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BY CHRIS SWEENEY / www.TheScottishSun.co.uk

The axe-wielding black-and-white knight is gearing up for the superstar band�s latest spectacular world tour.

Speaking to The Scottish Sun from his Los Angeles home, rock god Tommy says: �Being in KISS is absolutely as good as you�d imagine. And I�m not just saying that.

�I�ve been so fortunate to play lead guitar for one of the biggest rock groups in history � and you cannot find anything wrong with that.

�I wake up every morning thinking the same thing, �I�m a lucky son of a bitch�.�

Tommy is counting down the days until the face-painted warriors � who have sold more than 100million albums � hit The SSE Hydro in Glasgow in May.
And as he gets read to wow his Scots fans, he spoke fondly of his Celtic heritage.

He says: �The Scottish fans are dear to our hearts. Glasgow is going to be a fantastic show.

�And I have Scottish roots. My mother�s family is from Scotland.

�We are Cunninghams. My understanding is that my family fled Scotland as they were horse thieves.

�So they had to run away to the new world.

�I�m pretty much one of you. Maybe a few other things mixed in here and there but I�m Scottish deep down.�

The gig here will also allow Tommy to indulge one of his unlikely passions � art collecting.

He�s got right into Scots landscape painter Scott Naismith, who studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.

Tommy, 56, explains: �I saw some of his paintings at the LA art show last year and I got a hold of him.

�I didn�t even know he was Scottish at the time. He�s a beautiful painter. So I�m going to buy a couple of his paintings when I come over at this studio � and he�s going to come to the show too.

�I haven�t met him yet, so I�m looking forward to meeting him properly. His work is a little abstract. He uses beautiful bright colours which really appeals to me. I collect art a bit, I enjoy that kind of stuff.�

Tommy admits people are surprised that he�s not all sex, drugs and rock �n� roll.

He says: �I�ve got a little sophisticated side to me. Not bad for a rock �n� roll guitar player, huh?

�Some people think, �What�s with this guy?� when they know I�m into art and like to play golf. I�m also into fine wine.

�But don�t forget, I like to rock like the best of them. I like to live a little on the edge, get out and party a little bit.

�I enjoy the women of course. But I�ve never been out of control and doing drugs. That would compromise who I am and what I do. I like to be a good, solid person and do the right things.�

Playing golf seems to a recurring theme for lots of hard rockers. Alice Cooper is a fanatic and Bon Jovi�s Tico Torres is also an avid player.

Tommy says: �I love golf. I haven�t golfed in Scotland � I have played in Ireland and England.

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Here's Eric Singer having a great time at The Joint / Hard Rock in Tulsa!

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Here's the Demon breathing fire at The Joint / Hard Rock in Tulsa!

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Here's our ringmaster Paul Stanley leading the crowd The Joint / Hard Rock!

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On this day in ‎KISSTORY‬ - February 23, 2015 - ‎KISS‬ launched their 2015 Japanese tour at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

By JIMMIE TRAMEL Tulsa World

Photo by Tom Gilbert /Tulsa World

The rock band KISS headlined Madison Square Garden in New York City for the first time on Feb. 18, 1977.

Almost exactly 40 years later � what�s a day or four? � KISS rocked The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

KISS has played Tulsa many times, even after a yahoo in the crowd did something goofy (details later) during a show in the 1970s, but their Wednesday night gig at the Hard Rock was their first concert in the 918 since Oklahoma assumed joint custody of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on Jan. 13.

That�s the day Simmons and Stanley visited the state to announce they were partnering with the Kaw Nation for a Rock & Brews Casino Resort in Braman, Okla. The idea, like a KISS stage show, is go big or go home. The planned resort will boast a 250-room hotel with a spa and fitness center, a 77,528-square-foot casino, a bingo hall, a conference center, four �luxury� retail stores, a travel plaza/truck stop and a 1,500-seat events center.

One week after the casino press conference came an announcement that KISS would perform Feb. 22 at The Joint. Even if you�ve seen KISS a dozen times before, the combination of this band in this venue seemed intriguing: How will KISS� blood-spitting, fire-breathing, high wire act of an arena rock show translate to a more intimate setting? The Joint is a 2,700-seat facility.

Early in a 95-minute set, Stanley said it�s not every day that the bad gets to play somewhere where everybody is so close.
�This is awesome,� he said.

Stanley and his KISS-mates � Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer � played The Joint for the first time, according to a casino spokesperson. They brought just about all the KISS staples with them � the pyrotechnics, the booms, the bursts of flame, a venue-wide Pledge of Allegiance (the band is a big supporter of the military) and of course the anthems their fans know by heart. God bless the folks who had to clean up all the confetti sprayed into the air during the set-closer, �Rock and Roll All Nite.�

�What a cool way to spend a Wednesday night,� Stanley said after the first two songs, reminding attendees that the band he co-founded with Simmons is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

�The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hates KISS, but they had to listen to you,� he said, referring to the band�s fans. �Tulsa, thank you for making it happen.�

Speaking of Tulsa, let�s make this not just a recap of a KISS concert, but a review of the band�s shared history with Tulsa.

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Pictured are Paul and Tommy's guitars on left and one of Gene's basses, along with his fire-breathing sword, at The Joint in Tulsa last night.

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