“I don’t even know if the entire band’s gonna be there”: Gene Simmons says Kiss’s upcoming Vegas event “ain’t a concert”
Fans heading to Kiss’s upcoming Vegas event would do well to know that it “ain’t a concert,” according to Gene Simmons, who recently admitted that he isn’t even sure if the full band will be there.
Speaking to Rob Rush of New York’s 94.3 The Shark radio station, the bassist – who recently postponed 17 dates of his upcoming solo tour – discusses the three-day Kiss Army Storms Vegas event set to take over Virgin Hotels Las Vegas from 14 to 16 November.
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While the name may conjure images of pyrotechnics, platform boots, and makeup-clad rock theatrics, Simmons says this event is something entirely different.
“This is much more a fan gathering,” he explains [via Blabbermouth]. “The Kiss Army… are taking over the Virgin Hotel and we will show up, but I don’t even know if the entire band’s gonna be there.”
“I know Paul [Stanley] and I are gonna be there, and Tommy [Thayer]. [Former Kiss guitarist] Bruce Kulick probably will show up, and we’ll jam, answer questions and stuff. It ain’t a concert – we’re gonna do none of that stuff.”
Simmons adds that he “may even bring my solo band up there just for [shits] and giggles. So this is more a fan event, like a fan gathering that we’re gonna be guests at.”
The event – which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Kiss’s fan club – also marks the band’s first public performance together since concluding their End of the Road farewell tour in December 2023. The tour was heavily promoted as the final chapter of Kiss’s live career, with their Madison Square Garden gig described as “the final Kiss-in-makeup appearance.”
In March, Simmons told Las Vegas Review-Journal that while there is no massive production planned for Kiss Army Storms Vegas, he and his bandmates will “get up and do some tunes,” though “what they are, how long, I don’t know.”
“We will hold true to the promise [of never playing another Kiss show in makeup],” said the musician. “There’s no stage show. There’s no crew. We won’t have 60 people levitating drum sets and all that stuff.”
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