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By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

It's official: Hard rock band KISS will be heading to sea again with fans later this year.

Music cruise organizer Sixthman says its sixth KISS sailing, dubbed The KISS Kruise VI: Creatures of the Deep, will kick off Nov. 4 in Miami on Norwegian Cruise Line's 2,394-passenger Norwegian Pearl.

Themed around KISS' quintessential �Creatures of the Night� tour of 1982, the five-night voyage will feature the band playing tracks from the tour and wearing vintage costumes that evoke the era.

As with past KISS cruises, the sailing also will offer participatory activities including a photo session with the band and theme nights, and there will be performances by additional artists.

The Western Caribbean itinerary will include stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Grand Cayman.

Fares for the trip start at $1,120 per person, based on double occupancy and not including $275 in taxes and fees. Lower rates are available for groups of three to five passengers sharing a cabin. More information is online at thekisskruise.com.

CLICK HERE to view a deck-by-deck look at a Norwegian cruise ship.

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The KISS ARMY Rocks!

MOONSTONE is pleased to offer an exclusive 1 DAY PASS to the KISS ARMY.

For a limited amount of time, there are a limited number of 1 DAY PASSES. What does this pass get you? KISS, oh you want more? How about Evanescence, Scott Stapp, Sebastian Bach, Steel Panther, Vintage Trouble, Raveneye, John Moreland, White Buffalo, Live, and a dozen others! Still not convinced? How about the comedy stylings of Jim Norton, Judah Friedlander and Brent Morin.

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KISS is Everywhere!

Here's KISS in the Music On The Wall Expo in Sao Paulo, Brazil subway.

Thanks to Regina O.Rodrigues for sharing her photos with us!

Race to Erase MS is thrilled to announce that KISS will be performing at the 23rd Annual Race to Erase MS Gala on April 15th, 2016 at The Beverly Hilton !

For info about Tickets and Sponsorship, please visit: http://www.erasems.org/2016-gala/

The KISS Spirit of '76 Tour Rocked. So does this shirt!

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Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley joined Westfield and Crews in celebrating the opening of Rock & Brews LAX on Tuesday at LAX Terminal 1.

Pictured, from left: Keith Kaplan, Westfield; Dell Furano, Rock & Brews; Dave Furano, Rock & Brews; Gene Simmons, KISS: Deborah Crews, Crews; Paul Stanley, KISS; Michael Zislis, Rock & Brews; Nick Buford, Crews.

PAUL STANLEY Wants To Record New Music And Make Live CD With SOUL STATION.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley was a guest on a recent episode of the nationally syndicated program �Uncle Joe's Garage�.

Speaking about is latest solo project, an R&B band called SOUL STATION, Stanley said: "SOUL STATION is a 13-piece band of people who are really like-minded � top-shelf people who have played with Smokey [Robinson], Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer� the list goes on and on. And, really, what we do is recreate note for note all the great music that is part of, certainly, my foundation. Sometimes it gets overlooked at this point, because people are being spoonfed crap."

He continued: "Look, I don't wanna talk about, 'Oh, the music was so great back then,' 'cause this isn't music that necessarily people would expect me to have an affinity for. But the music that we're hearing nowadays that kind of gets passed off as soul or R&B is just a beat on a computer and somebody doing a nursery run that's been tuned, you know, pre-tuned. It's just a different world. And when you hear the FOUR TOPS, or your hear THE SPINNERS, STYLISTICS, DELPHONICS, TEMPTATIONS, SMOKEY [ROBINSON] & THE MIRACLES. That music is amazing and timeless."

According to Stanley, race shouldn't be a factor in the way people listen to music. He said: "Great music is made by all nationalities. And certainly SOUL STATION, the cool thing is it's multi-national, and well it should be. I mean, you should be able to close your eyes and not know who's making the music. It's either good or it's not good."

He went on to say: "Look, as a kid, I was lucky enough to see Otis Redding, I saw Solomon Burke, I saw THE TEMPTATIONS. And those people had the good. I'm always kind of� I laugh when I hear some of the local talent being interviewed when they come through town to do concerts and they say, 'Well, you know, we sing along with tracks and stuff, because you can't dance and sing.' Well, James Brown did it. THE TEMPTATIONS did it. THE SPINNERS did it. If you can't sing and dance at the same time, it's 'cause you probably can't sing."

Regarding his future plans for SOUL STATION, Stanley said: "What I'd love to do is do some new music with the band and I'd also like to do a live CD, 'cause we've recorded everything, and, quite honestly, it sounds as good as anything done in a studio. You can't go wrong with the people that I've got in this band. When you've got three great back-up singers, when you've got three great horn players. The pedigree of everybody in the band� I'm the mutt, but I hold up my end."

Metal Hammer, n�340 March 2016.

Thanks to Fernando Mart�nez for sharing this article with us!