While another comeback tour is always possible, Kiss performed for allegedly the last time on its End of the Road World Tour, which came to an end in late 2023, at Madison Square Garden. But singer-songwriter-bassist Gene Simmons is continuing, sans makeup and elaborate costumes, with his own Gene Simmons Band, and they will perform at The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, May 5.
Tickets will go on sale Dec. 6 at 10 a.m., with pre-sales beginning Dec. 4 at 10 a.m.; visit ticketmaster.com.
Simmons is joined in the band by guitarists Brent Woods (who has previously played with Sebastian Bach and Vince Neil) and Zach Throne (Jerry Cantrell, Corey Taylor), and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Ozzy Osbourne).
For those wondering … yes, Simmons will undoubtedly perform a lot of Kiss material. I don’t know, though, if he or other band members will handle the lead vocals on the Kiss songs he didn’t originally sing.