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 - You Matter To Me - Green Vinyl + Mask - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $43.75, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 27-Apr-2024 14:42)on April 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm
PETER CRISS You Matter To Me (1978 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Green Vinyl, also featuring Hooked On Rock & Roll, Peter Criss picture sleeve complete with the rare Criss mask. The sleeve displays only light wear, the mask shows just a few minor spots of discolouration or creasing at the edges, whilst the vinyl remains in excellent condition CAN139)
- Kiss - Asylum - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2024 09:46)on April 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm
KISS Asylum (1985 UK Vertigo 10-track LP on the sunburst Vertigo label with Kiss logo. The thirteenth studio album by the American rock band including the single Tears Are Falling; glossy picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner. The sleeve has only some light storage wear and the vinyl shows only light signs of play VERH32)
- Kiss - Crazy Nights - EX - US - picture disc LP - £35.00, $43.75, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 12-Feb-2024 13:11)on April 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm
KISS Crazy Nights (1987 US limited edition 11-track Picture Disc LP featuring the band posing image on one side and the album sleeve artwork on the other, within the original title / tracklisting stickered clear PVC envelope style sleeve. The sleeve displays some minor age wear and the sticker has a tear across the bottom but is complete, whilst the disc itself displays minimal signs of play)
- Kiss - Creatures Of The Night - UK - 12" vinyl - £80.00, $100.00, €93.60 (New Item) (arrived 13-Feb-2024 13:24)on April 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm
KISS Creatures Of The Night (1982 UK limited edition double-grooved 12" single with picture labels and etched autograph B side. Also includes Rock And Roll All Nite (Live Version), housed in a hype stickered clear PVC sleeve. The vinyl displays some cosmetic clouding where it has reacted with sleeve, otherwise remains a really nice condition, and looks barely played. A nice item for the collection! KISSD4)
- Kiss - Unmasked - Italian - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2024 14:13)on April 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm
KISS Unmasked (1980 Italian 11-track vinyl LP, housed in a single pocket cartoon strip picture sleeve, the sleeve shows minor wear whilst the vinyl remains in Near Mint condition)
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