Pitbull reveals Bon Jovi want 'another' collaboration after Now Or Never success Pitbull teamed up with Bon Jovi in 2024 with a fresh take on 1999's It's My Life, and frontman Bon Jovi is keen to do more. BANG Premier · Oct 23
Pitbull Sets His Sights on a 2028 World Tour: Latin America Shows and 'Pitcoin Deluxe' Come First Pitbull is already looking toward 2028, but fans will have several chances to catch Mr. Worldwide before then. The Cuban American rapper outlined a new touring calendar during Billboard Latin Music Week in Miami Beach, with European concerts beginning in November, a Latin American run planned for February 2027 and… Latin Times · Oct 22
Dave leads the way as Urban Music Awards reveal 2026 nominations Dave tops the 2026 Urban Music Awards with ten nominations, while Olivia Dean, RAYE and Jim Legxacy follow with eight as the ceremony prepares to return to London on December 15. BANG Premier · Oct 8
How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism In the wake of the Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) electoral success in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, commentators both in Germany and internationally have expressed concern with the party’s extreme right-wing policies. Among these concerns are recent calls from party elites to adopt “remigration” policies. The Conversation · Sep 23
KISS record 'special' new song Veteran rockers KISS have recorded a "special" new song written by frontman Paul Stanley. BANG Premier · Sep 7
Gene Simmons confirms why Kiss can never play live again without permission: "They own the makeup and everything” Band sold their catalogue and publishing to Swedish firm Pophouse in 2024 MusicRadar · Aug 25
The story behind Kiss's ultimate party anthem, Rock And Roll All Nite. "Every night we play it, it brings on a euphoria and a feeling of abandon in the crowd" Kiss desperately needed a hit. So they wrote Rock And Roll All Nite, and it's become part of the cultural furniture Metal Hammer · Aug 15
Olivia Attwood hails ‘remarkable’ boyfriend Pete Wicks as she opens up on new romance The reality TV stars made their relationship public recently after months of speculation The Independent UK · Aug 5
Olivia Attwood: Relationship with Pete Wicks is ‘easiest thing I’ve ever done’ Wicks and Attwood co-host Kiss radio show The Sunday Roast. Evening Standard · Aug 5
“They weren’t the best band in the world, but they were stars. That’s what you look for in bands. ‘Boy, I wish I was a member of that club’”: Kiss legends Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons remember the New York City rivals who were doomed to failure “They just exuded this flamboyant glittery rock ’n’ roll” MusicRadar · Jul 23
Kiss to celebrate Ace Frehley's legacy with all-star tribute The current members of the legendary band – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer – are also set to perform Guitar World · Jul 15
“Peter and I were in a car and he started humming this melody. ‘What’s that?’ ‘Oh, that’s a song I wrote.’ I mean, Peter never wrote a song in his life! But he sings, ‘Beck, I hear you calling…’” Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on the Kiss classic Destroyer “It was musically and lyrically challenging – we were pushing the boundaries” MusicRadar · Jul 15
"He said he did these big gigs to make money, but what he enjoyed best was playing in churches and castles with his missus." Russ Ballard's wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, The Beatles, Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and more Go-to songwriter, solo artist and former Argent guitarist/singer Russ Ballard hung out with The Beatles, is mates with Roger Daltrey and heard Elvis stories from Robert Plant Louder · Jul 15
"I thought, What is this? I don't understand what I'm hearing, but wow!" Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection Metal Hammer · Jul 8
Louder · Jul 6 "We have more illegal immigrants than most countries have populations." As an immigrant to America himself, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons believes that the US attracts illegal immigrants because everyone knows it's the greatest country on earth "If you don’t like America, please go back to where you f***ing came from," says Gene Simmons
Louder · Jul 4 “It’s not that I’m embarrassed by it. You let something pass for long enough, and you can kind of chuckle at it”: The lost ‘hippie’ album that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley made before they were in Kiss More than 50 years ago, the Kiss duo recorded an entire album at Electric Lady Studios. It‘s never officially been released
MusicRadar · Jun 30 “To call Led Zeppelin heavy metal is at the very least absurd and at worst a sin. To me, Zeppelin was the equivalent of great classical music”: Kiss stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on why Zep and The Beatles’ debut albums are the greatest of all time “The first time I heard Good Times Bad Times on the radio, my jaw just dropped!”
BANG Premier · Jun 27 Gene Simmons not slowing down as he approaches life's 'finish line' KISS rocker Gene Simmons got philosophical as he chatted to Bill O’Reilly on his We’ll Do It Live! show on Thursday (25.06.26), and reflected on how his outlook on life has changed as he’s aged.
Guitar World · Jun 24 “I got the engineer sitting here, Gene’s standing up, Paul’s on the other side, looking at me. He goes, ‘We need an eight-bar solo’”: The short-lived Kiss guitarist who was supposed to succeed Ace Frehley After Ace Frehley decided to leave the Kiss circus in 1982, Paul Stanley and co. were left without a lead guitarist for Creatures of the Night. One session player got the opportunity of a lifetime...
Metal Hammer · Jun 23 "It's a national anthem of rock." The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan Producer Bob Ezrin sang the guitar solo to Ace Frehley so he could learn it – and Detroit Rock City went on to become Kiss's second-most-played song
MusicRadar · Jun 22 “I have absolutely no regrets. But with Eric Carr’s illness, I wish I’d handled that differently. The idea that someone close to me had cancer and was going to die, I couldn’t take it in”: Paul Stanley recalls the darkest day in the history of Kiss “In some crazy way I thought that Eric might get better and come back to the band”
Louder · Jun 15 "I remember looking at him and thinking: 'This guy's gonna die.'" Robben Ford's wild tales of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and more Session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons... and these are his stories
AAP · Jun 12 Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36 Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36
The Independent UK · Jun 12 Taylor Swift makes history as youngest woman inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame Other stars inducted on Thursday night included Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and Kiss’s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
BANG Premier · Jun 11 Paul Stanley says KISS are 'timeless superheroes' as he reflects on band’s defining breakthrough Paul Stanley has hailed KISS as “timeless superheroes” while revisiting the pivotal moments that shaped the band’s rise.