Wow! What an amazing night! KISS played an incredible unplugged set of classics and rarities on the KISS Kruise in their first non-makeup show in over 15 years. The band was in excellent spirits, acting very playful on stage with each other, and they really appeared to be enjoying this special time with their fans.

KISS was originally slated to play for an hour, but once the one-hour mark passed, they just kept adding songs to the set. Paul remarked that they were having so much fun that they didn't want to stop! It was obvious that the fans felt the same way, as they were ecstatically singing along, word for word, to the many rarities that the band performed.

Here's the "Unplugged At Sea" setlist:

Hotter Than Hell
Calling Dr. Love
Sure Know Something
Christine Sixteen
Do You Love Me
Shandi
I Love it Loud
Forever
See You Tonight
Black Diamond
Hard Luck Woman
Beth
Everytime I Look At You
Just a Boy, I, Mr. Blackwell (medley)
Anything For My Baby
Two Timer
C'mon And Love Me
Rock and Roll All Nite

Here are a few more photos of the crew getting ready for KISS' unplugged set on the Kruise yesterday.

KISS and over 2500 members of the KISS Army are on board the Destiny, preparing to set sail as we speak! Here are some photos of the KISS crew setting up on the Lido Deck for today's unplugged, non-makeup concert and Q&A.

The first-ever KISS Kruise launches in style this afternoon from Miami with a non-makeup unplugged KISS sail-away concert!

The moment that the Destiny cruise ship leaves the dock, over 2500 KISS Army members will become the inaugural members of the KISS Navy!

We're not sure how the internet connection will be at sea, but KISSOnline will keep you updated on the KISS Kruise adventure!

My KISS Kruise started out with a bang! I actually happened to be on the same plane as the band today, and we met prior to boarding. Here I am pictured with Gene and Paul as the guys arrive at LAX for their flight to Miami, Wednesday morning. The band is in great spirits, looking forward to the cruise, meeting the fans, and doing all kinds of special stuff.

Rutger de Groot

In May of this year, Paul appeared on George Lopez's television show, and together they created a painting called "Help Those In Need." The painting was auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting the American Red Cross and tornado victims in the southern USA.

I was thrilled to be the winning bidder in the auction, which was for such a great cause. The painting is proudly displayed in our home, and I thought you'd enjoy seeing it too!

- Jill

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These are a few of the thousands of KISS collectibles on display at last Sunday's Chicago Fan Expo.

Photos by Doug Cataldo and John Wicker

Check out this great video trailer for the "Archie Meets KISS" comics series!

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Our university group, the supervisory roundtable, won first prize in today's homecoming parade. The parade theme was Rock N Roll Legends and we picked KISS!! Here is a photo of our band members - we had a great time with it!

Judy Ohl, member of Supervisory Roundtable, Bloomsburg University

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By Albert Ching, Newsarama Staff Writer and Graeme McMillan, Newsarama Contributor

"Archie Meets Kiss" might be the latest unexpected comic book crossover, but it's far from the first. Heck, it's not even the first bizarre team-up involving Archie characters.

The history of comics is full of unlikely pairings either because of the characters involved -- like say, Batman/Danger Girl -- or the fact that, like in "Archie Meets Kiss," real people are involved, dating back to Pat Boone serenading Lois Lane in an issue of her oft-wacky Silver Age series.

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KISS fans of all ages came out Sunday to celebrate all things KISS at the KISS Fan Expo in Hillside, IL. Thanks to all the fans who stopped by to visit with us at the KISSOnline booth!


Photos by Doug Cataldo and John Wicker

Thank you all who came to the Chicago KISS Expo Sunday and donated to the Pink Lotus Cancer Center! We raised $626 for Shannon Tweed's Charity in total and 100% of our proceeds go to them!

Lady Space and Son of Simmons

The number of fans on KISS' Facebook page surpassed the 5 MILLION mark earlier this week! Thank you, KISS Army!

If you're not a fan of KISS on Facebook yet, head over to KISS' official Facebook page to "Like" us.

KISS VISITS CADILLAC

On the day in KISSTORY - October 9, 1975, KISS celebrated KISS Day in Cadillac, MI!



On February 28, 2010 ESPN did a piece about the KISS visit to Cadillac. This appeared on SportCenter and Outside the Lines.
To see the ESPN story online CLICK HERE.

For my 41st birthday my daughter painted this for me!!! I am a big fan of KISS so I appreciate this very much! Thank you beautiful daughter.

Francisco Mendoza

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