KISS Is Working On Five-Part Documentary About ‘End Of The Road’ Farewell Tour

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has revealed that the band is currently working on a five-part documentary about its “End Of The Road” farewell tour.The 72-year-old musician shared the news of the documentary’s production by posting a photo of his wife Erin being interviewed for the film.KISS played its two final shows ever in December 2023 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.The last show, held on December 2, 2023, streamed live on pay-per-view.In a fall 2023 interview with Rolling Stone, Gene Simmons insisted that the band’s final show on the “End Of The Road” tour would be the group’s last. “My hand on the Bible,” he told the magazine. “And I should know because my people wrote that book. In fact, my people also wrote the follow-up book, the New Testament. And so I’ll say right here, right now, my hand on the Bible, it will be the final KISS-in-makeup appearance.”Regarding KISS’s reasons for hanging it up at this time, Simmons said: “It has nothing to do with ticket sales or anything. It has to do with Mother Nature. And at a certain point, you have to understand that it’s going to be a point of diminishing returns because of the kind of band we are. I wear seven-inch platform dragon boots, each weighs as much as a light bowling ball, armor, studs, leather, all that stuff, and that weighs about 40 pounds in total. And I got to spit fire, and fly through the air, and all that, and you got to do it for two hours.”The 75-year-old Simmons also opened up about the emotional weight of the his touring days with KISS coming to an end.”When I was a kid going to school, my nickname was Mr. Spock,” he said. “I’ve never been much for emotion and stuff like that. I remember my Uncle George, who I loved dearly. I remember standing over his grave, and being sad, but I didn’t cry. Tears don’t come easy for me. But the few times they have is when I look out at the audience and I see a 50-plus-year-old fan who’s been with us ever since he was a kid, wearing KISS makeup. And next to him is his late 20s/early 30s-year-old son wearing makeup, and sitting on the shoulder of his son is his grandson, five-year-old, six-year-old, whatever, wearing our makeup. And that little kid putting up my hand gesture, with the two horns and the thumb out, which actually in sign language means ‘I love you,’ and sticking his tongue out for the first time. Well, that gets me going every time.”Gene was also asked if there was possibility of a one-off KISS show in the future.”Paul has his SOUL STATION band,” Gene said. “I’m sure he’d love to play some shows. I’ve got the GENE SIMMONS BAND. At some point, I may want to jump up onstage and do some tunes. But the physicality of being in KISS says that this is the right thing, at the right place, at the right time. Because B.B. King played until his late 80s. He was sitting onstage. We can’t do that. We don’t sit down.”KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 but was forced to put it on hold in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”End Of The Road” was originally scheduled to conclude on July 17, 2021 in New York City. The trek was announced in September 2018 following a KISS performance of the band’s classic song “Detroit Rock City” on “America’s Got Talent”.Earlier this year, KISS sold its entire music catalog, likeness and brand name to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment, which is behind “ABBA Voyage”. A biopic, an avatar show, and a KISS-themed experience are already in the works, with Simmons and Stanley playing key roles in the development of all these projects, working closely with Pophouse.Using cutting-edge technology, Pophouse Entertainment Group, which was founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, will create digital versions of KISS. The project was previewed at the final KISS show.