Kiss Plush Toys Coming Soon

Kissonline reports that these Kiss plush toys are being developed. They are now at the pre-production stage so we should be able to see these in the shops later in the year.

Kiss To Play In Newfoundland

The Canadian newspaper The Telegram reports that Kiss will perform in Grand Falls-Windsor in Newfoundland, Canada July 9th. This show has not yet been announced by the band. Read more here: http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-03-30/article-2381537/KISS-to-play-Grand-FallsWindsor/1

Kiss On The Pentagon Channel

Here's a new clip from The Pentagon Channel featuring Kiss.

Gene's New Family

Shannon Tweed has posted this photo on her Twitter page showing Gene Simmons and his newly found relatives in Israel.

Eric Singer Project In Finland

Here's a brand new interview with the entire Eric Singer Project made in Finland.

Ace Frehley On That Metal Show

Last Saturday (March 26th) Ace Frehley was the guest at VH1's "That Metal Show". The entire episode can now be seen here: http://www.vh1.com/video/that-metal-show/full-episodes/ace-frehley-billy-sheehan/1660801/playlist.jhtml

Gene's Old House In Israel

During his visit to Israel, Gene Simmons has found his old house in Haifa where he grew up. Shannon Tweed has posted this photo.

Gene Simmons Comments On His Israel Trip

Gene Simmons has now posted these comments on his Twitter page regarding his current trip to Israel.

In Israel, land of my birth. Very inspiring. Bethlehem. Nazareth. Galilee, Jerusalem. Home to the religions - Judaism, Christianity & Islam.

Never knew I had a brother and three sisters. Kobi, Sharon, Eugenia and Drora. We met. We reconnected. We loved each other.

My father left when I was 7. Was married 6x. No one knows where he was born, or how many children he had. He's always been a mystery to me.

Eric Singer Project In Norway

Here's footage of Eric Singer Project performing in Hønefoss in Norway the day before yesterday (March 26th).

Gene Finds Relatives

During his trip to Israel, Gene Simmons has found sisters, nieces and nephews he's never met before. Shannon Tweed has posted photos on her Twitter page, you can check them out here.

Kiss Expo In New Jersey

May 14th is the date for the NJ-NY Kiss Expo taking place in Somerset, NJ. Read more at http://www.njkissexpo.com/.

Gene Simmons In Israel

Shannon Tweed has today posted this photo of Gene and Nick Simmons in Israel.

Eric Singer Project Rehearsing

Bruce Kulick has posted this photo of Eric Singer Project rehearsing for the European tour.

More Summer Kiss Shows

Two more summer shows have now been confirmed. This means that the summer schedule now looks like this:

May 29th: Raley Field in West Sacramento, California
July 15th: Moondance Jam Festival in Walker, Minnesota
July 16th: Rock USA Festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
July 24th: Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal, Canada

Ace Frehley At That Metal Show

Tomorrow (March 26th) Ace Frehley will be the guest at VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". Here's a preview clip.

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Gene Simmons In Israel

Shannon Tweed keeps posting photos on her Twitter page from her and Gene's trip to Israel. These photos are posted within the last couple of hours.

Paul Stanley To Appear At Teen Hearing Loss Seminar

Paul Stanley is confirmed to participate at "Sound Rules! A Sound & Hearing Celebration". This is a hearing loss and prevention seminar taking place in Los Angeles May 4th. The event is free but reservations are required. Read more here: www.soundrules.org

Gene Simmons Interviewed In Israel

The Washington Post has published a brand new interview with Gene Simmons made in Jerusalem yesterday (March 22nd). Check it out here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ap-interview-kiss-bassist-gene-simmons-says-boycotters-of-israel-are-fools/2011/03/22/ABmHa6DB_story.html

Stryper Performing Shout It Out Loud Live

Past Friday (March 18th) Stryper performed "Shout It Out Loud" at their show in Nashville. The song is also featured on the Stryper album "The Covering".

Gene And Shannon In Israel

Shannon Tweed has posted this photo on her Twitter page with the following comment:

At the wall! Inspirational!

Two New Kiss Shows Confirmed

Kiss are now confirmed to play the following two shows:

May 29th: Rock N Walk For Kids, Raley Field, West Sacramento
July 24th: Heavy MTL Festival, Montreal

Gene And Shannon Are In Israel

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed have arrived in Israel where they will shoot a special episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels.
Shannon has posted this photo with the comment:

View from my room in Israel


And this photo with the comment Other side . Magical


Later Shannon posted this comment:
We're a little jet lagged, the weather is beautiful in Jerusalem, not too hot or cold,haven't found the good food but the wine is fine.

Gene posted this comment just a little while ago:
In Israel, filming with our GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS crew.... a day after the KISS show in FL. Also, writing songs for next studio album.

Gene And Shannon In Israel

Shannon Tweed has now updated her Twitter page with this comment:

We landed in Tel Aviv and are now driving to Jerusalem .Beautiful Israel.It's dark so pics tomorrow.

Eric Singer Singing Beth

During the Kiss Expo in Indianapolis Eric Singer and John Corabi performed this version of "Beth" in order to raise money to The Red Cross's Japan fund.

Gene And Shannon On Their Way To Israel

As mentioned here before, Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed are heading for Israel for a shoot for Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Shannon updated her Twitter page with this comment a couple of hours ago:

Wasting a beautiful day here in NY. Leave for Israel tonight to shoot GSFJewels for 10 glorious days!

Kiss Expo In Indianapolis

Kissopolis has posted some nice pictures from this weekend's Kiss Expo in Indiana. Check them out here.

Footage From Kiss In Florida

Yesterday (March 17th) Kiss performed at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL. Here's some footage from the show.

New Bruce Kulick Interview

The Canadian internet magazine Rockstar Weekly has published a brand new interview with Bruce Kulick. Check it out here.

Kiss At The Houston Rodeo

Yesterday (March 15th) Kiss performed at the Houston Rodeo in front of a 72,000 person strong audience! They performed for an hour, playing the following songs:

Modern Day Delilah
Shout It Out Loud
Deuce
Firehouse
Calling Dr Love
I Love It Loud
I was Made For Lovin You
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City
Beth
Lick It Up
Rock And Roll All Nite

Ace Frehley At The Monster Mania Convention

Ace Frehley's official webpage has published photos from his appearance at the Monster Mania Convention in New Jersey the last weekend. The pictures can be seen here: http://www.acefrehley.com/monster/

Houston Event T-Shirt Available

Tonight (March 15th) Kiss performs in Houston, Texas. Even you don't have the chance to attend the show you can still buy the T-shirt at the Official Kiss Store.

Bruce Kulick Acoustic In Italy And Poland

Following the European tour with Eric Singer Project, Bruce Kulick and John Corabi will do these acoustic shows:

April 5th: Busto Arsizio, Italy, Code Club
April 6th: Padova, Italy, Arci Grindhouse
April 7th: Brunico, Italy, UFO
April 8th: Pisa, Italy, Borderline
April 9th: Parma, Italy, Bandit
April 10th: Palermo, Italy, I Candelai
April 12th: Wroclaw, Poland, Studio 54

Paul Stanley Interviewed By Miaim Herald

March 17th Kiss will perform at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. The Miami Herald has done an interview with Paul Stanley where he mentions that Kiss is in the pre-production on the new album. Read the entire interview here.
Tickets to the show are still available and they can be bought here.

Gene Simmons In Writing Mode

Gene Simmons has posted the following update on his Twitter page:

Puerto Rico. Fans went nuts at the KISS show. Tomorrow, Houston Stadium with 75,000 fans. Writing songs with the band today.

Bruce Kulick In Argentina

Last Friday (March 11th) Bruce Kulick performed in Argentina together with Sebastian Gave. Here's fan-filmed footage of them doing "Lick It Up".

Kiss In Puerto Rico

Yesterday (March 12th) Kiss performed in Puerto Rico. Here's fan-filmed footage of the opening song "Modern Day Delilah".

Ace Frehley In Tampa

Yesterday (March 11th) Ace Frehley performed in Tampa, FL after the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game. He played a set that was about an hour that included songs like Cold Gin, Rocket Ride, Rock Soldiers and Shock Me.
Here's footage from the show.

Gene Mentions Reunion Of The Original Line-Up

The radio station Alfa Rock 105.7 FM has made a new interview with Gene Simmons. Besides the usual things Gene was asked about a Kiss reunion with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. Gene had the following to say:

"There will be one more time when we play together. Sometime in the future there's going to be a last show. Sometime in the future we'll be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. There will be one more time when we do it together to honor the beginning. But, you know, when you run a long-distance race, not everybody can run a long race. Some people are only good for the beginning of the race and they don't have the passion and the will, and the endurance. Not everybody can run a long-distance race."

Kiss In Rehearsals

Gene Simmons has published the following comment on his Twitter page:

Was proud to be Keynote Spkr at British American Business Council. Now off to a business-charity event. Then off to rehearse with KISS.

Kiss To Play Moondance Jam

Kiss are confirmed to perform at the Moondance Jam Classic Rock Festival. This takes place July 14th-16th in Walker, MN.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels Nominated For Award

Gene Simmons Family Jewels is nominated in three categories in the upcoming Reality Rocks Awards. The categories are the following:

Favorite Family
Favorite Male Personality
Most Outrageous Personality

Read more here: http://www.realityrocks.net/happenings_8.html

Kiss School Of Marketing

Michael Brandvold (who was in charge of the official Kiss website 1998-2005) has written a very interesting article where he lists the 10 lessons he learned from the Kiss School Of Marketing. Check it out here.

Kiss To Headline Rock USA

Kiss will be one of the headliners of this year's Rock USA Festival in Oshkosh, WI. Kiss will perform Saturday July 16th. Other includes Daughtry, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Korn.

Kiss Japanese Tour Postponed

The previously announced Kiss tour of Japan which was scheduled to start April 13th in Nagoya has been postponed. No official reason is given.

Gene Simmons To Israel

According to the Israeli news website Ynet, Gene Simmons and his family will travel to Israel March 25th to film a special episode of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" where Gene will be exploring his Israeli roots. Read more here: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4037254,00.html

Gene Simmons Defending Charlie Sheen

After Charlie Sheen's latest problems a lot of stars have defended him. On this clip from the Swedish Aftonbladet TV you can see Gene Simmons' view on the matter.

New Kiss Condoms

These Kiss condoms will soon be released. They are said to be the world's first approved condoms to feature a full color image on the latex.

New Kiss T-Shirts Available

These new Kiss T-shirts are now available at the Official Kiss Store.

Gene And Shannon Visiting The Canadian Troops

Shannon Tweed has published three photos on her Twitter page showing herself and Gene Simmons visiting the Canadian troops yesterday.

New Kiss Book

Kissonline reports that Ken Sharp is working on a new Kiss book. This will focus on the period 1972-1975. If you have any memorabilia from this period, then contact Ken at sharpk@aol.com.

Gene Simmons On Hubworld

Gene Simmons has posted the following message on his Twitter page:

Did a guest appearance on Hubworld, on kids cable network HUB. Empowering young people to rock out. Very inspirational.

Interview With Carrie Stevens

Kiss Army Argentina has done an interview with Carrie Stevens who was the girlfriend of Eric Carr. The interview (in Spanish) can be found here and an English translation can be found here.

God Of Thunder With Scott Ian On Vocals

In May 2006, "God Of Thunder" was performed by Rob Zombie, Slash, Gibly Clarke, Scott Ian, Ace Frehley and Tommy Lee at the VH1 Rock Honors. Scott Ian has now published a video of the rehearsal for the event.
Scott Ian says the following:

A blast from the past. This was rehearsal for the Kiss induction for the VH1 Rock Honors. Rob Zombie sang it on the broadcast but he was doing Letterman so I sang it at rehearsal.

Ace Frehley At Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp

Here's footage from the final performance at the latest Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp. This took place February 20th in the Bahamas. Here you can see Rock N Roll All Nite with Ace Frehely, Kip Winger, Gary Hoey, Richie Kotzen, Lita Ford, Rudy Sarzo, Billy Sheehan, George Lynch, Alan White, Sandy Gennaro and Mark Hudson.