Biography Flash: Gene Simmons Announces 2025 Solo Tour While Fighting for Artist Rights in Congress
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Biography Flash: Gene Simmons Announces 2025 Solo Tour While Fighting for Artist Rights in Congress
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Gene Simmons has spent the past few days doing what he does best polishing the legacy of KISS while making sure the Gene Simmons brand stays loud, visible, and very profitable. The biggest concrete news is on the road front. Ultimate Classic Rock and Consequence report that Simmons has announced a run of solo U.S. dates for spring 2025 under the Gene Simmons Band banner, with shows locked in for April 28 in Tallahassee, May 3 in Beaver Dam, May 5 in Red Bank, May 22 in Dallas, and May 24 in Houston. BrooklynVegan adds that these shows follow a year of festival and overseas dates, underscoring that while KISS the band is retired from touring, Gene Simmons the performer very much is not. Multiple outlets also note that these dates sit against the backdrop of KISS having sold their catalog and IP to Pophouse and developing an ABBA style avatar show slated to debut in 2027, a long tail business move that could define the late chapter of his career.
On the public affairs front, Simmons has been unusually visible in Washington. Bloomberg Television and LiveNOW from Fox carried his appearance on Capitol Hill, where he testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property in support of the American Music Fairness Act, arguing that legacy and emerging artists alike deserve radio performance royalties. That testimony and a follow up Bloomberg studio interview have repositioned him not just as a rock relic but as a vocal industry advocate, potentially an enduring note in his biography as recorded music economics continue to shift.
Not all of his recent headlines have been flattering. MetalSucks and The PRP report that Simmons apologized on social media for his earlier comments to the New York Post about the late Ace Frehley, in which he suggested Frehley’s bad decisions contributed to his death. After backlash, Simmons posted an unequivocal apology, saying he was wrong for the words he used and affirming his love for his former bandmate. That walk back is now part of the historical record of the often‑fractious but ultimately bonded original KISS lineup.
On the lighter side, American Songwriter just published a fresh interview where Simmons looks back on the early KISS makeup days and his mother’s reaction, feeding the nostalgia machine that keeps his origin story alive for new fans.
There are also new booking notes: Effingham Radio and other regional outlets report that Simmons has been added to the lineup for comedian Dean Delray’s final Bon Scott era AC DC tribute show in Hollywood on February 3, 2026, sharing the bill with Josh Homme and a who’s who of hard rock players. That appearance, while one night only, reinforces his standing as a go to rock elder statesman for high profile tribute events.
Speculative and less substantiated chatter in the past day largely circles social media recycling of old myths and memes about his onstage persona and image; those items have not been verified by major news organizations and do not appear to rise to long term biographical significance, so they should be treated as fan level gossip rather than fact.
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