{"id":115100,"date":"2023-12-03T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/kiss-announce-new-era-as-a-virtual-band\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:47:21","slug":"kiss-announce-new-period-as-a-digital-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/kiss-announce-new-period-as-a-digital-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss announce &#8216;new period&#8217; as a digital band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiss<\/a> have unveiled their \u2018new era\u2019 as a digital band on the final present of their farewell tour.<\/p>\n<p>The band have seemingly bowed out of stay acting at their enormous Madison Square Garden present final evening (December 2). They will reportedly be the primary US band to turn into digital.<\/p>\n<p>In the encore, the band\u2019s remaining members \u2013 founders Paul Stanley and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gene-simmons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gene Simmons<\/a>, together with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer \u2013 left the stage, revealing their new digital avatars. After strolling off stage, the digital avatars carried out \u201cGod Gave Rock and Roll to You\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, A New Era Begins. #KISSARMY, the end is only the beginning!,\u201d the band wrote on social media. \u201cKISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"FWZ9omnAAIs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KISS Final Concert Ever -- GOD GAVE ROCK &amp; ROLL TO YOU w\/teaser Holograms&amp;Avatars @12\/2\/23 MSG NYC\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWZ9omnAAIs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kiss-digital-avatars-end-of-road-finale-37a8ae9905099343c7b41654b2344d0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>AP <\/em><\/a>studies that the avatars had been made by George Lucas\u2019 SFX firm, Industrial Light &amp; Magic. They had been additionally made in collaboration with Pophouse Entertainment Group, which was co-founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/abba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABBA<\/a>\u2018s Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus.<\/p>\n<p>The two firms beforehand teamed as much as create the ABBA Voyage present in London, which additionally options the Swedish band performing as digital avatars. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/abba-voyage-live-in-london-review-photos-video-setlist-3235227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our five-star assessment<\/a> of the present praised the avatars, remarking that \u201cyou can\u2019t tell the difference between man and machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/890053166\/432d6a9749?share=copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roundtable interview<\/a>, Stanley stated: \u201cWhat we\u2019ve accomplished has been amazing, but it\u2019s not enough. The band deserves to live on because the band is bigger than we are. It\u2019s exciting for us to go the next step and see Kiss immortalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we\u2019ve never dreamed of before,\u201d Simmons added. \u201cThe technology is going to make Paul jump higher than he\u2019s ever done before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, Per Sundin, stated that the brand new avatars will permit Kiss to proceed for \u201centernity\u201d. He revealed that in contrast to ABBA, the band wouldn&#8217;t carry out on stage alongside the digital band, as \u201cthat\u2019s the key thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKiss could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents,\u201d he stated. \u201cThat\u2019s what you could do with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3552478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3552478\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3552478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons.jpg\" alt=\"Gene Simmons (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Live Nation)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons-400x254.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons-800x508.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons-696x442.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons-1392x884.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gene-Simmons-1068x678.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3552478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene Simmons (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Live Nation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Simmons has beforehand hinted on the band\u2019s digital transformation in interviews. Speaking to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/519magazine.com\/gene-simmons-the-final-curtain-kiss-canadian-farewell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">519 Magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>this November, he stated that\u00a0\u201cthis tour is the end of the road for the band, not the brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKISS is a universe of its own \u2013 movies, merchandise, maybe even Broadway,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe band will end, but the KISS experience\u2026 it\u2019s immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He additionally spoke in regards to the bodily challenges of touring, and why the band had been retiring from the stage: \u201cWe are the hardest-working band on stage. I\u2019ve got 40 pounds of armour and all the rest of it and seven-inch platform heels. Each of the dragon boots weighs as much as a bowling ball. Physically, it\u2019s tough to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There has been hypothesis that the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/will-kiss-play-a-residency-at-las-vegas-sphere-paul-stanley-responds-3520241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would possibly take up residency at Las Vegas mega venue The Sphere.<\/a> However, Stanley was fast to close down rumours, commenting: \u201cI can\u2019t speak to it in any other way except to be honest with you about how I feel now, and the way I feel today is \u2026 I can\u2019t really see that happening,\u201d he informed the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, we\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Kiss have unveiled their \u2018new era\u2019 as a digital band on the final present of their farewell tour. The band have seemingly bowed out of stay acting at their enormous Madison Square Garden present final evening (December 2). They will reportedly be the primary US band to turn into digital. In the encore, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}