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Note Shannon has since tweeted about this saying "Thanks for asking,Gene is fine,he was just tired & dehydrated fr TRYING 2 beat me in the Rally4Kidswith Cancer! Vacation is not his thing."

From TMZ:
Gene Simmons was spotted leaving Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. today after he fainted at LAX yesterday. Sources close to Simmons tell TMZ he hit his head after fainting and was rushed to the hospital. He suffered a cut on his forehead and, after tests were run, sources tell us the doctors concluded it was just dehydration.

He was released today. We actually got Gene out Saturday night and he was in good spirits

Full story over at TMZ here.

Peter Criss has taken part in the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in New Jersey. KISS Asylum have posted some great pictures (the one to the right is theres) please visit their site for more details. The following article was posted on app.com, big thanks to Marie for pointing it out.

For Peter Criss, former drummer of the rock band "Kiss," who found out he had male breast cancer and was treated in 2008, the annual walk is a living example that when people pull together for a cause they can figuratively move mountains.

"This is like Woodstock, and we're all here to find a cure for one thing, and that's cancer," said Criss, 64, the Brooklyn-born musician who now lives in Wall. "It's so strong when so many people get together for one thing. God bless you all for coming today, and being part of something that is greater than all of us."

Criss said he reacted the same way most men react when told they have breast cancer.

"I didn't think men got breast cancer," Criss said. "When you think of men, you think of them getting heart attacks or prostate cancer, and they don't get breast cancer.

Criss, who was fortunate to have his cancer diagnosed and treated in its early stages last year, joined an American Cancer Society fundraising team called "Bosom Buddies: Twin Peaks" that this year has raised an estimated $20,935 for cancer research.

Genesimmons.com has again been targeted by hackers, this time they weren't happy with the response he posted up on his site saying how the FBI were on the case and that he had pictures.

Gene's site was temporarily pointed to The Pirate Bay as well as undergoing a DOS attack, seems like he's pissed off a few too many geeks this time.

The following article appeared in The Guardian:

Never one to bite his tongue (sorry), the public face of Kiss, its bassist Gene Simmons, has become the latest target of assiduous online attackers, Anonymous.

Two of Simmons' official websites, SimmonsRecords.com and GeneSimmons.com, have been hit by the group of activists as an apparent reprisal for insisting that musicians should be far more aggressive in the pursuit of illicit filesharers. The Anonymous group, linked umbilically to influential online forum 4Chan, have forced several websites linked to copyright-protection bodies offline in recent weeks.

The offending comments were made by Simmons on a panel about building a successful entertainment brand. He said on Tuesday: "Make sure your brand is protected. Make sure there are no incursions. Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars. Don't let anybody cross that line.

"The music industry was asleep at the wheel, and didn't have the balls to sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded material. And so now we're left with hundreds of thousands of people without jobs. There's no industry."

Just 3 More Weeks...
 
KISS fans, and collectors the time is almost here! This Halloween the KISS Army will once again unite at the '2010 Atlanta KISS Expo and Rock
'n' Roll Convention.' Fellow KISS fans, and collectors will come in from around the world to experience one of the best KISS weekends around.
Come join us for what looks to be one of our best shows ever! Lots of surprizes! For more details check out our website: www.kreaturesofthesouth.com Don't miss it!

A few people have mentioned this recently, the latest advert from, er, McCain has a couple of kids wearing KISS shirts, Gene must be so proud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCuuep4JNwU

Kevin Curtis has just sent me a review of the Guitar Hero event last week in London.

Click here to read the review and see the pictures!

FIRST EVER GAMING GUITAR IS INDUCTED INTO THE HISTORIC HARD ROCK HALL OF FAME BY THE UK'S BIGGEST KISS FAN

To mark the launch of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the first ever gaming guitar has been inducted in to the legendary Hard Rock Hall of Fame by the UK's biggest Kiss Fan Kevin Curtis. A member of the world's longest running KISS tribute band, Kevin was on hand to unveil the guitar which was framed and signed by KISS front man and rock god, Gene Simmons. The gaming controller now sits alongside historic memorabilia from such rock royalty as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley, where Guitar Hero has taken its rightful place in the pantheon of rock music lore as part of the Hard Rock Hall of Fame.

"Guitar Hero is a rock n roll icon and has made an incredible impact on the music industry," added Marc Carey, Regional Sales & Marketing, Hard Rock Europe. "We are delighted to be part of the Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch and to be inducting such an influential piece of music and gaming memorabilia into our collection. Hard Rock owns over 79,000 pieces of authentic music memorabilia that are proudly displayed in our cafes, hotels and casinos around the world. I have no doubt that one of the brand-new guitar controllers signed by Gene Simmons will be a welcome addition."

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is available from 24th September on the Xbox 360(r) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation(r)3 computer entertainment system developed by Neversoft Entertainment as well as Wii(tm) from Vicarious Visions.  The new game invites all budding warriors of rock to join with their friends in an epic journey to save rock n' roll.  Featuring an impressive 90+ track set list, a totally redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller and a host of all-new gameplay features, living room legends and their friends can strum, drum and wail in the most immersive music videogame experience to date.

As you may have noticed a few days ago we were looking for a Gene fan to visit London this week. This was for a PR event being help on behalf of Activision to promote the new version of Guitar Hero featuring Gene doing a voice over. The PR company wanted someone to dress up as Gene and put a signed GH controller up on the wall of the Hard Rock Cafe in London. Kevin Curtis (forum moderator) was the "lucky" volunteer literally at the last minute! Sadly the "Gene" costume was actually an Ace costume but never mind, by all accounts Kev had a blast. The following article was on the Classic Rock website today (picture is also from there), I am currently awaiting some photos to publish here, hopefully tomorrow. Note that for the article Kev never actually said he was "in Dressed To Kill"! BTW, thanks also to Gary & Chris for offering to help with this.

From Classicrockmagazine.com:-

For the first time ever, a gaming guitar has been inducted into the Hard Rock Hall Of Fame. Today the game Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock is been officially launched – and it’s narrated by Gene Simmons. The Kiss bassist has signed one of the gaming guitars, which was unveiled by Kiss megafan Kevin Curtis. A member of Dressed To Kill, the world’s longest-running Kiss tribute band, celebrated the guitar’s induction in full Simmons make-up and costume, as pictured below.

The Coveroo competition is now closed, thanks to everyone who entered, we had a great response this time but a lot of people got the question about the name of the current US tour wrong! I now have a Coveroo case for my Nokia and can confirm they are very good quality and are made with original cases direct from the manufacturers. I will be in touch with the winners shortly.

Click here to see if you were a winner!