HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Kiss On Fire would like to thank everyone for a great 2009! With the upcoming Kiss tours it seems like 2010 will be another great KISS year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Modern Day Delilah On Classic Rock List

The English Classic Rock Magazine has made a list of the best songs from the first decade of the 21st century. On the 11th place you will find "Modern Day Delilah". Check the list out here: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/the-greatest-rock-songs-of-the-noughties-nos-20-11/#more-27675

Kiss Knives Available

The latest in Kiss collecting is the new Kiss knives. Check them out here.

Kiss Interviewed By Australian TV

Yesterday (December 28th) the Australian TV show Sunrise showed an interview with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Check it out here: http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/index.html?autoplay_id=17328132#embedded-video-top

Kiss Alive 35 Best Of CD Available Now

The box set with all 42 live recordings from the Kiss Alive 35 tour might be a bit much. Now a Best Of CD from these recordings has been released. This CD features 27 tracks recorded in 21 different locations.

Photos From The Simmons Family Christmas Breakfast

In addition to the video previously posted, here's Shannon Tweed's photos from the Simmons/Tweed family Christmas breakfast.

Gene Simmons Having Family Christmas Breakfast

Here's a nice clip of Gene Simmons and his family going to a Christmas Breakfast at a hotel in Los Angeles.

The Paul Stanley With Short Hair Interview

As mentioned here a few days ago, TMZ has made an interview with Paul Stanley where he reveals his new haircut. Here is this interview:

Modern Day Delilah Promo DVD Available

The promotional DVD with the video clip for "Modern Day Delilah" that was sent out of TV stations is now available on Ebay. Check it out here.

Merry Kissmas!

Kiss On Fire wishes everyone a MERRY KISSMAS!

Paul Stanley On TMZ With New Haircut

Yesterday TMZ did a short interview with Paul Stanley where he showed his new haircut. Kiss Army News has published photos from this interview.
KISS ARMY NEWS: Paul Stanley's Short Hair For The Holidays

New Interview With Ace Frehley

The German Pitcam TV did this interview with Ace Frehley when he visited Berlin two weeks ago.

Gene And Eric Visit Boys And Girls Club

Yesterday (December 21st) Gene Simmons and Eric Singer visited the Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills in Monrovia, California. They signed autographs while telling the kids to stay away from drugs and alcohol.
Pasadena Star News has published an article with eight photos from the event. Check this out here: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/columnists/ci_14044097

Gene Simmons On Fox News

Yesterday (December 21st) Gene Simmons appeared at Fox News, talking about the new "Kompendium" book. Kissonline has posted the clip and you can watch this here.


The book can be ordered here.

Gene Simmons And Ace Frehley At NAMM 2010

Both Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley will attend the annual NAMM show in Anaheim, California January 14th-17th. NAMM stands for The National Association of Music Merchants and the NAMM show is the most important trade event in the music business. Other attendees include Eddie Van Halen and Nikki Sixx.

Kiss Shower Curtains Available

The latest in Kiss merchandising is the new Kiss Destroyer shower curtain. This can be ordered here.

Gene Simmons And The Superman

Shannon Tweed has updated her Twitter page with this photo of herself, The Demon and The Superman.

Happy Birthday Peter!

Today we say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Peter Criss who celebrates his 64th birthday!

Ace Frehley's DVD Gets European Distribution

As reported earlier, Ace Frehley's upcoming DVD "Behind The Player" will be released in January. It is now confirmed that Seasons Of Mist will take care of the European distribution. The DVD can be pre-ordered here:
Behind the Player

Gene Simmons On NBC's Today Show

Yesterday (December 17th) Gene Simmons was the guest at NBC's "Today Show". Kissonline has posted the clip and you can see it here:

New Bruce Kulick Single Released In January

Deuce News reports that Bruce Kulick will release the single "Hand Of The King" January 12th. This track features Nick Simmons on vocals. The album will be released January 29th.

Gene Simmons On American TV Today

Today (December 17th) Gene Simmons will make the following TV appearances:

7:45 AM: CW 11 Morning News
10:00 AM: NBC-TV Today Show

Eddie Trunk On Kiss Not Being Inducted Into Hall Of Fame

Eddie Trunk as posted a long blog posting about Kiss not being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Eddie is quite upset which you can see here...

Signed Ace Frehley Guitar At Charity Auction

As mentioned here earlier, a guitar signed by Ace Frehley is up for auction at a charity auction held by Swedish National Radio supporing the fight against malaria. However, this is not a guitar previously owned by Ace Frehley as reported earlier. This is an acoustic guitar that Ace Frehley signed during his visit to Sweden earlier this month. The auction can be found here.

New Gene Simmons Rock Royalty Merchandise

Some new Gene Simmons Rock Royalty merchandise can be found here.

Ace Frehley's Guitar At Charity Auction

Later today (December 16th) a guitar previously owned by Ace Frehley will be available at a charity auction held by Swedish national radio in support of the fight against malaria. More details will be available later here and here.

Kiss Not Inducted In Rock And Hall Of Fame 2010

Kiss was one of the nominees for the induction to Rock And Hall Of Fame 2010. However, they did not make it this time. The inductees for 2010 are the following:

ABBA
GENESIS
JIMMY CLIFF
THE HOLLIES
THE STOOGES

Read more here: http://www.rockhall.com/induction2010/

Kiss At The Brian McKnight Show

Kissonline reports that Kiss appeared at the Brian McKnight show the day before yesterday. Here's the clip.

Ace Frehley Interviewed By Guitar World

The Guitar World magazine has made a new, very long interview with Ace Frehley. Definately worth reading! Check it out here.

More UK Dates On Kiss European Tour

The European tour has been updated with the following shows in England:

May 1 - Sheffield Arena
May 2 - Newcastle Arena
May 4 - Liverpool Arena
May 5 - Birmingham LG Arena (moved from May 11th)

Tickets can be bought here or here KISS Tickets

New Ace Frehley DVD In January

January 19th sees the release of the new Ace Frehley DVD called "Behind The Player". This is an instructional DVD where Ace shows how to play songs like "Shock Me" and "Cold Gin". Behind-the-scenes footage will also be included. The DVD can be ordered here:
Behind the Player

Kiss Show In Ontario Cancelled

The Kiss show this Tuesday (December 15th) in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada will not take place as scheduled. The show will be postponed to the summer of 2010. The reason for the cancellation is the severe weather conditions.

Happy Birthday Bruce!

Today we say congratulations to Bruce Kulick who today (December 12th) celebrates his 56h birthday!

Interview With Extract Director

As mentioned here before, Gene Simmons plays the role of a lawyer in the new movie "Extract", directed by Mike Judge. A new interview with Mike Judge can be found here. Mike reveals that he didn't think that many people would recognize Gene without makeup...

More Coverage Of The Middle School Visit

Here's yet another report from Kiss' visit to the middle school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

TV Report From The Middle School Visit

As mentioned here yesterday, Kiss made a visit to a middle school in Tulsa, Oklahoma for shooting a segment to the Extreme Makeover TV show.
Here's a report from NewsOK TV regarding this visit:

New Bruce Kulick Interview

Sleaze Roxx has done a new interview with Bruce Kulick. He then mentions that he was relieved that he never was asked to wear Ace Frehley's makeup. Read the interview here.

The Christmas Tree In The Simmons' House

Shannon Tweed has updated her Twitter page with this photo of the giant Christmas tree in hers and Gene's house in Los Angeles.

Gene Simmons Interviewed By Swedish Newspaper

The national Swedish newspaper Expressen has made an exclusive interview with Gene Simmons. Nothing new is of course revealed. He says that Paul Stanley is more sophisticated than himself - "Paul likes old carpets more than monster movies". The interview (in Swedish) can be found here.

Tips On Doing Kiss Make-Up

The Pittsburgh based channel Triblive has made a nice segment where the special effects artist Ginger Dickison shows her best tips to do a Kiss make-up.

Kiss Doing Signing Session In Tulsa

Kiss had a busy day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Besides the show they visited the middle school and they did a free signing session at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Tulsa World has done a story about this which you can find here.

Kiss Visits Middle School In Oklahoma

Yesterday (December 9th) Kiss visited the Wilson Middle School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was for a shooting of the TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Read more at News On 6.

Modern Day Delilah Video Officially Released

There has been some problems with the video for "Modern Day Delilah" but now it's officially out at Yahoo.

Kiss Will do Free Signing Session Today In Tulsa

Tulsa World reports that today (December 9th) Kiss will hold a press conference at the Tulsa Hard Rock Hotel And Casino. This will be open for everyone and it's free entrance. After the press conference, Kiss will stay for a signing session. Read more here.

Bruce Kulick In New Photo Book

The well-known photographer Neil Zlozower has recently released a new book called "Six-String Heroes". 150 of the world's greatest guitar players are featured in this book and one of them is Bruce Kulick.


This Saturday Neil Zlozower held a signing session where Bruce was present. Footage can be seen here:

Kiss Kompendium Finally Released

After many delays, the huge Kiss comic book "Kiss Kompendium" is finally available. This can be now be ordered here.

December 17th, Gene Simmons will do a signing session at Borders in New York. More details can be found here.

Interview With The Video Animation Designer

Oklahoma's News On 6 has made an interview with Kyle Stauffer who is the man behind the video animations that Kiss use during the current tour. Read the interview here:
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11634618

Bruce Kulick Reports From European Tour

Bruce Kulick has updated his webpage with a tour report from his European tour. It seems like Bruce had a great time. Read the report here: http://www.kulick.net/message.shtml

New Kissmas T-Shirts

Kissmas is coming up and of course Kiss has some new T-shirts for this occasion. These two new designs can be bought here.

Kiss Walmart Inhouse Promo

Walmart has produced this really nice inhouse promo for the "Sonic Boom" campaign. It's a great concept to have the Kiss members act as Walmart employees.

Bonus Material From Ace Frehley At Swedish Talk Show

In addition to the segment shown on Swedish TV on Saturday, some bonus material from Ace Frehley's visit to the talk show "Robins" can be seen here. Ace is featured from about one minute into the clip.

Sonic Boom Giclee Prints Available

Fine art prints (”giclee prints”) of the ”Sonic Boom” artwork will soon be available. The price will be $ 300 each and they can now be pre-ordered here.

Meet And Greet In Dallas

Shannon Tweed has updated her Twitter page with this photo from yesterday's meet and greet in Dallas.

Ace Frehley In Gothenburg, Sweden

I attended the Ace Frehley show yesterday (December 6th) at Trädgårn in Gothenburg, Sweden. The venue was almost sold out (1000 persons). I must say Ace was in very good shape and the show was absolutely brilliant. The highlights were "Rock Soldiers" and the final song which was "Cold Gin".

The reviews from the Swedish shows were unfortunately that good... Check the biggest newspapers here and here.

Aftonbladet TV Interviews Ace Frehley

The Swedish web channel Aftonbladet TV did an interview with Ace Frehley before his concert in Västerås. Watch the clip here:

Kiss At Rock Am Ring / Rock Im Park 2010

As Kiss On Fire could reveal already November 23rd, Kiss are confirmed for the Rock Am Ring / Rock Im Park festivals in Germany. Kiss will perform June 4th at Rock Am Ring and June 5th at Rock Im Park.

Ace Frehley On Swedish Talk Show Robins

Ace Frehley was the guest at the top-rated Swedish TV show "Robins" this Saturday (December 5th). Although nothing spectacular came out of it, this was still a nice interview. Watch it here:

New Bruce Kulick Photos

Bruce Kulick has updated his webpage with some photos from his European tour. Check them out here: http://kulick.net/photoalbum/BKEurope2009/

Kiss On Fire Quoted On Gene Simmons' Site

I'm proud to see that the official Gene Simmons site has taken my news piece about the prank show. My posting is copied word by word. Unfortunatley there is no mentioning that the details is taken from Kiss On Fire but I am used to it, the same has happened at Kissonline. http://www.genesimmons.com/

Ace Frehley To Release DVD In January?

According to Sleaze Roxx, Ace Frehley will release a DVD in January. No other information is available at the moment.

Ace Frehley And Bruce Kulick In Hollywood Fantasy Camp

In February 2010 a new edition of the Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Camp will take place, this time in Hollywood. Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick are two of the celebrities to be included in this edition. Read more here: http://www.rockcamp.com/hollywood2010.html

Gene Simmons At CBS Prank Show

Gene Simmons will be one of celebrity participants in the new season of CBS's prank show "I Get That A Lot". Here's Gene Simmons as a psychic guru teaching the power of touching customers.
The show will start airing January 6th.

Modern Day Delilah Video

There has been a lot of problems and confusion regarding the video for the Kiss song "Modern Day Delilah". This was shown and Scuzz TV but it was taken off the net. The video was also removed from Youtube. Now this version without sound is available on Youtube.

Kiss Interviewed By German TV

The German TV show "Heute Leute" (meaning "Today's People") did an interview with Kiss at the show in Anaheim. As always on German TV, the answers are dubbed. But I know that much German to tell you that the answers are the usual ones...

Paul Stanley's Favorite Street

Paul Stanley's official webpage has published a nice little story about Paul's favorite street in the entire world - Via Roma in the Italian village Scarperia. Read the story here: http://www.paulstanley.com/?module=news&news_item_id=2964

Kiss On Foxnews

Yesterday Foxnews showed this segment featuring Kiss.

Paul Stanley's Super Bowl Guitar For Sale

The guitar that Paul Stanley used at the Super Bowl performance in 1999 is now up for auction at Ebay. Check it out here.

Amazing Kiss Photos From Las Vegas

Vegas News has published some of the best Kiss photos I have seen in a really long time. Check them out here: http://www.vegasnews.com/16275/kiss-performs-at-the-pearl.html

Ace Frehley Set List

Ace Frehley's European tour has now started. The first show took place in Drammen. Norway November 29th. Ace's set list consisted of the following songs:

Rocket Ride
Parasite
Snow Blind
Sister
Outer Space
Speedin' Back To My Baby
Rock Soldiers
Love Her All I Can
2.000 Man
Fox On The Run
New York Groove
Foxy & Free
Shock Me
Shout It Out Loud
Deuce
Love Gun
Cold Gin