Sunday, February 28, 2010

Kiss Soundcheck At Wetten Dass

The German TV station ZDF has done a report featuring parts of the soundcheck for the "Wetten Dass" show as well as an interview with the band etc. This can be found here: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/kanaluebersicht/aktuellste/210#/beitrag/video/983884/Wetten,-dassSS

Erfurt Fans Made Up As Kiss

As part of the Wetten Dass TV show, the local fans were enouraged to come to the recording wearing Kiss make-up. Here's a German TV report about this.

TV Report From Kiss In Germany

The German news TV show "Thüringen Journal" on the MDR channel yesterday showed a segment featuring Kiss in Germany. This can be found here (at approx 9 minutes): http://www.mdr.de/mediathek/fernsehen/a-z/5869251.html?4461994

Kiss Performing On Wetten Dass

Here's the clip of Kiss performing at the German TV show "Wetten Dass" yesterday (February 27th).

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Shannon Tweed Performing With Tribute Band Priss

As mentioned here before, Shannon Tweed attented the LA show of the tribute band PRISS this Thursday (February 25th). Here are two clips of her performing with the band.



Kiss In Germany


The German magazine Bild Zeitung has published a report and photos from Kiss' train travel from Frankfurt to Erfurt yesterday (February 26th). Check it out here.

Kiss At Wetten Dass


The official webpage of the German TV show Wetten Dass has posted this photo of the Kiss logo used at the show.

More info can be found here.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Kissology IV Released Later This Year

Kissnews that Kiss manager Doc McGhee revealed during today's press conference in Germany that Kissology IV will be released later this year.

More From The German Press Conference

Here's another report from the press conference earlier today in Frankfurt, Germany. The story is about the fact that Kiss will travel with train from Frankfurt to the TV show in Erfurt...

Kiss Press Conference In Germany

Earlier today Kiss held a press conference at a hotell called Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt, Germany. The German news agency News Adhoc has made a report that you can find here.

Shannon Tweed At Priss Show

Yesterday (February 25th) the all-female Kiss tribute band PRISS played at The Cat Club in West Hollywood. This show was filmed to be included in the TV show Gene Simmons' Family Jewels.
Shannon Tweed has updated her Twitter page with these photos from the event.

jamming with Priss! on Twitpic
Priss! on Twitpic
What? on Twitpic

Kiss In Germany

Today (February 26th) at 11.30 AM Kiss will hold a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Tomorrow (February 27th) they will perform at the TV show Wetten Dass. According to the TV show's website they will try to gather as many fans made up as Kiss as possible for the shooting. They are aiming for 1500 fans. The shooting of the show takes place in Erfurt. Germany.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Vinyl Version Of Sonic Boom Sold Out

The strictly limited vinyl version of "Sonic Boom" sold out quickly. However, you can still find some copies on Ebay. Check this out here.

Shannon Tweed And Gene Simmons

Shannon Tweed has updated her Twitter page with this new photo of her and Gene.
Heading home for our last gig of the day! Do I look pooped? on Twitpic

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Kiss On Extreme Home Makeover

Kissonline has posted this clip from the Kiss episode of ABC's Extreme Home Makeover which was aired a few days ago.

Kiss At Islington Academy

As expected, the 500 tickets to the exclusive Kiss show at London's Islington Academy went in just a few minutes. I was lucky enough to get hold of a ticket so you will find a report here next week.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Kiss To Play Small Club Show In London

The big announcement was regarding a club show in London. March 2nd Kiss will perform at the Islington Academy in London. Tickets will be released Wednesday 12.00 English time. Tickets can be bought here:

Also check www.kissconcerttickets.net.

Preview Of The Sonic Boom Vinyl

Kissonline has published this preview of the inner sleeve of the vinyl edition of the "Sonic Boom" album. The vinyl edition (available in five different colors) can be ordered at the Kiss Official Store
The price is $ 27.95 per color or $ 125.00 for all five.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Kiss Coming To Europe This Weekend

The day after tomorrow (Wednesday February 24th) Kiss will arrive in Europe for their promotion tour. As mentioned here before, they will perform live at the German TV show "Wetten Dass" on Saturday. After this they are scheduled to continue to England.

Kiss Featured In Upcoming Japanese Compilation

Universal Music Japan will release the 5-disc compilation "Best Hit 100 -TV Hits Hen" April 7th. There are not much details so far apart from this short description: "Japan original compilation album includes 100 songs. Featuring Abba, Kiss, Elton John, Elvis Costello, and more."
Read more here:
Best Hit 100 -TV Hits Hen / V.A.

TV Report From Kiss The Exhibition

The Swedish news TV show Östnytt has done two nice reports from "Kiss The Exhibition". Check this out here:



Major Kiss Announcement Coming Tomorow

Classic Rock Magazine reports that tomorrow (Tuesday February 23rd) a "major Kiss announcement" will be revealed.

Kiss Scooter Available


The scooter manufacturer Crossrunner now reveals this Kiss scooter. Check here for more details.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Paul Stanley Art Shows Announced

Paul Stanley will do two art shows i Florida in March. The dates are the following:

Friday March 19th: Wentworth Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Saturday March 20th: Wentworth Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Thursday, February 18, 2010

36 Years Ago Today

Feburary 18th is an important day in the Kiss history. Today it's exactly 36 years ago since Kiss' self-titled debut album was released.

Kiss Nominated For Revolver Award

Kiss are nominated in the category "Comeback Of The Year" in the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Other nominees include AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Anvil, Fear Factory and Heaven & Hell. The gala show will take palce May 22nd in Los Angeles.

Kiss On Extreme Makeover

This Sunday it's finally time for the Kiss episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" at ABC. Here's a sneak preview of the show.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

German Ace Frehley Interview

Altona TV has now published an interview they did with Ace Frehley when he performed in Hamburg December 8th last year. Watch it here.

Sonic Boom On Vinyl


The vinyl editions of the latest Kiss album "Sonic Boom" (available in five different colors) can now be ordered at the Kiss Official Store
The price is $ 27.95 per color or $ 125.00 for all five.

Great New Eric Singer Interview

Musican's Friend has made a great interview with Eric Singer where he talks about how he started drumming, how he met Paul Stanley for the first time etc. Watch the interview here.

Kiss Manager Starts Working With Guns N' Roses

Kiss manager Doc McGhee has become the new manager of Guns N' Roses. This is revealed at Axl Rose's Twitter page: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/9jp8d

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

New Issue Of Kiss Destroyer Magazine

One of the best and longest running Kiss magazines is without any doubt the Swedish Destroyer magazine. Now their 26th issue is released and as always it's an amazing magazine. Even if you don't understand the Swedish language it's still worth a look. Check it out here: http://www.kissarmysweden.net/destroyer-magazin

Opening Act At Malmö Show Confirmed

The Swedish band Casablanca (no relation to the Casablanca label...) will be the opening act the Kiss show in Malmö, Sweden June 13th. Main support will be the Swedish band Mustasch.

Casablanca Book On That Metal Show

The great book "And Party Every Day - The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records" is the pick of the week at That Metal Show. Watch the clip here:




The book can be ordered here:
And Party Every Day: The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records

Author Of Kiss Photo Book Interviewed

Richard Galbraith, who earlier this year released the photo book "Richard Galbraith Photography Presents KISS" has been interviewed by Omegas Apple. He there mentions a lot of cool facts from 1970s. The interview can be found here. The book can be ordered here:

Monday, February 15, 2010

Kiss US Tour In The Works?

According to a posting on the Metal Sludge message board, these Kiss dates are preliminary booked:

7/22/2010 San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23/2010 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
7/25/2010 Salt Lake City, UT - The E Center
7/27/2019 Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
7/28/2010 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
7/30/2010 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
7/31/2010 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8/02/2010 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
8/03/2010 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
8/05/2010 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
8/06/2010 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/08/2010 Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
8/10/2010 Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/11/2010 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
8/13/2010 Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
8/14/2010 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
8/16/2010 Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
8/18/2010 Boston, MA - Comcast Center
8/19/2010 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
8/21/2010 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
8/22/2010 Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
8/24/2010 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center

Note that these dates are NOT confirmed.

Kiss The Exhibition In Norrköping, Sweden

The really nice "Kiss The Exhibition" has been mentioned here before. Starting yesterday (February 14th) the exhibition can be found in Norrköping, Sweden. More details can be found here.
Swedish TV4 did this piece about the exhibition.

The Legend Of Kiss Trading Cards


As mentioned here before, April 21st is the release date of the new "The Legend Of Kiss" trading cards. Kissonline has now published this artwork proof for an upcoming advertising campaign.

Friday, February 12, 2010

New Kiss Book Available

A new Kiss book that I wasn't aware of is now available at Amazon. The book has got the fascinating title "Kiss (band)" and the author is Frederic P. Miller. More details can be found here: Kiss (band): Rock music, Musical ensemble, Fire breathing, Pyrotechnics, Music recording sales certification, Paul Stanley, Singing, Rhythm guitar, Gene ... Ace Frehley, Lead guitar, Peter Criss

Footage From Gene's Book Signing

The signature "rockiss" has uploaded these two videos from Gene Simmons' signing session of the Kiss Kompendium book in Los Angeles earlier this week.



Thursday, February 11, 2010

Rock Star Kiss Coming Up?


It is very uncertain if this is fake or real. But according to a posting at The Kiss Asylum board this was published at the CBS website and then suddenty removed. This might be fake so we should not make a too big thing out of it. But we all know that there have been talks about a Kiss Rock Star show...

1996 Reunion Billboard For Sale

If you have got $ 99,000 to spend then you could buy the huge billboard that was printed for the Kiss reunion show at the Las Vegas MGM Grand November 2nd 1996. Check it out here.

Kiss On Wetten Dass TV Show

As mentioned here before, Kiss will be the guests on the popular German TV show Wetten Dass February 27th. It is now confirmed that they will perform "I Was Made For Lovin' You" and "Modern Day Delilah". Read more here (in German): http://wettendass.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/4/0,1872,8029828,00.html

Gene Simmons Family Jewels Returns

March 21st is the date for the premiere of the fifth season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. This season will include the 100th episode.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Bruce Kulick To Indianapolis Kiss Expo

Bruce Kulick will appear at the Indianapolis Kiss Expo (March 28th). Eric Singer is already confirmed for the expo. Read more here: http://www.getalifeinc.com/

Kiss Headphones Soon Available


Kissonline reports that these Kiss Super Bass Headphones will be available in March.

Mini Kiss Interviewed By Good Morning Arizona

After the Kiss Dr Pepper commercial the tribute band Mini Kiss has received a lot of media attention. The latest is this inteview from Good Morning Arizona.

Sonic Boom On Vinyl

As mentioned here before, the latest Kiss album "Sonic Boom" will be available as colored vinyl. These can now be ordered at Ebay. Check them out here:

Photos From Gene's Signing Session

Wireimage has posted photos from Gene Simmons' signing session of "Kiss Kompendium" in Los Angeles the day before yesterday (February 8th). You can see the photos here.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Report From Bruce Kulick's Release Party

SC Now has published a report from Bruce Kulick's release party at Kiss Coffeehouse in South Carolina. Watch the clip here.

Gene Simmons Book Signing

As reported here earlier, Paul Stanley had to cancel his appearance at the "Kiss Kompendium" book signing i Los Angeles yesterday. Kissonline has now published these photos of Gene Simmons doing the signing by himself.

Mini Kiss Interviewed By Good Day LA.

Here's another interview with Mini Kiss, this time from Good Day LA.

Report From Ace Frehley's Australian Tour

The Dogmatic blog has published a great report from Ace Frehley's Australian tour where the reporter has been the official tour photographer. Read more here.

Kiss On Fire Posting Number 1000!

This is the 1000th news posting at Kiss On Fire! Since the start of www.kissonfire.net in May 2008 we have reported about every possible aspect of Kiss and this is what we will continue to do. Thanks to all Kiss fans out there!

Paul Stanley Ill

Due to illness, Paul Stanley had to cancel the signing session of "Kiss Kompendium" that took place a couple of hours ago at Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles. However, Gene did the signing session by himself.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Mini Kiss On Fox News

Mini Kiss - who stars in the Kiss Dr. Pepper commercial that was shown during Superbowl yesterday - were interviewed by Fox News earlier today. Watch the interview here:

Pro-Shot Bruce Kulick Australia Footage

The signature LiveLinePr has uploaded a professionally filmed clip of Bruce Kulick performing "Crazy Crazy Nights" and "Turn On The Night" at The Gaelic Club in Sydney, Australia. Watch this here.

Sonic Boom Available As Vinyl


Pre-orders have now started for the limited vinyl edition of "Sonic Boom". This will be available in purple, red, green, blue and black. 1000 copies of each color will be made. This will also included a colo poster. You can order the album here.

Interesting Interview With French Kiss Promoter

The French Kiss site Diamant Noir has made a very interesting interview with the promoter of the festival Hellfest where he tells the story about Kiss plays at this festival. Read the story here: http://diamnoir.free.fr/dotclear/index.php/?post/2010/02/06/HELLFEST-S-BEN-BARBAUD-INTERVIEW

The Kiss Dr Pepper Commercial

A few hours ago this commercial was shown during the Superbowl.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Bruce Kulick's Report From The BK3 Party

Bruce Kulick has posted a great report from his BK3 release party at the Cat Club in LA where Nick Simmons joined him on stage and Gene Simmons was in the audience. Read the report here: http://www.kulick.net/message.shtml

The Kiss Dr. Pepper Superbowl Commercial

Here's another sneak peak of the Kiss Dr Pepper commercial that will be shown at Superbowl this Sunday. Appearantly, the ad will air at the two minute warning of the first half.

Massive Kiss Collection For Sale


A huge Kiss collection is up for sale at Ebay. In the collection you will find all kinds of items. Check this out here.

Ace Frehley Interviewed By Fuse TV

Fuse TV has made a new interview with Ace Frehley where he talks about his new album "Anomaly". Watch this here:







Legends Of Kiss Trading Cards Coming Soon


April 21st sees the release of the new "Legends Of Kiss" trading cards. This is 100 card set that will tell the Kiss story through the band's own words. I will get back with more details closer to the release.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Kiss Songs On "Lost"

The TV show "Lost" will start its sixth season now. A seven track EP has been compiled for each of the main characters. Both Sawyer's and Hurley's EP include Kiss tracks:

Sawyer - Strutter
Hurley - C'Mon And Love Me

Read more here: http://abc.go.com/site/music-lounge/lost-tracks/ThemeGallery/378184?playlistId=248707&clipId=248701

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Kiss Dr. Pepper Super Bowl Commercial

Here you can watch the brand new Dr. Pepper commercial featuring Kiss that will be shown during Super Bowl.

Evan Stanley Jamming With Kiss

The signature "awkwardchildstudios" has uploaded a nice video of Kiss jamming with Paul Stanley's son Evan during a Kiss soundcheck. Watch the clip here:

Making Of The Kiss Dr. Pepper Commercial

ETOnline has made a behind the scenes report of the recording of the new Kiss Dr. Pepper commercial. Watch the clip here:

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Bruce Kulick's Gig With Nick Simmons

Yesteday (February 1st) Bruce Kulick did his Los Angels show at The Cat Club. As reported earlier, Nick Simmons joined Bruce during the song "Hand Of The King". Footage of this can be seen below.
The set list was the following:

Hell or High Water
Hide Your Heart
Tears Are Falling
Heart Of Chrome
Hand of the King
No Friend of Mine
I Walk Alone
God Gave Rock and Roll To You II

Gene Simmons, Shannon and Sophie also attended the show as well as celebrities such as Steve Lukather and Rudy Sarzo.


Kiss On Live Nation / TIcketmaster Merge

The business web magazine TheStreet.com has published a news piece regarding Kiss and their opinions on the Live Nation / Ticketmaster merge. Watch it here:

Gene And Paul Doing Signing Session

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley will do a signing session to promote the "Kiss Kompendium" book at Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles Monday February 8th. Read more here:
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/65304
The book can be ordered here.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Europe Supporting Kiss In Stockholm

The Swedish 80s hard rock band Europe will be special guests at the Kiss show in Stockholm June 12th. They will not perform on the show in Malmö the day after.
Opening act on both these Swedish shows will be Mustasch.