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GENE SIMMONS Invites ACE FREHLEY To Take Part In KISS’s ‘End Of The Road’ Tour: ‘The Fans Would Love It’

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Gene Simmons has invited Ace Frehley to take part in KISS‘s “End Of The Road” tour, saying “the fans would love” to see the band reunited with its original guitarist.

Earlier today, Simmons took to his Twitter to wish Frehley a happy 71st birthday, and he added: “The invitations still stand. Jump up on stage with us for encores. The fans would love it.”

“It would certainly sell more tickets with me involved,” Ace added. “I have a gut feeling it will happen.”

At the time, Ace acknowledged that he wasn’t always the easiest to work with in KISS, given his acknowledged problems with drink and drugs.

“It would be really exciting,” he said. “Not just for me, but also for the fans. I’m ready. I feel reborn.”

In the months after KISS announced “End Of The Road”, fans wondered openly if Frehley and Criss would be involved in the tour, especially considering the apparent recent goodwill between Paul and Gene and AceFrehley‘s latest album “Spaceman” — a title suggested by Simmons himself — features two songs the pair wrote together, and the duo completed a joint summer tour of Australia, after which Frehley fired his solo backing band and hired Simmons‘s.

Asked if he would still consider participating in the tour if Criss was not involved, Ace said: “I think it would be great if Peter was involved. Obviously, at this point in his life, he wouldn’t be able to do a two-hour show. But I can see if we worked out a situation where Peter came out at the end and did three or four songs — sang ‘Beth’, did ‘Black Diamond’ and a couple of others, I think that would be fun.”

KISS‘s current lineup consists of original members Simmons and Stanley, alongside later band additions, Thayer (since 2002) and drummer Eric Singer (on and off since 1991).

Source:  www.blabbermouth.net

Written by: Andy

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