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As we just got an extensive look at Concord at the start of today’s State of Play, the first-ever game made by Sony’s newly acquired Firewalk Studios, many fans have already pointed out the game’s similarities with Overwatch 2.

Despite the game’s pretty visuals and quirky characters, at its core, it is still another hero shooter that the gaming community isn’t too keen on. There are noticeably cool aspects to what was shown, but ultimately, many feel that Sony may have dropped the ball with this one.

In Comes Another Hero Shooter; Concord Fails to Wow Fans of the Dated Genre

Some think that Concord doesn’t do enough to stand out.

Similar to other games in the genre, Concord will feature multiple characters, or heroes, to choose from. The ‘main cast‘ is comprised of the characters Lennox, Haymar, 1-Off, and Star Child, but their generic...

Kiss member Paul Stanley has — for some reason — made a statement on Twitter about his stance on kids’ gender identities and the parents who are “normalizing and even encouraging participation” in embracing them, calling it a “sad and dangerous fad.”

“There is a Big difference between teaching acceptance and normalizing and even encouraging participation in a lifestyle that confuses young children into questioning their sexual identification as though some sort of game and then parents in some cases allow it,” he wrote in an unsolicited “My Thoughts On What I’m Seeing” statement on Sunday.

Fans heading to the Kiss show tonight at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania were waiting in traffic when they got some bad news – the show won’t go on. Paul Stanley, the 69-year-old co-lead vocalist and frontman for Kiss, tested positive for Covid-19 according to the band’s official Facebook account. “Tonight’s #Kiss show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pa is unfortunately postponed due to Paul Stanley testing positive for Covid. More information about show dates will be made available Asap,” said the post. “Everyone on the entire tour, both band and crew, are fully vaccinated. The band and their crew have operated in a bubble independently to safeguard everyone as much as possible at each show and in between shows. The tour also has a Covid safety protocol officer on staff full-time that is ensuring everyone is closely following all CDC guidelines.

Paul Stanley’s Soul Station has released a new live performance video for their cover of the Five Stairsteps “O-o-h Child.”

The clip finds the Kiss rocker and his 15-piece ensemble band in a cavernous warehouse space performing the timeless soul hit with plenty of aplomb and joy.

“’O-o-h Child’ is a song of optimism and hope,” Stanley said in a statement. “I think we could all use some words about things getting ‘brighter’ and a time when ‘we’ll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun.’ You can...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on January 15th, 2020, reviewing the new film “Outside the Wire,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 15th, 2021.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Rock n Roll Fantasy Camps, founded by promoter David Fishof, have been around for 25 years. This associative “rock doc” in an exploration of what the camps are and do, answering the never-die dream question in every rock fan’s soul… can I be a rock n roll star, at least through the duration of the fantasy camp? A-list mentors like Roger Daltrey, Jeff Beck, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Nancy Wilson of Heart and other ancillary rockers like Judas Priest and other bands are featured, as well as the campers themselves.

“Rock Camp: The Movie” is available on virtual cinema – including Chicago at MusicBox.com – beginning January 15th. Featuring Roger Daltrey, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, Nancy Wilson, Jeff Beck and Alice Cooper.

Kiss’ Paul Stanley and his band Soul Station have released a cover of the Five Stairsteps’ 1970 hit, “O-o-h Child,” from their upcoming tribute album, Now and Then, out March 5th via UMe.

Stanley and Soul Station perform a faithfully exuberant rendition of “O-o-h Child,” with the 15-piece ensemble band crafting a lush arrangement packed with big horns and swooning harmonies. Stanley delivers a tender lead vocal performance as well, while there’s a bit of his big rock roots embedded in the searing guitar that appears throughout the track.

Soul...

Evan Stanley — son of Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley — tapped Bryan Cranston for a cameo in the new video for his cover of Maroon 5’s 2019 song, “Memories.”

The clip finds Stanley and a friend stranded in the middle of the desert with a broken-down truck. As they wait, Cranston appears somewhat ominously, but after Stanley asks if he managed to find any gas for the truck, he quips, “No, but I got these,” and holds up a pair of bongos. After the trio play through the rest of Stanley’s plucky acoustic cover of “Memories,...

A who’s who of some of the biggest rockstars of the Seventies and Eighties appear in the new trailer for Rock Camp, a documentary detailing a camp that has, for the past 25 years, given average Joes — err, those with a few thousand dollars to spare — the chance to learn and jam with rock stars.

“You would have a 15-year-old kid playing drums and a dentist on guitar,” Alice Cooper says in the clip. “If this band were a real band, it’d be the weirdest band ever, but cool.

Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin have announced Hanukkah Sessions, with the pair celebrating the holiday by sharing eight covers of songs by Jewish artists.

Kurstin, who is Jewish, and Grohl, who is not Jewish, revealed their plans on Twitter Wednesday, the night before the start of the eight-day Festival of Lights at sundown Thursday.

“This year, instead of doing a Christmas song, Greg and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah by recording eight songs by eight famous Jewish artists each night of Hanukkah for you, so we hope you enjoy,...

Much of the world will be spending New Year’s Eve sequestered from one another in quarantine. Kiss, however, will be blowing up 2020 in 100 feet of flames in a lavish, decadent, record-breaking (and Covid-safe) rock & roll livestream in Dubai.

For their first show in an ongoing farewell tour — Kiss (and the rest of the live-music business) have been on pause for most of the year — they wanted to go bigger, even by their own notoriously grandiose standards. Deducing that it’d be the only way to properly scale their shows for an at-home audience,...

Refresh for updates Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx remembers Eddie Van Halen as “the Mozart of rock guitar,” and Jimmy Kimmel writes that a conversation with the groundbreaking guitarist were “two of the best hours of my life.” Van Halen’s ex-wife, Valerie Bertinelli, simply responded to son Wolf Van Halen’s announcement of the death with a row of broken heart emoji.

Actors, musicians, rock critics and fans of all sorts today are praising and mourning Van Halen, whose innovative, lightning-quick and tap-tap playing took him to the top of guitar great lists and made him a breakout star of early MTV, died today of cancer at 65.

“Heartbroken and speechless,” tweeted Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of the band Van Halen in 1985.

“My heart is broken,” tweeted Kiss cofounder Gene Simmons. “Eddie was not only a Guitar God, but a genuinely beautiful soul.

Ace Frehley has never been very open about his political leanings, but that changed in a recent interview with the Cassius Morris Show (via Blabbermouth) when his cover of the Cream song “Politician” from his new LP Origins, Vol. 2 came up.

“I don’t think politics and rock & roll mix — in my opinion,” said the former Kiss guitarist. “And I try to stay away from that as much as I can. I mean, once in a while, I’ll make a crack. I will say I’m a Trump supporter.

“Buying Creem was a little bit like buying Playboy,” Jeff Daniels says in the trailer for the upcoming documentary, Creem: America’s Only Rock N’ Roll Magazine. “You didn’t want your parents to see either one of them.” The alternative music magazine debuted in Detroit in 1969 and is credited with inventing the phrase Punk Rock. “It was Rock magazine with a capital R,” Suzi Quatro adds. Creem: America’s Only Rock N’ Roll Magazine will open in select theaters in August. Boy howdy!

Creem was staffed by a group of misfits who had no “business running, writing or editing for a rock magazine,” according to the trailer, but it was gobbled up by music fans and musicians alike who were hungry for new sounds, harsher attacks and irreverent takes on mainstream artists and venerated rock gods. The now-legendary publication broke heavy metal and New Wave artists on a national...

Cruises chartered by Kiss, Kesha and more have been postponed to 2021 due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

The Kiss Kruise, Kesha’s Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2, the Melissa Etheridge Cruise IV and Coheed and Cambria’s S.S. Neverender have all been rescheduled for next fall. New dates are expected to land between mid-October and mid-November and will be announced soon. All cruises will still depart from Miami.

Per a statement from Sixthman, the production company behind the cruises, guests currently booked for a 2020 cruise will be...

Kiss were a year into their End of the Road tour — which will supposedly be their last-ever big outing — when the coronavirus forced them to change their modus operandi. Last Monday, they decided to cancel their nightly meet-and-greets, where they shook hands and posed for pictures with a hundred or more fans a night. Toward the end of the week, they decided to postpone the last three dates of the North American leg of their tour “out of an abundance of caution” until October.

The trek is set to resume...

Kiss fans who want to shake hands with the band will have to wait. The group has decided to cancel all upcoming meet-and-greets over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19.

“Our meet-and-greets have always offered us and you, our fans, a unique opportunity to literally stand shoulder to shoulder together,” manager Doc McGhee said in a statement, according to Blabbermouth. “After many discussions with experts in the field, we have been advised to temporarily cancel these events given the reality that we do this nightly for a hundred or more fans.

Kiss paid tribute to Kobe Bryant Wednesday during the band’s concert at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, a.k.a. “the House That Kobe Built.”

During the encore, guitarist Paul Stanley stripped off his customary Kiss garb and donned a yellow Los Angeles Lakers jersey with Bryant’s name and #24 on it.

“We’re in the house that Kobe built,” Stanley said of the Staples Center, home of the Lakers and site of the recent Bryant memorial. “None of us would be here if this place wasn’t really like...

Makers, the Verizon Media brand revolving around women, unveiled its latest PBS title Not Done, a documentary that expands on the pubcaster’s documentary series Makers: Women Who Make America. The news came Tuesday during the sixth annual Makers Conference, now underway at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Not Done will air June 30 at 8 Pm on PBS timed to the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Sara Wolitzky directed the hourlong doc, produced by Alexandra Moss and executive produced by Makers founder Dyllan McGee.

The film surveys the landscape of the multifaceted women’s movement and includes archival and new interviews with activists, writers, celebrities, athletes, and politicians to bring these stories to life and connect the dots between the past and the present moment of transformation. Gloria Steinem, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza,...

So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which many of the 2010s’ most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their last 10 years. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.

“What the hell happened in the last 10 years?” Brann Dailor asks Rolling Stone over the phone from Atlanta. In the past 10 years, the drummer released three records with Mastodon — The Hunter (2011), Once More ‘Round the Sun (2014) and Emperor of Sand (2017). The Atlanta metal outfit would be nominated for a Grammy each time,...

Kiss’ End of the Road farewell tour has scheduled its final stop: July 17th, 2021 in the band’s native New York City. Before that, however, Kiss has added a ton of new 2020 dates to their final trek, including two lengthy North American legs.

“We’ve been on the End of the Road tour, and people have said, ‘When is the last show?'” Paul Stanley recently told the audience aboard the Kiss Kruise (via Ultimate Classic Rock). “So, we’re here to tell you that the end of the road...

Kiss have done many outrageous things in their nearly 50-year career, from mixing their blood into the ink of comic books to selling airbrushed Kiss Kaskets as part of their beloved merchandise line. On November 18th, the hard rock icons will take their fire-breathing intensity overseas to the southern coast of Australia, where they’ll perform their first-ever concert for great white sharks.

“Airbnb approached us with this idea that sounded, quite frankly, a little weird, but we’re used to being approached with things that are a little weird,...

Kiss’ Paul Stanley called for action on gun violence in America following the latest mass shooting in Odessa and Midland, Texas, where seven people were killed and over 20 injured.

“We don’t have more ‘crazy’ or ‘mentally unstable’ people in the Us. What we Do have are commonplace mass shootings with automatic and semi-automatic high powered firearms,” the guitarist tweeted Sunday. “That cannot be disputed. Tell me what we and our government must do. Prayers and sympathy are not enough.”

On Saturday, the shooter – described in news reports as a...

Need a few tips on how to navigate the modern music ecosystem? One option is a conversation with Sam Nelson Harris.

As the frontman for alternative band X Ambassadors, Harris has seen three of his band’s songs hit the top 20 on the pop charts through high-profile placements in commercials, films (2016’s “Sucker for Pain” from “Suicide Squad”) and trailers. The group’s current single, “Boom,” from this summer’s newly released second album “Orion,” hit the rock charts this year on the strength of multiple high-profile synch placements, including ESPN’s 2019 NBA promos.

And as a writer/producer for hire, Harris has seen his stock rise considerably this year after his work on three standout cuts for Lizzo’s blockbuster debut album “Cuz I Love You” and co-writes on seven of the 14 tracks on the all-star compilation “For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones,...

Exclusive: Richard Dreyfuss has been set to play Roulette Records chief Morris Levy, and Sebastian Maniscalco is playing music visionary Giorgio Moroder in Spinning Gold, the film about ’70s Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart that his son Timothy Scott Bogart is directing from the script he wrote. Bogart said he has also cast Winslow Fegley to play his father in his childhood years.

Bogart’s Boardwalk Entertainment has fully financed the picture with Jessica Martins’ Hero Entertainment. In a film that will feature some of the most iconic music of the 1970s, Jeremy Jordan plays Bogart and Michelle Monaghan plays his wife, Beth; Samuel L. Jackson plays Parliament leader George Clinton, Kenan Thompson is Motown’s Berry Gordy, Jason Isaacs is Al Bogart (the record producer’s father), Jason Derulo is Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Jay Pharoah is Wbls radio DJ Frankie Crocker, D.L. Hughley is Parliament’s Bootsy Collins,...

Exclusive: In a Hollywood moment where Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman became hits fueled by the music of single acts, what better time to tell the long-gestating movie story of Neil Bogart, complete with the music of the iconic artists who flourished on his Casablanca Records label in the ’70s including Donna Summer, Kiss, Parliament, Village People, The Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight, Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield?

Production will begin July 16 in Montreal on Spinning Gold, a film written and to be directed by Timothy Scott Bogart, son of the late musical idolmaker who died in 1982 of cancer and lymphoma at age 39.

Bogart’s Boardwalk Entertainment has fully financed the picture with Jessica Martins’ Hero Entertainment, and here is the cast: Samuel L. Jackson plays Parliament leader George Clinton (the Godfather of Funk), Kenan Thompson plays Motown’s Berry Gordy, Jason Isaacs plays Al Bogart (the record producer’s father), Jason Derulo...

The Hold Steady will release their seventh LP, Thrashing Thru the Passion, on August 16th. The album, which follows 2014’s Teeth Dreams, compiles five new songs with five others issued digitally over the past three years.

The Brooklyn sextet previewed the record with opener “Denver Haircut,” a signature surge of snarling electric guitars, chiming piano chords and the clever, deadpan observations of frontman Craig Finn.

“He shaved his head at the airport/In a bar at the end of the concourse,” the singer notes on the track. “He said you...

It's Father's Day -- and as the rest of us give a big hug to our papa bears ... these famous folks are pretty much doing the exact same thing. Lots of stars took to social media Sunday to celebrate the holiday -- whether that meant honoring their own dads with a selfie, or snuggling up with their kids. Take, for example, Tom Brady -- who's got three children of his own -- cozying up with the tykes in his bed.

Ask a Craig Finn fan to picture the contents of the singer’s brain on a given day, and they might imagine a steady stream of the sort of first-pumping underdog tales he’s spent 16 years shouting onstage as frontman of the Hold Steady. But these days, the singer often fixates on a different kind of narrative.

“Honestly, where my head’s at, as far as what I think about when I walk around, is the more mundane stuff, more the people in these songs,” Finn says.

He’s referring...

Kiss frontman Paul Stanley has shared that he was drawn to stardom because of a physical deformity he had called microtia. In a clip from a forthcoming conversation with Dan Rather on The Big Interview, Stanley spoke candidly about how fame compensated for his insecurities.

“I had what’s called a microtia, which is basically not having an ear … I wasn’t very socially adept, and when you have something physical that sets you apart from people, it makes you the target of unrelenting scrutiny and sometimes ridicule,” he told Rather.

Kiss just embarked on their “End of the Road” tour, but not without a fair share of behind the scenes drama. Original lead guitar player Ace Frehley recently had explosive accusations, not only claiming that Kiss Kingpins Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had unfairly maligned and marginalized him for decades, but that Simmons made unwanted […] The post Gene Simmons Finally Responds to Ace Frehley’s Explosive Accusations appeared first on Dread Central.

Seminal theatrical 1970’s era rock icons Kiss just launched their “Final” tour, and not everyone is happy. The most hardcore Kiss fans can’t contemplate a world where the band’s tours aren’t an annual event. Of course, a huge swath of Kiss fans are upset that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley refused to reunite with original […] The post Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee Throws Shade at Kiss Over “Identical” Final Tour Stage appeared first on Dread Central.

In time for what they’re dubiously dubbing their “final tour,” Kiss have rolled out KissWorld — The Best of Kiss. Touching on every one of the group’s eras, from makeup to no makeup and back to kabuki, the 20-track compilation amounts to Kiss for beginners. And if an album featuring “Detroit Rock City,” “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Beth” and “Lick It Up” sounds familiar, it should: KissWorld is at least the 12th compilation the group has rolled out.

Kiss fans are a loyal bunch who will buy just...

“This stage is so small, I have to leave to change my mind,” Kiss frontman Paul Stanley quipped onstage at the 500-capacity Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles Monday night. Less than two weeks into their End of the Road tour, which finds the band headlining arenas, the group opted for a far more intimate setup in conjunction with SiriusXM and their Kiss Army Radio channel.

Fans lined up hours before the gig to try to score an invite to the show, which saw celebs like LL Cool J,...

Sex, drugs, rock and roll–and murder? After being insulted and demeaned for years, Kiss’s founding lead guitarist Ace Frehley has had enough. Following comments bass player/vocalist Gene Simmons made to Guitar World Magazine, Ace took to Facebook for a blistering take-down of the Demon and his Starchild cohort, Paul Stanley, accusing the duo of slander, […] The post War of Words Between Kiss Members Gets Hotter Than Hell! Gene & Paul Put a Hit on Ace? appeared first on Dread Central.

Kiss bass player/vocalist Gene Simmons has always said he’d quit rock ‘n’ rolling all night by the time he turned 70-years-old. And with that date fast approaching, the band has embarked on an “End of the Road” tour. Sure, they’ve gone on other “final” tours in the past, but something about this one feels real—and […] The post Ace Frehley Blasts Kiss Members Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley Over “End of the Road” Exclusion appeared first on Dread Central.

Ace Frehley played with Kiss for the first time in 17 years this past fall, joining Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for four songs on last year’s Kiss Kruise. That doesn’t mean, however, that Frehley will join the band on its upcoming End Of The Road Tour. Neither he nor original drummer Peter Criss were invited on the…...

Ace Frehley's firing back at Gene Simmons for telling him to kiss off -- and dropping nasty allegations about Gene getting handsy and threatening to sue his ex-bandmate. The founding Kiss guitarist blasted Simmons Tuesday, in response to Gene's interview in which he claimed Frehley was fired due to "drugs, alcohol, bad behavior, being unprofessional" ... and would never be allowed back in the band. Frehley says he was never fired, but quit twice because Gene and Kiss singer,...

Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley posted a scathing Facebook message to Gene Simmons on Tuesday, alleging that Simmons’ statements about Frehley’s alcohol abuse over the years cost him millions and that Simmons had groped his wife. After the allegations, he included a threat: “Without a complete and heartfelt apology, an offer to give me my old job back and removing Tommy [Thayer, guitarist] from the throne I created, the shit will hit the fan and they’ll [sic] be no stopping it. It’s on!!!” He concluded the post with an image...

Our first-ever podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, hosted by Brian Hiatt, featured an eclectic collection of in-depth interviews this year. Here are some of the best of 2018:

Julian Casablancas and the Voidz: Casablancas explained exactly why he needs another band, delved into his radical politics and more.

Elvis Costello: The singer/songwriter delved into his new album, Look Now, and his entire career.

Kelly Clarkson: From her very first American Idol audition and her battles with her old label to her new album and her coaching gig on The Voice,...

Walking the Floor goes to space this week, with special guest Ace Frehley — known to Kiss fans as the Spaceman — joining podcast host Chris Shiflett. Together, the two ignore the show’s Americana-leaning format and, instead, geek out over guitar pickups, soloing techniques and Kiss lore.

“Ace Frehley is, without question, the single most important reason why I play guitar,” Shiflett admits during the episode’s pre-interview segment. Perhaps that’s why today’s episode is so spirited. Below, we’ve rounded up some highlights from the pair’s conversation,...

The 4th Annual Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation Heroes for Heroes Celebrity Poker Tournament & Casino Party will take place on November 10, 2018 at Avalon Hollywood honoring rock legend Gene Simmons.

The hottest stars from TV, Film, Music and Sports along with community VIPs will come together to support the families of Lapd officers who were injured or have fallen in the line of duty.

Simmons is being honored for his above and beyond participation as one of the top celebrity ambassadors at the Cantor Fitzgerald & Bgc Partners’ annual Charity Days commemorating the 658 friends, colleagues and Eurobroker employees tragically lost on September 11, 2001. On September 11, 2018 Simmons joined licensed brokers on the trading floor, alongside heavyweights like former President Bill Clinton and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair commanding big number sales and trades. The music icon finished the day moving billions of dollars to help charity including, the Lapmf. “I have great respect for our law enforcement,...

Kiss reunited with original lead guitarist Ace Frehley for the first time in 17 years for an acoustic set on the annual Kiss Kruise. Frehley joined Kiss for four songs, including “Nothing to Lose” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.” The group also performed their cover of the Rolling Stones’ “2000 Man” – which Frehley sang on 1979’s Dynasty – as well as Hello’s “New York Groove,” which Frehley covered on his 1978 solo debut.

Prior to their rendition of “Nothin’ to Lose,” Frehley said, “This is great… this is so great. Thank you guys for inviting me up.

Kiss continued to hype their upcoming 2019 farewell tour by performing one of their signature hard-rock hits, “Shout It Out Loud,” on Wednesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden.

The quartet took a relatively stripped-down approach, at least by their own arena-styled standards – only utilizing pyrotechnics during a climactic mini-flourish of fog and flames. The band faithfully recreated the 1976 Destroyer track: Frontman Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons traded off on lead vocals, with Tommy Thayer nailing the guitar solo.

The late-night spot, which followed a Tonight Show rendition of “Love Gun” on Tuesday,...

Halloween might as well be a national day of Kiss observance as far as the band is concerned. What better way to officiate your own party than rocking the Tonight Show stage? Kiss brought all the bombastic lasers, pyrotechnics, leather-studded vets, hairy chests and ghoulish clown makeup they’re famous for and played “Love Gun,” a swelling, fist-shaking banger they’ve been serving up live since 1977.

The stadium-worthy set imbued with nostalgia was a preview and buildup to Kiss’s 2019 kiss-off, The End of the Road World Tour, which will commence January in Vancouver.

Kiss’ End of the Road tour might be three months away, but that hasn’t stopped them from telling the public what they can expect from the show. In a series of interviews, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have promised an expanded set list and a completely reimagined stage set. “We virtually have thrown out everything that has been on stage for the past 10 years, at least, and created a whole new stage and a whole new show,” Paul Stanley said. “We’re not crawling to the finish line; we’re celebrating.

Rock & Brews Restaurants, the rock-inspired, family-friendly restaurant brand co-founded by Kiss front men Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, will again pay tribute to veterans, active military and first responders with free food on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss will offer free food to veterans, active military and first responders

The effort will help raise funds for the United Service Organizations (Uso) throughout the month of November to recognize the service and sacrifice that service members and their families make every day.

On Veterans Day, participating Rock & Brews restaurants nationwide will offer a choice of either a complimentary Pulled Pork Sandwich with a side dish or a Strawberry Fields Salad. Some locations are offering additional items to choose from.

This will mark the fourth year that Rock & Brews Restaurants have offered free food on Veterans Day. This year, however, the brand will take things to...

Soon after Kiss announced their End of the Road tour, frontman Paul Stanley called into the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for an in-depth interview, in which he explained why the band is retiring from the road, and much more. To hear the entire conversation, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify. An edited and condensed transcript follows.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that Kiss is one of many acts of your generation announcing some form of retirement.

It’s not a coincidence that there...

Kiss recently became the latest in a very long list of rock acts to announce a farewell tour this year. Many fans were probably a little skeptical when they heard the news since, well, Kiss already went on a farewell tour. It happened back in 2000 and kept them on the road for well over a year. They played 142 concerts to fans that all believed they were seeing Kiss for the final time. Here’s video of the group launching the tour with “Detroit Rock City” at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix,...

Paul Stanley joined the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast to talk in depth about Kiss’ just-announced End of the Road world tour (which they’ve said will mark the end of their touring career) and much more, from the making of “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” to the dangers of pyro. To hear the entire discussion, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

Unlike their first farewell tour, in 2000, they mean it this time, Stanley says. “Let’s put it into...

Kiss are kissing the road goodbye once again, but not before embarking on one more tour. The rockers announced their final trek after a 45-year career during their appearance on NBC’s America’s Got Talent on Wednesday.

The group performed their hit “Detroit Rock City” to launch Agt‘s season finale episode before announcing the news. “This is going to be our last tour,” they announced onstage. “It will be the most explosive, biggest show we’ve ever done. People who love us, come to see us. If you’ve never seen us,...