The KISS Kruise has had so many memorable moments! On Thursday night, the Destiny's casino hosted a KISS-themed casino night. Eric Singer hosted the evening, and the casino's tables featured custom KISS Kruise-themed felts.

Even the casino chips were special, with custom KISS Kruise artwork! Fans were buying these up like mad to keep as souvenirs!

As if KISS couldn't get any better.

Last night, KISS took to the stage again, bringing another smashing set of KISS classics and favorites to their devoted fans on the KISS Kruise. Performing in a 1500-seat theater aboard the Destiny, there was no pyro, no bombs, and no fire... but the show was hotter than hell. With the band up close and in such an intimate space, fans enjoyed another memorable evening of music and fun.

Due to the capacity of the Destiny's Palladium theater, fans aboard the Kruise received a ticket to either Friday night's concert or Saturday's, with each concert simulcast on the ship's Lido Deck massive outdoor screen so fans had the opportunity to enjoy both shows.


Set list:
I Stole Your Love
Getaway
Room Service
Two Timer
Comin' Home
Strutter
Nothin' to Lose
Love Her All I Can
All The Way
She
Take Me
Goin' Blind
Parasite
Rock Bottom
C'mon and Love Me
Got to Choose
Lick it Up
Shout it Out Loud
Hard Luck Woman
Beth
Detroit Rock City
Rock And Roll All Nite

"This is like camp... on a boat. It's awesome." - Paul Stanley

Photo by Soni Hingorani for KISSonline.

By Reed Fischer
Photo by Ian Witlen

After an unmasked Sailaway Show on Thursday, KISS Kruisers got the full-on, legend-making experience Friday. The mild-mannered Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer morphed into seven-foot-tall aliens to the delight of the overflowing Palladium Lounge Friday aboard the Carnival Destiny.

Revelers, with a few Carnival staffers mixed in, packed the 1,200-capacity theater in various Halloween garb -- many of which featured meticulous facepaint of their favorite member of the band -- and from the moment the lights dimmed, all attention dripped onto the wall of 124 lightbulb-decorated speakers, the dry ice fogging the floor, and a giant video screen running through countless digitally enhanced versions of the band's iconic logo.

Throughout time, many popular musicians to name have expressed their admiration for long-surviving KISS. Weezer's Rivers Cuomo famously dedicated a verse of "In the Garage" to "my favorite rock band KISS," and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy recalls summers in St. Louis "playing KISS covers, beautiful and stoned." Although there are plenty of glam-rock sendups that follow in the footsteps of this power quartet with a refrain repeated until it's Super Poly-Gripped into your brain -- here's looking at you, Andrew W.K. -- the majority of artists stay far away from bad imitations of the unparalleled stage show. ​

Read the rest at Broward Palm Beach New Times

Check out these members of the KISS Navy celebrating at the KISS Kruise Pajama Party.

Photos by Ian Witlen

It was the KISS concert that every die-hard has been dreaming of for ages.

Last night, KISS performed their first full-makeup show on the KISS Kruise, thrilling fans with a set list of KISS favorites that haven't been heard live in years, and in some cases, in decades. The show opened with "Room Service," launching into "Two Timer" and a rockin' version of "Comin' Home," which Paul guarantee the crowd that aside from the Unplugged shows, had never been played live in its original form before this show. Other concert standouts included "Take Me," "All The Way," and an electrifying "Rock Bottom."

KISS Navy members displayed numerous flags from countries around the world, and as it was also costume party night, many KISS fans came to the show dressed for the occasion.

Here's the setlist from last night's show:

Room Service
Two Timer
Comin' Home
Strutter
Nothin' to Lose
Love Her All I Can
She
Take Me
Goin' Blind
Parasite
Rock Bottom
All The Way
Got to Choose
Shout it Out Loud
Lick it Up
C'mon and Love Me
Hard Luck Woman
Beth
Rock and Roll All Nite

Photo by Keith Leroux for KISSonline.

Check out these great looking members of the KISS Navy roaming the decks of the KISS Kruise.

KISSonline has been filming all kinds of great video from the Kruise! Unfortunately, internet access from the ship is very slow, and it's difficult to upload full-quality videos while we're at sea. Enjoy these lower-res videos from KISS's unplugged show and band Q&A session yesterday, and we'll post higher-quality videos when we return from our voyage. Stay tuned for more!




Videos by Keith Leroux for KISSonline

Here's the KISS Navy getting ready to rock with KISS on the first-ever KISS Kruise! Over 2500 fans hailing from 26 countries around the world are on board the Destiny.

Photo by Justin Leroux for KISSonline.

KISS and over 2500 members of the KISS Army are on board the Destiny, preparing to set sail as we speak! Here are some photos of the KISS crew setting up on the Lido Deck for today's unplugged, non-makeup concert and Q&A.

The first-ever KISS Kruise launches in style this afternoon from Miami with a non-makeup unplugged KISS sail-away concert!

The moment that the Destiny cruise ship leaves the dock, over 2500 KISS Army members will become the inaugural members of the KISS Navy!

We're not sure how the internet connection will be at sea, but KISSOnline will keep you updated on the KISS Kruise adventure!

In May of this year, Paul appeared on George Lopez's television show, and together they created a painting called "Help Those In Need." The painting was auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting the American Red Cross and tornado victims in the southern USA.

I was thrilled to be the winning bidder in the auction, which was for such a great cause. The painting is proudly displayed in our home, and I thought you'd enjoy seeing it too!

- Jill

LETTERS

These are a few of the thousands of KISS collectibles on display at last Sunday's Chicago Fan Expo.

Photos by Doug Cataldo and John Wicker

Check out this great video trailer for the "Archie Meets KISS" comics series!

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Our university group, the supervisory roundtable, won first prize in today's homecoming parade. The parade theme was Rock N Roll Legends and we picked KISS!! Here is a photo of our band members - we had a great time with it!

Judy Ohl, member of Supervisory Roundtable, Bloomsburg University

LETTERS

By Albert Ching, Newsarama Staff Writer and Graeme McMillan, Newsarama Contributor

"Archie Meets Kiss" might be the latest unexpected comic book crossover, but it's far from the first. Heck, it's not even the first bizarre team-up involving Archie characters.

The history of comics is full of unlikely pairings either because of the characters involved -- like say, Batman/Danger Girl -- or the fact that, like in "Archie Meets Kiss," real people are involved, dating back to Pat Boone serenading Lois Lane in an issue of her oft-wacky Silver Age series.

Newsarama.com