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ONE NITE KISS: REPORT One of the longest day in my KISStory begins early on Saturday morning while packing all memorabilia and stuff to be showed at Lucille, and this was the first time my precious Punisher bass got out of my house (!). Then travelling to the venue with my car loaded of kissonline merch and all other things KISS and then back in Verona to pick up Keith and Scott and once again back to the venue. The hotel doors open and Keith shows up�only now I start realizing that thing is going to happen!! Bands start coming early in the afternoon and it�s a great feeling to see so many people shaking hands and smiling, it�s quite a sense of coming home for many!! After many talking and meeting I�m here with the other crazy guy that made this event possible Giacomo �Giga� Gigantelli, the musical monster behind the curtain. KISS fans start to show up early and we can�t do anything then asking them to wait, but there�s lot to see and buy in the �KISS shopping mall� at the Lucille entrance both KISSonline stand and KISS Bitch are loaded of cool KISS goodies!!! Before opening to the fans we present the Washburn PS1800 guitars to the two lucky owners and we do a sort of M&G(?) Time is approaching and I�m lost saying hello to many friends and at the same time forgetting say hello to others (!!). Great to meet again some M&G companion and many friends from the KISSweb Italia forum and of course Barbara Caserta, my �partner� in the greatest KISS week of my life (One Week KISS). The venue got packed really soon and at 21:45 Psycho Circus Tribute bands hit the stage. Hot set and cool response from the audience, then Live 4 Win with a tight and energetic show, KISS Konfusion, from Milan, Reason to KISS from Ravenna and Torino(!) and then the landlord of the venue Juliet KISS from Verona. I must admit I could not believe how many KISS freaks came and enjoy the party! Thanks to all for getting this event so special, from bands to Lucille staff, the crew, Alex Ruffini, the people, everybody..THANKS!!! It 'been great to see a sea of smiles both on stage and in the audience! Thanks to everyone who can say I was there. One of the reasons that led me to give birth to DeuceNews was to give visibility to the world of tribute bands andItalian KISS fans, get having on stage with Keith Leroux from Kissonline was priceless (THANKS Keith!!), being asked to have video and audio tape to be sent over him shows that the mission was accomplished!!! Thanks again to Bruce Kulick and Michael Doret to help us out. Thanks KISS for having created all this!!! See you in Milan May 18th Fabio "Deuce" Mainardi