Rock legend's UK tour continues...

KISS's relentless UK tour showed no signs of slowing down as the band wowed fans with a scintillating performance tonight at Wembley Arena in London.

Photos by WENN

Here's a picture of the actual issue of Antique Week that we mentioned earlier on KISSOnline. As you can see, KISS are on the cover of the latest issue.

Thanks to Rick Reese for sending KOL the image.

Here's a Gene Simmons radio interview with Rock 106.1. Gene talks to us about the bombast of the live show, visiting England and how to deal with the drug problem.

GENE SIMMONS INTERVIEW PART ONE

GENE SIMMONS INTERVIEW PART TWO

Here's an interview with Paul and Gene from backstage before KISS' Glasgow show last weekend.

Posted by Gig Goer

The Kiss army arrived in Birmingham LG Arena for the 'Sonic Boom Over Europe' tour. The most make up I've ever seen at a gig and that was just the audience! The lights went down and the band duly arrived hoisted on a platform over the drummer into a sea of smoke and explosions. The Rock 'n Roll Pantomime had kicked off and the audience were on their feet from the outset.

They played the new songs from the 'Sonic Boom' album with a mix of more familiar classics:

'Crazy, Crazy Nights'
'Detroit Rock City'
'Rock 'n Roll All Night'
'I Was Made For Loving You'
'Love Gun'

This was one hell of a spectacle: exploding guitars, fireworks, fire eating & blood. At one point Gene Simmons ended up singing whilst balancing on the lighting rig whilst Paul Stanley jumped onto a Tarzan type swing and was transported to a small round platform behind the mixing desk in the middle of the Arena. The drummer and kit ended up twenty feet up in the air. You had to wonder what was coming next.

After one and a half hours the show was over or so we thought. They came back for a forty minute encore finishing off with the Argent classic 'God Gave Rock and Roll To You'.

I'm glad I went to see Kiss just once. This was a fantastic over the top extravaganza which took me back to 1975 when I bought the 'Kiss Alive LP. A great night!

The KISS ARMY Members-Only ticket presale for the KISS Indianapolis, Indiana show will take place today at 10AM. Premium KISS ARMY Members will have access to Members-Only tickets...these are among the best available tickets at the show.

KISS st the Indiana State Fair Grounds
Indianapolis, Indiana
Monday, August 9

Presale starts: Thursday, May 13 @ 10AM (local venue time)
Presale ends: Thursday, May 13 @ 10PM (local venue time)

If you are a Premium KISS ARMY Member: LOGIN NOW and visit the tour page to get your unique code to access the presale.

IMPORTANT NOTE: On the tour page, the link is above the tour date grid.

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KISS IS EVERYWHERE!!

You never know where KISS will show up...This time it's on a sail boat in the Philippines!

Thanks to Marjan Mj Casar and his niece, Francesca (who spotted the boat) for sending KISSonline the image.

Here's the full video announcement for the Indianapolis summer KISS show the band recorded backstage in the UK.

KISS HITS LONDON AGAIN

Tonight was KISS' first show in London after kicking of the Sonic Boom over Europe tour last week in Sheffield. And what a night it was... Celebrating Eric's birthday with a cake on stage, the band delivered what the audience came for: a long night of energetic Rock and Roll, combining past, present and anything in between. The 3 new songs from Sonic Boom, as well as the new additions God Gave Rock and Roll to you and Crazy, Crazy nights, especially added because of the many requests for the UK, blend in perfectly among all the hits. Tomorrow's show in London is sold out, but if you can get your hands on a ticket, be there!

Best,
Rutger de Groot

Check out Daniel Olander's great KISS tattoos!!

Hi KISS & KISS ARMY,

I just got my new KISS SCOOTER!!!! Thank you KISS for the last 37 years!!!! KISS FOREVER!!! Hey Gene I got #9.

Donald Williams

LETTERS

Here are some photos of KISS rockin' Wembley Arena tonight in London!

Photos by Neil Lupin and Jo Hale.

Wembley Arena crowd singing Happy Birthday to Eric a few hours ago.

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By Steve Johnston

KISS formed in New York City in January 1973. Easily identified by its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the band rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s, on the basis of their elaborate live performances. To date, KISS has sold over 40 million albums and been awarded 24 gold discs in the USA, and their worldwide sales exceed 100 million albums.

With a stunning new stage show and a 140 minute set-list that stretched from their 1974 debut album "Kiss" to 2009's "Sonic Boom", the costumed rock superheroes were lowered on to stage on a floating platform amid a hail of pyrotechnics. "The Demon" Gene Simmons, "The Starchild" Paul Stanley, "The Spaceman" Tommy Thayer, and drummer "The Catman" Eric Singer, launched straight into one of their killer new tracks, "Modern Day Delilah" before plunging back to '74 for "Cold Gin".