KISS bassist Gene Simmons and his solo band, the GENE SIMMONS BAND, have introduced extra reveals as a part of their spring 2025 tour.
Confirmed dates thus far:
Apr. 05 – The Occasion at Graton Resort & On line casino – Rohnert Park, CA
Apr. 25 – Ruth Eckerd Corridor – Clearwater, FL
Apr. 26 – Fillmore – Miami Seashore, FL
Apr. 28 – The Moon – Tallahassee, FL
Apr. 29 – Florida Theater – Jacksonville, FL
Apr. 30 – Exhausting Rock Stay – Orlando, FL
Could 03 – Beaver Dam Amphitheater – Beaver Dam, KY
Could 05 – Basie – Pink Financial institution, NJ
Could 06 – Wellmont – Montclair, NJ
Could 08 – Wind Creek On line casino – Bethlehem, PA
Could 09 – Paramount – Huntington, NY
Could 15 – Fallsview On line casino – Niagara Falls, ON
Could 20 – Brown County Music Middle – Nashville, IN
Could 22 – Home of Blues – Dallas, TX
Could 23 – Tobin Middle – San Antonio, TX
Could 24 – Home of Blues – Houston, TX
Throughout an August 2024 look on the Steve-O’s Wild Trip! podcast, Simmons acknowledged about his performances along with his solo band: “[We’re] simply having plenty of enjoyable.”
He continued: “By the way in which, I designed a enterprise mannequin that’s simply semi-genius. I present up with my guitar decide. That is it. There isn’t any supervisor, no roadies, no vans, no gear. Every thing is offered by the promoter. The flights, the accommodations, all of the amplifiers, the drums, every little thing is rented regionally. That is the promoter’s value, and no matter six-figure or extra quantity there may be, I pocket. And I actually make more cash per gig being Gene Simmons and the GENE SIMMONS BAND than I did in KISS — not counting the ancillaries and all that — as a result of you do not have a 60-man crew, three double deckers, personal jet that is on name seven days every week and 20 to 24 tractor trailers.”
Along with Simmons, the GENE SIMMONS BAND members embody guitarists Brent Woods (WILDSIDE, SEBASTIAN BACH, VINCE NEIL) and Zach Throne (COREY TAYLOR) alongside drummer Brian Tichy (LYNCH MOB, THE DEAD DAISIES, WHITESNAKE, BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER, PRIDE & GLORY, SLASH’S SNAKEPIT).
The GENE SIMMONS BAND performed its second live performance of 2024 on April 26 on the Summer time Breeze competition at Memorial Da América Latina in São Paulo, Brazil. The setlist included a lot of KISS classics alongside covers of MOTÖRHEAD‘s “Ace Of Spades” and LED ZEPPELIN‘s “Communication Breakdown”.
Three days earlier, the GENE SIMMONS BAND carried out on the grand opening of the Rock & Brews restaurant on the Ilani eating and leisure vacation spot in Ridgefield, Washington. It marked the KISS bassist/vocalist’s first stay look for the reason that legendary rock act concluded its “Finish Of The Street” farewell tour at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard in December.
Previous to the Ridgefield look, Simmons advised ABC Audio concerning the present: “There aren’t any guidelines, which is my favourite factor in life. Something is sure to occur. I’ll leap off the stage and get into the viewers. We could pull some of us out of the viewers. You wanna sing ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’? Here is the mic. Good luck.”
Concerning the setlist for the live performance, he stated: “We get an opportunity to play songs KISS has by no means performed and a few songs have by no means been recorded. So it is a very thrilling occasion.”
GENE SIMMONS BAND will subsequent launch a European tour on July 27 in Kuopio, Finland.
Again in 2017 and 2018, the GENE SIMMONS BAND performed a lot of reveals with a lineup that consisted of Simmons alongside guitarist/bassist Jeremy Asbrock, guitarist Ryan Cook dinner, guitarist Phil Shouse and drummer Brent Fitz.
Six years in the past, Simmons acknowledged about his solo reveals: “Doing these smaller live performance halls, which maintain a thousand to 3 thousand individuals, means they get stuffed up by actual diehard followers. They do not wish to hear the ‘usual, usual.’ They wish to hear nuggets, as they are saying. It is a hoot for me as a result of I’ve by no means actually had an opportunity to do that stuff stay. It has been plenty of enjoyable.” Gene advised the Chicago Solar-Occasions: “By the top, I get the prospect to deliver as many individuals from the viewers as we are able to match on the stage to sing with me.”
Concerning how the concept for a solo tour happened, Simmons advised Australia’s Advertiser in a 2018 interview: “The GENE SIMMONS BAND was not a plan or something. A couple of 12 months in the past, a company occasion requested me to be keynote speaker … then they stated, ‘Will not you stand up and sing a number of tunes?’ I defined which you can’t simply do this, you have to have a band and rehearse and all that. They stated, ‘Nicely, we’ll pay you X {dollars} extra,’ and I stated, ‘I such as you!’ “So I put collectively a band from Nashville — these guys again up Child Rock and plenty of different individuals — and with out a single rehearsal, I simply advised them which songs I wished to do they usually discovered them. It simply sounded pure — there may be such a factor known as chemistry. They do not educate that anyplace — I imply, they do educate ‘chemistry’ however not the type I am speaking about. It felt proper and as quickly because the movies went on YouTube and such, individuals had been calling. This little GENE SIMMONS BAND by no means tried to be KISS… It was just a bit little bit of enjoyable and stuff. Now impulsively, we’re headlining festivals within the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany… It is loopy.”
KISS performed the ultimate live performance of its “Finish Of The Street” farewell tour on December 2, 2023 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
