Saturday, July 18, 2009

KISS rocks 90,000 in Quebec City! (July 18)


UPDATE: We were just informed that the attendance for last night's show was 90,000!!!!!

By Kathleen Lavoie Le Soleil
Photo by Laetitia Deconinck
Translated for KISSonline by Jill Cataldo

After waiting for nine years, Quebec was clearly overdue for a visit from the infernal quartet, KISS. Tens of thousands of KISS Army soldiers descended to see their idols on Thursday. Large and small, men and women painted their faces and have donned their homemade costumes of the devil, the starchild, the spaceman and the cat-man, these comic characters were embodied by Gene Simmons (bass, vocals), Paul Stanley (vocals, guitar), Tommy Thayer (guitar) and Eric Singer (drums, vocals).

With KISS, as is always true, the show was never limited to the stage. At the beginning of the show, a platform descended from the ceiling on which the three guitarists arrived . The stage featured the classic KISS logo in white bulbs. And then there were the explosions, flames, smoke, fireworks, confetti ...

And oh yes! How can we forget the music! "From old-school rock to KISS," says Paul Stanley, who offered a few words in French before apologizing that he could not do more and to continue in English.

The guitarist did a great job in the role of master of ceremonies as well as rock star, shimmying in his black spandex, moving constantly, singing at full volume and jumping unrestrained in his platform boots!

For his part, Gene Simmons was difficult to ignore in a costume more like an armored winged bat than lycra...

Beyond the effects of some futuristic super heroes - a wriggling tongue, a guitar-bazooka, overpowering fire and blood - the band spent the first hour playing a majority of songs dating their first three albums and classics such as Rock and Roll All Nite, Shout It Out Loud, I Was Made For Lovin 'You and Detroit Rock City.

The show was strewn with solos from each musician and delirious fun on stage and elsewhere. "Quebec, your city is our second home," agreed Paul Stanley.

KISSmania hits Quebec (July 18)


KISS is featured on the cover of this week's Le Soleil Newspaper Special in Quebec.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Shannon Tweed at Ottawa's Bluesfest concert (July 17)



Former Ottawa resident and Playboy model Shannon Tweed cheers on her longtime partner Gene Simmons and the other members of KISS at the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Some pics from July 13th Montreal show (July 14)




New KISSonline is up (July 14)

The new improved KISSonline website is up! Could this mean album news is on the way?

Check it out here...

http://www.kissonline.com/

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Pics from July 11 Windsor Ont. show (July 12)

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Happy birthday Eric Carr (July 12)



On July 12 1950,the Fox was born.

Today he would have been 59,he is missed.

Brand new KISSonline coming next week (July 12)


ALL NEW KISSONLINE COMING NEXT WEEK!

Attention KISS Army!

We are excited to announce that we will be launching the new KISSONLINE early next week! The site will feature several new areas including:

ALL NEW KISS Kommunity Section
Klassic KISS videos
New KISS Kulture section
New Home Page layout ...and much, much more!

Most of content from the current KISSONLINE will automatically move over but if you have uploaded any photos, tattoos or artwork to the current KISSONLINE, we suggest that you download the images now so you can resubmit them to the new KISSONLINE next week. The new KISS Kommunity allows fans to upload both photos and videos to the site!

If you have not renewed your KISS Army membership and you want access to presale tickets, now is your chance!