Gene Simmons: Kiss ‘Will Hold True to the Promise’ at Vegas Show

Gene
Simmons offered
more
details
about

Kiss‘ upcoming
performance
at
November’s Kiss
Army
Storms
Vegas event,
which
will
mark
their
first
show
since
their
farewell
tour
concluded
in
December
2023.

The
three-day
convention
will
take
place
from
Nov.
14
through
16
at
Virgin
Hotels
Las
Vegas
and include
an
unmasked,
electric
performance
by Simmons, Paul
Stanley and
unspecified
special
guests.
The
announcement
drew
sneers
from
fans
who have
grown
wary
of
Kiss’ multiple
farewell
tours,
but
Simmons
insisted
the performance
will
not invalidate
their
final
voyage.

“We
will
not
do
the
makeup.
We
will
hold
true
to
the
promise,”
Simmons
told
the


Las
Vegas
Review-Journal.
“There’s
no
stage
show.
There’s
no
crew.
We
won’t
have
60
people
levitating
drum
sets
and
all
that
stuff.
This
is
more
personal
gathering
of
the
tribes,
where
we
meet
them,
greet
them,
maybe
have
a
Q&A.”

Simmons
also
hinted
at
several
other
attractions
that
will
take
place
throughout
the
weekend.
“There
might
be
some
Kiss
tribute
bands,
almost
like
a
convention,
if
you
will,” he added.
“So
it’s
much
more
personal.
And
of
course,
we
can’t
get
by
without
playing,
so
we’ll
get
up
and
do
some
tunes.
What
they
are,
how
long,
I
don’t
know.”

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Gene
Simmons:
Kiss
Avatar
Show
Will ‘Blow
Away’
the
Sphere

Simmons
also elaborated
on
Kiss’
planned

avatar
show,
which was

previously
reported
to
be
debuting
in
Las
Vegas
in
2027.
The
singing
bassist would
neither
confirm
nor
deny
that
timeline
(“Nobody
wants
to
find
out
in
July
what
they’re
getting
for
Christmas”),
but
he
said the
show
will be
worth
the
wait
—
and
eclipse
Las
Vegas’
other
premier
concert
attraction,
the

Sphere.

“Without
taking
anything
away
from
[the
Sphere],
because
it’s
terrific
—
it
looks
like
they’ll

go
broke,
but
I
hope
not,
because
it’s
all
about
giving
people
excitement,”
Simmons
said. “But
our
Kiss
avatars,
with
the
name
being
a
placeholder,
is
gonna
blow
that
away.”

“Imagine
if
some
magic
happens,
and
you’re
thrown
into
another
realm,
another
dimension,
another
reality,
and
everything
that
you’re
aware
of
disappears,”
he
added.
“Oh,
it’s
great.
It’s
crazy.”