A dream come true... Tonight Kiss performed for an audience of 800 fans in the 02 Islington Academy in London. A club barely big enough for local bands now had the hottest band in the world KISS playing as if it was an arena.

Besides the confetti during Rock and Roll all Night, the band used no additional special effects. What you got was the bare naked truth: no blood, no fire, no explosives. And guess what, the band didn't need it at all. A show like this shows how good KISS currently is.

After opening with Modern Day Delilah, the band continued to play old and new classics in high tempo. No breaks, no individual solos. If only there would be a formula to do more of these gigs besides the big arena show...

What a very special evening! Out of the 50+ KISS shows I've, this was the most special. Almost better than a meet and greet.

Thanks KISS!

Rutger

Photos by WireImage. View more photos from the show at WireImage: Gallery 1 | Gallery 2

Here are a few photos of KISS leaving the Islington Hilton Hotel on their way across the street to the O2 Academy just minutes before they rocked the venue!

The band spent the afternoon at the Hilton doing over 20 TV and radio interviews for countries including Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, Norway, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland and the UK.

KISS blew the roof off the O2 academy tonight! The band was on fire, ripping through a ferocious set for the 800 lucky fans in attendance!

Words do not do enough justice to express how TINY this venue is, and the KISS Army packed it seemingly beyond capacity! It was wall-to-wall KISS fans, singing and screaming at the tops of their lungs. The guys clearly enjoyed themselves on stage tonight, and it was a rare treat to see KISS in such an intimate setting!

Stay tuned for more photos from tonight's show...

Here's a photo of the UK KISS Army lining up outside the 02 Academy for tonight's concert!

Thanks to Stig Karlsen for sending KISSonline the photo!

KISS continues to be a hot topic in the German press! Here are some newspaper articles from the past week.

KISS' "Wetten, Dass..?" appearance is still big news in Europe! Here's German talk show host Stefan Raab doing his best Gene Simmons impersonation on Germany's "TV Total!"

Here's KISS backstage at "Wetten, Dass..?" with the staff of Roadrunner Records! Pictured are Gene, Eric, Dirk Diebels (Senior Product Manager International, Roadrunner Records), Matthias Kringe and Daniela Leubner (Revolver Promotion, KISS TV Promo), Tommy, Henk Hakker (Managing Director, Roadrunner Records) and Paul.

KISSonline was lucky enough to be at tonight's soundcheck at O2 Academy in London! If tonight was any indication of what the audience can expect tomorrow night, KISS is going to destroy the 02 when the KISS Army packs this small club! The extended soundcheck was extra-long, with the band tearing through 16 songs, including "Say Yeah," "Calling Dr. Love," and "100,000 Years!" The band was clearly in good spirits, joking around on stage, and it was so much fun to watch them work out how to do their signature moves in such a small space, especially with regard to "Black Diamond" and "Deuce!"

Here are a few photos of the band getting ready for tomorrow night's show!

When we get back from Europe, we'll post some video clips from the soundcheck.

Here's tech Fran Stewart getting Paul's guitars ready for Tuesday's show after the band's soundcheck last night.

By THOMAS DIERENGA
Translated for KISSONLINE

The gentlemen are a little older. Since 1974 they have sold approximately 80 million records.

They are called The Demon, The Starchild, The Spaceman and The Cat. They are known under the band name KISS. And their stage show is as addicting as crack ...

Just like Vladimir Klitschko (33.) KISS gave him an order: Rock "Fast Eddie" out!

The boxing world champion met the hard rockers at "Wetten, dass ..?" in Erfurt.

Guitarist Paul Stanley and bass player Gene Simmons (with the long tongue) identified themselves as Klitschko fans since the last time the double Champs visited the United States.

Stanley handed Klitschko his battered Washburn guitar, stating: "Do the same with Eddie Chambers!"

"Fast" Eddie Chambers won the World Cup in Hamburg, fighting with a win over Universum fighter Carl Froch. Now, the AMI calls Klitschko on March 20 in the Dusseldorf Arena(live, RTL.)

Today's episode of Germany's "Hallo Deutschland" contained even more footage from KISS' appearance on "Wetten, Dass..?" The show went behind-the-scenes with fans as they formed a giant live KISS logo, interviewed the band, and also showed what happened to Paul's guitar, smashed at the end of KISS' performance...

Heavyweight world champion boxer Vladimir Klitschko proudly took it home... autographed by the entire band!

Here's the clip!

Here's a photo of European television personality Michelle Hunziker (seen on "Wetten, Dass..?") wearing Catman makeup!

Thanks to Thomas Schade for sending KISSonline the photo!

KISS' Saturday appearance on Germany's "Wetten, Dass..?" had the highest number of viewers on German television that night, beating both Olympic coverage and "German Superstar."

Here's an article from the German newspaper Dortmund Ruhr Nachrichten. Thanks to Olaf Suplicki for sending the image!