KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and his solo band kicked off their 2025 tour Friday night (May 2) at Frederick Brown Jr The band — consisting of Gene on bass and vocals Brian Tichy on drums and vocals and Brent Woods on guitar — reportedly played only six songs before the rest of the gig was scrapped due to bad weather A second show followed Saturday night (May 3) at Beaver Dam Amphitheater in Beaver Dam Fan-filmed video of both concerts can be seen below Simmons recently postponed nearly 20 dates on his solo tour with the GENE SIMMONS BAND to 2026 Gene currently has dates scheduled through August 3 in Sturgis In a recent interview with 95.9 The Rat's Carl Craft Gene discussed the "Personal Assistant And Band Roadie For The Day" experience he is offering to his fans during his tour with the GENE SIMMONS BAND called "The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience" offers fans the opportunity to not only meet Simmons and his band but to assist him with load-in at the venue and setting up the stage attend soundcheck and spend time backstage The roadie will also join Simmons for a meal and the 75-year-old rock legend will introduce the fan during the gig The experience costs $12,495 — plus the original ticket price and comes with a bass guitar Gene previously used — and is only available to one fan per venue Asked how he came up with the price tag of $12,495 for the experience Simmons said: "Here's the deal: when I was a kid and I went to see [Jimi] Hendrix or somebody of course I enjoyed the show and really got off on it — we talked about it forever and stuff — but I didn't know what it was like What's it like to sit and have breakfast or lunch with my favorite rock stars do soundcheck and then be on stage with your video You can't take a poop without a camera coming in under the stall And then you get pulled up on stage to sing along with them And I'll tell you why — because nowadays everything is so litigious That means everybody sues everybody for no reason And that's just the way life is here in America — much more in California because the insurance costs for that are astronomical Gene went on to say that the $12,495 price tag doesn't "just" include "the classic stuff financial and legal exposure," he explained "Somebody has a bad experience and they sue you and it costs you hundreds of thousands of dollars you buy anything — a tool — they give you insurance Simmons is offering another package called the "Gene Simmons Bass Experience" which gives one fan and three guests the chance to meet the KISS icon backstage the fan will be able to take home one of Simmons's bass guitars which can be signed and personalized for $6,500 for a "non-stage-played" instrument and $12,500 for one that Simmons previously played at a show in addition to the ticket cost Simmons's $12,495 "Personal Assistant And Band Roadie For The Day" experience is limited to one per show and includes the following perks: etc.)* And… you get a Gene Simmons (KISS-rehearsal-used) bass signed by Gene Simmons For more information, visit GeneSimmonsAxe.com During an appearance on a December 2024 episode of Billboard's "Behind The Setlist" podcast Gene spoke about how he now tours and performs with his solo band He responded: "I thought I could stay away from the stage [after the completion of KISS's 'End Of The Road' farewell tour] It bears noting that there's a magic that happens up there that words don't really sort of describe It's probably closer to… There used to be a guy named Dr [Arthur] Janov and he had a kind of a strange hippie point of view about people having their stuff pent up You go in there and you just let loose and reportedly — I was never part of that but reportedly — people would come out drenched in sweat and relieved and tired and you expel all this stuff black — you can't do any of that stuff because we're very sort of… There are subtle rules that we all have to be aware of and it's this celebration of life with the fans and you So the GENE SIMMONS BAND is a chance for me with some friends who are monsters on their instruments to go out there and just have a great time why don't you do 'Almost Human' from 1804?' You betcha 'Do you guys know 'Whole Lotta Love'?' 'Yeah And at every show we bring fans up on stage When asked how the idea for touring without managers and a road crew came about it was done by black musicians when they played the Chitlin' Circuit I don't do that — I take my band with me — but Berry would show up And you can be as tight as THE [ROLLING] STONES I don't know if you've ever seen THE STONES live And you never quite know where the end of the song is — it never quite ends — because there is no end; you just kind of feel it Regarding what the difference is to him financially when he plays shows with his solo band compared to how it was with KISS Gene said: "I make more [with my solo band] And the pyro alone for every [KISS] show was 10 grand enormous costs for doing that — but proud to have done that with [fellow KISS founder] Paul [Stanley] and the rest of the guys in the band It's almost as if you decided to rent some amps in a garage and plug in and then everybody from the neighborhood comes in and you have a much different relationship There's none of that sort of prepared thing It's very informal and an awful lot of fun." the GENE SIMMONS BAND members include guitarists Brent Woods (WILDSIDE VINCE NEIL) and Zach Throne (COREY TAYLOR) alongside drummer Brian Tichy (LYNCH MOB the GENE SIMMONS BAND played a number of shows with a lineup that consisted of Simmons alongside guitarist/bassist Jeremy Asbrock guitarist Phil Shouse and drummer Brent Fitz Simmons stated about his solo shows: "Doing these smaller concert halls which hold a thousand to three thousand people means they get filled up by real diehard fans It's a hoot for me because I've never really had a chance to do this stuff live It's been a lot of fun." Gene told the Chicago Sun-Times: "By the end I get the chance to bring as many people from the audience as we can fit on the stage to sing with me." Regarding how the idea for a solo tour came about Simmons told Australia's Advertiser in a 2018 interview: "The GENE SIMMONS BAND was not a plan or anything a corporate event asked me to be keynote speaker … then they said 'Won't you get up and sing a few tunes?' I explained that you can't just do that you've got to have a band and rehearse and all that 'I like you!' "So I put together a band from Nashville — these guys back up Kid Rock and lots of other people — and without a single rehearsal I just told them which songs I wanted to do and they learned them It just sounded natural — there is such a thing called chemistry they do teach 'chemistry' but not the kind I'm talking about It felt right and as soon as the videos went on YouTube and such This little GENE SIMMONS BAND never tried to be KISS… It was just a little bit of fun and stuff we're headlining festivals in the Czech Republic Posted by Jim Burson on Friday Posted by Andre Turner on Saturday TONIGHT (FRIDAY 5-2): We are excited to host Gene Simmons Band at the Fred tonight Posted by Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater on Friday, May 2, 2025 🚨SEASON OPENER🚨 - https://mailchi.mp/rumseyrecords/buythedamtickets-13360266 Posted by Beaver Dam Amphitheater on Saturday, May 3, 2025 This initiative comes on the heels of a life-saving event where one of the newly deployed AEDs revived a man experiencing Sudden Cardiac Arrest Sergeant Keith Isaac of the Peachtree City Police Department responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive man along a golf cart path This real-world save exemplifies why the city turned to Avive: to equip first responders with fast and connected AED technology to act in the moments that matter most City of Peachtree City's new AED program features a centralized network of Avive Connect AEDs. 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