Kiss made a surprising revelation on the shut of their remaining live performance: The human model of the band is completed, however a digital Kiss will proceed on.

The face-painted legends – made up of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer – gave a rousing efficiency at Madison Sq. Backyard to shut their Finish of the Highway tour. “That is the top of the street,” Stanley declared early within the set. “It appears unhappy, however tonight’s an evening for pleasure. Tonight’s an evening to have a good time what we did collectively.”

Over two hours, Kiss did simply that, delivering hits from all through their unbelievable profession. Nonetheless, it’s the best way issues ended that can have followers speaking.

After Kiss performed “Rock and Roll All Nite,” their remaining (human) tune of night time, Stanley informed the gang, “The tip of this street is the start of one other street.” Moments later, the group exited that stage amid a flurry of fireside. Then, as their tune “God Gave Rock n’ Roll to You” started to play, avatars of the Demon, Starchild, Catman and Spaceman characters appeared. Quick Firm notes that the consequences have been created utilizing “a mixture of LED display screen projection, lasers, and heavy steel smoke and pyrotechnics” serving to the photographs seem “three dimensional and far bigger than life.” In the meantime, video screens displayed the message: “A brand new period begins.”

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George Lucas’ visual-effects firm Industrial Mild & Magic was tasked with creating the brand new digital Kiss. Swedish firm Pophouse Leisure, which was behind the favored ABBA Voyage hologram present, will deal with how, the place and when the avatar model of Kiss will roll out.

“Is it a Kiss live performance sooner or later? Is it a rock opera? Is it a musical? A narrative, an journey?” Pophouse govt Per Sundin contemplated. “These 4 people have already got superpowers. We wish to be as open as doable.”

“Individuals say, ‘Nicely, what are you going to do while you cease?’” Stanley famous in a promotional video launched after the live performance ended. “Nicely, the band won’t ever cease. As a result of we don’t personal the band. The followers personal the band. The world owns the band.”

Kiss Hinted That the Band May Proceed in a Totally different Kind

Within the months main as much as their remaining live performance, members of Kiss recommended that the band might proceed in a distinct type.

“Kiss is like a military or a sports activities staff,” Stanley informed UCR in 2022. “When the MVP is now not taking part in or retired, the staff does not name it quits. On a battlefield, a military, after they lose troopers, does not wave the white flag. Any person else picks up the weapon and runs ahead. So in a single type or one other, I consider there’ll all the time be a Kiss.”

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“The Blue Man Group and Phantom of the Opera tour all over the world with totally different personnel,” Simmons defined in a separate interview. “There may and must be a Kiss present, form of reside onstage with results and every little thing else, but in addition a semi-autobiographical factor about 4 knuckleheads off the streets of New York that ends with the final third as a full-blown celebration, a full-on efficiency.”

Watch a Promo for Kiss’ New Avatars