My lovely wife suprised me with these new cool KISS Socks for KISSmas today!
This package contains 3 different color socks with the KISS logo.
I'm so happy to add this great gift to our collection...
Take some time and remember Eric Carr today...
I never could imagine since that show what the future holds for me, with many KISS shows world wide, KISS Kruises, personal meetings and interactions with band members and collecting their merchandise! But the most amazing moment was meeting my wife through KISS!
I knew I was KISS fan for life and tonight I celebrate my first show with listening to the Dressed To Kill & Jungle Fever vinyls blasting out my speakers...
On august 6th we drove to Oberhausen (Germany) for show #2 of the Gene Simmons Band! Again we got a good spot at the right side of the stage. It was hot in the Turbinenhalle, as it was when the Gene Simmons Band played the same venue in 2018! At 9:10 PM we heard the intro and we knew it's time to have a rock & roll party. The show started with Deuce and the crowd was into the show from that moment on. Gene wanted his bassguitar louder, much louder. And from that moment it was louder, lol. It was Hotter Than Hell here in the venue. One of our favorites of the Gene Simmons Vault; Are You Ready was up next:
This time Goin' Blind was played complete, Watchin' You was replaced by: Nothin' To Lose and for the rest the setlist was the same (minus the medley's) as in Utrecht 2 nights ago. Despite the heat in the venue Gene had such a fun on stage and the band was great, but we think, because of the heat they only played 14 songs tonight. Before we knew it the show was over, but not for us! We knew we would meet Gene tonight right after the show! And we had a blast with him backstage!
Click on the blue link to read more about our Gene Simmons Backstage Experience In Oberhausen!!!
2 days later on august 8th we arrived by train in Luxembourg for show #3 of the Gene Simmons Band! During our trip we couldn't stop thinking about meeting Gene in Oberhausen, 2 days ago. I beth we had big smiles on our faces all the day.
After checkin in our hotel and some sightseeing we arrived at 6:30 PM at the Atelier. We had some great spots, right in the middle of the stage. It was a small venue, with a small stage, so small that it couldn't not fit all the speakers of the band. But this setting would also very special with Gene so close to the fans. Doesn't matter where you sit or stand, you've a great view to the stage.
At 9:10 the intro the show started with the intro of Radio Active followed by Deuce:
It was great to see Gene really enjoy himself and loves what he does. Not only tonight, but every show we went to! Here's our video of I Love It Loud:
The setlist was almost the same as in Oberhausen but with a few suprises like Christeen Sixteen replaced Weapons Of Mass Destruction (not happy with it, because it's 1 of our favorites Gene solo songs)
Here's Christeen Sixteen with a small part of Almost Human:
This time we also got a bandmembers introduction accomponied by guitar and drumsolo's. Also Parasite was replaced by Calling Dr. Love
The fans had such a great time and responded with a lot of cheers and singing along to these songs. Here's Watchin' You:
We had a great time again and Gene sounds awesome live and enjoyed his show as much we do!
After having some drinks with fans after the show it was time to go to our hotel, we had to catch a train early next morning...
On august 9th we drove to Lierop (NL) for show #4, only 80km from our home, to see our last Gene Simmons Band show for 2024! We arrived around 8:30 PM in a kind of middle of nowhere little village. Never heard of this Nirwane Tuinfeest festival, but here we are. To our suprise there were a lot of people there. When the time came closer when the show would begin, you see more and more KISS fans came to the stage. Around 11 PM we heard the intro of Radio Active and the Demon came on stage and a huge cheer was to hear.This time they started with Warmachine:
We sang along with every song that was played this night. And of course, we all know how funny Gene is and at one moment during the show there was a box of choclate thrown on stage, he stopped the show, said; fuck the concert, I'm going to eat choclate and hand out some to the bandmembers before throwing it back to the audience, lol.
This time there was less talking and more playing. They dropped Nothin'To Lose & Watching You but Parasite was back:
Gene was supposed to play for 1 hour, but when it was 12 AM the band was still playing. At the moment he said; they want us to stop, but we want to play and they went on with Goin' Blind. Then Gene said; they want us to stop, they want to give me a ticket, fuck it - I'm rich - bitch, lol and they played Charisma and closed the show with Rock & Roll All Night. End time 12:25 AM.
But everything has to come to a end, we saw 4 awesome shows and had a blast meeting Gene! We never thought we saw him back solo so fast after KISS ended and Gene, who is almost 75 years in age, was in top shape on stage and his voice is still great! Also the band was great, especially Brain Titchy, who was amazing on the drums. We're happy that we had the chance to see Gene perform in a small club and bigger venues. We hope he will return to Europe to do some more shows in the future.
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