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It won’t be long before Sammy Hagar has rock star company in Mexico. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS – who are partners in the Rock & Brews restaurant venture – are opening a Rock & Brews location in San Jose del Cabo, just next door to Cabo San Lucas, home of Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Cantina.

Rock & Brews combines casual dining and a craft beer selection with the experience of being backstage at a rock concert.

The flagship venue opened last year in El Segundo, California, just south of Los Angeles International Airport, and after the Mexican location the company plans outposts in Southern California, LAX airport, Paia [pah-EE-ah], Hawaii and Kansas City.

Highlights of the restaurants include “The Great Wall of Rock,” where posters, album covers and other pieces of rock music-related art will be displayed.  Rock & Brews also will feature flat-screen TVs and a high-fidelity sound system on which a variety of classic live performances will be played.

Gene Simmons has been a partner in the venture from the beginning, along with L.A. restaurateur Michael Zislis and veteran concert promoter Dave Furano.

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Jorge Adorno

Die-hard KISS fans looking for the ultimate in concert memorabilia from the group’s current Australian tour need search no more. Why not acquire a guitar smashed onstage “in your honor” by guitarist Paul Stanley — for a mere $5,500?

Stanley, also a singer in the U.S. hard rock group known for its garish makeup, will also be selling the microphone he sings into for $3,000, along with special microphone and guitar combination packages, his website said.

If you purchase a KISS guitar during the Australian tour, currently underway until March 16, you also get to meet Stanley before the concert and view your yet undamaged guitar, which will be smashed that night in your honor, according to Stanley’s website.

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