As posted on the official KISS website:

"All right, North America, you wanted the best... you got it!

The hottest band in the world, KISS, will tour this fall, and they want YOU, the KISS ARMY to choose which cities they'll play!

In the first-ever fan-routed tour, KISS will take votes straight from the KISS ARMY! The entire 2009 tour will be determined by the cities with the most votes. Watch the tour unfold in real time as voting continues and city rankings are updated!"

To see the top cities in the voting, follow this link:

http://eventful.com/performers/kiss-/P0-001-000062428-9/competitions

To see the video of the tour being announced, follow this link:

http://mr.kissonline.com/flash/player/index.php?vendor_id=20&video_id=16856

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Source:	kissonline.com
Band profile:	KISS

The following story is courtesy of World Entertainment News Network:

Glam rockers KISS have shot down rumors the band is retiring, by confirming they will be recording a new album.

Earlier this year it was reported the group was planning a reality TV show to audition replacement bandmembers, because founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were getting too old to rock.

Frontman Stanley has now admitted that rumors about a new album are true, and they are currently back in the studio working on new tunes - and he's promising a treat for fans of the band's original 1970's sound.

Stanley tells Askmen.com, "It's going to be very much a vintage, classic, 70's KISS album without much regard to what's happened since then; it's back to the roots."

Source:	wenn.com
Band profile:	KISS

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser has uploaded a couple of new songs from his forthcoming solo album, "Hubris I & II." The songs are entitled "Vivaldi", "God's Laugh", "Page" and "Eu Humano" and you can check them out by heading to Kisser's official Myspace page .

"Hubris I & II" Cover Art] is scheduled for an October 6th release and contains the following tracklisting:

Hubris I

01. Protest!
02. Euphoria
03. Desperation
04. Eu Humani
05. The Forum
06. Virgulândia
07. God's Laugh
08. R.H.E.T.
09. Em Busca Do Ouro
10. Lava Sky
11. A Million Judas Iscariotes

Hubris II

01. Sad Soil
02. Worlds Apart
03. Breast Feeding
04. Page
05. Domenicana
06. Vivaldi
07. 0120
08. Armonia
09. Hubris
10. Mythos
11. O Mais Querido

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Sepultura

KNAC.COM air personality Junkman just checked in with the following sad news:

"Just got a call this afternoon stating that my friend, former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John, died this morning from a cerebral hemorrage. He was 51.

I have known him for a long time. I roadied for his band White Tiger, and just spoke with him at the recent NAMM show.

As soon as I fid out more info I will let you know. My heart goes out to his family. A very sad day.

Junkie"

Mark replaced Vinnie Vincent as lead guitarist for KISS in April 1984, following Vincent's falling-out with the band (Mark was suggested to Bruce Kulick was featured on the song, "Lonely Is The Hunter"). During work for the album, St. John clashed with the other members of the band, and eventually developed arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome), which caused his hands and arms to swell. He was all but unable to perform live as a member of KISS, and only played three (one in full) shows during the "Animalize" tour, with Kulick filling in for the rest. He was officially replaced by Kulick in December 8, 1984.

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Source:	knac.com
Band profile:	KISS

According to KissKollector.com, the very first KISSWorld store is scheduled to open in Australia next month. During the recent Australian tour, the four KISS members spent a few hours to sign the very first items to be sold at KISSWorld. Store representatives will travel to the USA soon to meet with all current and former band members, to bring back a container full of "really cool" stuff for the opening of the store in September. The bricks of the store have been laid, the windows are in and very soon they will commence fitting out the store from floor to ceiling with some amazing KISS merchandise. There are several KISSWorld exclusive products being manufactured right now that won't be available anywhere else.

The fit out of the store is enormous; there will be everything from guitars to shirts and other clothing, to museum pieces through to an amazing array of hand-signed and personal items that need to be displayed. The process will take up all of this month. The opening date for September will be announced as soon as possible, along with the exact location of KISSWorld. The store itself is over 10,000 square feet in size and obviously KISS will be the centre of attention in our store, but there will also be some bands' memorabilia and even some sporting heroes and film stars.

For more information, visit www.kissworld.net.

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KISS