{"id":29213,"date":"2024-04-08T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/gene-simmons-on-kiss-new-deal-with-pophouse-nothing-is-being-handed-off\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T12:04:14","slug":"gene-simmons-on-kiss-new-deal-with-pophouse-nothing-is-being-handed-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/gene-simmons-on-kiss-new-deal-with-pophouse-nothing-is-being-handed-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Simmons on KISS\u2019 new deal with Pophouse: \u201cNothing is being handed off\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-05\/M_KISSGeneSimmons_051523.png\" alt><figcaption>ABC\/Michael Desmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>KISS<\/strong> recently announced they\u2019ve sold their music catalog, as well as their brand name and likeness rights, to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse. But\u00a0<strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong> wants fans to know this doesn\u2019t mean he and bandmate\u00a0<strong>Paul Stanley<\/strong> will no longer be in control of what happens with the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNothing is being handed off,\u201d\u00a0the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer tells ABC Audio. \u201cA mother may give birth to a child, but you never stop being\u00a0a mother whether the child gets married or not.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cI&#8217;m proud to say that Paul and I have met kindred spirits in Pophouse. Creative dynamic visionaries, really.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pophouse is the company behind <strong>ABBA<\/strong>\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Voyages<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> hologram show.\u00a0It will be the company\u00a0developing KISS\u2019 upcoming avatar show, planned for 2027, and Simmons is confident fans will be blown away by the final product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLet me just say that we are at the forefront and are going to be doing things that are already in development, like nothing people have ever seen or heard,\u201d he says. \u201cYou won&#8217;t believe, I&#8217;m telling you, no hype. You won&#8217;t believe what&#8217;s going to happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And\u00a0despite\u00a0KISS\u00a0saying goodbye to the road in December, Simmons insists there&#8217;s still a lot more fans can expect from the band.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI mean, the end of KISS is the beginning of KISS,\u201d Gene says, noting that embracing all this technology is going to be a big part of keeping the legacy alive for old and new fans.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u00a0explains that the plan is to use artificial intelligence to \u201ccontrol and keep intact our personas,\u201d sharing, \u201cYou don&#8217;t want the beginning of KISS in this new world to become something unrecognizable to what it originally was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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