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TOURDATES
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KISS - 2010
May 1, 2010
Sheffield Arena Sheffield
May 2, 2010
Newcastle Arena Newcastle
May 4, 2010
Liverpool Arena Liverpool
May 5, 2010
LG Arena Birmingham
May 7, 2010
O2 Arena Dublin
May 9, 2010
SE+CC Glasgow
May 10, 2010
Manchester Arena Manchester
May 12, 2010
Wembley Arena London
May 13, 2010
Wembley Arena London
May 16, 2010
Hallenstadion Zurich
May 17, 2010
Geneva Arena Geneva
May 18, 2010
Mediolanum Forum Milan
May 20, 2010
Stadhalle Vienna
May 21, 2010
Cez Arena Ostrava
May 23, 2010
O2 Arena Prague
May 25, 2010
Leipzig Arena Leipzig
May 26, 2010
O2 World Berlin
May 28, 2010
Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena Budapest
May 29, 2010
Bratislava Stadium Bratislava
May 31, 2010
Colorline Arena Hamburg
June 1, 2010
Koenig Pilsner Arena Oberhausen
June 4, 2010
Rock am Ring
June 5, 2010
Rock im Park
June 8, 2010
Lerkendal Open Site Trondheim
June 10, 2010
Sauna Rock Tampere
June 12, 2010
Stockholm Stadium Stockholm
June 13, 2010
Malmo Stadium Malmo
June 14, 2010
Valhall Oslo
June 16, 2010
Gigantium Aalborg
June 18, 2010
Gelredome Arnhem
June 20, 2010
Hellfest Clisson
June 22, 2010
Palacio De Los Deportes Madrid
June 24, 2010
Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona
June 25, 2010
Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria
June 27, 2010
Graspop Festival
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February 5th 2010
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The February issue of “Bateria Total” a Spanish Drum Magazine features Eric on the Cover.. check it out.
Thanks to www.kissarmyspain.com for the pics.
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January 27th 2010
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Here are some behind the scenes pictures from KISS on Wall Street at The New York Stock Exchange where KISS rang the closing bell. We were there to promote the 125th Anniversary of Dr. Pepper and promote our upcoming Super Bowl Commercial that will air at the 2:00 min. timeout of the first half.
All photos by Hab Haddad
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January 26th 2010
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Check out this clip of KISS at the New York Stock Exchange today with the CEO of Dr. Pepper!
Here's KISS ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange today!
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January 21st 2010
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 2010 Indianapolis KISS Expo March 21st Special Guest Eric Singer!
Get A Life Inc presents the 2010 Indianapolis KISS Expo. Get ready for another great KISS Expo! The 2009 Indianapolis KISS Expo will be held Sunday March 21th from 1:00PM to 7:00PM (12:00PM for VIP holders)
Ramada Inn East (Formerly Holiday Inn East, same location as always just new name.)
6990 East 21st St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
For hotel rooms - call 317-359-5341 and ask for the special KISS Expo rate!
Cutoff for the special rate is February 20th.
You do not want to miss this KISS Expo! This will probably be another year of very few KISS related Expos.
Special guest KISS drummer Eric Singer is fresh off touring around the world on the Alive 35 Tour for over 1.7 million fans! Eric is making a special appearance at the Indianapolis KISS Expo before he takes off again with KISS on their upcoming Sonic Boom World Tour! Eric will do a Q/A and be available for photos and autographs throughout the day.
Special performance by tribute band Mr. Speed! Alright Indy…last year’s expo was Hotter Than Hell. This year we’re showing up and we’ll be Dressed To Kill! That’s right. The 1975 release of “Dressed to Kill” will be performed from front to back. All of the classic tracks that we grew up with and still rocked out to on KISS’ Alive 35 and Sonic Boom tour will be performed just for you. And speaking of Sonic Boom, as an added bonus MR.SPEED will perform more than half of this killer release in celebration of the first KISS album in 11 years. Indianapolis and KISS with MR.SPEED…it’s a rock and roll party!
Children 12 and under get in free! KISS merchandise and collectibles will be on sale throughout the day. There will be giveaways and contests too. Limited Edition Eric Singer VIP Ticket get in one hour early and get a limited edition Eric Singer laminate, Got To Choose Trivia Card Game and Alive 35 World Tour Poster for $35 only 50 available! VIP ticket holders will be able to get in one hour early (12pm) and get a FREE Got To Choose KISS trivia card game! VIP tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Regular admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Due to the economy this year there will not be many KISS Expos, so don't miss out on one of the best ones held every year in Indianapolis. For vendor information contact us at:sstierwalt@getalifeinc.com
For more info keep checking www.kissarmywarehouse.com
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January 19th 2010
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I attended the 2010 NAMM show this past saturday.
I did my usual signing session @ Zildjian and stopped by to say hi to PEARL, ddrum & Attack Drumheads...
Always good to catch up with the companies that support me and old friends to.
Here is a picture from the show with some good friends
Left to right:
Damon Johnson,Tommy Clufetos,Derek St. Holmes,ES,Greg Smith and Michael Cartellone
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January 11th 2010
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 ON TOUR WITH KISS IN MINNEAPOLIS
Something for the Weekend
- THE SUN - UK
By Matt Silk
THIS week SFTW goes to Minneapolis to meet rock legends Kiss. We hang out with God Of Thunder Gene Simmons and experience their Alive 35 tour, celebrating the three and a half decades since they first emerged - an explosive taster of what the UK can expect this spring.
"Go ahead, touch it - I won't tell anyone..." I'm in a Minneapolis hotel room with a true rock legend, the fire-breathing, bloodspitting demon bassist of Kiss - Gene Simmons. And the man they call the God Of Thunder, who claims to have slept with more than 5,000 women, is inviting me to squeeze his thigh.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the first to have heard that line.
No cause for concern though. Iron-thighed Gene, 60, is proudly demonstrating the condition he needs to be in for the gruelling extravaganza which is the Kiss live experience.
The Alive 35 tour celebrates three-and-a-half decades since this incredible outfit first emerged from New York city.
"We're gladiators in the arena. There's a physicality to what we do that nobody does," says Gene.
"When you hit that stage, the adrenalin hits your veins, you physically become bigger and thicker. I become stronger and less susceptible to pain. But I come off-stage and I'm black and blue from the armour I wear banging in to me."
The 16,000-odd fans who packed out the city's Target Arena the previous night -- many of them in their teens and early twenties and a fair few sporting make-up while tottering on 7-inch stack heels -- wouldn't be surprised by Gene's battle scars. They're probably still recovering themselves.
Kiss's show has always been the stuff of rock folklore - with ridiculous levels of fireworks, flame and confetti, set-pieces including vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley gliding on a zip-wire from the stage into the middle of the arena, Gene flying up to the gantry and Tommy Thayer's rocketfiring guitar.
Despite a muddled post-Seventies history of line-up shuffles and direction changes, this is THE Kiss experience rock fans my age grew up dreaming of witnessing. Except... except it's probably even better than it was back then, even more of a spectacle -- and those classic songs have never sounded better. An extraordinary achievement after all these years.
Among all the rock 'n' roll fantasy on stage, there's a new element -- all four are clearly having a whale of a time up there. Gene says: "If God gives you the opportunity to be Gene Simmons -- what the f*** are you gonna do with that? Are you going to quit after ten years because you have all the money and chicks you could ever need? Or are you gonna ride that pony and see how fast it will go until it drops?"
Paul adds: "We do have fun and that's the difference. We also have a lot of pride when we're up there. We have a good time and really enjoy each other and that's, er, new!"
The singer is referring to bad times that came shortly after the 1996 reunion of the band's original line-up, marking the return of drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley after nigh on 16 years.
Paul says: "From there it was really downhill. There's magic in people seeing the original line-up but, outside that, if you listened to it objectively, it grew old quickly."
Paul and Gene were watching a re-run of the late Seventies, as drink, drugs and egos tore the band apart again, leading to their farewell tour in 2000.
"All of the b******t we had to go through with the drugs and booze and lack of self-esteem that Ace and Peter had just sucked the life out of us," says Gene.
"It's been a thorn in my side for a long time. Even the phrase sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll -- what a loser's phrase that is! Why isn't it just sex and rock 'n' roll? How did drugs become cool?
"You can't win a marathon high, you just can't. Don't get me started, it makes me furious."
Some old-school fans have a hard time accepting the line-up now, seeing it as Gene and Paul with two hired hands (despite drummer Eric Singer having been on board for 17 years and guitarist Tommy for nine). You only have to see the chemistry between the four, on and off-stage, to realise that is not the case.
Paul says: "Hired hands? Ridiculous. That does the band such a disservice. The truth is, when I have questions most of the time I go to Tommy, not Gene. When I want feedback I go to the others.
"And anybody who thinks we could have made (new album)Sonic Boom with another line-up is out of their mind."
Ah, Sonic Boom. A blistering and long, long overdue return to form for what, for a good few years in the Seventies, was the biggest rock band in the world.
The new album's success (it entered the US chart at No 2) will see more new tracks included in the live set by the time Kiss arrive in the UK for their spring tour.
Old Blighty holds a special place in the band's hearts and the feeling is mutual -- extra dates have been added after the initial Wembley and Glasgow shows sold out.
Paul says: "I'm an Anglophile and the roots of everything I do are there. Led Zeppelin came out of there -- what more do you need? That makes it the Holy Land!
"Whatever we did there in 2008, which was damned good, is dwarfed compared to what we're doing now. You ain't seen nothing yet. Not because the show is that much bigger but because WE'RE that much bigger. We're pretty lethal - and proudly so.
"We're that much surer in our boots - and these are big boots."
They certainly are.
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January 6th 2010
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Here´s a cool Clip of Eric with Alice in 1990
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January 5th 2010
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 JOURNEY OF THOUSANDS SHOTS… MUSIC FOR YOUR EYES!
by Barbara Caserta
The “Alive 35 World Tour” is over… Kiss delivered the goods in front of 1,5 million people, between die-hard fans and… young-hard fans! Me and Fabio were lucky (and dynamic) enough to be proudly part of the most fantastic Rock Circus on earth once again, in Europe last year, and most recently in the USA, for 4 Californian awesome shows… read more
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January 5th 2010
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KISS will be featured on this evening's ABC News program NIGHTLINE. The award-winning news program goes on-tour with the iconic rock band and offers viewers a sneak-peak in to the musical and marketing genius that is KISS.
NIGHTLINE airs nationally on ABC at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT.
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January 2nd 2010
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 One of Eric´s Pearl Promo Posters can be seen in the Movie “Jennifer´s body”
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January 1st 2010
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Happy New Year 2010 to Everyone.
We'll see you on the road again very soon. Peace on Earth, Love to All
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News Archives
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ERIC SINGER
ALL ACCESS TO DRUMMING
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LIVE AT THE MARQUEE
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LIVE IN JAPAN
CD
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