Check out this great photo of the Starchild flying at Sauna Open Air Festival in Tampere, Finland.

Thanks to Wille Ruuskanen for sending KISSonline his photo!

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

The latest TV spot strikes more of the fun tone you'd expect from an explosion-filled summer movie. The mix of KISS' "Rock & Roll All Nite" and shots of Hollywood's bad boys doing what they do best definitely paints a more spirited picture of the movie.

Here's KISS in front of over 33,000 members of the Swedish KISS Army last Saturday night in Stockholm Stadium.

KISS ARMY Members-Only ticket presales for three upcoming KISS Hottest Show On Earth dates takes place today. Premium KISS ARMY Members will have access to Members-Only tickets...these are among the best available tickets at the show.

The following shows will be part of Tuesday's KISS ARMY Members-only ticket presale.

Fri Aug 6 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Sun Aug 15 Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Tue Aug 17 Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center

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KISS OPENED DYNASTY TOUR

KISS began their DYNASTY Tour on June 15th, 1979 at the Lakeland Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida. KISS performed over 75 shows in the US and Canada, with opening acts including Cheap Trick, John Cougar, Loverboy and Judas Priest. The tour, which ended December 16th in Toledo, Ohio, was also Peter Criss' final tour with KISS until the REUNION Tour in 1996.

The DYNASTY Tour featured some of KISS' most flamboyant costumes to date and several new special effects including Gene flying up to the lighting truss during "God of Thunder" and Ace's chaser light guitar, which had knobs that made the lights on the guitar chase in different ways. Another Ace guitar also flew up to the lighting truss during his "2000 Man" solo.

The set list included songs from each of the first 7 KISS studio albums as well Paul's "Move On" and Ace's "New Your Groove". Both Gene's "Radioactive" and Peter's "Tossin' And Turnin'" were also performed earlier in the tour.

Set list on the DYNASTY Tour: King Of the Night Time World / Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / Move On / Calling Dr. Love / Firehouse / Love Gun / New York Groove / I Was Made For Lovin' You / Christine Sixteen / 2.000 Man / God Of Thunder / Shout It Out Loud / Black Diamond / Detroit Rock City / Beth / Rock And Roll All Nite

Here's the Norwegian KISS Army, including some next-generation members last night at KISS' show in Oslo.

Photos by Spiro Papadatos for KISSonline.

Here's an interview with the band from Finnish television with clips from KISS' Tampere concert:

Here's KISS in front of the SOLD OUT crowd last night at Vallhall Arena in Oslo, Norway.

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSonline.

Here's Paul backstage in London with Danny Francis' grandchildren, Elle and Frankie. As many of you know, Danny is KISS' head of security and a wonderful guy... that is, unless you act out of line at a KISS show.

Check out these great tattoos spotted at KISS shows over the past week!

Photos by Spiro Papadatos for KISSonline.

Here's a preview of the new KISS ad that will be running on video screens in Times Square at 44th and Broadway!

Last night, Paul sang a verse of "Forever" during the show. Tonight, he surprised the Oslo audience with a verse from "Shandi" before launching into "Lick it Up." Great audience participation for both! Here's a fan-filmed video:

Here's KISS in front of a record-setting crowd in Malmo, Sweden. KISS' show last night drew more people than any other concert EVER held in Malmo!

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSonline.

By Jonna Palmer Jeppsson
Photo by Pontus Tideman

Kiss. Stadium, Malmo, 6.13

As much as we wanted to see a dignified Sweden rock finale, we never got it from Guns N 'Roses. Less than 24 hours after Axl Rose left his audience with a sense of emptiness in their bodies, many, many people were finally swept into that much-longed-for rock dream when the KISS circus roared in to Malmo Stadium.

The band's intro movie on the big screens already set the bar: a Gene Simmons of Godzilla-size stomping around in a big city is a pretty good metaphor for the band as phenomenon. Subtle they are not, but you can not possibly take your eyes or ears off of them.

Whether it is Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer or Arne Hegerfors and the Dalai Lama who hide behind Catman and Spaceman makeup doesn't interest us -- Kiss is a brand and a lifestyle, where space and content are the same thing. The band delivered a super-choreographed spectacle and it felt as if four superheroes were on the scene.

To be honest, is there anyone who has not fantasized about being Gene Simmons for a day, though for different reasons now than when we were young? As the intro to the beefy "I Love It Loud" played, he lit up in neon green, gurgled blood, the bass roared and he flew up to a platform above the stage. Parents who were smart enough to take their ten year old said that Gene turned him into a lifetime member of the Kiss Army tonight.

Here are some photos from KISS' meet and greet in Malmo, Sweden!

Photos by Dean Snowden for KISSonline.