Here's a great fan-filmed medley of Shout it out Loud / Dr Love / Psycho Circus / God Of Thunder / Lick It Up from the Perth show!

Excerpted from review by Michael Dwyer
Photos: Wayne Taylor

KISS's sound was impressive and their stunts slick; the blood spitting, fire breathing, rocket launching and hydraulic platform pieces as cleanly executed as Tommy Thayer's precision guitar work. Stanley's flying-fox spin to the back of the hall during Love Gun was thematically mystifying but positively balletic in execution.

With Detroit Rock City, Shout It Out Loud and Rock and Roll All Nite stuffed down their tights and a brave smattering of newer material equally tautly served, they managed to honour the rock'n'roll soldiers in their daft circus act.

Here's KISS and the Melbourne KISS Army at Etihad Stadium.

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSONLINE.

Here's the Melbourne KISS Army at last night's KISS show in Melbourne, Australia.


Photos by Soni Giles and Keith Leroux for KISSONLINE.

KISS onstage during their Melbourne concert at Etihad Stadium.

Pictures: Ian Currie

Excerpted from the review by Words Ian Bell. Photos by Rodney Magazinovic


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Every great fairytale starts with Once Upon a Time. When you hear those words you know immediately you are about to be taken on a journey to strange and mystical places. If you allow yourself to suspend your belief and ignore the fact nothing in a fairytale is real, you will meet strange creatures, go on amazing adventures, there will be drama, colour and heart pounding action. A good fairytale will leave you exhausted and happy.

When the lights go down and a voice booms "ALRIGHT ADELAIDE - YOU WANTED THE BEST YOU GOT THE BEST, THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD - KISS!", it is rock'n'roll's finest Once Upon A Time.

Clearly the choice of signing the big drawcard double bill of KISS and 80's metal dudes MOTLEY CRUE to headline the final race day concert was a smart one for the Clipsal. It was the first time the event has been completely sold out and the Kiss t-shirts almost outnumbered the Ford and Holden ones.

After a break it's time for the main event. The 'Hot Zone' down the front has filled up and the rest of the concert area is packed with the biggest crowd for any concert in the races history. After their 'once upon a time' the giant KISS curtain drops and Kiss are descending from the top of the stage on a flying stage, while explosions are going off all around, they are ripping into Detroit Rock City the opening track from Destroyer, their fourth (and some might say best) album. It is great. As a life long fan who has seen them play many times, for the writer, this never gets old. For the first three songs bass player Gene Simmons, guitarist Paul Stanley and guitarist Tommy Thayer (Ace Frehley left many years ago), mug shamelessly at the photographers. They know the value of their being great shots of them out there and as you can see from the Mix102 photographs from the event, every shot is a winner. Shout it Out Loud, Calling Dr Love and Firehouse lead into I Love it Loud with Gene leading a mass sing-a-long.

Paul hangs out with 'The Project' gang while on the Monster Tour in Australia.

Here are the three different covers of the upcoming issue of KISS SOLO Comics. The debut issue feature the Demon.

Dear Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric,

My wife Bev, sons Tim and Nathan, their friend Chad and I all went to the first 40th anniversary show on Thursday in Perth. We'd been waiting with anticipation for the hottest band in the world to play the hottest show on Earth - and it was definitely hotter than hell! The boys and I were so excited about seeing you again that we hit the streets in full KISS makeup ... and suits - what better way to celebrate the night but to be dressed to kill!

We drove to the train station with cars almost running off the road. Trains pulled into the station - one guy was so amazed he even licked the window. On the train, people asked for our photographs (to which we obliged). Walking through Perth to the Arena, people asked for photographs. At the concert, people asked us for photographs - one lady behind us said "this is the closest I'll ever get to having a photo with KISS!" People congratulated us and shook our hands - "Thank you sir!" was one fan's comment.

For a few hours, we lived the KISS life - what a high - an experience we'll never forget - because of the close-knit family of fans you guys have created across the globe. My son Tim turns 18 on 19 March - what a fantastic way to celebrate his milestone (he's dressed as The Spaceman). My other son Nathan is The Catman, Chad (Tim's mate) is The Demon and I am The Starchild. My wife Bev wanted to dress up too but being the perfect Mum, put the boys first (so ran out of time) - but she too was so excited before, during and after the show.

From all of us, thank you for a Monster night. Happy 40th - "WE (STILL) WANT KISS!!!"

LETTERS

Here's KISS with over 40,000 members of the KISS Army in Adelaide last night!

Check out this great live photo of KISS in concert last night in Adelaide, Australia.

Photo by Brenton Cannizzaro.

To Paul,Gene,Eric and Tommy...and all involved with putting together the Perth 28th Feb 2013 Meet and Greet...

My partner,Dani and I would like to send a BULK amount of thank yous and cheers for an incredible experience starting yesterday afternoon through to the final "GOODNIGHT!!"..

All the meet and greeters were taken care of every step of the way and the band was so cool and welcoming...

A day I will NEVER forget...Thank you to all involved so much

Cheers and respect to the greatest band on the planet

Nick and Dani

LETTERS

This article ran Thursday just before KISS' Perth show.

THE Mileto family's old KISS-inspired van has been restored in time for the band's Perth performance tonight.

Sal and Joanne Mileto, and their family, will drive the Ford Transit van, which is adorned with paintings of KISS band members, to the concert.

The van has done its fair share of travelling around Collie, appearing in several Christmas pageants, but tonight's trip promises to be a real highlight.

By Alicia B

Here’s a blast from the past !

The explosive season premiere of The Footy Show will shake the studio foundations when rock legends KISS perform live and exclusive on Thursday, March 7, on Channel Nine at 9.45pm AEDT.

In the only television performance on their Australian Monster tour, the giants of glam rock will perform two of their hits LIVE in the studio to kick off the 20th season of The Footy Show.

KISS are celebrating their own amazing milestone in 2013 with a world tour to mark 40 years of hard rockin’. When they arrive for The Footy Show performance, host Paul “Fatty” Vautin, an unabashed KISS tragic, is going to break out his platforms and white face paint and warm up his tongue as all hell breaks loose at the Nine Network’s Sydney studios.
“What an amazing way to kick off our 20th year, with one of the biggest rock bands in the world LIVE in the studio. Fatty is such a Kiss tragic we may need to have oxygen on standby,” Glenn Pallister, Executive Producer of The Footy Show, said.

KISS began their Australian tour in Perth on Thursday – their first in five years – and with a number of sold-out shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Mackay and Adelaide, Australian rock fans are in for a treat with an extravaganza not to be missed!

After performing at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium the night before – on a bill with the heavy metal Motley Crue and Irish rockers Thin Lizzy – KISS will hit the road for their live performance on The Footy Show’s 2013 premiere less than 24 hours later.

Join Fatty, Michael “Slats” Slater and the boys as KISS, the legends of glam rock, set The Footy Show alight on Thursday, March 7, on Channel Nine at 9.45pm.

In the photo: KISS stars Tommy Thayer (left), Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons surprise fans at the Star of Greece restaurant in Port Willunga. Picture: Bianca De Marchi

BY Matt Gilbertson

FOR 40 years they've been famous for being able to rock 'n' roll all night and party every day.

But music legends KISS enjoyed a day off in Adelaide yesterday in anything but typical rock fashion, taking in the famed McLaren Vale food and wine region before headlining tonight's Clipsal 500 closing concert.

"It's the perfect way to spend our day off in Adelaide," said lead guitarist Tommy Thayer, 52, speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mail.

"We went to Mollydooker Winery in the morning, even though none of us are big drinkers, and we're just taking it easy."

Joined by Paul Stanley, 61, and Gene Simmons, 63, Thayer and the rest of the KISS entourage, including Simmons' wife, the former Playboy Playmate and actress Shannon Tweed, then headed to Port Willunga's popular Star of Greece restaurant - surprising fellow diners and happily posing for photos and signing autographs.