his guitar)
Watchin' you
Rock Bottom
100.000 years (Eric solo)
Cold Gin
Let me go, Rock & Roll
Black Diamond
Rock and Roll all nite

Shout it out loud
Lick it up/Won't get fooled again
I love it loud (Gene spits blood)
I was made for lovin' you
Love Gun (Paul flies)
Detroit Rock city
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May 9, 2008
KISS OBERHAUSEN LIVE REPORT
The venue after the opening band has played...

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May 9, 2008
KISS SOUNDCHECK
Check out Kissonline for pictures from the soundcheck!
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May 9, 2008
LIVE-COVERAGE FROM OBERHAUSEN
A short video has arrived:

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May 9, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
(from Fabio)
Metal Maniac magazine with Kiss on the cover (Italy)

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May 9, 2008
ACE DOESN'T SEE KISS REUNION IN THE FUTURE
(from Blabbermouth)
Gene Triplett of NewsOK.com recently conducted an interview with original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

On the possibility of a KISS reunion with him on guitar:

"Uh, I don't see it happening. I never say never, but I just turned 57. I don't see myself getting up onstage with tights on and putting on the makeup and jumpin' around like, you know, a kid again. Because I don't physically think I can do it.

"On the last reunion tour, I saw a couple of videos. I think we looked a little tired, you know? I think it's maybe better to put that segment of KISS to sleep."

On his current solo tour:

"The first show I did in over five years was last year, Halloween, New York City. Played the Hard Rock Café. And I had so much fun doin' that, I booked four more shows on the East Coast at the end of December and then, you know, we put together this real tour."

On his as-yet-untitled new album:

"There's some current songs, some songs I wrote this past year, some songs I wrote as far back as 10, 12 years ago. It's great because I had a lot of different material to choose from. Probably had 20 songs. So I'm gonna pick the best dozen."

On the fact that he no longer harbors any hard feelings toward Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley, despite some harsh words exchanged in the past:

"(KISS) was a big part of my life and, uh, most of the times were good so, you know. I'm just kind of ‘that was then and this is now,' you know? ... The most important thing is, if you're just happy with what you're doin' with your life, that can make things so much better. I'm havin' more fun than I've had in years. I'm doin' it my way."
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May 9, 2008
INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY
Click here to see an interview with Tommy Thayer done at the Hyatt hotel in Cologne.
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May 9, 2008
KISS PODCAST #9
Check out www.kisspodcast.com for the new Kiss podcast # 9!
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May 9, 2008
ITALIAN CONCERT POSTERS
Thanks to Roberto for sending pictures of some more different Italian concert-posters.

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May 9, 2008
PRESS CONFERENCE
Here you can see a short clip from the "walk in" at the press conference yesterday.
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May 8, 2008
MORE PICTURES FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE
(from Roy H Svendsen)
From Norway’s NRK (nrk.no):
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.5617703
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May 8, 2008
SPIEGEL TV ONLINE
Here at Spiegel Online at 1:08 you can see a short report about the Kiss press-conference.

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May 8, 2008
JASON EBS
(from rockpages.gr)
We continue our year-long KISS special article with the 10th interview with a KISS-related figure.

This week we publish an interview with the last singer of CRISS, Jason Ebs. Here’s an excerpt where Jason talks about the unreleased CRISS songs:

Rockpages.gr: During your presence in Criss, the band moved towards an even more modern (almost grunge) direction with such songs as: “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah”, “Take Time”, “Burning Desire” and others that unfortunately never saw the light of day, at least officially. Were these songs considered for a second Criss album? Are there many leftover songs?

Jason Ebs: Hmmm, good question. Yeah, we were headed in a really cool direction with the music and vibe of the band. “My reality/The shooter (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)” was one of our ideas for the single on the record that we were getting ready to begin –we actually recorded 4 songs in the studio and got rough mixes of them. We began writing almost every day that we weren’t on the road in the preparation for the second album. We were pretty close to beginning the recording process, but the record company was dragging their feet and the KISS reunion was starting to formulate, so unfortunately we never got to finish the record.

We had a bunch of songs like “Knockin’ down the door”, “Seeds”, “The shooter”, “Adalyne”, “Take Time”, “Down”, “Zig-Zag”, “Golden Arm” and many more.

You can find the whole interview on:

http://www.rockpages.gr/kissspecial2008/10-JasonEbs-en.htm
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May 8, 2008
KISS IN OBERHAUSEN
(from Diamant Noir)
During the KISS press conference that took place in Oberhausen a few hours ago, Paul declared, among other things, that the band will mainly play their classics, including hits like "Rock And Roll All Nite" and "I Was Made For Lovin' You". "New songs couldn't compete with our old songs," said Stanley, "but we guarantee the fans that it's worth the admission fee." He promised the "biggest and best show" KISS has ever played!

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May 8, 2008
KISS ON TV
There were quite a few clips from the press-conference already on TV today. One of them from WDR can be seen here on Youtube. The report was on the channel WDR on "Lokalzeit" and will be rebroadcast on WDR Köln (available via ASTRA satellite) at 3:55 in the morning this night.

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May 8, 2008
KISS SELLS OUT KYLIE
According to "Österreich", an Austrian daily newspaper in its article about Kiss today, Kiss have already sold more than 10.000 tickets for their concert in Vienna (12.5.), but Klyie Minogue (14.5.) so far just about 4.500.
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May 8, 2008
KISS IN OBERHAUSEN
There will be a Kiss press-conference today at 2 pm. Kiss will also do some more rehearsals today. On tour they will be playing the complete "Alive" album and supposedly also about 8 more songs, which may vary. They are travelling with 15 trucks, thats more than on the Reunion tour!

Tomorrow the tour officially starts at the sold out "Arena" in Oberhausen. Opening band will be "Cinder Road". Before the show (12.00 - 18.00) there will also be a Kiss party at the Turbinenhalle in Lipperfeld 23 in 46047 Oberhausen with some Kiss dealers as well. Entrance will be 2 Euros.
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May 7, 2008
KISS ON TV
Tomorrow at 19.30 will be a report about Kiss incl. footage from the press-conference on "Lokalzeit" on WDR Essen and WDR Dortmund. Those channels can be seen via satellite on "Astra"!
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May 7, 2008
NEWS
The stage has not completely set up yet, so supposedly there will be no rehearsals today. Yesterday 9 trucks have been seen at the venue already plus supposedly another 6 to come. There is a press conference tomorrow at 2 pm.
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May 7, 2008
KISS ARE IN GERMANY
Kiss are already in Germany. They will do some more rehearsals for the tour until Friday.
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May 7, 2008
PRE-SHOW PARTY IN VERONA
(from Fabio)
Here is the flyer for the pre-show party in Verona.

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May 7, 2008
VERONA CONCERT POSTER
(from Deuce67/Kiss Forum)
Finally we have the poster although no one was seen around the city yet. Up to now only some flyers promoting the last tickets available were seen. See them here.
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May 6, 2008
COUNTDOWN
The Countdown has begun! Tomorrow Kiss will be arriving in Germany! If you find out, when and where Kiss can be seen or have been seen on TV, or if you see any reports about Kiss in the press, please report this in the Forum or by e-mail. You can expect a lot of media coverage from the press-conference and the tourstart in Oberhausen!

On Friday you can keep yourself updated with the current happenings here in the news and in the Forum all day long. Reviews are welcome! If possible, please post everything directly in the Forum. Thank you!
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May 6, 2008
PRE-SHOW PARTY IN BULGARIA
Here are the flyers for the pre-show party in Bulgaria:

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May 5, 2008
KISS IN SOUTH AMERICA?
According to this report in the Chilean newspaper "La Terceraan" from April 25th, Kiss might play in Chile, Argentina and Brazil in October. Of course this is not confirmed.
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May 5, 2008
KISS PRESS CONFERENCE
According to unconfirmed rumours, there will be a big international Kiss press conference on Thursday, the day before Kiss start their European Tour!
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May 5, 2008
GREEK KISS NEWS
(from Gerasimos Kavvadas/Kissarmygreece.com)
This is the poster of the KISS ARMY GREECE pre-show party on May 15. Free entrance. Gifts from the official KISS merchandise.
It's going to be a hotter than hell night!


I send you also the cover of the May issue of the Rock Hard magazine (greek edition) which is a KISS special one, with an exclusive interviw of Paul Stanley.

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May 4, 2008
NEW POSTERS
According to a posting in the forum, there are at least in Hamburg new posters to promote the concerts (see here).
Also for the concert in Luxemburg are big posters on the wall (many thanks to luxdico for the photo).

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May 3, 2008
PAUL INTERVIEW
(from paulstanley.com)
CLICK HERE to watch Paul's interview on NBC TV Channel 4 Los Angeles.
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May 3, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Kiss are on the cover of the German "Musix" magazine (05/08). Here you can take a look inside the magazine online. It includes an interview with Tommy Thayer. He mentions, that he will sing "Shock me", including guitar effects, but different than Aces. He also said they might play "Crazy, crazy nights", some lesser known songs and Jams. You can read the interview in German here online. The magazine is available for free in all Media Markt stores across Germany.

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May 3, 2008
KISS REHEARSALS
Kiss are rehearsing for their European tour. Here at Kissonline you can see some photos from the rehearsals.
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May 3, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
Kiss are on the cover of "Heimspiel" (3/2008), the magazine from the SAP Arena in Mannheim. The magazine is available at the SAP Arena and at local stores.

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May 3, 2008
ACE INTERVIEWS
Here you can read some new interviews with Ace.
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May 2, 2008
KISS IN THE PRESS
(from Alex Fedotov)
This time see Russian newspaper "Metro" from 30/04/08 with KISS on cover!

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May 1, 2008
KISS KARAOKE BY THE SIMS ONSTAGE
(from DigitalXman/Kiss Forum)
Does anyone here sing karaoke? This site has 4  Kiss songs you can sing too. It's run by the Sims video game. I'm not really into that game but I think this site is cool. The Kiss songs are Detroit Rock City, Rock and Roll All Night, Shout it out Loud and Domino. There are other groups you can sing too as well. Does anyone here have what it takes? Here is the link to the Kiss songs. Enjoy!
http://thesimsonstage.ea.com/artistDetail.html?artistId=Ih8cMLVVm7Y%3D  
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May 1, 2008
RUSSIAN KISS NEWS
(from Alexander Lesnov)
It's gonna be the very first time for KISS in Russia! To celebrate the upcoming and – no doubt – long awaited event, the Russian booking company KASSIR.RU joined efforts with trading network TOCHKA to make a number of surprises for the real KISS fans:

- You can win two tickets for the KISS show in Moscow on 24th of May OR a KISS CD only by bringing a picture of you (alone or with your friends) in a full KISS make-up to one of the TOCHKA centers!
- Win the special Limited Edition (only 500 copies) A4 concert poster by answering the 15-question KISS Trivia!

- By purchasing the ticket through the KASSIR.RU you can also get your face KISS-painted for FREE at the day of the event!

Learn more information by visiting the official site for the Russian KISS shows:
http://www.kissarmy.ru Fan-chat and forum are there as well!
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May 1, 2008
WILL ACE FREHLEY MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE WITH KISS AT DOWNLOAD?
(from classicrockmagazine.com)
The prospect of both Kiss and Ace Frehley playing the Download festival on the same day – June 13 – has raised a tantalising question among the Kiss community.

To wit:

Could Kiss mainmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley be persuaded to allow their former guitarist to guest with them on stage at the festival? Like, during an encore on something?

Classic Rock's Geoff Barton recently quizzed Simmons and Stanley about this very subject.

Read on…

Paul Stanley: Would I ask Ace get get up on stage with us? No. I’d certainly invite him to watch the show, but appear on stage? No way. There are four members of Kiss. Always have been. Tommy Thayer is our guitarist now. That’s the way it is. So there’s no room for a fifth guy on stage, not even Ace.

Gene Simmons: I actually called around and asked the promoters if Ace’d like to play on the bill. I love Ace dearly, he’s just a pure character, a true rock’n’roll rebel spirit. Unfortunately his worst enemy has always been Ace.

Ace should have tens of millions of dollars. And of course I can hear you saying in the background: "Is that all that’s important?" Well, it would be nice, wouldn’t it? It would be nice to be filthy rich after putting in 35 years of playing your axe, instead of going around playing in clubs and trying to make ends meet. It’s a sort of rock’n’roll tragedy, if you will. But everybody wishes Ace the best. I certainly do.

But to quote Ace, the reason he quit the band and left touring was that he was ready to commit suicide. Not once, not twice. Often. Not everybody is designed to be on the road. Hopefully Ace has surrounded himself with people who won’t let him get away with any shit. "I’m just going to the bathroom to comb my hair." "No, no, no, you’re not going by yourself." Once an alcoholic, you’re an alcoholic for life. The same goes for drug addiction. Ace is going to be a drug addict and an alcoholic for the rest of his life, and every day I hope he fights the fight and wins, because he deserves a better life.

To answer your question about inviting Ace on stage at Download… probably not. It would raise the wrong sorts of messages. But he certainly deserves credit, every bit as much as I do or anybody else does, for starting the band. No one would ever take that away from him.

But this is the Olympics, baby. When the fans pay their hard-earned money they’re not interested in excuses. "I clipped my toenails, I’m sorry, I forgot to tie my shoelaces…" nobody gives a shit. They want you to get out there on stage and kick it out. If you can’t cut it, get off the team.

As far as Gene Simmons is concerned, I certainly belong there. "Based on what?" you ask. Based on history.
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