Monsters of Folk, the "supergroup" consisting of My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis, celebrated Halloween at Kentucky's Louisville Palace. The group played its standard mix of originals and individual member solo cuts before taking a twenty-minute break near the end of the night.

The musicians then returned in full KISS costumes and makeup for covers for the glam-rock band's "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite!"

Meanwhile, over in New Orleans at the Voodoo Music Festival, the Drive-By Truckers Patterson Hood offered his own nod to KISS by performing in the signature makeup of the Spaceman.

Here's a great KISS feature from the Swiss publication "Le Matin Dimanche!"

The long U.S. festival season approaches the finish line with a wet and wild Halloween weekend in New Orleans

By Alison Fensterstock

Best Reason To Move My Car: Kiss

Everyone parked in Lot B, which was half the media, had to suddenly move their cars halfway through the day to make way for Kiss's pyrotechnic setup. Said lot is a full quarter-mile away from the Voodoo stage, where Gene and the boys were playing Halloween night.

My car was now a long, long muddy walk away from their two-hour closing show, and by time they came on and asked me - yes, I very much wanted the best, the hottest band in the world.

The set didn't disappoint - green jets of flame, stacks of video screens, platform boots taller than me, Gene's tongue and lots and lots of fog. Paul Stanley took us through the whole set, all the way through recent Sonic Boom stuff into the explosive combination closing punches of "Rock N' Roll All Nite," "Love Gun," "Shout It Out Loud" and "Detroit Rock City." In a feat never before seen at Voodoo, he rode an aerial rig out over the crowd to a platform above the soundboard.

As the band walked offstage behind a screen that sweetly read "Kiss Loves You New Orleans!" rumbling was audible; soon, an Independence Day-worthy fireworks display spurted across the sky, originating about where I had parked ten hours ago. The entire festival grounds, underneath the spidery explosions of color, was part of the Kiss show.

Here's a great fan-filmed clip of KISS opening their Voodoo Fest set with "Deuce" on Halloween night in New Orleans!

Here's another fan-filmed clip of KISS performing "Strutter" on Saturday night in New Orleans!

Maybe they're now eligible for the cover of AARP magazine, but Simmons and mates rock as hard as ever

By William Weir

The 60-year-old rock-star club is boosting its ranks -- joining this year are Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and, maybe most shockingly, Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons.

"It means as much as you want to make it seem," Simmons says of age. Along with the three other members of Kiss -- all in full Kiss regalia -- Simmons is waiting this night to go on stage for a sold-out show at Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. The dressing rooms are marked off for each member of Kiss, as well as one for "Pyro" -- fire being a classic part of any Kiss show. Not much happens pre-show -- besides the road crew and some hangers-on, the guys of opening act Buckcherry wander about, as does veteran rock manager Doc McGhee. The members of Kiss are nowhere to be seen until they show up in McGhee's room for an interview.

"I will tell you that we are playing longer than we have ever played. As you can see, this is not kid stuff. You have to be pretty strong to be able to physically do 2 1/2 hours of rocking the house."

KISSonline attended the 10th annual KISS Fan Expo in Kuurne, Belgium this weekend! Fans from Russia, Germany, Holland, France, and Belgium attended this great event.

Guest Lydia Criss discussed her book "Sealed With A KISS," fans shared stories and shopped for KISS merchandise, and one lucky fan even won a Paul Stanley Washburn PS 400 G4 guitar!

An explosive tribute band (featuring two Paul Stanleys!) capped off the festival, complete with lots of pyro and effects. The KISS Army is alive and strong in Europe!

Photos by Luc Verdickt for KISSonline.

The "In The Studio" radio show interviews Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to discuss the 35th anniversary of Alive! Paul and Gene discuss the band's beginnings, KISS concerts in their early years, as well as the new album, Sonic Boom, and the current state of the recording industry.

Here are some more of the many fantastic photos we've received over the past few days of YOU, KISS Army, "dressed to kill" on Halloween night... and some KISS pumpkins too!

The KISS Army was out in full force on Halloween! Here's the entire Franck family dressed for trick-or-treating!

The new children's Wubbzy DVD "Wubb Idol" features a clip of the Nickelodeon character rocking with other popular singers... including one who will look quite familiar to KISS fans!

Black Rhino KISS T-Shirt by Marc Ecko

A tribute to Kiss, one of the most recognized American rock bands. All four band members are represented in true Marc Ecko style from the "Destroyer" album.

Purchase the new Marc Ecko KISS shirt

Fuse TV interviewed KISS before Saturday night's concert at Voodoo Festival in New Orleans. Check it out!

Check out this great fan-filmed clip of "Detroit Rock City" live in New Orleans on Halloween... including the massive fireworks display at the end of the show!

By Rick Jervis
Photo by Jeff Hahne

NEW ORLEANS - Fairies danced with evil clowns, rock stars roiled seas of fans and zombies gathered en masse at the music-festival-slash-freak-show that became the Voodoo Art and Music Festival this Halloween weekend.

The outdoor three-day, five-stage art and music festival, known as Voodoo Fest, kicked off Friday with an open-air dance party. Torrential rains drenched spectators. But several thousand shouldered the cold, wet weather.

Halloween Saturday drew thousands of costumed spectators, eager to watch headliner KISS. Fans wandered the fairgrounds dressed as pirates, goblins, Smurfs, saints, devils, giant beer cans, oversized chickens - and zombies. Lots and lots of zombies. Festival organizers called on spectators to try to break the Guinness Book of World Records mark for Largest Gathering of Zombies. The number to beat: 4,026, set in England.

"It doesn't get any better than this," said Angie Beall, 29, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., who was dressed as a 19th-century, blood-spattered zombie. "Halloween weekend and KISS."

KISS, their face covered in signature grease paint and dressed in full costume, down to 10-inch-high platform boots, thrilled the crowd with plumes of onstage fire, a massive fireworks display and rock anthems Rock and Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City.