The Las Vegas Sun has announced a few pieces of KISS news this week, including confirmation of the US KISS/Motley Crue tour this summer (due to be officially announced this week). Other details are as follows:-

• On April 1, in full makeup, they will be back in Las Vegas arriving on the red carpet in a Monster truck to present Best Vocal Group at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
• On April 2, they’ll perform in New Orleans at the NCAA Final Four game.
• On April 9, they’ll perform two songs on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. (Don’t think Las Vegas resident Gladys Knight will samba to the songs.)
• In one month, they start filming a KISS movie with Mark Johnson of the “Narnia” films producing.
• In May, Season 9 of Gene’s “Family Jewels” begins and a 10th renewal looks definite for filming this fall for 2013.
• Their nearly three-month dual headline tour with Motley Crue starts July 19 and includes a stop here, as we reported in a Vegas DeLuxe interview with Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil.
• This fall, they’ll host yet another of their weeklong KISS-abean cruises in the Bahamas over Halloween with thousands of fans already booked.