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Paul Stanley says the KISS avatar show is 'as real as I am'
Paul Stanley says the KISS avatar show coming in 2027 will "blow everybody's minds".
Paul Stanley says the KISS avatar show is "as real as I am".
The veteran rockers called it a day after their End Of The Road concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 2, 2023, but surprised fans at the end of the gig by debuting digital versions of themselves created by the teams behind the lucrative ABBA Voyage hologram show, and a virtual gig series is penciled in for 2027 in Las Vegas.
Co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Paul, 74, says the technology will "blow everybody's minds" as it's so close to the real thing.
He told Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern, he said: "Well, the band continues. Without touring, there's so much in the pipeline. This avatar show that's going to be in Vegas is gonna blow everybody's minds. It's not like what some people have called holograms and all this kind of experimental and kitschy stuff. This is seeing us. This is as real as I am, and I think it's gonna just blow people away. And it extends the band that much further.
He went on: "There's no reason for us to live within the boundaries of other rock bands.
"They live within those boundaries because that's all they can be. And it's great, but we are not that — we're KISS."
A teaser clip was captioned: “50 years is a long time, and what the future holds is in the making."
The video also stated: “2027 a show is coming.”
Bassist and co-vocalist Gene Simmons, 76, boasted to Ultimate Classic Rock: "We're gonna blow your socks off in a way multiple times more exciting than the Sphere. People who go to Vegas to see a show in the Sphere are awed by the massive scale of everything. There's nothing wrong with the Sphere, [but] I'll go out on a limb and make sure people understand this [the KISS avatars] is gonna make that seem like popcorn fart. It'll be mind-blowing."
Gene says it will "attack the senses as well. If you see a dragon coming in to scoop you up and it breathes fire, there will be fire all around you, and you'll feel the heat. The fire, the brimstone, the coffee, you'll be able to smell it. We attack the senses instead of virtual reality, which only attacks the eyes."
There are also plans for the show to go global.
