LEGENDARY MULTI-PLATINUM GROUP KISS ROCKS THE 50TH “LIVE ON LETTERMAN” CONCERT WEBCAST, TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, PRESENTED BY AT&T

Performance Follows the Release of Their New Album, MONSTER, on Oct. 9

KISS’ Performance Will Be Streamed Live and Available On Demand on CBS.com and VEVO

To celebrate the 50th webcast of CBS Interactive’s award-winning live webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, KISS will bring their spectacular, larger-than-life extravaganza of music to the world famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. The concert will be webcast live and available on CBS.com and VEVO, Wednesday, Oct. 10 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT).

KISS, in all their bombastic and unstoppable glory, will perform fan favorites from their treasure-trove of hits along with their recent worldwide #1 smash, “Hell or Hallelujah,” from their new album, Monster, which is set to come out Oct. 9. Showing the band at the top of its game, Monster embodies all that is KISS and the music that first inspired them to pick up their guitars and flame-throwers and don makeup to entertain millions.

Having already broken box office records set by The Beatles and Elvis, KISS celebrates their 40th anniversary in 2013 with more than 28 U.S. gold albums, the most gold records for any American rock band, with 40 million sales in the U.S. and a total exceeding 100 million worldwide. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, with longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer, return stronger than ever with their new album.

The LIVE ON LETTERMAN franchise, which has surpassed 130 million views to date on CBS.com and VEVO, marks its 50th webcast with KISS’ performance. Past performances have included some of the most established bands and musicians across the globe, from its first event which featured Pearl Jam, to Paul McCartney on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Adele and more, all staged in an intimate and dynamic setting for worldwide followers to enjoy.

Fans can watch KISS’ webcast live or on-demand on CBS.com at http://www.cbs.com/shows/liveonletterman/. Additionally, the show is available live and on-demand through CBS properties, broadcast on select CBS RADIO stations, viewable live on CBS's JumboTron in Times Square, as well as via a live audio stream on Radio.com's mobile applications. The webcasts are also offered on VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, through VEVO.com and its free mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. The on-demand performances areavailable across the entire VEVO platform, including VEVO.com, its mobile apps, mobile website, and syndication partners.

KISS’ LIVE ON LETTERMAN webcast will precede their appearance on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, which will be broadcast that same evening, Wednesday, Oct. 10 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

LARGER-THAN-LIFE ‘MONSTER’ INVADES NEW YORK - KISS RETURNS HOME TO KICK OFF THEIR ‘MONSTER’ ALBUM RELEASE

Whirlwind, non-stop TV and radio and personal appearances for fans to experience KISS extravaganza

“KISS’ 20th studio album ‘Monster’ is scary good” – Associated Press, 2012

“KISS unleashes ferociously fun 'Monster'” – Los Angeles Times, 2012

Showing the band at the top of its game, Monster, out October 9, embodies all that is KISS and the music that first inspired them to pick up their guitars and flame-throwers and don makeup to entertain millions. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, with longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer, return stronger than ever with their new Monster album to continue the larger-than-life spectacular, known as, KISS.

NY natives, KISS, in all their bombastic and unstoppable glory kicks off the first of their performances in New York as the special guest commemorating the 50th Live On Letterman Webcast, October 10. Only KISS can bring an enormous, dazzling, theatre worthy stage show complete with fire and blood to Broadway to the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. The hottest ticket in town, KISS will perform fan favorites from their treasure trove of hits along with their recent worldwide #1 smash “Hell or Hallelujah” from Monster. Fans can watch KISS’ webcast live or on-demand on CBS.com at http://www.cbs.com/shows/liveonletterman/, a live audio stream on Radio.com's mobile applications and available across the entire VEVO platform, including VEVO.com, its mobile apps, mobile website, and syndication partners.

The next morning, October 11, the band gears up for their performance on Good Morning America. Fans can come get their faces painted in honor of their favorite KISS member and a few early fans will be able watch them live from the studio.

Immediately after Good Morning America, the band travels to the SiriusXM studios where SiriusXM’s exclusive KISS Town Hall event with the band will go LIVE and allow lucky listeners the opportunity to ask the band questions themselves in an intimate setting. “SiriusXM’s Town Hall with KISS,” the two-hour broadcast event, will air live on Hair Nation, channel 39, on Thursday, October 11 at 12:00 pm ET. After the live broadcast, “SiriusXM’s Town Hall with KISS” will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices or online at siriusxm.com. The special will also be rebroadcast on “Scare Nation,” the all-KISS limited-run channel on Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 pm ET. “Scare Nation” will air Friday, October 26 starting at 6:00 pm ET through Monday, October 29 at 3:00 am ET on channel 39.

The debut single by KISS “Hell Or Hallelujah” from Monster recently peaked at #1 Classic Rock, #5 Mainstream Rock and #39 Active Rock. It was the first single by KISS to chart on the current-based Active Rock chart in 14 years! The group has just launched their heavily-anticipated second radio single “Long Way Down” to rock radio as well – as the demand for contemporary KISS material continues to build at a variety of media outlets.

Fans can also wake up with a KISS all week, when morning show radio listeners all across the country can tune in and hear interviews with all four band members, through Premiere Radio Networks and various local stations and nationally syndicated radio outlets.

By Steve Appleford
Photo by Neil Lupin/Redferns

Nearly four decades on, Kiss remain an ongoing and unlikely rock & roll success story, standing high on platform heels and painted in kabuki black-and-white, unloading fireballs and grinding hard-rock hooks around the world. Led by founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Kiss has been back touring arenas and stadiums since the mid-Nineties, but the onetime platinum-selling quartet finally returned to the studio as a fully functioning recording unit with 2009's Sonic Boom.

The band has a new album, Monster, released today by Universal, and produced by singer-guitarist Stanley. He's taken the leadership role in the studio, and he wouldn't have it any other way, guiding Simmons, guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer to a sound that's loud and swaggering. It's given Kiss some new material to chew on for their ongoing road show, which just ended a successful tour across North America with Mötley Crüe.

"We're best off prowling the stage," Stanley tells Rolling Stone, during an interview about the new album, the current state of Kiss and the music that first inspired him. The makeup hasn't changed much since the Seventies, and neither has the attitude: "It's the embodiment of everything I am and have nurtured and created. I look in the mirror and go, 'Hey, there's Paul Stanley – he's so fu**in' cool!'"

You took the producer's role beginning with the last record, Sonic Boom. What did that mean for Kiss?

Democracy in the studio is overrated. What you wind up getting is compromise on everybody's part, which means that nobody has their way, and that means nobody wins, including the fans. I thought it was really important, and in my mind it was a deal-breaker – if I wasn't going to produce the albums, we weren't going to do albums at this point. Somebody had to set parameters and boundaries and voice expectations. To make sure everybody was committed, some things had to be spelled out.

It didn't change anything. I think we had more fun. All the cards were on the table and everybody knew what the game plan was. We're more productive. I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Check out this Costa Coffee TV commercial featuring "I Was Made For Lovin' You!"

Thanks to Andy Fields for sending the clip to KISSOnline!

KISS is on the cover of the new issue of the French Rock Hard magazine !!!! Includes interviews with Gene, Paul & Tommy! There is 23 pages about KISS ! :) I can't wait to listen to Monster ! I hope that the band will come to France soon!

WE F*CKIN' LOOOOOVE YOU !

Maxime Mestres

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KISS ARMY members entered the TWEET KISS contest for the chance to debut a new KISS song on Twitter. CONGRATULATIONS TO DENVER MCCORD, THE WINNER OF TWEET KISS!

FOLLOW DENVER ON TWITTER https://twitter.com/denvermccord TO HEAR A BRAND NEW KISS SONG TOMORROW, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH!

Paul Stanley is featured on the cover of the latest issue of the Japanese magazine, BURRN!

The feature includes exclusive interviews with Paul, Tommy and Gene and an “exclusive live report” from one of the destinations of the phenomenally successful The Tour with KISS & Motley Crue.

Following up on FANGORIA’s well-received first installment, we present the second issue of KISS: MONSTER—The Official Album and Tour Magazine, a limited-edition collector’s mag featuring new interviews about the making of the new KISS album, as well as incredible, insightful features on the smash summer tour and other great moments in KISStory, past and present. And…it’s in 3D!

That’s right, inside you’ll find 14 pages of exclusive new concert photos presented in dynamic three dimensions (glasses included): SEE Gene’s ax thrust toward you, his blood dribbling right onto your lap! SEE Tommy’s rockets aiming straight at your face! SEE Eric’s drums rising right into your living room! SEE Paul swinging right from the crowd into your arms!

Other features include a new interview with MONSTER co-producer Greg Collins; the band reflecting on their recent pre-tour trip to London; artist Ken Kelly remembering the creation of the classic DESTROYER and LOVE GUN album covers; Gene Simmons talking about his memorable villainous movie roles; Paul Stanley flashing back to his stage role in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; the top 30 alternative KISS klassics; a giant foldout KISS poster…and so much more!

This incredible collector’s item will be sold exclusively through Fangoria.com, not in stores, and will be available for purchase October 23. Be sure to stay tuned for more details!

Here's Paul and Gene cutting the ribbon at the G2E gaming expo yesterday in Las Vegas! They were on hand to debut the new KISS electronic slot machine at the expo, which took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Also pictured are Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" and NASCAR driver Clint Boyer.

Photo by Jeff Scheid for the Las-Vegas Review Journal.

Check out the Hello Kitty KISS display spotted at the Kiddy Land Harajuku Shop!

Here's KISS with the SOLD OUT crowd in Arena Monterrey last night in Mexico!


_{Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSOnline}

KISS is featured on the October cover of the Spanish rock magazine, "La Heavy!" The issue also contains a full page ad for MONSTER, and a two page interview with Gene.

MONSTER is coming to Spain!!

Thanks to Javier Rueda Moya for sending the image to KISSOnline!

A rock and roll experience like none other is set to take over the gaming industry's largest trade show with the debut of the new KISS slot game from WMS Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc., at the twelfth annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E), October 2-4 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. In conjunction with the introduction of the new game, legendary original KISS band members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons will be on hand to meet and greet fans in support of this rockin' new game at the WMS booth (#1118) on Tuesday, October 2 from 10:00 a.m. until noon PT.

Featuring the music made famous by one of the world's most recognized and successful rock bands, the new KISS slot game offers players unique features for multi-array games, as players can be awarded one, two or three bonus video reel sets on any spin, each enhanced with WILD symbols added to the reels or the low-credit symbols removed. Additionally, when three or more bonus symbols appear on the reels, players will be awarded a Backstage Pass. Players then can choose from one of three passes that may award the Rock n' Records free spin bonus, Band Prize Top Box Bonus or the KISS Alive! Bonus with its exciting new interpretation on picking bonuses set to a soundtrack that's "Hotter than Hell" on WMS' Sensory Immersion platform with the near-concert-like surround sound. The KISS slots are sure to transform casino slot floors into party mode 'round-the-clock with "Rock And Roll All Nite And Party Every Day."



With game elements that feature the band member personas of the "Starchild," "Demon," "Spaceman" and "Catman," players will keep coming back for exciting bonus rounds and music from the band that's been awarded 28 gold albums, the most of any American rock band.

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, co-founders of KISS, noted, "We've spent 40 years bringing our spectacle music and the KISS experience to life on stages around the world. We're blown away by this new cutting edge slot game. WMS has done an incredible job of capturing the energy of KISS and bringing our classic rock to life on the casino floor."

Here's KISS with the massive crowd at last night's show in Foro Sol Stadium!

Hello Everyone,

This is a Special time for the Eureka Middle School Softball Team and we want YOU to be a part of it...here's how! Our Head Coach is a HUGE KISS Fan and we thought it would be a Great Idea to include YOU in our Thank You gift to him. We dressed the team up in their uniforms and KISS Style MAKE UP and took A Team Picture to give to Coach. We even had smoke in the background, wouldn't be a KISS pic without some pyro...involved! We thought he would LOVE this idea.

This team just won our Regional Championship tonight and are on to Sectionals Sat. We have won more games this season and broke all his previous "records" so we thought what an Awesome way to say THANKS!

Thanks so much!

EMS Softball Team

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