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Navigation News Fan Buzz Band Member Buzz Tour VIP Kiss Army Letters History Media Music Videos Photos Links Kiss Shop Join The Kiss Army Login Join The Kiss Mailing List Facebook Instagram Twitter Amazon Apple Music Spotify Youtube Bands In Town Mailing List Join the Kiss Mailing List Sign Up05/13/2024 THIS DAY IN KISS TORY 1976 On this day in KISSTORY - May 13th, 1976 - We played our first ever UK show at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. The show before a sellout crowd of over 2500 was the beginning of our first European tour. In addition to shows in England, we performed in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Germany where the Scorpions were the opening act. The tour with a final show on June 6th at Ontmoetingscentrum in Harelbeke, Belgium. Gene recalls KISS’ first visit to England: "On the way over to our first English tour, I was struck by the notion that this was the Land Of The Beatles. To me, the English Kings and Queens never meant anything. I have always looked at it as an archaic and rather silly posturing about past glories. But as cultural oddities, I suppose it had its own innocence. Still, I was nervous to set foot on Holy Ground. We got off the jet in full makeup and the fotogs were waiting for us. We came through customs and jumped on street cars at the airport for foto ops. I was aware it was drizzly and grey. I was hoping that would change in the next few days to sunshine. It didn’t. Read More 05/12/2024 Happy Birthday Eric Singer! Happy Birthday to the amazing Eric Singer! Read More 05/12/2024 Happy Mothers Day! Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful Moms out there! Thanks to Emerson Deuschl for sharing his art with us. Awesome! Read More 05/11/2024 THIS DAY IN KISS TORY 1978 On this day in KISSTORY - May 11, 1978 - Filming began on the KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park movie in California. Read More 05/10/2024 THIS DAY IN KISS TORY 1974 On this day in KISSTORY - May 10, 1974 - "Kissin’ Time" single was released in the US. "Nothin to Lose" is on the B-side. Read More 05/09/2024 This Day In KISS TORY 2008 On this day in KISStory - May 9, 2008 - We kicked off our massive Alive 35 European tour with a SOLD OUT show at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. The KISS Alive 35 European Tour stopped in 30 cities, drawing over 500,000 fans! OBERHAUSEN SET LIST IN ORDER: Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, Firehouse, Nothin’ To Lose (Eric lead vocals), C’Mon And Love Me, Parasite, She, Watchin’ You, Rock Bottom, 100,000 Years, Cold Gin, Let Me Go Rock ’N’ Roll, Black Diamond (Eric lead vocals), and Rock And Roll All Nite Encore: Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up, I Love It Loud (Gene split blood and flew to rafters), I Was Made For Lovin’ You, Love Gun (Paul flew to back of arena), and Detroit Rock City Check out this cool fan-made montage clip from the Vienna, Austria show of the Alive 35 Tour. Read More 05/08/2024 THIS DAY IN KISS TORY 2004 On this day in KISSTORY - May 8, 2004 - We opened the 59-date Rock The Nation Tour in Perth, Australia. Here’s Love Gun from the Washington, DC Rock The Nation Tour show. Read More 05/07/2024 Ultimate Classic Rock Ranks The KISS Live Albums By Matthew Wilkening / Ultimateclassicrock.com KISS’ first live album not only saved the struggling band’s career, it made them superstars. So it makes sense that the group has released many more live albums since that time. By early 1975 the facepaint-wearing foursome had built a reputation as a must-see live act, with a bombastic stage show featuring pyrotechnics, levitating drums and bassist Gene Simmons’ fire breathing, blood-spitting stunts. The only problem was that not nearly enough people were buying the group’s early studio albums, which didn’t convey the power and energy KISS was capable of unleashing onstage. With the band and their label in danger of bankruptcy, the double-live, expensive and very risky Alive! was released in September of 1975. The gamble paid off big time, with the album hitting the Top 10 and staying on the charts for over two years. The band became stars and headliners, and were able to expand on their fame with more polished studio albums such as Destroyer and Love Gun. But no matter what other changes KISS made - and over the years there were many, from lineups to musical styles to revealing their real faces and then later putting the facepaint back on - the live show was always the group’s calling card. If you count the two collections that came packaged in the recent box sets for Destroyer and 1982’s Creatures of the Night, KISS has now released 14 live albums - not counting the dozens of "instant live" sets they sold to fans attending nearly every show on their 2004, 2008 and 2010 tours, or the multiple longform concert home videos they have released over the years. By comparison, the now-retired group has to date released just 20 studio albums and told fans not to hold their breath for any more over a decade ago. Read the rest of the story HERE Read More 05/06/2024 Collecting KISS ! Thanks to Richard Reyes for sharing his Paul Stanley End Of The Road smashed guitar with us. AWESOME! What is your most prized KISS item, KISS ARMY? Show us at www.KISSOnline.com/letters Read More 05/05/2024 Happy Cinco De Mayo! Happy Cinco De Mayo! Read More More News Follow Kiss On Twitter Join Kiss On Facebook Watch Kiss On YouTube Join The Kiss Mailing List Upcoming Tour There are no tour dates currently listed. More Dates Kiss On Twitter Tweets by @KISSOnlineMailing List Sign Up Join! KLASSIC VIDEOS SEE MORE View All Videos » Photos photos|ga_id:16,number:100]PaulStanley.com GeneSimmons.com Eric-Singer.com TommyThayer.com Follow Kiss On Twitter Join Kiss On Facebook Watch Kiss On YouTube Join The Kiss Mailing List Copyright © KISS. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Support Site Map Designed and managed by: Epic Rights Powered by BubbleUp...