Paul Stanley let it be known load and clear that the chances of Ace Frehley & Peter Criss returning as permanent members of Kiss is an impossibility.
While chatting on SiriusXM’s Jim & Sam Show, Paul laid out why the 3rd time with Frehley & Criss would absolutely not prove to be “the charm”: “You may want mom and dad to be back together — but it didn’t work out. We had amazing moments and amazing times, and we did some phenomenal things together, which tie me to them forever. But that’s not the fairytale; it doesn’t end there. It’s great to look back on, but you go back and it’s not the same anymore. And you quickly realize — as we did — why it didn’t work out the first time. That’s why it didn’t work out the second time.”
- Kiss North American tour dates (subject to change):
August 18 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
August 19 – Bangor, ME – Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
August 21 – Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
August 22 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
August 25 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
August 26 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
August 28 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 29 – Atlanta, GA – Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
September 1 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 2 – Dayton, OH – Wright State University Nutter Center
September 4 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
September 5 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater at Summerfest Grounds
September 9 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
September 10 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 12 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
September 17 – Ridgefield, WA – Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
September 18 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
September 21 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena
September 22 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
September 23 – Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center
September 25 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
September 28 – Hidalgo, TX – Payne Arena
September 29 – Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
October 1 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
October 2 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
October 5 – Biloxi, MI – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
October 6 – Lafayette, LA – Lafayette Cajundome
October 8 – West Palm Beach, FL – iThink Financial Amphitheatre
October 9 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
SIDE NOTES
- Back in 2019 Paul Stanley explained to Guitar World why co-founders Ace Frehley and Peter Criss were not asked to reunite for Kiss’ final global trek. Stanley said, “This is a celebration of this band and its accomplishments and its history. So anybody who was shortsighted enough to think this should be a reunion is missing the point. That being said, I would love to see everybody at one point or another be onstage. And if that doesn’t happen, it’s their choice, not mine.”
CHECK IT OUT: Kiss on June 28th, 1996 performing “Shout It Out Loud” live at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium: