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(LIVENATION/KISS PRESS RELEASE) ROCK ICONS KISS START THEIR 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, THE HOTTEST SHOW ON EARTH, WITH RECORD-BREAKING TICKET AND MERCHANDISE SALES (LOS ANGELES) July 26, 2010 - Planning to see rock icons KISS ( www.KISSonline.com ) this summer during their 2010 North American tour, The Hottest Show on Earth? Plan on buying tickets in advance. This weekend, the legendary rockers started their 32-city tour with record-breaking crowds in Cheyenne, WY, and Minot (Bismarck area), ND. KISS is also the first rock act to completely sell out the grandstands in Minot (more than 15,000 people) - they broke Taylor Swift's 2009 gross merchandise sales record in both cities, and KISS gave back by donating more than $30,000 from their ticket sales to Wounded Warrior Care Project, a non-profit veterans organization. "We know that times are tough for The KISS Army of fans and that's why we're giving back," said KISS bassist and co-founder Gene ...

This excerpt is from an article written just prior to the original release of "The Empire Strikes Back" it appeared in issue 22 (possibly June 1980) of Starburst Magazine , then being published by Marvel Comics Ltd . Tony Crawley is the writer credited on the feature. Other regular contributors were John Brosnan , Phil Edwards, John Fleming and Mat Irvine . (All images are copyrighted 1980 by Lucasfilm Ltd) THE MAKING OF STAR WARS THOUGH IT HAS TAKEN THREE YEARS, THE SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL MOVIE STAR WARS, IS FINALLY WITH US TONY CRAWLEY LOOKS AT THE MAKING OF THE FILM AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE CREATIVE PEOPLE INVOLVED Above: One of Ralph Mc Quarrie's pre- production paintings. It's that time again. George Lucas science fantasy time! As Star Trek finally disappears inside Disney's Black Hole, the world's stage is set for the Star Wars sequel. Well, not the sequel the continuation ... the next chapter. Part Two! Well, no, not quite...

Lew Stringer's frighteningly excellent blog has a very interesting "behind the scenes" snippet on Marvel UK's history: Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Marvel UK in the early Nineties

Stevie Nicks - Leather and Lace Uploaded by jpdc11 . 1986 was the year I first saw this video from a compilation of Stevie Nicks promo's called "I Can't Wait", it ran for only twenty six minutes and featured the following songs: Stop Draggin' My Heart Around /Stand Back / Leather and Lace / If AnyoneFalls / Talk to Me / I Can't Wait. This is the copy from back cover: In the mid-70's, when Stevie Nicks joined the already popular Fleetwood Mac, her highly distinctive, deeply sensual voice, and her intensely personal songs immediately helped propel the band to supergroup status. For her part in their immense popularity, she has emerged a major figure in contemporary music. As of 1986, she has released three albums on her own and they all achieved platinum-record status. Each is distinguished by several huge hit singles and videos, and they have been collected here for the first time. From "Bella Donna" comes her concert video of "Leather and L...

(Photo by Jane Gregory, Pets Ink) Biography- Chris Raddings: Musician Born in: Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K. Date of Birth: 21/11/63 Schools: Scholes Infants School, Mirfield, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. / Whitechapel Middle School, Cleckheaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. / Whitcliffe Mount Secondary School Cleckheaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. Chris is the youngest of three children, he has a sister, Elaine and a brother, Andrew. He left school in 1980 and continued his studies at Batley College of Art & Design, specialist subject: Interior Design. The college catered for a wide range of diciplines from Fine Art to Fashion Design and consequently included an eclectic mix of characters amongst it's scholars and lecturers providing the perfect environment to broaden the mind! However by 1982 Chris left the school having decided to follow an alternative and more satisfying career path working with disadvantaged children. He soon discovered he could incorpora...

Happy accident, serendipity I don't know but somehow while on holiday in the Czech Republic I was able to help in the casting for this video. As it turns out I think it's worked rather well, I particularly like the imagery of the gently burning guitar. More music from Simon P Kelly can be found on his myspace music profile and the album Coming Home In The Light from which this single is pulled is available now (e-mail Simon via his myspace profile). Incidentally, the evocative lyrics to all the songs are written by my friend Richard Eccles who's also a very talented poet and all around creative powerhouse. My thanks go out to Richard for allowing me to play a tiny part in the completion of this project.

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SONIC BOOM Cover Insight Deluxe! Posted using ShareThis THE RETURN OF KISS August 17, 2009 By Michael Doret I've been waiting a few months to be able to talk about this-and I have talked about it to some degree in a few online interviews, but not really in any detail. Back in April of this year I received a telephone call from out of the blue-from somewhere in South America. At the other end of the line was KISS' Paul Stanley. It'd been more years than I cared to remember since we last spoke. That was when I had done the cover art for "Rock and Roll Over"-KISS' 5th album and their 2nd to go Platinum. So you can understand my surprise when Paul asked if I'd be interested in designing the cover art for KISS' first studio album in 11 years-which Paul himself was producing. That's when I started remembering how exciting it was the first time around, to have been involved in that fast-paced world of entertainment and music. For me it had been a far cry ...

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2009 UK Tour Dates: October Thu 22nd Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo) Fri 24th Dublin 02 Arena (Unconfirmed, not listed with Live Nation or Ticketmaster yet) Tue 27th Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN Arena) Fri 30th London Wembley Arena November Mon 2nd Sheffield Sheffield Arena Tue 3rd Birmingham The NIA (National Indoor Arena) Latest info

Pictured: The top image is the cover of the box and the lower image is the actual cover of the booklet. From KISSONLNE.com KISS: IKONS KISS: IKONS is a 4 CD collector's package showcasing the iconic prominence each member contributed to the hottest rock 'n roll band in the world! The Set will be released in October 21. The packaging for KISS: IKONS is outstanding, featuring a 24 page booklet filled with classic KISS photos! The actual KISS Icons and the IKONS logo on the box cover are printed in silver foil. Gene Simmons CD: 'God Of Thunder', 'Almost Human', 'Calling Dr. Love', 'Ladies Room', 'Christine Sixteen', 'Deuce', 'Rock And Roll All Nite', 'Cold Gin', 'Parasite', 'Larger Than Life', 'Love 'em And Leave 'Em', 'Plaster Caster', 'Radioactive', 'Charisma'. Paul Stanley CD: 'Detroit Rock City', 'Love Gun', 'Take Me', 'Strutter...

NEWS From KISSFAQ KISS "Ikons" to be released by Universal on October 21... No other details currently known, but "Icons" doesn't appear to be a general UMe "Greatest Hits" package... While it won't win any awards for naming, Paul's long-anticipated "Live To Win" tour is expected to be released on October 21 under the title, "One Live KISS". Directed by D.P. Carlson, the video package is expected to include the Louis Antonelli "Live to Dream!" documentary.

Kiss guitarist moves into penthouse and pays homage to the Beatles By Robin Leach PHOTO: Paul Stanley and his wife, Erin Sutton, join the LOVE crew. Photo: Ana Dobrijevic. Paul Stanley is enjoying a honeymoon-styled Vegas vacation with his newly pregnant wife, Erin Sutton -- all built around his KISS concert tonight at the Pearl in the Palms. The happy couple checked in first to their very own penthouse condo atop George Maloof's new Palms Place tower. It's their first weekend in the palatial pad, which has a spectacular 360-degree panorama view all the way from the Red Rock range on the West out to the mountain peaks on the eastern edge of the valley. I toured it with George while it was in final construction and can tell you it's so amazing you'd never want to leave! Paul is a long-time friend going back 30 years now and we even share the same New York City stock broker! He won't mind me telling you that his platinum multi-million-dollar playpen comes complete wi...

Kiss opening at Donington...18 minutes of fun. Just click on link for player page on facebook.com. KISS June 13th 2008 Thanks to Vampyr Video for the footage.

Text by: excerpted (ie: borrowed) from Classic Rock's web site . Really blurry photos by: Me (left) The sheer excitement got to me...sorry!. Classic Rock has just returned from the Download Festival - and here's our quickfire reaction to Friday's proceedings: * Black Tide - Unfortunately we missed these Miami metal upstarts due to the car park being 186 miles away from the arena. Sorry, chaps! * Stone Gods - Strange to watch them on the Tuborg stage while standing on Tarmac (that's us, not the band). Tarmac (presumably part of the Donington race-way) is a rubbish surface for an outdoor fest. We want grass - or, at the very least, mud. Nevertheless these (mostly) ex-Darkness dudes acquitted themselves well, and overcame the absence of drummer Ed Graham with aplomb. (Graham was taken ill three days ago; his last-minute replacement was Robin Goodridge. Is this the same Goodridge who used to be the tub-thumper in Bush? Answers on a postcard, please.) Richie Edwards stil...

AND IT WAS GOOD! By elmokeep (Photo by KISSUNMASKED II from the KISSFAQ here ) It had topped nearly 40 degrees in Melbourne this Grand Prix Sunday. And the rev-heads who’d been standing in the pelting sun and drinking beer all day were surprisingly sedate as they waited, chatting amiably, for KISS as little kids in Starchild make up ran in between their parent’s legs. The speaker stacks jumped suddenly in volume, as the Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ blared over the crowd. You could feel it thumping through the ground, it’s a throwdown if ever there was one. The giant black, KISS emblazoned flag dropped to hide the stage, and you knew they were behind there, the hottest band in the world! KIIIIIIIIIIIISS!! Hey! Fireworks! The flag drops and the band have hit the stage with ‘Deuce’, and close-ups on Gene Simmons face show that he is already blinking sweat and greasepaint out of his eyes. It’s hot in the crowd; onstage under lights, surrounded by flames, wearing several extra kilos of s...

KISS TO HEADLINE ARRROW ROCK FESTIVAL IN HOLLAND KISS is scheduled as the main act on Sunday June 15 , at the Arrow Rock Festival 2008. Tickets are available now at http://www.arrowrockfestival.nl/ KISS TO PLAY BELGRADE STADIUM!!! ALL RIGHT BELGRADE, YOU WANTED THE BEST AND YOU GOT THE BEST!!! KISS will rock Belgrade, Serbia on May 15 at Belgrade's USCE Stadium.

Oh dear...these sound dodgy to say the least! Maybe the best comic-book fans can wish for is that 'Justice League' at least won't be a total embarrassment? Comic book casting : Shazam and Wonder Woman The web is buzzing with rumours that Jessica Biel will be playing Wonder Woman in the Justice League of America movie. Sites are all discussing whether or not Ms. Biel will be flying the invisible plane in the live action JLA movie that will be directed by George Miller. In related comic-book movie news, The Rock is likely going to be starring in Shazam. But, will he be playing Shazam or Black Adam? Evidently, Mr. Johnson has been debating about this for some time now, and is asking his fans to help him decide. He is soliciting votes on the MTV Movies Blog, so have at it. Shazam! to be broad-based, "inherently funny" superhero flick Hard at work on his draft of Shazam!, screenwriter John August provided a glimpse of what we can expect to see in the upcoming live-act...

JUDGE RULES SPECTOR CASE A MISTRIAL 2007-09-26 23:56:25 The judge overseeing the PHIL SPECTOR murder case has declared a mistrial. Judge Larry Paul Fidler sent the members of the jury home on Wednesday (26Sep07) after hearing they were split ten to two after 12 days of deliberation and six ballots - and unable to break their deadlock. Spector was accused of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra, California mansion in 2003. The trial began in April (07) and featured 77 witnesses. Officials at the Los Angeles District Attorney's office state they will retry the record producer. (KL/WN/GES) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 26 SEPTEMBER 2007