29th August 2003 News
EditorFor the time being, please send and KISS related news to Dan@kissinuk.com
26th August 2003 Symphony
DVD
BMG
over in Holland have released an e-card regarding an official
launch party for the KISS Symphony DVD. The link below should
open a website along with the Shockwave card, Joop has included
a translation below.
Click
here to launch the Symphony e-card
[From: Joop van Pelt / KISS Kollector]
All details for the official launch party to celebrate the upcoming release of the "Symphony" 2-DVD
have been worked out, so you'll find the e-card with all info here. As the info on the card is in Dutch,
here's a quick translation of the most important details. The party, as organized by the Dutch
record company (BMG) along with the Dutch fanclub (KISS Kollector Fanclub) will take place on
September 4 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam (Holland). Entrance is free, and obviously not
only fans from Holland are welcome - that's why we would like as many fans as possible to know
about this great party. Starting at 21.00 hours (9 pm), the party's main feature will be the exclusive
screening of the entire "Symphony" DVD including all extra's. Although the official release date
overhere is September 8, you can already buy the DVD that night too. If you show up in KISS make
up you'll even get a huge discount of 10 euro! And if that's not enough: by showing up in
make up, you'll also make a chance to win a VIP treatment for a concert on the European leg of tour next
year. And we'll be giving away a Paul Stanley Silvertone guitar. We'll also be screening the
awesome VH1 special "KISS: Beyond The Makeup", and the four Girls of KISS will be at hand too.
So, make sure you'll come over to the Amsterdam Hard Rock Cafe on September 4 and be the first
to see and buy the "Symphony" DVD.
KISS
on cover of Metal Heart magazineKISS graces the cover of the September issue of Germany's rock/metal magazine Metal Heart, and they're even on the backcover as there's a full page ad for the Symphony Ailve IV album on the back. The coverstory is a 5 page article, including an interview with Gene Simmons plus a review of the double live album and a review of Gene's newest book Sex Money KISS
Dressed
To Kill websiteHi, just to let everyone know, Dressed To Kill have a new website which is now up and running.
http://www.geocities.com/d2kalive
Check it out.
KISS
Forever Band dates STAR
MANSTAR MAN : The right hand man of rock'n'roll
You may not know the Star Man, but you know his clients: Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Cher, George Michael, Kiss... For thirty years Michael Francis has worked with the biggest names in the music industry, as a bodyguard, fixer, confidante and friend.
KISS
A band of amazing stature, Kiss have got one hell raising reputation to sustain, and as Michael has seen first hand, there's no smoke without fire, even if it is staged by a pyro team!
But what's life really like on the road with four middle aged men in make-up? Where does hype end and business begin? Who are the smart guys that drive the Kiss phenomenon? Is it true about Gene and those thousands of girls? How spaced out is 'The Space Ace', and who's the face behind the make up if it isn't him? What happened the night Ace got shot and Michael found a SWAT team outside his hotel room?
STAR MAN : The Right Hand Man of Rock'n'Roll will be available in hardback in the UK from 1st September 2003 priced £16.99. Published by Simon and Schuster. Visit the official website to pre-order your copy.
http://www.starmanthebook.com
info@starmanthebook.com
20th August 2003 Hotter
Than Hell - first gigs
The
newest UK KISS Tribute, Hotter Than Hell have just announced
their very first gigs. They are in late November, full details
can be found by visiting the Hotter than Hell page.
Click here to see the current Hotter Than Hell gigs
18th August 2003 DTK
Scottish Dates[From:
Dressed To Kill]
Dressed To Kill will play the following Scottish gigs next month:
Friday 12th September - Dundee 'Reading Rooms
Saturday 13th September - Glasgow 'Renfrew Ferry'
Tickets are on sale now! See you all there
KISS / Aerosmith reportClick here to read Amabel's Cincinnati report.
Jean Simmons & Gene Simmons
The
following articles have appeared in The Mirror and M Celebs
magazine over the past could of weeks. Thanks to Dan bach and my
folks for the info.
From The Mirror:
"One is a delicate, elderly actress with a saintly image,
the other a wild, face-painted lizard-tongues heavy metal singer
with a passion for the ladies. But Guys And Dolls and Spartacus
star Jean Simmons and KISS frontman Gene Simmons are often
mistaken for one another, we learn.
Gene, 53, was in a Beverly Hills hotel recently when he was
called to the phone, whereupon an elderly gentleman started to
sing "Oh darling, oh darling," down the phone line
until Gene hung up.
It was worse when the 74-year old British actress came across
one of Gene's fans. She got a letter recently praising a concert
performance, especially the bit where "blood came out of
your mouth."
From M Celebs:-
"The US rockers have stuck their mugs on everything from
lunch boxes to pinball machines, but these cash-ins are bizarre
even by their standards. Amorous fans can now slip on a Kiss
Kondom with names like Love Gun Protection and - yuk - Tongue
Lubricated, inspired by Gene Simmons' 7in mouth snake. If that's
not mad enough, you can be buried in a £3000 refrigerated Kiss
Coffin, which doubles as a minibar while you're alive."
Shout It Out Loud on Kerrang!Kerrang! seem to be making it hard to vote for "Shout It Out Loud" with little advertising of it's video number. However, I finally got to vote and see it last night. It was well worth the £1 phone call! For those who don't know, it's video number 902...Get dialling!
KISS on RI:SE again!
8th August 2003 RI:SE
To It!
...and
didn't Ash from Dressed To Kill have good reason to RI:SE To It
after he had the lurvely Kate Lawler playing with
his hair live on RI:SE! Dressed To Kill's Ash & Danny were
invited onto the show as special guests and done their part in
keeping KISS in the UK public eye. In Ash's own words:-
"We were treated like Kings, and were given the opportunity to be seen by 4-700,000 peopl! How grateful are We???? We were, and are
constantly in a unique position, and owe a debt of gratitude to everyone that keeps turning out to
support us. We therefore HAVE to do our duty, not simply to ourselves, but to as many others as is
possible. 'RI:SE' is doing a great job of doing some serious KISS Army flag-waving- testament to the
open mindedness of the production team as much as anything else. Iain needs to be rewarded
somehow." (presenter Iain Lee is a massive KISS fan).
5th August 2003 Dressed
To Kill on RI:SE!Set your video recorders for 7am until 9am Wednesday cuz U MIGHT just see Ash (Paul) and Danny (Ace) of DRESSED TO KILL appearing on Channel 4's breakfast show 'RI:SE', hosted by Massive KISS fan Iain Lee, and Big Brother winner Kate Lawler. It looks like there's going to be a 3 or 4 minute 'slot', to include an interview with Ash and Danny in Full make-up and Clobber at some point in the show, and as is ever the way with such programmes, anything else could happen..
So dont miss it!
3rd August 2003 Opening
night set list...Detroit Rock City
Deuce
Shout It Out Loud
King Of The Night Time World
Do You Love Me?
Let Me Go Rock 'n Roll
Firehouse
I Love It Loud
I Want You
God Of Thunder
100,000 Years
Black Diamond
Beth
Rock And Roll All Night
