Gene Simmons returns to Braman, Oklahoma to headline today's all-day outdoor music festival at Southwind Casino. Simmons� performance will begin at 7:30 p.m.
General admission tickets are $35. Reserved seats are $50 and are eligible for an upgrade to meet Simmons for an additional $100. Tickets can be purchased at southwindcasino.com.
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of KISS Army member Gary Slater.
Gary was a huge KISS fan who loved to hang out and talk KISS with other fans.
R.I.P Gary. You will be missed!
KISS NAVY! Join Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer & Gene Simmons on The KISS Kruise VII! Under 70 cabins are left!
Book now at http://www.thekisskruise.com.
Catch Gene Simmons live at The Pageant in St. Louis this Saturday, April 8th!
Tickets are available at http://www.thepageant.com.
KISS will bring the KISSWORLD Tour to the Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls, NY on August 19th!
An Exclusive KISS ARMY Fan Club pre-sale will begin April 11th at 10am local time.
If you are not a member of the KISS Army, join now at http://www.kissonline.com/kiss-army to get access to the pre-sale.
General public tickets go on sale April 14th at 10am.
The KISS ARMY Fan Club exclusive pre-sale for KISS' Irving Music Factory show on September 27th starts today at 10am (local venue time).
If you are not a current member, join the KISS ARMY now at www.kissonline.com/kiss-army to get access to this pre-sale today.
If you are an active KISS ARMY Member, login in now and your unique presale code will be listed.
KISS will rock the Irving Music Factory in Irving, Texas on September 27th!
An Exclusive KISS ARMY Fan Club pre-sale will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April 4th at 10am local time.
If you are not a member of the KISS Army, join now at http://www.kissonline.com/kiss-army to get access to tomorrow's pre-sale.
General public tickets go on sale April 7th at 10am.
Oliver Rytting is 12 years old. And he's become something of a star on Sweden's Got Talent, with his cover of KISS hit Heaven's On Fire
From : Teamrock.com
Amidst all the magicians and acrobats, Oliver Rytting � a 12-year-old heavy metal singer from Lidingö in Stockholm � was always going to make an impact on TV talent show Sweden's Got Talent.
He stunned judges with a rowdy rendition of Kiss's 1984 hit Heaven's On Fire, delivering a performance that saw plenty of fist-clinching, a brief moment of air guitar, and a rousing finale complete with devils' horns.
"I realised I liked the hard rock for a very long time ago," says Oliver, "partly because my mother listened to it. When I was three years old, I started to love hard rock. And I love this music about as much as I love my mother."
Asked what he'd do if he won the competition's first prize (500,000 Swedish Krona, about £44,000), Oliver said most of it would be spent on "better studio space, so that I can actually continue with the music. The rest would go to one of my favourite organisations, to save the sea. I don't remember what it's called, I think it's the WWF or something. I just love the sea."
Oliver's performance didn't meet with universal approval from the judges, but he was sent straight to the competition's semi-final after judge David Batra � a Swedish comedian and TV actor � pressed the "Golden Buzzer", a device each judge is allowed to use just once per season.
Legendary rock front-man Gene Simmons of Kiss returns to the Allman Report today, this time via the magic of Skype to talk about his upcoming appearance at Wizard World Comic Con next weekend.
By / www.playbackstl.com
It was a call that my 10-year-old self would never believe could happen in a million years.
The chance to interview rock icon Gene Simmons, the man whom none other than fellow legend Bob Dylan refers to as �Mr. KISS,� fell into my lap, and I was expecting a call from the Lord of the wastelands at 2 p.m., Central. Tricky demon that he is, he actually called me at 1, catching me slightly off guard.
�Hello, this is Gene,� came the familiar voice on my phone�at which point I proceeded to hang up on him, albeit totally by accident.
You see, I�ve had a lot of fun opportunities to interview rock stars, but none of them fought Doctor Doom in the pages of Marvel comics, and not one of them plays an axe that is actually shaped like an axe. As a longstanding member of the KISS Army, this one was a little bit special, and hearing him on my phone so unexpectedly threw me off my game a bit.
Mere seconds later, he called back, and I braced myself for a tongue-lashing from the most famous tongue in rock �n� roll. Almost immediately, I began to offer my apologies.
�Not a problem at all. Don�t even waste your breath. It�s all good,� he said.
Confident that I�m back in his good graces, we begin talking about his upcoming appearance at Wizard World St. Louis, as well as his solo show at The Pageant. The St. Louis stop is one of only five dates on this solo tour, his first.
�We show up to the venue, set up some amps, and have some fun.�
Without the makeup and bombast of a modern-day KISS extravaganza, Simmons� current solo tour puts the focus squarely on the music. Word on the street is he�ll be robbing audiences of their virgin souls with deep cuts like �Charisma,� �See You Tonite,� and �Plaster Caster.� �We play all the hits, some obscure stuff, even some R&B songs, from people like Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding,� he says. �Rock �n� roll came from black music, and brought us rockabilly, country, and soul. Even the Beatles covered Motown.�
