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According to MetalTalk, KISS may be headlining the 2nd stage at Download on Friday 14th June 2013. None of this has been confirmed by the band, but it does fit in with some of their other European dates around that time. 2nd stage though??

More info over at MetalTalk.

Paul & Gene were both on the CBBC show '12 Again' today. 12 Again is a show where celebs look back on their childhood and revisit the music, TV shows and the big news stories that happened when they were 12. They were on alongside Countdown's Rachel Riley and Ronan Keating.

The show was filmed while they were over here for the Forum show.

It's currently available on iPlayer here.

Good luck to all the UK KISS fans who are about to set sail on the KISS Kruise, I look forward to the reviews & photos!

The Torpedian Harmonists from Germany have released another video, this time their tribute to Love Gun!

Peter Criss was a guest on Q104.3 in NYC this morning to talk about his new book released today. During the interview he addressed Steven Tyler's remarks that KISS are a "comic book rock band."

See what his response was over at the Q104.3 website.  

There's also a link in that article to his full interview with Q104.3.

Ace Frehley has cancelled his appearance at Hard Rock Hell in Wales leaving his fans in the lurch... again. Ace famously cancelled his appearance last year claiming to have broken his arm, this year no explanation has been made. More details can be found at the Hard Rock Hell website.

After its first week Monster has hit the BBC album chart at number 21, excellent news and well deserved for such a great album. It managed to make it all the way to #12 in the midweek chart, dropped a little towards the end of the week. Now lets get a single out there too....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums 

The first dates of what will likely turn into a full European tour have been announced, the 2013 KISS Scandinavian dates are as follows:

JUNE 1 - FRIENDS ARENA STADIUM - STOCKHOLM - ON SALE NOW
JUNE 3 - HARTWELL ARENA - HELSINKI, FINLAND - ON SALE OCT 22
JUNE 6 - SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL - SOLVESBORG - ON SALE NOW
JUNE 8 - VIKING FEST - VIKING STADION - STAVANGER, NORWAY ON SALE OCT 22
JUNE 11 - FORUM - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - ON SALE OCT 22

As mentioned a few weeks ago, here's the new poster for the upcoming KISS tribute album, KISSIN' TIME: CANADA'S TRIBUTE TO KISS. The cd will be released in on Halloween and features 12 Klassic KISS songs recorded by some of the best Indie artists from Canada. All proceeds after expenses will be donated to SICK KIDS FOUNDATION (Toronto Sick Kids Hospital).

CD available to buy on the KISSIN Time site

Thanks to Spiro Papadatos for the info.

Good morning guys, this is Mike Jones, night show host at DC101. I just spoke with Gene and Eric of Kiss, great conversation about the new Monster album, doing the record their own way and not worrying about what anyone else said and supporting our troops! Here's the link

http://www.dc101.com/pages/MikeJones.html?article=10483936