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The next show from KISS must still wait until 2027. Then the make-up faces step back on the stage, but as avatars, after the knitting pattern of the successful ABBA spectacle in London (which is to run until February 2026).
In a podcast, Rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley revealed last November that one should adjust to a mixture of “Cirque de Soleil and Star Wars”. So powerful action, and then “I was made to lovin ‘you baby” or “Detroit Rock City”.
His bassmann colleague Gene Simmons is also often traveling in moody chats. In the US podcast “The Moneydew” he recently gave all sorts of financial tips paired with wisdom. He spoke quite openly about his financial situation.
His saga begins with his Jewish mother Flora Kovacs, who survived the Nazi-KZ Mauthausen and later taught her son to her son in the USA as a Florence Klein, how to deal responsibly with coal.
“Interesting how different cultures have different ideas of money. If you are not Jewish, according to Benjamin Franklin: A saved penny is a deserved penny – by the way, there are two deserved pennies today, because that was before taxes before there were taxes, including federal tax. If you are Jewish, it says: ‘You are damn stingy.’ “
He also has this wisdom in stock: “If someone says that I am stingy, I say: I’m smart, you scrap head. At the end! And for all people who come crooked, it is the best answer to let them work for you.
According to Simmons, he taught his own children the value of money and hard work, otherwise he deserved plenty of plasticine and managed them properly so that the children and grandchildren can also live a pleasant life.
“I have regulated my finances in such a way that the next two to three generations are taken care of. Therefore you have to diversify … so I have set broadly. And invested in cryptocurrencies, real estate, stocks, bonds, scheduling shops and raw materials.”
The background for these self-confident, relevant statements by the 76-year-old is ultimately the sale of the music catalog and the rights to the “brand” KISS to the Swedish Pophouse Entertainment Group in April 2024 for around $ 300 million. A solid basis for the investment strategy a la Simmons.
In an interview with the US magazine “People”, Simmons explained that the sale of the band’s catalog was “the most natural in the world” for him, but she “never had acquired”.
He said: “Life passes while you are busy making important plans. We had to ride respectfully and proudly into the sunset. After all, we were on tour for half a century.” At some point the realization arose that you never wanted to tour until the bitter end. “I don’t want to go out with my rollator.”
Otherwise, after the motto “Kleinvieh also makes crap” after the motto.
At the beginning of the year, he announced that a real fan was allowed to run his road for a day – at a proud preferred price of $ 12,500.
The package included a meal, then cooperation in building on the stage. A performance at the show to sing along one or two stanzas. Said fan may bring a friend and there is also a bass guitar personally signed by Simmons.
The contract was awarded a 52-year-old retired prison officer from New York named Dwayne Rosado. The latter told the New York Times that the experience was “absolutely worth”. Rosado was accompanied by his 13-year-old son Zach. “You only live once and I want to experience life. I won’t die with a lot of money. I will die happily.”