PHOTOS FROM PARIS

Here are some live shots from KISS' Paris, France show.

Photos by Luc Verdickt for KISSONLINE.com

'LOVE GUN' CLIP

Here's a great sounding fan filmed clip of 'LOVE GUN' from KISS' Paris Show last night. The fan filmed Paul rockin' the back of Bercy Arena!

'I LOVE IT LOUD' CLIP

Here's a fan filmed clip of 'I LOVE IT LOUD' from KISS' Nijmegen, Holland show!

KISS ARMY UK

Check out these great Download photos of the KISS ARMY UK!

Thanks to the BBC for the photos.

GENE & TOMMY BACKSTAGE AT DOWNLOAD

Here's a photo of BBC's Daniel P Carter interviewing Gene and Tommy before the Download Show.

US SHOWS THIS SUMMER

By Kym Kilgore LiveDaily Contributor Photos - Ross Halfin

Following its massive 35th anniversary European tour, KISS will head home for a handful of US performances. The venerable rockers--who previously announced August dates in Sturgis, SD; and Kelseyville, CA--have since tacked on shows in Las Vegas and Stateline, NV. They launched their world tour in March with gigs in Australia and New Zealand, and segued into their first European trek in nearly 10 years. The full Alive/35 Tour schedule is posted at the band's website, with US dates listed below.

The current KISS lineup consists of mainstays Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, along with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer, who replace original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, respectively.

In honor of their 35th anniversary, the masked quartet plans to perform the 'KISS Alive' album in its entirety, as well as some rarely played classics, according to a press release.

During its long career, KISS has recorded 36 albums and sold 85 million records worldwide, according to the band's bio.

August 2008 4 - Sturgis, SD - Glencoe Camp Resort/Rock'n the Rally 29 - Las Vegas, NV - Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort 30 - Stateline, NV - Harvey's Outdoor Arena at Lake Tahoe 31 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Amphitheatre

TOP MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER

Ross William Halfin is one of the world's top music photographers. Having shot bands such as Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Police, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, The Who, Rob Zombie, Pantera, ZZ Top and KISS, Halfin's images are widely published in magazines, newspapers and books.

Halfin began his career as a freelance photographer for Sounds Magazine in the 1970s, where he befriended upcoming Heavy Metal acts like Def Leppard and Iron Maiden, who he would go on to photograph extensively. Halfin continued his career shooting for many years for UK rock magazine Kerrang! and other high-profile UK magazines such as Q, Mojo, Classic Rock and many others around the world. His former assistant on Kerrang!, Scarlet Page, is now one of their top photographers. Scarlet Page's father, Jimmy Page, was frequently photographed by Halfin in the 1970s as a member of Led Zeppelin.

From Ross's site:

The first time I shot them was in Chicago 1979 on the 'Dynasty' tour. I took quite a famous picture of the drum kit high up with Paul Stanley underneath. The tour manager wanted to give us wanker passes for the show which obviously didn't work.

I shot the show from the audience. I shot them again the next year at Stafford Bingley Hall. Kiss' big comeback tour to England. Also in Europe where Iron Maiden supported them...shot them quite a lot after that in the 80s: Texas, on the 'Creatures of the Night' tour with Vinnie Vincent and on probably every tour after that. Paul and Gene are always very nice, apart from Gene's predilection for talking to me in a really bad Dick Van Dyke cockney accent.

ANOTHER DAY WITH KISS

Paul, Eric and I spend the day at the Imperial War Museum, which I haven't been to in years. See all the tanks, guns, uniforms, and including a Chinese executioners sword (good for chopping off PRs heads), Mein Kampf (Hitler's take on what's wrong with people like me) and a big Holocaust exhibition covering two whole floors. It is sobering. I've been to Auschwitz three times but this is still upsetting. Paul summed it up best, in that you owe it to the people who were there to stay and read and see what happened. People soon forget what the Nazis were about.

Went out to dinner with all of Kiss to Hakkasan (which was my idea). I had forgotten Gene Simmons is a philistine when it comes to food - he wants a hamburger well done - so I got 'What is this, cat's eyes' etc. He wouldn't eat anything. Gene did manage to hold court all night - all about Gene. Eric Singer, who claimed to be a vegetarian, tried ostrich and venison while Gene looked horrified and turned up his nose.

Brian Johnson, singer of ACDC, was there. He came over to the table and told us ACDC had just finished a new record. His accent was so strong I could barely understand him. 'Where's he from, Scotland?' asked Eric. 'Nearly - Newcastle...

'Drove back to the hotel with Paul, Jimmy Page rang me and they had a chat about things guitarists chat about.

Off for a bit more Kiss in Paris next week.

BASSISTE MAGAZINE

Gene is featured on the cover of the latest issue of the French magazine - BASSISTE!

SCENES FROM HOLLAND

Check out these great photos of the DUTCH KISS ARMY at KISS' Holland show Sunday!

Photos by Luc Verdickt for KISSONLINE.com

PHOTOS FROM HOLLAND

Here are some live shots from KISS' Nijmegen, Holland show last night!

Photos by Luc Verdickt for KISSONLINE.com

ROSS HALFIN GALLERY

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ROSS ON KISS!

Check out these awesome Ross Halfin photos of KISS from Download!!

Kiss were amazing (and I'm not just saying this because I'm with them). They give the crowd everything you want - pyro, bombs, great light show (a photographers dream). Eric Singer gives Kiss a solid sound - I wonder what Def Leppard would sound with someone like him. You get riffs, singalong anthems, guitar solos, posing. The end of the show is spectacular with Gene, Paul and Tommy Thayer right at the front of the stage with what looks like World War III going on around them. Get good photos of Paul smashing his guitar. During, I think, Lick It Up they played Won't Get Fooled Again, Eric doing Keith Moon's drum fill perfectly. I could watch this every day.

I fly back to London with them straight after. As we land Doc says 'Nice landing' before we notice the jet isn't stopping and every time the pilot puts on the brakes the jet is turning sideways. The plane then keeps going on and on for about ten minutes around the runway until it finally stops very hard. By this point I am considering if I'd survive if I jumped. 'The hydraulics failed,' says the pilot, 'it is Friday the 13th.'