Regardless of what else is going on in the States today, there's one celebration that needs to be shouted louder than any other - Happy Birthday Paul Stanley!

Just been a KISS Kasket question on Channel 4′s Big Fat Quiz. Noel Fielding told a great story about dressing up as Gene as a kid and going backstage into the dressing room! Available  on C4 catchup.

Happy Christmas from KISSin' UK, looking forward to another year of The Hottest Band In The World. Have a good one!

Sara Cox played some KISS tonight on her 80's show. Good combination *-)

Happy Birthday to the great Bruce Kulick, 63 today!

We only had a day to wait after the announcement of the 2017 European Tour - KISS have announced that they will be playing 4 UK dates in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and at the O2 Arena in London in May!  Press release is below:-

TOUR ADDS
Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic and the UK
to
Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland

KISS, America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category, are pleased to announce further Arena shows across Europe in May 2017. Having already announced Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland, KISS now add Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic and the UK.

Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer slayed the USA across July, August and September 2016 with a SOLD OUT Arena tour. They heard the calls from their European fans and they return for the first time since 2015’s series of SOLD OUT Festival and Arena shows across Europe.

Hot on the heels of the bands 6th sold out KISS KRUISE. The KISS KRUISE Creatures of The Deep saw the KISS ARMY sail from Miami to Cozumel and Grand Cayman for six days of KISS mayhem from the 4th to the 9th November 2016. KISS KRUISE VII is set for 2017…

KISS are one of the most iconic and influential rock acts of all time. The band have released 44 albums and sold over 100 million records worldwide. Consummate live performers, the band’s illustrious career is marked by record breaking global tours. KISS across Europe in 2017 is not to be missed. Visit KISSONLINE.COM for information on Tickets and VIP Packages. 

Dates in black already announced. Further dates in red announced Tues 29th Nov 2016

Mon 1st May 2017 Olympiski, Moscow RUSSIA
Thurs 4th May 2017 Hartwell Arena, Helsinki FINLAND
Sat 6th May 2017 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm SWEDEN
Sun 7th May 2017 Spektrum, Oslo NORWAY
Tues 9th May 2017 Forum Horsens, Horsens DENMARK
Wed 10th May 2017 Scandinavium, Gothenburg SWEDEN
Fri 12th May 2017 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund GERMANY
Sat 13th May 2017 Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart GERMANY
Mon 15th May 2017 Pala Alpitour, Torino ITALY
Tues 16th May 2017 Unipol Arena, Bologna ITALY
Thurs 18th May 2017 Olympiahalle, Munich GERMANY
Sat 20th May 2017 BVV, Brno CZECH REPUBLIC
Sun 21st May 2017 Stadthalle, Vienna AUSTRIA
Tues 23rd May 2017 Festhalle, Frankfurt GERMANY
Wed 24th May 2017 Ahoy, Rotterdam HOLLAND
Sat 27th May 2017 SSE Hydro, Glasgow UK
Sun 28th May 2017 Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham UK
Tues 30th May 2017 Manchester Arena, Manchester UK
Wed 31st May 2017 o2 Arena, London UK

RUSSIA – presale 11.30am CET 29th Nov 2016. General onsale 10am CET 30th Nov 2016

FINLAND – General onsale 8am CET 5th Dec 2016

SWEDEN - presale 10am CET 29th Nov 2016. General onsale 9am CET 2nd Dec 2016

NORWAY - presale 10am CET 1st Dec 2016. General onsale 10am CET 2nd Dec 2016

DENMARK - presale 10am CET 30th Nov 2016

GERMANY - presale 10am CET 29th Nov 2016. General onsale 10am CET 2nd Dec 2016
www.eventim.de
ITALY - presale 9am CET 30th Nov 2016

CZECH REPUBLIC - General onsale 9am CET 2nd Dec 2016

AUSTRIA - presale 10am CET 1st Dec 2016. General onsale 10am CET 2nd Dec 2016

HOLLAND - presale 10am CET 1st Dec 2016. General onsale 10am CET 2nd Dec 2016

UK - presale 11.30am GMT 29th Nov 2016. General onsale 9am GMT 2nd Dec 2016
www.ticketmaster.co.uk 

KISS Online have announced the first dates of the 2017 Tour! Dates include Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland. As for the obvious question doing the rounds right now, just remember patience is a virtue...!

May 1, 2017 Olympiski, Moscow RUSSIA
May 4, 2017 Hartwell Arena, Helsinki FINLAND
May 6, 2017 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm SWEDEN
May 7, 2017 Spekrun, Oslo NORWAY
May 10, 2017 Scandinavium, Gothenburg SWEDEN
May 12, 2017 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund GERMANY
May 13, 2017 Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart GERMANY
May 18, 2017 Olympiahalle, Munich GERMANY
May 21, 2017 Stadthalle, Vienna AUSTRIA
May 23, 2017 Festhalle, Frankfurt GERMANY
May 24, 2017 Ahoy, Rotterdam HOLLAND

Exclusive KISS ARMY ticket and VIP Pre-Sales begin today. Times & dates vary by country. http://www.kissonline.com/tour

Incredibly it's 25 years since we lost the amazing Eric Carr. Hard to believe that so many years have passed, but Eric is still missed by many KISS fans and his legend holds strong to this day. Below is a great clip of him playing a solo & War Machine from Japan in 1988, RIP Eric.

Check out this video of Hotter Than Hell & Firehouse from the Kruise (no makeup) courtesy of paul14stanley on YouTube. https://youtu.be/prfkBQviU5Y