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Taylor Swift Shares Travis Kelce Kiss #ForAFortnightChallenge Video

Swifties might need at least a fortnight to recover from Taylor Swift‘s new YouTube Shorts video. On Friday night (April 19), after the premiere of her “Fortnight” music video from her just-released Tortured Poets Department album, Swift took to the video-sharing platform to encourage fans to share their “fortnight recap” with the hashtag #ForAFortnightChallenge. A fortnight is 14 days, so the point of the video challenge is for fans to […]

todayApril 20, 2024

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Gene Simmons Says Kiss Rights Sale Wasn’t About Money

Gene Simmons said the sale of Kiss’ name, logo, makeup and share of their music catalog was a deal the band didn't go looking for.Pophouse Entertainment is reputed to have paid $300 million for the package; the company hopes to create an avatar show in the style of their ABBA Voyage production.In a new interview with People, Simmons said the agreement felt like a “natural thing” to make with the Swedish […]

todayApril 5, 2024 1

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Did a Pop Star Steal the Kiss ‘Demon’ Look? Gene Simmons Responds

Kiss legend Gene Simmons has come to the defense of pop star JoJo Siwa after fans claimed her new "demon" look she debuted earlier this week was ripping off the iconic musician.Siwa, an alum of Dance Moms, various Nickelodeon shows and most recently appearing as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, has made some inroads in pop and dance music in recent years.She's just released the new song "Karma" and […]

todayApril 3, 2024 2

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Kiss’ Gene Simmons Is Promising ‘No More Make-Up’

Fans shouldn't expect an appearance by the Demon when Gene Simmons returns to the stage.Kiss played their last announced concert in December, bringing to a close a four-year trek dubbed the End of the Road. They performed in the band's original greasepaint, though members had come and gone around co-founders Simmons and Paul Stanley over the years.There were hints, however, that we hadn't seen the last of Kiss."The end of […]

todayMarch 26, 2024 2

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Kiss Plays Final Show With Vinnie Vincent

When Kiss played their final show with guitarist Vinnie Vincent on March 17, 1984, it marked the end of a brief, productive-yet-volatile partnership that the band's principals had pegged as doomed from the start.Vincent (born Vincent John Cusano) first linked up with the face-painted rockers in 1982, replacing co-founding lead guitarist Ace Frehley during the sessions for that year's Creatures of the Night. Vincent co-wrote and played on several of the album's songs as an […]

todayMarch 17, 2024 1

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The Moment Ace Frehley Knew It Was Time to Leave Kiss

Ace Frehley doesn't think about time. That's what he tells us early in our conversation about his new solo album 10,000 Volts as we point out that it's arriving 50 years after the debut album from his former band Kiss."I don't think about [that] and dates," he explains. "I've been sober for 17 years and one of the things that they teach you in sobriety is to live in the […]

todayFebruary 24, 2024

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Travis Kelce Says He’d Marry Katy Perry, Kiss Taylor Swift in Old Clip

Travis Kelce had Taylor Swift on his mind even back in 2016! In an old Afterbuzz TV interview clip that resurfaced this week on TMZ, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is seen playing a game of “Marry, Kiss, Kill,” choosing between Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande. As the title suggests, in the game, the player has to choose one of the options to marry, kill or kiss. Kelce […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024

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Why Ace Frehley Left KISS in 1982

Why did Ace Frehley leave KISS in 1982? The guitarist revealed a couple of reasons during an appearance on the Talk Is Jericho podcast with Chris Jericho, including one that relates to the band's most recognizable trait - the makeup.Why Did Ace Frehley Initially Leave KISS?Though Frehley was still doing promotional appearances with the band late into 1982, the guitarist tells Jericho, "First time I left KISS was in ’81."He recalls, […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024

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