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Backstage at the final Kiss show: Only in the pyrotechnic new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also available: the special, limited edition Kiss bundle edition. Inside: Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Nirvana, The Doors, Saxon, Peter Gabriel and more

B-movie monsters, IQ tests and The Village People: 50 obscure Kiss facts only hardcore Kiss fans know
By Classic Rock published
Kiss played their very first gig on January 30, 1973, in front of 10 people. Half a century on, here are 50 obscure facts about the Hottest Band In The World

"Even now it can still get the tears running down my face": Paul Stanley - the soundtrack of my life
By Paul Elliott published
Paul Stanley picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals which Kiss album has "no balls"

First Kiss avatar shows set to take place in 2027
By Stef Lach published
Kiss fans will have to wait 4 years to see the band in avatar form

Ace Frehley thinks that the Kiss avatars are "not rock and roll" and "geared towards children"
By Paul Brannigan published
Kiss are embracing boundless digital horizons with their new avatars, but Ace Frehley isn't convinced

A new era begins: Kiss announce that they're continuing as avatars
By Fraser Lewry published
Kiss have collaborated with Industrial Light & Magic and Pophouse to produce four avatars that will continue to rock, possibly forever

Kiss bring the curtain down on the End Of The Road tour - and their epic 50-year career - with a spectacular, and intriguing, final bow in New York City
By Paul Brannigan published
Or could the end be just another beginning?

Kiss cancel string of shows on farewell tour as Paul Stanley struggles with flu
By Stef Lach published
Kiss cancel Ottawa, Toronto and Knoxville gigs with farewell tour set to wrap up in New York on December 2

“Gene looked like a transvestite, Paul looked like some whore and Ace looked like Shirley Maclaine”: the outrageous story of Kiss’s first 12 months
By Ken Sharp published
Kiss’s farewell tour is fast approaching its end – but this is how it all started, way back in 1973

“'Cocaine buffet?' they would say. 'Just help yourself'”: Gene Simmons, Dave Grohl and The Darkness make surreal cameo appearances in singer/songwriter James Blunt's outrageous 'non-memoir' Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story
By Paul Brannigan published
A number of high profile rock stars pop up for memorable appearances in James Blunt's new 'non-memoir', which may be the most entertaining book ever written by any musician
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