'FOREVER' VIDEO CLIP

Here's a clip of Tommy performing 'Forever' with 'Sing with KISS' contest winner Todd Cage. The clip was filmed yesterday at the KISS Coffeehouse's 2nd Anniversary Party!

TOMMY GREET KISS ARMY AT COFFEEHOUSE

Even a hurricane couldn't keep the KISS ARMY from attending the KISS Coffeehouse Party today in Myrtle Beach! Over a thousand KISS fans from as far away as Japan, Canada and all over the US, braved Friday's extreme weather to meet Tommy Thayer and celebrate the Coffeehouse's 2nd Anniversary...and Tommy didn't disappoint, signing autographs and posing for photos for over three hours. Tommy really seemed to be having a great time meeting his fans and signed multiple autographs for all who asked! A real class act!

In the photos:

Photo 1 - Tommy poses with the KISS Coffeehouse Staff.

Photos 2 & 3 - Tommy meeting with fans and signing a fan's cast.

THE PARTY IS ON!

The KISS Coffeehouse's 2nd Anniversary Party will take place as scheduled this Saturday, September 6th in Myrtle Beach, SC. The latest weather report calls for partly cloudy skies in the afternoon and temperatures in the 80's.

Tommy will be on hand to sign autographs and take photos with the fans, and KISSONLINE will have Tour Merchandise and collectibles!

Where | KISS Coffeehouse, Celebrity Square, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, off 29th Avenue North

When | Noon-10 p.m. Saturday

How much | Free admission

Also | Activities include a traveling KISS Museum and KISS face painting for children, both all day, and:

5 p.m., Rock 'n Roll Chorus, a cappella set

6 p.m., Longest Tongue on TV Contest

6:30-8 p.m., KISSin' Time tribute band

8 p.m. 'Sing with KISS' performance of 'Forever'

8:30-10 p.m., Mr. Speed, KISS tribute band

2009 KISS CALENDAR

Here's the cover of the 2009 KISS Calendar. It is available now in KOL's KISS SHOP.

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KISSONLINE FAN LETTER

Hi KISS ARMY,

I am a KISS fan from Sydney, Australia and I thought I'd share a photo of a custom made Eric Carr statue that I recently created. I based this on the Creatures Of The Night outfit which was by far an absolutely incredible era.

It is made out of resin, is approximately 55 cm tall and took me approximately a month to make in order to get all the details precise or close to perfect as possible.

Eric Carr has been an inspiration of mine for years, his positive outlook and determination in life has influenced me in many ways. He was an amazing musician, extremely talented who elevated KISS to great heights. He is sorely missed but will never be forgotten.

Thanks, Peter Kaperonis

LETTERS click here

SING WITH KISS WINNER

Tommy Thayer has chosen Todd Cage, from Columbia, SC as the winner of the Sing with KISS contest. Todd will be performing 'Forever' onstage with Tommy at the KISS Coffeehouse 2nd Anniversary Party this Saturday.

Tommy wants to thank the more than 600 fans that called in and gave it a shot. He was speaking with Paul Stanley about the contest last weekend and Paul mentioned that 'Forever' is probably the hardest KISS song to sing!

1st runner up was Adrienne Asterita from NYC and 2nd runner up was Patrick Harr from Tennessee.

N.C. MAN TO 'SING WITH KISS'

Contest winner to duet Saturday in MB with with Tommy Thayer

Brian Galvin, the franchisee of the KISS Coffeehouse at Broadway at the Beach, invites Grand Strand residents to enter its 'Sing with KISS' contest. The winner will sing 'Forever' with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer at the KISS Coffeehouse's daylong second-anniversary party Sept. 6. A North Carolinian will the KISS song 'Forever' on Saturday in Myrtle Beach with the group's lead guitarist, Tommy Thayer.

Todd Cage of Huntersville, north of Charlotte, was among more than 600 people who left a sing-along voice mail to enter the 'Sing with KISS'' contest, said Brian Galvin, president of the Galvin Group, franchisee of the KISS Coffeehouse at Broadway at the Beach.

The contest winner's performance is part of a slew of activities scheduled for the coffeehouse's second anniversary party, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. Details at 626-5477 or www.kisscoffeehouse.com

Galvin said Cage, after learning this morning that Thayer had chosen his name as the best singer of the first verse and chorus to an instrumental recording of 'Forever,' was shocked and thrilled with the news.

Cage said he had called in his entry from his car last month on a break from work in the service department of a car dealership.

He said he plans to crank a KISS greatest-hits CD to practice 'Forever.'

'I used to play that song with my band when I was 16 in high school,'' said Gage, 34.

KISS co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were on hand in 2006 when the KISS Cofffeehouse opened, and original KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley paid a visit there earlier this year.

PRE ORDER - KISS FOOTBALL

KISSONLINE EXCLUSIVE ITEM!

Check out the KISS Solo Faces Football - available exclusively at KISSONLINE! The two sided 11' rubber Football features the Solo Faces images and the KISS logo. This Football does not come inflated.

Note: Orders will ship on or around October 15th.

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FANS AGREE..KISS ROCKED!

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