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Ace Frehley at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Space Ace Frehley Covers Deep Purple Space Truckin’

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has cooked up his own take on Deep Purple’s ‘Space Truckin’ throwing the Ace into the lyrics to give it a point of difference.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ace Frehley, Deep Purple, Kiss, metal, rock, USA

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Sweden’s Alex Alexander Aims Global Working With Former Matchbox Twenty Guitarist Adam Gaynor and Sophie Simmons

by Paul Cashmere

Swedish recording artist Alex Alexander is wrapping up a few good years out of Europe with a target on the USA for 2020 with a little help from former Matchbox Twenty guitarist Adam Gaynor.

Tagged as: 20s, Adam Gaynor, Alex Alexander, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Matchbox Twenty, pop, Sophie Simmons, Sweden

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Japanese Rock Star Yoshiki Joins Kiss For Toyko Encore

by Paul Cashmere

Japan’s Yoshiki, lead singer of X Japan, joined Kiss for their two-song encore in Tokyo on 11 December.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Japan, Kiss, rock, USA, Yoshiki

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Tommy Thayer with his Electric Blue Les Paul

Kiss Guitarist Tommy Thayer Releases Signature Epiphone

by Tim Cashmere

Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer has released the ‘Electric Blue’ signature Epiphone, his third for the guitar giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, classic rock, epiphone, guitar, Kiss, Les Paul, rock, signature series, Tommy Thayer

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Kiss Australian Tour Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have cancelled the Australian leg of the End of the Road tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australian Tour, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Kiss Reschedule Perth Date and Cancel New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have been forced to delay the start of their Australia tour after Paul Stanley came down with a dose of the flu.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, End of the Road, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Kiss Extend End of the Road Farewell Tour Another Two Years

by Paul Cashmere

If you thought Australia was the end of the road for Kiss’ End of the Road farewell tour then think again. Kiss have extended the tour another two years.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, End of the Road, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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The Poor, Screaming Jets and Palace of the Kings To Open For Kiss

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have revealed their opening acts for the Australia. The Poor, Palace of the King and The Screaming Jets will play as well as The Superjesus, Dallas Crane, Rival Fire and Legs Electric around the country.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dallas Crane, glam, Kiss, Palace of the King, rock, The Poor, The Screaming Jets, The Superjesus, USA

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Kiss Add Logo To David Reynolds and Anton De Pasquale Supercars

by Paul Cashmere

The supercars of David Reynolds and Anton De Pasquale will feature Kiss logos at the Gold Coast 600 in October and Newcastle 500 in November.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Anton De Pasquale, David Reynolds, Kiss, rock, USA

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Kiss Postpone Salt Lake City Show As Gene Simmons Undergoes Medical Procedure

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have had to postpone their final show for Salt Lake City as Gene Simmons had to suddenly return to Los Angeles for a medical procedure.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, rock and roll, USA

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Kiss get into the Breakfast Cereal Business

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have launched a new breakfast cereal. The Funko brand Kiss Demon cereal includes a little Kiss toy in every box.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, cereal, Funko, Kiss, rock, USA

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Kiss To Farewell Australia In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

The final Australian Kiss show will now be in Melbourne on 30 November 2019.

Tagged as: 70s, Kiss, rock, USA

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Kiss Dynasty 40th Anniversary to be marked with tribute show in Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss released their 11th album ‘Dynasty’ on 23 May, 1979. On 23 May, 2019, exactly 40 years to the day, a Melbourne dynasty of musos and singers will gather to perform the complete album from start to finish.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dynasty, Kiss, pop, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons’ Company To Develop Cannabis Infused Soda

by Paul Cashmere

Gene Simmons Moneybag, Rock Steady Soda and Cannibis company Invictus have joined together to develop and then market a soda infused with Cannibis.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, cannibis, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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“Paul Stanley” Wig Catches Fire At Hollywood Kiss Show

by Paul Cashmere

“Paul Stanley” look-alike Bobby Jensen was as rock and roll as you can get when his wig caught on fire during the intimate Kiss performance in Sioux City, Iowa this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Kiss Kick Off Farewell Tour in Vancouver but there are no real surprises

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss played the first show of their farewell tour in Vancouver, Canada on Thursday January 31.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian Tour, End of the Road, Kiss, rock, USA

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Ace Frehley to Gene Simmons “The Shit Will Hit The Fan”

by Paul Cashmere

Former Kiss member Ace Frehley has gone on a full on attack against Gene Simmons accusing Simmons of “slanderous remarks”, calling him and Paul Stanley “control freaks, untrustworthy and were too difficult to work with” and saying that Simmons recently “groped” his wife.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Ace Frehley wants to go on the final Kiss tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ace Frehley says he wants in on the Kiss farewell tour and that the band “can’t do a final tour without me”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Ace Frehley, Kiss, rock, USA

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KISS to Tour Australia One Last Time In 2019

by Paul Cashmere

KISS will bring their End of the Road world tour to Australia in November 2019.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian Tour, End of the Road, Kiss, rock, USA

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KISS To Retire (Again) After World Tour

by Paul Cashmere

KISS have revealed that they will retire after one final world tour they have dubbed End of the Road World Tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons Seems To Be Actually Enjoying His Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Gene Simmons, the normal cold-hearted, money grabbing bass player for Kiss actually seems to be putting the fans first on his 2018 Australian tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons And Ace Frehley Together Give More Kiss Than A Kiss Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Gene Simmons is touring Australia as a solo artist for the first time and his opening act is his former Kiss compadre Ace Frehley. Think about it, 50% of Kiss is as much Kiss as you get at a Kiss concert so this was a good deal.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Amy Lehpamer To Join Gene Simmons In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Australian star of stage Amy Lehpamer will join Gene Simmons at his Melbourne show later this week for a special version of ‘I Was Made For Loving You’.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons Melbourne Show Relocates To Festival Hall

by Paul Cashmere

TEG Live have moved the Gene Simmons show away from Madge Caught Arena to the more appropriate Festival Hall.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Kiss to Spend 2019 On Tour says Paul Stanley

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Whether this is the one that will end the career of KISS or not, Paul Stanley is promising a huge tour for 2019.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Ace Frehley To Join Gene Simmons For Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Former Kiss member Ace Frehley will join Gene Simmons in Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Kiss Are Nearing ‘The End Of The Road’ (Again)

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The KISS fan community is in an uproar today (February 19) after word came out that Kiss Catalog, Ltd., the organization that owns the intellectual property rights for everything Kiss, has filed a patent application for the phrase “The End of the Road”.

Tagged as: 70s, Glam Rock, hard rock, Heavy Rock, Kiss, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons To Write Book On The ’27 Club’

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Gene Simmons is putting pen to paper (or fingertops to keyboard) to write a new book with his theories on “The 27 Club”, all of the rockers who have died at the age of 27.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Gene Simmons Talk At Friar’s Club Cancelled Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Friar’s Club wants nothing to do with KISS rocker Gene Simmons.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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Is Anyone Surprised Gene Simmons Is The Latest Sexual Misconduct Name To Surface?

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss bass player Gene Simmons is the latest name added to the sexual misconduct list but should that even surprise you?

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, rock, USA

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