Kiss
Kiss unveil digital avatars at final ever show: ‘We can be forever young and forever iconic’
A towering, high-tech version of Kiss took over from the band at Madison Square Garden, created by the team behind Abba Voyage
Michael Sun
04, Dec, 2023 @5:07 AM
From the Killers to Kiss: grand final entertainment will forever be hit and miss | Geoff Lemon
It’s not the Super Bowl but it’s still chastening that the best we can get is often the most washed-up, least imaginative choices
Geoff Lemon
29, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM
Gene Simmons on Kiss, sex and calling it quits: ‘As long as your schmeckle works, you feel immortal’
Fifty years since their first show, the 74-year-old frontman of the glam rock band is preparing for their final curtain – and, he says, stands ‘guilty as charged of everything’
Elmo Keep
14, Sep, 2023 @3:00 PM
Slipknot and a chilled muscadet? Hellfest, the metal festival that’s also a gastronomic paradise
With its wine and oyster pairings, lobster rolls, oozing cheeses and metal-themed supermarkets, Hellfest has turned the small French town of Clisson into a foodie destination for metalheads
Davey Brett
20, Jun, 2023 @12:05 PM
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons given tour of parliament by DUP’s Ian Paisley
American rock star enjoys ‘controlled chaos’ of Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden facing off at deputy PMQs
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
08, Jun, 2023 @11:53 AM
Kiss review – typically explosive end to rock’s silliest band
The solos are dull, the banter crass, the songs often lacking in interest – and yet Kiss’s final tour is also a barrage of amazement
Michael Hann
06, Jun, 2023 @9:36 AM
‘My teenage hormones were raging!’: stars salute the Beatles’ Love Me Do at 60
It confused Gene Simmons, inspired Judy Collins and changed one pop star’s mum’s haircut. Here, musicians recall the impact of the Beatles’ debut single
Interviews by Dave Simpson
03, Oct, 2022 @10:59 AM
Kiss’ final tour review – a glorious, absurd triumph from kings of rock’n’roll theatre
In their final Australian tour, Kiss bring bombast and pyrotechnics to the masses with clown costumes, fake blood and leg-breaking heels
Elmo Keep
29, Aug, 2022 @5:30 PM
Download festival review – monster metal weekend roars back to full volume
At capacity again after two years of Covid, jubilant crowds greet showstopping turns from full-glam Kiss to musically flashy Iron Maiden and the fury of Bleed from Within
Matt Mills
13, Jun, 2022 @1:19 PM
Kiss, Misfits, Mayhem: which metal band has the scariest makeup?
With Halloween looming, Tobias Forge of Ghost ranks rock’s most menacing faces
Leonie Cooper
18, Oct, 2019 @12:00 PM
Kiss review – rock's cartoon characters say final farewell, again
Under reams of confetti and pyrotechnics, the face-painted rock gods have enough bangers to go out with a bang
Dave Simpson
10, Jul, 2019 @10:28 AM
Music gave me something to believe in – and kept me alive
From the Ramones to Kate Bush and Kiss, music’s healing power has been a constant for Guardian Australia’s Andrew Stafford
Andrew Stafford
27, Jun, 2019 @6:00 PM
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