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KISS Returns Unmasked in Las Vegas With Candlelit Tribute to Ace Frehley

The three-day KISS Kruise: Land-Locked was their first stage return since 2023, serving as a public remembrance.

Overview

  • Paul Stanley opened the Nov. 14 outdoor acoustic set at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas by asking fans to raise electric candles for a silent tribute to founding guitarist Ace Frehley.
  • The unplugged set began with “Comin’ Home” and featured songs including “Beth” and “Love Her All I Can,” before the lineup delivered an electric show later in the weekend.
  • Fans repeatedly chanted “Ace! Ace! Ace!” during events throughout the three-day gathering, with one chant led by opening act Sebastian Bach on Saturday.
  • The performing lineup—Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer—played unmasked, marking KISS’s first performances since concluding the End of the Road tour in December 2023.
  • Frehley, 74, died Oct. 16 from blunt head trauma after a fall, which the Morris County Medical Examiner ruled accidental; he was privately memorialized in Yonkers and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.