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Following the success and critical acclaim achieved by Bohemian Rhapsody, about Freddie Mercury and his rock band Queen—Hollywood is now churning out yet another film about the formation of the venerable hard rock band Kiss, in the 1970s. Meanwhile, former Disney Channel star Nick Jonas is close to signing a role in the movie.

With the film titled Shout It Out Loud, set to go into production at the end of 2025 or in early 2026, Deadline announced Nick Jonas’s potential role. Considering how the 32-year-old has proven his acting chops, apart from headlining in the sibling band The Jonas Brothers, he is said to star as Kiss lead singer.

Nick Jonas to play Paul Stanley in Shout It Out Loud

After rising to fame with Disney, alongside his sibling band The Jonas Brothers, the 32-year-old singer/actor Nick Jonas now seems to be planning on ditching pop for platform boots and face paint.

Nick Jonas, one of the famous siblings of the pop rock boy band The Jonas Brothers, has landed a role in the upcoming Kiss biopic. The artist is currently in negotiations to sign up for the musical project titled Shout It Out Loud, which is being directed by McG and written by Darren Lemke. Jonas is set to play Paul Stanley (known as the Starchild), Kiss' frontman, alongside Gene Simmons (a.k.a. the Demon).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, both Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are involved in the music biopic, which is under development with the team at Universal Music that controls the rights related to the rock band's music. Jody Gerson and Bruce Resnikoff have joined Polygram's David Blackman as producers. STX Entertainment is the backing studio behind Shout It Out Loud. Other producers include McG, Mark Canton, Doc McGhee, Leigh Ann Burton, and Mary Viola.

Nick Jonas will be rock and rolling all night, and partying every day, as Kiss singer Paul Stanley in the music biopic, Shout It Out Loud. Shout It Out Loud is set to be produced by STX Entertainment and it was reported months ago the studio is talking with Lionsgate to co-finance the project and distribute it worldwide. Darren Lemke (Shazam!) penned the most recent draft of the script. Charlie’s Angels and Terminator Salvation director McG will be helming this biopic. McG has also shown his dramatic prowess with the film We Are Marshall.

Deadline is reporting that Jonas brother, Nick Jonas, is looking to be putting on the face paint as Kiss frontman Paul Stanley for the film. The project was initially going to be set up at Netflix with Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tale) directing, but the project turned around to be put back on the market.

In film news we didn’t see coming, pop star Nick Jonas will play Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley in the upcoming biopic Shout It Out Loud.

Deadline reports that the Jonas Brothers singer-guitarist has been cast as the Kiss legend, and will do his own singing in the movie.

The film is being directed by McG, known for helming various music videos for artists like Korn, The Offspring, Sugar Ray, and Sublime, as well big-screen flicks such as Charlie’s Angels and Terminator Salvation, among others.

According to Deadline, McG is also looking to cast a big-name actor to play Kiss singer-bassist Gene Simmons, while there’s no word yet on who will portray guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss.

Back in 2023, it was reported that Shout It Out Loud would be released on Netflix in 2024, while news of the film first broke a couple years earlier in 2021. Now, Deadline...

In film news we didn’t see coming, pop star Nick Jonas will play Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley in the upcoming biopic Shout It Out Loud.

Deadline reports that the Jonas Brothers singer-guitarist has been cast as the Kiss legend, and will do his own singing in the movie.

The film is being directed by McG, known for helming various music videos for artists like Korn, The Offspring, Sugar Ray, and Sublime, as well big-screen flicks such as Charlie’s Angels and Terminator Salvation, among others.

According to Deadline, McG is also looking to cast a big-name actor to play Kiss singer-bassist Gene Simmons, while there’s no word yet on who will portray guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss.

Back in 2023, it was reported that Shout It Out Loud would be released on Netflix in 2024, while news of the film first broke a couple years earlier in 2021. Now, Deadline...

Another iconic rock band is getting the biopic treatment. Nick Jonas is set to star as KISSlead singer Paul Stanley in Shout It Out Loud. The project will be directed by action maven McG, in what will be the director's first biographical film since the 2006 sports drama We Are Marshall. Deadline reports that the film is expected to begin production in late 2025 or early 2026.

Jonas will reportedly do his own singing in the film, which will dramatize the formation and early years of the band before they became arena-rock legends. Jonas certainly has the experience to do so, having risen to fame with the Jonas Brothers band, and later performed solo, with his own band, Nick Jonas & the Administration, and on stage. However, he will apparently need some time to practice replicating Stanley's unique vocalizations. That will give McG time to cast bassist Gene Simmons, who will be the film's other lead character,...

Shout It Out Loud has found its Paul Stanley. The upcoming music biopic is set in the 1970s and follow the formation of the iconic rock band Kiss, who are known for their over-the-top stage presence and black-and-white makeup. The core members of the band and their onstage personas are Paul Stanley/Starchild (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons/Demon (bass and vocals), Ace Frehley/Spaceman (drums and vocals), and Peter Criss/Catman (lead guitar and vocals). The movie will be directed by McG (The Babysitter) and Darren Lemke (Gemini Man) wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay.

Per Deadline, Nick Jonas has been cast as Paul Stanleyin Shout It Out Loud. Jonas will reportedly perform the singing himself, and he will be undergoing training to replicate Stanley's vocals. Meanwhile, the search is still on for a star to portray iconic Kiss vocalist and bassist Gene Simmons, though...

Exclusive: Nick Jonas is near closed on a deal to star as Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley in Shout It Out Loud, the McG-directed film about the formation of the venerable hard rock band in the 1970s. The film will go into production at the end of the year or in early 2026, with STX fully financing. The most recent draft is by Darren Lemke. Previous drafts were done by Ole Sanders and the first writer of the script was William Herron.

I’m told that Jonas will do his own singing, and he’ll need time to train to replicate the jet-engine vocals of Stanley. Besides headlining in the sibling band The Jonas Brothers, Jonas has also proven his chops onscreen. His rise began with the 2016 toxic masculinity hazing drama Goat. He shone in the Mma series Kingdom, as a young gay man who grows up in a family...

Gene Simmons and his solo band kicked off their 2025 tour with gigs in Georgia and Kentucky, albeit the first was cut short due to weather.

Simmons and company only made it through six songs at the tour kickoff show on Friday (May 2nd) at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City, Georgia. The setlist opened with two Kiss classics, “Duece” and “Shout It Out Loud,” and Gene later ran through a cover of Van Halen’s “House of Pain” before the gig was called off due to heavy rain.

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The following night went better, with Simmons’ band running through the full setlist at the Beaver Dam Amphitheater in Kentucky. The first six songs remained the same, with Simmons also throwing in covers of Motörhead (“Ace of Spades”), Thin Lizzy (“Bad Reputation”), and The Beatles (“And Your Bird Can Sing”). The rest of set was...

As Alex Van Halen told Rolling Stone last fall, a tour reuniting the drummer and David Lee Roth didn’t come to fruition after Eddie Van Halen’s death in 2020. But at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland, Saturday night, Van Halen fans were accorded the next best thing: Roth’s return to the stage after five years, playing a set comprised completely of songs from his former band.

Other than a corporate gig for Home Depot in 2023, the last time most people saw Roth onstage was more than five years ago,...

Karl Cochran, a veteran rock guitarist who collaborated with Kiss and played with singer Joe Lynn Turner, among others, was killed in a tragic car accident involving his 90-year-old mother on Wednesday morning (February 19th) in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

According to MyCentralJersey.com, the 61-year-old Cochran was a passenger in the car, and was ejected when the 2015 Subaru Legacy his mother Arna was driving struck a tree while backing up in a front yard. Cochran was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he died from his injuries.

Cochran was a member of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley’s solo band in the 1990s, and co-wrote the Kiss song “Into the Void” with Frehley on the band’s 1998 reunion album Psycho Circus. He was also a member of The Eric Singer Project, featuring the longtime Kiss drummer.

In addition to his associations with Kiss musicians,...

The M3 Rock Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup, headlined by David Lee Roth and a partial Ratt reunion featuring original members Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini.

The three-day fest is set for May 2nd through the 4th at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Three-day passes and VIP packages go on sale Friday (January 31st) at noon Et via Ticketmaster.

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Dlr will be playing his first public gig since supporting Kiss in March 2020, although he did play a pair of private Las Vegas corporate events in 2023. The booking officially answers any lingering questions regarding his vague claims of retirement from a few years ago.

Meanwhile, Pearcy and DeMartini will be taking the stage together once again, running through a set of Ratt classics. The performance will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s Invasion of Your Privacy LP.

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After a delay, Family Guy is finally returning, with Season 23 premiering on Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. It will debut at 8 pm Et / Pt, which has long been The Simpsons' time slot, per TheWrap. Rounding out the two-hour block will be Grimsburg Season 2, The Great North Season 5, and Krapopolis Season 2.

The new episode will be a riff on Top Gun, with Peter playing Maverick as he mourns the death of Goose (Joe). His relationship with Charlie (Lois) is explored along with his son, Rooster (Chris). Given Family Guy's winning record with spoofs on beloved movies, expect this one to be a classic.

The show recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, despite being canceled twice since its series premiere on Jan. 31, 1999.

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Just a few weeks back, it was reported that The Simpsons would lose its coveted Sundays at 8 pm Et / Pt time slot, and would be moved to Wednesday nights.

2025 is going to see massive scheduling changes to beloved animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Family Guy.

The new year has arrived, and so have some major changes to Fox’s Animation Domination programming block. Per Comicbook.com, Family Guy will take over The Simpsons’ time slot when the series’ 23rd season premieres this February. The swap was revealed in a Jerry O’Connell preview.

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Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy will return to Adult Swim's programming in 2025 after a three-year absence from the network.

While not officially confirmed, Family Guy will likely take the 8:00 Pm Est time slot starting Sunday at the beginning of February. This marks the official premiere of the 23rd season of the series, not including the two holiday specials "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" and "Gift of the White Guy," airing in October and November 2024. Alongside Family Guy, other animated series,...

Kiss legend Gene Simmons has announced a brief run of Spring 2025 US tour dates with his eponymous band. The singer-bassist and company have booked five shows for late April and May.

So far, Simmons has announced shows in Tallahassee, Fl (April 28th); Beaver Dam, Ky (May 3rd); Red Bank, NJ (May 5th); Dallas (May 22nd); and Houston (May 24th). A Live Nation pre-sale for select dates using the code Joy is currently under way, while a general on-sale starts Friday at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

It was one year ago this week that Kiss played their final show ever at Madison Square Garden. These days, if you wanna catch Simmons in concert, the only way to see him is with the Gene Simmons Band.

In addition to Simmons, the band features guitarists Brent Woods and Zach Throne (Corey Taylor), as well as drummer Brian Tichy.

Simmons keeps playing...

Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl, Ace Frehley, or Zakk Wylde. Some even appear to be autographed by Slash. But all of them are fake.

On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed one of the largest counterfeit instrument busts in history, announcing a seizure of more than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars that were shipped into the U.

The 2024 Family Guy holiday special, "The Gift of the White Guy," delivers the same irreverent comedy the show has become known for, with nothing very special about it. That is not to say the episode is bad, it has several laugh-out-loud moments, but in a series with well over 400 episodes, it becomes a challenge just to improve on itself. And with plenty of holiday specials in the past 25 years, this episode doesn't break the mold.

Family Guy is an animated series following the eccentric Griffin family. Led by bumbling patriarch Peter and long-suffering Lois, the family includes the sadistic baby Stewie, unpopular teenager Meg, dim-witted Chris, and Brian, their talking dog. The show explores their outlandish adventures in the fictional town of Quahog.

Cast Ace Frehley, Waylon Jennings, Arif Zahir, Walter Murphy, Ron Jones, Richard Appel, Gary Beach, Abe Vigoda, Peter Frampton, Mary Kay Bergman, Alec Sulkin, Seth MacFarlane, Julia Sweeney,...

McG is in final talks to direct and produce “Shout It Out Loud,” a biopic about the legendary rock band Kiss with founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley serving as executive producers, individuals with knowledge of the talks confirmed to TheWrap.

With their signature face paint, over-the-top stage costumes and pyro-filled live shows, Kiss has built up one of the most wildly passionate fanbases ever seen in music history since their debut album 50 years ago.

In 1975, the band broke out with their first live album “Alive!,” which is considered to be one of the greatest live albums ever recorded and began a slew of hit songs that includes “Detroit Rock City,” “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” and their most famous single, “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

While lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss departed from the band, Simmons and Stanley continued Kiss with replacements Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer.

We’ve seen plenty of musical biopics over the years, so it’s somewhat surprising that we’ve never seen one about Kiss, the iconic rock band formed by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. A Kiss biopic has been in development for several years, but it’s been slow going. However, Deadline reports that it’s taking a big leap forward as McG (Terminator Salvation) is in final negotiations to direct Shout It Out Loud.

Shout It Out Loud is set to be produced by STX Entertainment, and Deadline reports that the studio is talking with Lionsgate to co-finance the project and distribute it worldwide. Darren Lemke (Shazam!) penned the most recent draft of the script. The project was initially going to be set up at Netflix with Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tale) directing, but it seems it went back on the market.

Exclusive: McG (Way of the Warrior Kid) is in final negotiations to direct Shout It Out Loud, a biopic about Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and their superstar rock band Kiss, which will be produced by STX Entertainment, sources tell Deadline.

STX declined to comment, but we hear the studio is in discussions with Lionsgate to distribute the film worldwide and co-finance. The project previously had been set up at Netflix, following a bidding war, with Joachim Rønning attached to direct, as we first reported in 2021.

No word on the framing the film will take in looking at Kiss’s decades-long musical journey. Financed by Polygram Entertainment, the most recent draft of the script is written by Darren Lemke. The project is based on a prior script by Ole Sanders, who was involved with Rønning’s incarnation. William Herron was the first writer on the project.

When the deal makes,...

Sebastian Bach has added Fall 2024 North American tour dates as he continues to support his latest solo album, Child Within the Man.

The extensive run kicks off October 4th in Portland, Oregon, and will see the ex-Skid Row singer routing across Canada before returning stateside. The trek wraps up November 20th in Sacramento, California, following a two-night stand at the famed Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles on the 18th and 19th.

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Artist pre-sales for select dates are ongoing, and general ticket sales start Friday (August 23rd) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Bach also unveiled an updated video for the excellent single “(Hold On) To the Dream” — a clip that Baz described as “similar to the previous...

Sebastian Bach put the youth in “Youth Gone Wild” when he brought out his 11-year-old stepson Trace for a performance of the Skid Row anthem during a gig in Las Vegas.

During Bach’s free show at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Vegas on Saturday (July 20th), the ex-Skid Row frontman welcomed Trace onstage to play guitar, as well as his 35-year-old son Paris to play drums.

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Trace has clearly taken after his stepdad, having already developed a full-on rocker persona.

Wielding a Dean guitar that’s as big as he is, the long-haired kid performed shirtless and in leather pants. He looks like he could be a member of Baz’s touring band and played like it, too, holding down the chord progressions and ripping off shred solos, much to the delight of the crowd.

The moment was also symbolic of the title to Sebastian’s latest album,...

Gene Simmons has admitted that he wished his ex-bandmates Ace Frehley and Peter Criss would have been a part of the Kiss “farewell” cycle that concluded last year, but added that it was their own actions that prevented it from happening.

In a new interview, Simmons bemoaned the fact that he wasn’t harder on his bandmates about their past affinities for alcohol and drugs, which he believes led to both Ace and Peter exiting and rejoining Kiss multiple times during the band’s five-plus-decade run. As Simmons told YouTube channel Backstage Pass, as someone who didn’t indulge in those vices, he found it difficult to relate.

“Well, I’m sad in retrospect — you know, hindsight’s 20/20 — I’m sad that I wasn’t more hard on Ace and Peter, the two original guys who played guitar and drums in the band,” said Simmons when asked if there was...

When the universe offers a sign — and the sign comes straight from the lips of Nicolas Cage — you can’t ignore it.

That, in essence, is how 31-year-old guitarist Ben Katzman found himself on Survivor. The paperwork sat on his desk, but Katzman was racked with doubt. He’d already lost everything once: his band, his record label, his DIY community. Going on reality television seemed like a potential career suicide. Which is where Cage comes in.

“Do the things you are fearful of,” the actor said, answering Katzman’s...

They say comedians can shift to dramatic acting relatively easily because making something funny is harder than making it sad, so if you’re in comedy, you’ve clearly got the chops. For Ana Gasteyer, add “making it creepy” to the resume because her stint on Celebrity Ghost Stories is one of its best, partly due to her somber delivery. It’s as unnerving as when Grandma yells at you and when the funky church medley lady from Saturday Night Live gets serious, you pay attention.

And why are we paying attention to a cable TV show from 2011? Kristen and Will of Bloody FM’s Guide to the Unknown discovered that all of Celebrity Ghost Stories is available on YouTube now, leading them to make episodes covering these stories a recurring fave. Are ghosts real? Eh…ya know. Does talking about ghosts rule? We’re swimming in affirmative proof.

Gasteyer...

The Fall of the House of Usher's music is not just a background element but an essential part of the storytelling experience. The soundtrack cleverly integrates songs that enhance the mood and capture the essence of each key moment in the series. Musical choices, from familiar classics to contemporary hits, add depth to the narrative and enrich the viewer's emotional connection.

The Fall of the House of Usher soundtrack is an engaging as the show itself. Serving as Mike Flanagan's fifth foray into television, The Fall of the House of Usher gets its title from an Edgar Allan Poe short story but features several other references and easter eggs to the horror author's works. The Netflix series also continues a Mike Flanagan horror storytelling trend by adopting the semi-anthology storytelling format of The Midnight Club. No matter what kind of story Flanagan is telling, he makes sure that music plays a big part.

From left: Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Drive-Away Dolls (Focus Features), Kathryn Hunter in The Tragedy Of Macbeth (Apple), Denzel Washington in The Tragedy Of Macbeth (Apple) Graphic: Karl Gustafson “I had a partner. He threw himself off the George Washington Bridge.” - Llewyn DavisAbsence defines Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis.

From left: Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Drive-Away Dolls (Focus Features), Kathryn Hunter in The Tragedy Of Macbeth (Apple), Denzel Washington in The Tragedy Of Macbeth (Apple)Graphic: Karl Gustafson

“I had a partner. He threw himself off the George Washington Bridge.” - Llewyn Davis

Absence defines Joel and...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.

Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.

The Pitch: Let Me Own This Blu-Ray Before I’m Buried in My Official Kiss-Branded Coffin

Few musical acts in American history have done more with less than Kiss. Despite boasting some of the simplest and most uninspired (if occasionally very catchy) songs of the 1970s, the shock rock act built a loyal following and merchandising empire around the novel idea of wearing makeup while singing. Their onstage theatrics and commitment to rock and rolling all night and partying every day — tons of people can do one or the other, but...

Kiss recently played their final concert ever, but singer-bassist Gene Simmons is not ready to quit performing quite yet.

Simmons has booked a date with his solo project, Gene Simmons Band, at the Brazil edition of the Summer Breeze festival on April 26th in São Paulo. It’s the first post-kiss activity from any of the remaining band members, and the announcement comes just over a month after Kiss retired from performing in human, non-avatar form after two concerts at Madison Square Garden.

Simmons’ solo band last played in 2018 and typically runs through a setlist comprised of Simmons-penned Kiss material and deep cuts. The band’s current lineup is rounded out by guitarists Brent Woods and Zach Throne (Corey Taylor) and drummer Brian Tichy.

For Simmons, the solo shows have offered a more intimate setting — and one where he can dig deep into Kiss’ songbook.

“Doing these smaller concert halls,...

Ace Frehley would love to tour Europe in support of his upcoming album, 10,000 Volts, but he has one big hurdle to get past. The founding Kiss guitarist is currently unable to renew his passport due to a huge tax debt.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was asked by Finnish music site Chaos Zine about what’s preventing him from touring in Europe (and presumably other overseas locations), and he gave a very honest answer.

“Well, there’s a good chance I can make it to Europe in late summer if I get my passport renewed,” responded Frehley. “I’ve been having issues with renewing my passport because I have some problems with the IRS [Internal Revenue Service], and it’s not really the passport bureau but the IRS. Since I owe the IRS a couple of hundred grand, and they just instituted a new law that if you owe...

Ace Frehley has announced a run of US tour dates in support of his upcoming album, 10,000 Volts, arriving February 23rd.

The former Kiss guitarist will play a few late-January shows in Kentucky and Indiana leading up to a headlining slot aboard the Monsters of Rock Cruise, which leaves from Miami on March 2nd and returns to port on the 6th.

After that, Frehley will play a headlining date on March 28th at Sony Hall in New York City before four more East Coast shows in late March and mid-April, plus an Illinois concert in June.

Tickets to select dates can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

With his former band officially retired from touring, at least in human form, Frehley is now a main attraction for Kiss...

Hard rock/heavy metal pundit Eddie Trunk celebrated 40 years in radio on Monday night (December 11th) with an all-star bash at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

Many of the famous rockers Trunk has encountered and worked with across his four-decade career in the business showed out for the evening to play their respective hits. All proceeds from the event benefitted the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.

Among the performers were Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony — billed as “The Other Half (of Van Halen)” — and a host of “special guests” that included Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach, Ace Frehley, Corey Taylor, Lita Ford, Geezer Butler, Mike Portnoy, Kevin Cronin, and Stephen Pearcy.

Hagar rocked “I Can’t Drive 55,” while Anthony sang Van Halen’s “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” with Portnoy on drums. Other highlights included Sebastian Bach tapping into his Skid Row years for “Monkey Business...

In a perfect world, Kiss would have wrapped up the final show of their End of the World tour by inviting former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss onto the stage for tearful hugs, an end to the bitterness that has consumed the group for decades, and one last rendition of “Rock and Roll All Nite,” giving the inevitable biopic a perfect last scene.

In the world we actually live on, Criss and Frehley were nowhere in sight when Kiss played their (supposed) final show at Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening.

Kiss will be playing their final two concerts ever at Madison Square Garden on Friday (December 1st) and Saturday (December 2nd). Ahead of those shows, Mayor Eric Adams has declared November 30th as official “Kiss Day” in New York City.

The honor comes as part of as the band’s massive takeover of the Big Apple leading up to the historic shows. As part of the celebration, the Empire State Building will light up in tribute to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band on Thursday night (November 30th), with the lighting synchronized to the Kiss classic “Rock & Roll All Nite.”

Among the other events happening this week are a “Kiss Night” at the New York Rangers game, free Kiss tattoos at Inked NYC, a pop-up store, and much more.

Kiss’ Madison Square Garden shows are sold out, but tickets are available via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Ace Frehley has announced his new solo album, 10,000 Volts, arriving February 23rd via Mnrk Music Group. The music video for the title track can be streamed now.

The song gives off Frehley’s Comet vibes with its glam-metal strut and big ’80s chorus. Ace rips off a fiery solo, as well, taking over the instrumental break in the otherwise pop-centric tune.

The album was produced by Frehley and Steve Brown of Trixter, whose pop-metal sensibilities shine through in the title cut.

Discussing the album in a recent interview, Frehley said his latest solo album would make his former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley “look like an imbecile,” adding further barbs to the their tempestuous relationship and all but confirming that Ace won’t be appearing onstage during Kiss’ final concerts.

As for Steve Brown, Frehley gushed about his new collaborator. “Working with Steve has made a huge difference in my playing...

Sometime around 11 p.m. on Dec. 2, Gene Simmons will walk offstage at Madison Square Garden in New York as the final notes of “Rock and Roll All Nite” echo through the arena, remove his Demon makeup for the last time, and say goodbye to the band he formed five decades ago. It’s easy to be skeptical about this considering nearly every farewell tour in rock history has been bullshit, this is actually the second Kiss goodbye tour, and this isn’t a band known for leaving money on the table,...

Kiss have announced that they will be streaming their final show ever on December 2nd at Madison Square Garden via pay-per-view.

The rock legends are currently in the midst of the last leg of their “End of the Road” farewell tour. The trek next makes a stop in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday night (November 10th) and continues into December, culminating with a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the 1st and 2nd. Get tickets to all upcoming shows here.

The latter Msg show — presumably the band’s last-ever concert — will be available to stream via PPV.com as well as pay-per-view via cable and satellite operators (in the US and Canada) beginning at 8 p.m. Et that night.

The stream will cost US and Canadian audiences $39.99, and the aforementioned cable providers will include Xfinity, Spectrum, Contour, Optimum, Fios, DirecTV, Dish, Rogers, and Telus, among others.

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is looking to let his music do the talking when it comes to his feud with ex-bandmate Paul Stanley. But, he’s also letting his mouth do the talking, too!

Earlier this year, Stanley told Howard Stern that Kiss would sound like “Piss” if they let original members Frehley and Peter Criss back in the band. Frehley then threatened to spill dirt on Stanley and Gene Simmons if he didn’t get an apology from Stanley. He later reported that Stanley’s response to his demand for an apology was, “Fuck you!”

In a new interview with 93.5 FM Max (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Frehley pointed to his ability to maintain a steady music career following his exit from the band 20 years ago.

“It was hard in the beginning, but now I’ve picked up a lot of steam,” said Frehley, “In fact, I remember … the...

The Monsters of Rock Cruise has unveiled its 2024 lineup. Headliners include Joe Satriani, The Darkness, Ace Frehley, Extreme, Winger, and Kk’s Priest.

The cruise is set to depart from Miami on March 2nd and will sail to ports of call in Jamaica and the Bahamas before returning to Miami on March 7th. Radio host Eddie Trunk will once again serve as host and Mc for what will be the 12th edition of the Morc.

The complete lineup features over 30 acts, with other notable names including Glenn Hughes, Accept, Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Y&t, April Wine, TNT, Slaughter, FireHouse, Armored Saint, Richie Kotzen, Faster Pussycat, Dangerous Toys, Lizzy Borden, Enuff Z’Nuff, Spread Eagle, Black ‘N Blue, Bang Tango, and Tuff, among others.

In addition to the musical performances, there will also be interactive events between artists and cruisers, such as Q&a sessions, Gong Show Karaoke, “So You Think You Can Shred,...

Ever since Kiss announced that they were wrapping up their final tour with two shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, there has been speculation of founding members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss joining the band onstage for a reunion.

In a new interview with Linea Rock (see below), Gene Simmons said that he’s extended multiple invitations to Frehley and Criss, who have both turned down the invites to play with Kiss during the final shows. This comes after a long and tiresome feud between the former members and the current Kiss faction — particularly founding members Simmons and Paul Stanley.

“For the fans — the older, older fans — the ones who’ve been around for 50 years, they’re old, and some of them wanna see Ace and Peter,” Simmons said [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “The newer fans never saw them and they don’t know. But the older fans wonder about Ace and Peter.

Once upon a time, concerned parents warned each other about their children falling under the possibly demonic influence of the metal band Kiss — whose name was falsely alleged to stand for “Knights in Satan’s Service.” But this week, conservatives are standing in solidarity with one of the group’s founding guitarists, Paul Stanley, 71, who issued an unprompted statement calling expression of gender identity among children “a sad and dangerous fad.”

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— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) April 30, 2023

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Bassist John Regan, who played alongside Peter Frampton over a span of 40-plus years and was a member of former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley’s band Frehley’s Comet in the 1980s, has died at the age of 71.

His wife Cathy shared the news through a friend on Facebook, writing, “It is with the greatest sorrow and sadness that I let you all know John passed away this afternoon … I had heard him over the past few weeks having lengthy conversations with many of you and you brought such joy to him … Thank you all for your heartfelt messages. One of his favorite quotes was, ‘All that you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.’ From reading your messages, I know he gave much away and so much love was sent to him. He passed suddenly, but that was his wish.”

Frampton paid tribute to Regan,...

John Regan — the bassist who was a member of Ace Frehley’s band Frehley’s Comet and recorded and performed with Peter Frampton — died on Friday at the age of 71. His wife, Cathy Merring-Regan, confirmed the news on Facebook in a post shared by a family friend. A cause of death was not immediately available.

“It is with the greatest sorrow and sadness that I let you all know John passed away this afternoon,” the statement reads, and continues with a reference to one of his favorite quotes. “‘All that...

John Regan, a master bass player whose resume included stints with Peter Frampton, Ace Frehley, Billy Idol, the Rolling Stones, and David Bowie, died Friday at 71 in New York State. No cause was given.

Wife Cathy Merring-Regan issued a statement, which was shared on Facebook by a family friend.

“It is with the greatest sorrow and sadness that I let you all know John passed away this afternoon,” the statement reads. “So many people have posted messages of love and condolences on his phone. I am trying to figure out how to post on any of his [Facebook] pages. I appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. One of his favorite quotes was ‘All that you can take with you is that which you’ve given away. From reading your messages, I know he gave much away and so much love was sent to him. He passed suddenly, but that was his wish.

Ace Frehley recently gave Paul Stanley a week to apologize for a disparaging comment, but apparently all he got back from the Kiss singer-guitarist was a good old-fashioned “Fuck you!”

To quickly recap, last month Stanley told Howard Stern that a reunion with original Kiss members Frehley and Peter Criss would sound like “Piss.” Frehley, appearing on Eddie Trunk’s SiriusXM show last week, threatened to spill “dirt” on Stanley and Gene Simmons if he didn’t get an apology within seven days.

As promised, Frehley returned to Trunk’s show today (April 5th), a week later, with an update. When asked by Trunk if Stanley responded, Frehley said, “Yes, he did, not long after the show was over. I was blindsided by the phone call. … But instead of an apology, I got a five-second phone call which said, ‘Fuck you, Ace. I’m not going to apologize,’ and hung up.

Ace Frehley has blasted back at Paul Stanley after the latter insinuated that a Kiss reunion with the guitarist and drummer Peter Criss would sound like “Piss.”

In a new interview with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk, the former Kiss axeman gave Stanley an ultimatum: If he doesn’t receive a formal apology within seven days, he’s going to uncover dirt on Stanley and Gene Simmons publicly.

Frehley is referring to inflammatory remarks made by Stanley during a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show when Stern asked why Kiss didn’t perform at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2014.

“They were demanding, quite honestly, that we play with the two original guys, Peter and Ace, and at this point, that would be demeaning to the band, and also would give some people confusion,” Stanley said. “‘Cause if you saw people onstage who looked like Kiss but sounded like that,...

Kiss have announced their “absolute final shows,” concluding their long-running farewell tour.

The fall North American trek kicks off October 29th in Austin, Texas, and ends with a two-night stand on December 1st and 2nd at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Tickets for sold-out shows or preferred seats can be purchased via StubHub — where your order is 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.

Update – March 30th: Kiss have added four new dates to the beginning of the North American tour: Detroit (October 20th), Nashville (October 23rd), St. Louis (October 25th) and Ft. Worth (October 27th). Tickets for these shows go on sale to the general public on April 7th via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning April 6th.

Remarked Kiss in a press release: “Kiss was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago. It will be a privilege and honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden,...

Earlier this week, Kiss announced the dates of their final shows ever, culminating with a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden on December 1st and 2nd. Fans wishing that founding members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss will be welcomed back for those last gigs may not want to keep their hopes too high. In a new interview, singer-guitarist Paul Stanley said he thinks the original lineup would sound more like “Piss” than Kiss these days.

Stanley and the rest of the current Kiss lineup — Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer — appeared on The Howard Stern Show to announce the band’s final tour dates. As previously reported, the legendary rock act will end its “End of the Road” farewell tour with a fall North American leg (tickets are available here), wrapping up with the two Msg concerts.

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The ever-touring rock band Kiss announced today that the road will end where it began: New York City. The iconic rockers, including original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, will play their final show ever this December at Madison Square Garden.

In a joint statement, the band said, “Kiss was born in New York City. On 23rd Street. Half a century ago. It will be a privilege and honor to finish touring at Madison Square Garden, 10 blocks and 50 years from where we first started.”

The final two shows, both at Msg, will take place on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2 of this year.

The band’s decision to call it quits has long been expected – the name of their current and final tour is The End of the Road Tour – but there had been some question on whether performances would spill over into 2024.

Produced by Live Nation, the final show dates will...