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From Loudersound.
After 13 legs and 1767 days, Kiss’s final tour is finally over. It began the best part of five years ago with a show at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, on January 31, 2019. And now the Kiss have played their final ever show, pulling 20,000 members of the Kiss Army to Madison Square Garden in New York for one final pyrotechnic blow-out.
Of course, Kiss activity was always going to continue in some way, shape or form, and Gene Simmons has hinted as much. “I’m totally open to that idea,” he told Rolling Stone earlier this month. “Why not pass the baton, pass the crown to four new, young people who are deserving?”
Well now we know: a countdown clock on Kiss’s official website has just expired, and Kiss have revealed that they’re continuing as avatars, following in the footsteps of the hugely successful Abba Voyage show in London, in which the four members of the Swedish pop icons perform a greatest hits set as lifelike 3D projections.
Fans who register at KissOnline are able to watch a short film entitled A New Era Begins, which shows a little behind-the-scenes detail, while thunder crashes, and band mainstays Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley hint at what’s to come.
“The future is so exciting,” says Simmons, while Stanley adds, “We can live on, eternally!”
A second film shows how the avatars were made, while a third features a conversation between Kiss and representatives of Pophouse (the Swedish company behind the Abba show) and George Lucas’s visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic.
“On December 2nd 2023, Kiss, as we know them, performed their final ever concert,” the final film begins. “But behind the scenes, a new venture was unfolding.”
Live dates from the avatar version of Kiss have yet to be announced.
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- Kiss - Gene Simmons - US - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 13-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
KISS Gene Simmons (1978 US 11-track vinyl LP, picture sleeve with a deletion clipped corner. The sleeve has some wear mostly to the edges/corners whilst the vinyl displays light cosmetic paper scuffs, making this an ideal play copy NBLP7120
- Kiss - Hold Me Touch Me - Purple Vinyl - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Feb-2025 18:00)on February 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
PAUL STANLEY Hold Me Touch Me (1978 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Purple Vinyl with Paul picture label, also featuring Goodbye. The sleeve has a small split to the bottom seam but otherwise showsjust light edgewear, whilst the vinyl, aside from just a couple of faint paper scuffs, remains in Excellent condition - a respectable copy CAN140)
- Kiss - Interview With Kiss - UK - 12" picture disc - £30.00, $37.80, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 14:19)on February 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
KISS Interview With Kiss (UK limited edition 12" vinyl PICTURE DISC featuring a 'live' picture of Gene Simmons without stage make-up on one side and a stage shot of the band on the other. Issued in a clear PVC sleeve TT111) **Strictly Limited to 2500 Copies ONLY**
- Kiss - Interview With Kiss - UK - 12" picture disc - £30.00, $37.80, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 15:29)on February 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
KISS Interview With Kiss (UK limited edition 12" vinyl PICTURE DISC featuring a 'live' picture of Paul Stanley without stage make-up on one side and a stage shot of Gene and Paul on the other. The interview took place in 1981 and is individually numbered, issued in a clear PVC sleeve RDPD02)
- Kiss - Interview With Kiss - UK - 12" picture disc - £30.00, $37.80, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
KISS Interview With Kiss (UK limited edition 12" vinyl PICTURE DISC featuring a 'live' picture of Paul Stanley without stage make-up on one side and a stage shot of Gene and Paul on the other. The interview took place in 1981 and is individually numbered, issued in a clear PVC sleeve RDPD02)
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