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ROCK ICONS PAUL STANLEY and DON FELDER formerly of THE EAGLES to appear at ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY CAMPS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION in LOS ANGELES, JUNE 23-26,  2016

Over the course of four music filled days, attendees will be placed into bands led by rock star counselors including Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) and many more. Musicians will hone their stage presence, learn to play some of classic rock’s greatest songs, get tips on playing as a band and hear stories of life on the road from their rock star counselors. Attendees will also attend master classes and jams rooms with these renowned musicians and then perform live with their band in front of a packed house at the infamous Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip.

For more than 30 years, Paul Stanley has reigned supreme as one of the single-most recognizable front men in the history of rock and roll. Stanley single-handedly penned such rock and roll anthems as "Love Gun," "God of Thunder", "Black Diamond" and wrote the timeless celebratory battle cry "I Want To Rock and Roll All Night And Party Everyday". He was the golden throat that throttled "Detroit Rock City," the charismatic swagger behind "I Was Made For Lovin’ You," and stripped of makeup, was the unmasked troubadour that breathed vocal life into the ballads "Reason to Live," "Forever" and "Every Time I Look At You." Stanley designed and created the iconic KISS logo which 40 years on remains universally recognized as one of the greatest logos of the 20th century.

As the headliner at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, attendees will jam with Stanley at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp facility, as well as at the legendary Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.

There's a nice article about the growth of themes cruises over on the BBC website, almost completely dedicated to the KISS Kruise!

"Every autumn Kiss hire a huge cruise liner to sail around the Caribbean for a week with 2,300 of their diehard fans. This year will be their sixth voyage, or Kiss Kruise VI.

The band perform two shows on the ship, and fans get to meet and hang out with the four band members.

There are 13 bars on board, plus 12 restaurants, a swimming pool, a gym, a spa, a casino, an indoor theatre and a tattoo parlour for getting a new Kiss ink work."

Read the whole article here. Thanks to Nige for the info.

Thanks to HeavyCon we have an amazing Meet & Greet with Gene Simmons for 2 people to give away to help us celebrate our forthcoming 20th birthday!

Not only that but the winner will also receive 2 gold tickets for the 1st October worth £130 each. This will also allow you to gain access into TeamRock enclosure with other artists to meet throughout the day.

For full instructions please visit https://www.kissinuk.com/cms/heavycon

Happy 40th Birthday to KISS Destroyer! Never has an album had so many amazing tracks that still sound great so many years later, without doubt KISS and Bob Ezrin at their best.

Detroit Rock City - King of the Night Time World - God of Thunder

Great Expectations - Flaming Youth - Sweet Pain - Shout It Out Loud

Beth - Do You Love Me? - Sweet Pain

We have a fantastic competition coming very shortly to tie in with both HeavyCon happening in October as well as our 20th Birthday later this year(!). In the meantime we have an awesome 20% discount off your tickets

As mentioned previously Gene will be appearing at HeavyCon in October, signing autographs on Saturday 1st October and doing something really special on the Sunday.

To get your 20% discount just enter HeavyCon1 into the voucher code box over at http://heavycon.co.uk, easy! Note this is off the ticket price only, not from any booking fees.

Checkout this great new Paul Stanley interview about Soul Station from Leo Quinones. Big thank you to Leo for sending it through. 

Gene Simmons will be appearing at Heavy Con in London on September 30th onwards. He will be interviewed in the main auditorium, then will do a meet-and-greet with Black ticket holders before heading over to the signing hall for a quick autograph session.

According to their site "He’s also going to be doing something REALLY special with us on the Sunday – if you would like to be the first to find out what this is, sign up to the newsletter below and we’ll make sure you’re at the top of the queue…".

More info over at http://heavycon.co.uk/

There's a new Dead Daisies book about their 2015 tour on Kickstarter, it includes some great photos from their tour with KISS. It's a very cool project, I've been lucky enough to see some of the pages and they are fantastic, developed by huge Daisies (and KISS) fan Mark Allison.

"In a year that proved to be groundbreaking for The Dead Daisies which included a line-up of David Lowy (Mink/Red Phoenix), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake), John Corabi (Motley Crue/The Scream), Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses/Psychedelic Furs), Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne/Billy Idol) and Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses/Hookers and Blow), 2015 was a pivotal year for the band. Starting with a historic visit to Cuba, this was followed by recording the bands second album 'Revolución'. The tours that followed took the band to many corners of the world either as headliners or playing big arenas with KISS, Whitesnake and Judas Priest. In addition they played the Download Festival in the UK for the first time.

This book covers all the achievements of 2015 starting from the visit to Cuba through to the final concert in Tel Aviv in December. There are loads of great photographs, artwork and reviews, stories and quotes from members of the band, fans and music publications. There are also many fans pictures throughout the book."

Dead Daisies Kickstarter

Ace Frehley has announced that his long awaited covers album will be released on April 15th. 'Origins Vol 1' features 12 covers including the biggest surprise of all - a version of Fire And Water with none other than Paul Stanley on lead vocals! You can pre-order on iTunes which will allow you to download White Room immediately (US only for now).

1. “White Room” (Cream)
2. “Street Fighting Man” (Rolling Stones)
3. “Spanish Castle Magic” (Jimi Hendrix) feat. John 5
4. “Fire and Water” (Free) feat. Paul Stanley
5. “Emerald” (Thin Lizzy) feat. Slash
6. “Bring It On Home” (Led Zeppelin)
7. “Wild Thing” (The Troggs) feat. Lita Ford
8. “Parasite” (KISS) feat. John 5
9. “Magic Carpet Ride” (Steppenwolf)
10. “Cold Gin” (KISS) feat. Mike McCready
11. “Till The End of the Day” (Kinks)
12. “Rock and Roll Hell” (KISS)

Paul briefly mentioned the collaboration on Badlands' Morning Crash earlier today.

Last week Italian site ComingSoon.it announced that the European tour this year has been cancelled. (Google translated) "With deep regret that we receive the news of the cancellation of all the European tour by KISS , then also the date on June 3rd on the stage of the GODS OF METAL 2016."

The article was pulled, and then re-appeared with no official announcement being made. Since then the German dates have also been cancelled and the dates have all been pulled from KISS Online. However, there has still been no official announcement so nobody outside of the band knows what is going on regardless of some of the rumours that have spread elsewhere, it's possible that things have just been rescheduled to allow for a full US tour.