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Gene Simmons is assuring fans that he’s feeling better after he wasn’t his usual self during KISS’ concert Wednesday night in Brazil, where he was forced to perform while sitting down after falling ill.

After a video of him sitting during the concert went viral online, many KISS fans are asking: what happened to Gene Simmons? 

Gene Simmons had to tone down the rock and roll during a recent concert.

Rock group KISS member Gene Simmons updated fans on his health condition after he became weak onstage and had to continue his performance sitting down due to dehydration. The 73-year-old musician was performing in Brazil with his legendary band when he announced he had to take a breather in the middle of the concert.  "Ok, kids. Not a big deal.Thanks for your kind wishes.

KISS were forced to pause one of their live performances earlier this week when Gene Simmons was taken ill when onstage.The incident took place on Wednesday night (April 12), when the band were performing in Manaus, Brazil, as part of their ongoing farewell tour.While mid-set, the iconic bassist – who is aged 73 – had to take a seat on the stage and temporarily halt the performance while crew members looked after him. According to a review by ACritica, the show was only paused for around five minutes before he returned to the stage again and continued performing for the remainder of the set.“We’re gonna have to stop,” frontman Paul Stanley said to the crowd when he noticed Simmons was seated.

Gene Simmons was not his usual self during KISS' concert Wednesday night in Brazil, where he was forced to perform while sitting down after falling ill.In video shared on social media, the 73-year-old rock star can be seen holding his bass while sitting in a chair. The one-minute video then cuts to Paul Stanley telling the audience at Arena da Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil they're going to have to stop the concert to tend to Simmons.«We're gonna have to stop,» he says. «Because we love him, right? Let's give Gene a really loud, 'Gene!' One, two, three.

Gene Simmons was not his usual self during KISS' concert Wednesday night in Brazil, where he was forced to perform while sitting down after falling ill.In video shared on social media, the 73-year-old rock star can be seen holding his bass while sitting in a chair. The one-minute video then cuts to Paul Stanley telling the audience at Arena da Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil they're going to have to stop the concert to tend to Simmons.«We're gonna have to stop,» he says. «Because we love him, right? Let's give Gene a really loud, 'Gene!' One, two, three.

KISS if Paul Stanley didn’t apologise for controversial comments. Now, the guitarist has confirmed that Stanley did call him, but only to say “fuck you”.The drama between the two started last month, after the KISS singer appeared on The Howard Stern Show and explained why the band didn’t perform when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014.Among other reasons, Stanley said that the choice was partly because of the “demanding” nature of the Rock Hall, which wanted KISS to take to the stage with its original members, Frehley and Peter Criss.Explaining why he wouldn’t want to perform with the original guitarist and drummer, he said: “At this point, that would be demeaning to the band, and also would give some people confusion.

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KISS if Paul Stanley doesn’t apologise for his recent comments regarding a reunion of the band’s original line-up.The US group was formed by Stanley, singer and bassist Gene Simmons, guitarist Frehley and drummer Peter Criss in 1973. However, the latter two members left KISS in the ’80s, although both have performed with the band since.KISS’ current line-up consists of Stanley, Simmons, guitarist Tommy Thayer, and drummer Eric Singer.During a recent interview, Stanley was asked why the band had not performed at their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2014 – and if it was because Thayer and Singer were not included in the inductions.“[…] We had too much pride in this lineup, which is KISS, and has been KISS for 20 years,” he explained.

They’ve rocked and rolled all night and partied every day for a half-century, and now KISS will be the subject of a new Netflix biopic.

KISS is reportedly set to arrive on Netflix sometime in 2024.Speaking to The Rock Experience with Mike Brunn, the band’s manager Doc McGhee revealed that after years of trying to get the film off the ground, it has finally been picked up by Netflix and will be released next year.“It’s a biopic about the first four years of KISS. We’re just starting it now.

KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley has spoken about the idea of a reunion of KISS’ original line-up, saying it would be more like “PISS”.The US band was formed by Stanley, singer and bassist Gene Simmons, guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss in 1973. However, Frehley and Criss went on to leave the band in the ‘80s, although both have performed with the band since.In their current form, KISS features Stanley, Simmons, guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer.In a new interview, Stanley was asked why the band had not performed at their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2014 – and if it was because Thayer and Singer were not included in the inductions. “The hypocrisy is that we’re not a band they like,” the guitarist told The Howard Stern Show.

KISS goodbye.Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer announced on Howard Stern that there are are just 21 shows and festival dates remaining on their long-running ‘End of the Road’ Tour.And, in a fitting tribute to their storied six-decade career, the band will play their final two shows in their home New York City at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 1 and Dec.

KISS is going to rock and party across the country … one final time. On Wednesday, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers announced the final 19 dates of their End of the Road tour.

KISS is going to rock and party across the country… one final time. On Wednesday, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers announced the final 19 dates of their End of the Road tour.The band -- Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer -- shared that their final shows will take place where it all started 50 years ago, New York City. «KISS was born in New York City. On 23rd Street.

Rockband Kiss have announced the final dates of their last tour — two back-to-back shows at Madison Square Garden in New York at the end of 2023. The final leg of the 17-date North American tour, “End of the Road Countdown: The Final 50 Shows” will start in October in Texas, moving to California, Washington, Canada, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and Maryland before closing out on Dec. 1 and 2.“Kiss was born in New York City.

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.

Paul Stanley is preparing to shed a tear when he plays the last ever British Kiss show – in Scotland.

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Ice Cube has taken to Twitter to refute comments made by Kanye West in an interview linking the rapper to West’s antisemitic views.In an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast – in which he made several inflammatory statements, and which has since been taken down from online platforms – West referenced Cube multiple times. At one point, West claimed that Cube had “really influenced” him to “get on this antisemite vibe”.West has made a slew of antisemitic comments over the past weeks. A post directed at the Jewish community led to West being suspended from Instagram and later Twitter, where he wrote that he “[would be] going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE”.West’s comments were criticised by the likes of David Schwimmer, John Legend, Jack Antonoff and KISS‘ Paul Stanley.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has insisted mental illness is no reason to excuse Kanye West's antisemitic outbursts. West's Instagram and Twitter accounts were locked over the weekend after he shared posts that violated both platforms' guidelines - including comments aimed at fellow rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs accusing "Jewish people" of telling him to call and "threaten or influence me". He later doubled down on the antisemitic comments by tweeting he was, "going death con 3 (sic) On JEWISH PEOPLE".

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has become the latest celebrity to speak out against Kanye West after the rapper shared a string of antisemitic and racially insensitive comments.Last weekend, West was banned from Instagram and Twitter after sharing posts that violated both platforms’ community guidelines. On Instagram, West attacked Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over his response to the rapper’s recent gaffe at this year’s Paris Fashion Week – where he donned a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “White Lives Matter” – by telling Diddy that he would “use [him] as an example to show the Jewish people that told [him] to call me that no one can threaten or influence me”.After being booted from Instagram, West took to Twitter, where he wrote that he “[would be] going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE”.

KISS singer/bassist Gene Simmons has said that he doesn’t have any friends.The musician, 73, recently spoke to Goldmine magazine for its October/November 2022 issue amid KISS’ ongoing ‘End Of The Road’ farewell tour.“Even today as I sit here, other than Paul [Stanley, KISS co-founder], and we only get together when we do stuff for the band… How do I say this without sounding inhuman? I don’t have friends,” Simmons told the publication.“Yeah, if friends means, ‘Gee, I don’t know what I’m going to do this afternoon. Hey, you want to come over and hang out?’ I’m more interested in what I want to do, and I don’t want to pretend that I’m interested in what you want to do because I am not.”As Blabbermouth notes, Simmons has previously opened up about his lack of close friendships. He said in a 2006 interview on KISS’ official website that Paul Stanley was “simply the brother I never had”, adding: “I feel closer to Paul than anyone I know.”Simmons continued: “I have almost no friends.

When Kiss finally bring their lengthy farewell tour to an end and actually retire from that touring lark, what are they going to do? Well, while they’ve hinted at various post-touring plans, none of them include recording new music. So says guitarist Paul Stanley, anyway.It’s now ten years since the band released their last album ‘Monster’, and so the question of a follow-up naturally came up in a new interview with Stanley on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast. But the answer to the question “will there be a new Kiss record” is a simple “no”.But not because any new record wouldn’t be any good.

KISS have announced a deluxe reissue of their 10th studio album, ‘Creatures Of The Night’, set to arrive on November 18 in belated celebration of its 40th anniversary.Alongside a slew of merchandise, KISS will release the 40th anniversary edition of ‘Creatures Of The Night’ in five versions. There’ll be a single-disc CD and vinyl pressing – which will both feature a newly remastered mix of the original nine-track album – as well as a deluxe edition (over two CDs or three vinyl records) with an additional nine demos, rarities and outtakes, and seven tracks recorded live on the 1982/83 ‘Creatures’ tour.Rounding out the slate will be a “super deluxe” edition spread across five CDs, featuring a total of 103 tracks (75 of which are previously unreleased).

KISS music because it will “never compete with the past”.Speaking on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Stanley said he and his KISS bandmates won’t be making a follow up to 2012’s ‘Monster’ soon because new music won’t have that “connection to important times in your life”.When asked if the band were working on new music, he replied: “No. Because at this point, I came to the conclusion that it can never compete with the past.

Barrels and barrels of beer made by the celebrated indie craft beer makers Beatnikz Republic are to be sold off for a fraction of their retail price, after the brewer folded earlier this year. The company dealing with the liquidation of the brewery’s stock is looking for as little as £1 a pint for the beer, which would usually sell for £6 in pubs and bars.

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