Overview
- The outdoor acoustic set on Friday at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas launched KISS Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas, the band’s first performance since their December 2023 farewell and the first since Frehley’s death.
- Paul Stanley asked fans to raise electric candles for a moment of silence before the group opened with Comin’ Home as the crowd chanted “Ace.”
- The performing lineup featured Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer playing unmasked, with a full electric set scheduled later in the weekend.
- A November 10 report by the Morris County Medical Examiner ruled Frehley’s October 16 death an accident due to blunt head trauma from a fall, noting skull fractures, a subdural hematoma and a stroke.
- Private memorial and burial services were held October 21–22 in New York with Stanley, Simmons and Peter Criss attending, and the Vegas residency now serves as a public tribute to Frehley’s legacy.