Kiss’s Gene Simmons tested positive for COVID

The iconic 70s rock band Kiss postponed a series of tour dates after announcing the bassist Gene Simmons tested positive for COVID. The news comes just as the group’s lead singer Paul Stanley is recovering from the virus. So instead of rock ‘n’ roll all night and partying every day, Simmons, the band, and their touring crew will spend the next 10 days in quarantine at home.

The group said in a statement:

Kiss will postpone its next four tour dates. While Paul Stanley recently tweeted that he had recovered from COVID, Gene Simmons has now tested positive and is showing mild symptoms. The group and team will stay home and self-isolate for the next 10 days and medics have said the tour should be able to resume on September 9 at the FivePoint Amphitheater in Irvine, Calif. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new dates once announced.

Monday, Stanley took stock of his condition on Twitter. He wrote: “My COVID symptoms were MILD compared to a lot of others and let me tell you… It kicked my ass. It’s over now. ”

A few days earlier, the Simmons lambasted politicians in Florida and Texas for lax COVID protocols. “It’s shocking that people still believe – there are enough people who still believe this is a hoax and a schmoax” Simmons told radio station 95.5 KLOS. “And they’d rather listen to the politicians of a certain political party than to the doctors and the CDC. This is fucking crazy. It’s crazy.”

“The idea of ​​someone saying ‘this is my body and my choice’ is so silly,” he said. “It’s not your choice, it’s not your body when you come to a red light in your car. You are not allowed to go that way just because you want to and” don’t tell me not what to do. “And here’s why: because the rest of the world turns green and stops at red. Just because you feel it’s your right doesn’t give you the right.

“Should there be a warrant, meaning a law, that you have to get vaccinated?” Yes, there should be.

Despite all the farewell tours over the decades (their first was in 2000), the band continued to perform in stadiums around the world. Their last tour, curiously titled “The Final Tour Ever: End of the Road”, was to run until October. WWe look forward to Gene, Paul, and anyone who plays Peter and Ace these days to return.