“I miss it, but there’s no going back to it practically”: Paul Stanley on Kiss’s retirement
Paul Stanley says he misses playing shows with KISS, though he reiterates that there is no going back now that the band have retired, and are working on plans to continue the KISS legacy as virtual avatars.
KISS wrapped up their final End Of The Road tour in December 2023 with a show at Madison Square Garden. From then on, they revealed that they would continue as avatars, similar to ABBA’s Voyage shows. The band later sold their catalogue to the very company behind the trailblazing ABBA concerts the following April, with plans to begin their new virtual era in 2027.
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Appearing on the Off The Cupp With S.E. Cupp podcast, Stanley says [via Blabbermouth]: “I think in the last year, I’ve come to articulate it as life’s a one-way street. And it gets narrower. And time is precious. Do I miss being on stage in front of 50,000 people, 100,000 people? Hell, yeah… Everybody who’s attained that kind of success, sure, you miss it, but there’s a difference between missing and yearning.
“I miss it, but there’s no going back to it practically. I mean, you can’t physically do as an athlete, and what I’ve done was athleticism, whether vocally or physically. You reach a point where you can’t, and that’s something you have to come to grips with. And, okay, now what?”
Speaking of the catalogue sale, he adds, “I’m blessed to have done what I’ve done, and it will go forever. We sold KISS, which is something that’s unheard of, that doesn’t even exist in the lexicon of music. We sold KISS [several] months ago – I mean, everything: the logo, the makeup, the music. And there’ll be an incredible, immersive musical experience that’ll debut in ‘27 that George Lucas [filmmaker] is involved in, and those characters will live forever. And we’re involved – Gene [Simmons, bassist] and I – are involved in that. So, yeah, that lives forever. But I can’t.”
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