Saat membantu membentuk KISS bersama Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, dan Ace Frehley di awal tahun 1970-an, Gene Simmons dan bandnya melihat tahun 2023 sebagai akhir dari sebuah era. Naik panggung untuk terakhir kalinya, band ini mengingat kembali sejarah panjang dan kenangan KISS selama ini. Sementara KISS akan melanjutkan dengan konser avatar live, sepertinya Simmons belum selesai dengan panggungnya. Simmons, yang sedang dalam perjalanan untuk band solonya, baru-baru ini menambahkan beberapa konser ke dalam turnya.
Mulai bulan April, Simmons akan kembali melakukan perjalanan untuk berbagi kecintaannya pada musik. Tergantung pada tanggalnya, ini termasuk:
4/03 – Rumah Blues – Anaheim, CA
4/05 – Acara di Graton Resort & Casino – Rohnert Park, CA
4/10 – Saltair Hebat – Magna, UT
25/4 – Dewan Ruth Eckerd – Clearwater, FL
26/4 – Fillmore – Pantai Miami, FL
28/4 – Bulan – Tallahassee, FL
29/4 – Teater Florida – Jacksonville, FL
30/4 – Hard Rock Langsung – Orlando, FL
5/03 – Amfiteater Bendungan Berang-berang – Bendungan Berang-berang, KY
5/05 – Basie – Bank Merah, NJ
5/06 – Wellmont – Montclair, NJ
5/08 – Kasino Wind Creek – Betlehem, PA
5/09 – Yang terpenting – Huntington, NY
15/5 – Kasino Fallsview – Air Terjun Niagara, ON
18/5 – Hard Rock – Rockford, Illinois
20/5 – Pusat Musik Brown County – Nashville, IN
22/5 – Rumah Blues – Dallas, TX
23/5 – Pusat Tobin – San Antonio, TX
24/5 – Rumah Blues – Houston, TX
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The Reason Gene Simmons Started Playing Bass
With tickets available to purchase on the Gene Simmons Band website, the band consisted of Jason Walker, Brain Tichy, and even Brent Woods. Although the co-lead singer of KISS, Simmons is known for his skills with the bass. Once speaking with Guitar World about his passion for the instrument, he admitted, “I picked up bass because there were fewer bass players, and it increased my chances of being in a band – which is what I really wanted.”
While comparing himself to Burger King, Simmons insisted, “The guy who came up with hamburgers is worshipped around the world. If you go to a French cooking school, they’d never cook a hamburger – but who the f**k puts frog legs in their mouth? I’m a Burger King Whopper; that’s all the credibility I would ever want.”
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