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KISS Celebrating Tonight Show Appearance With Guitar Pick






KISS' USA Flag Burbank Tonight Show Guitar Pick is now available on eBay. A description reads as follows:

"This USA flag tour pick was from the special appearance KISS made on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 19th, as the band geared up for the 2010 Hottest Show on Earth Tour!

Only a limited number of these tour picks were left from each show. Each pick is limited to a maximum of only 200 made. They will never be made again! The remaining picks that were not thrown out to the crowd by KISS or kept by the band members for their own collection are now available exclusively through KISSPickWorld.com. These feature the KISS Hottest Show On Earth logo on the front side and band member signature with city and date on the back. There is also a special pick for each city that includes a photo and signature of one band member. If you weren't lucky enough to get one at the show, here is your chance to own a piece of KISStory!

Don't be fooled by bootleggers. If you find these for a CHEAPER PRICE THEY ARE NOT REAL. Be sure to ONLY order directly from KISSPickWorld to guarantee you'll receive an authentic KISS city pick. Only the genuine KISS city tour picks include a bonus, foil-embossed KISS Tour Guitar Picks collectible card, featuring a special foil logo and a statement of authenticity. These beautiful cards are collectibles in their own rights.

Check out the auction at this location.

KISS Overcomes Concert Business Struggles With Hottest Show On Earth Tour

Reuters is reporting:

As the concert business struggles with top-name cancellations this summer, KISS hits the road in North America, betting that its spectacle of classic rock, pyrotechnics and fire-breathing will lure cash-strapped concert-goers looking for dependable entertainment.

The group has embarked on its 32-date Hottest Show On Earth tour of the United States and Canada to promote its Sonic Boom album.

The fact that KISS still plays 15,000-seat venues 37 years into its career comes from providing fans with what they want and touring with regularity, even when the band's popularity ebbed and flowed, its lead singer said.

"It's about the marathon," KISS co-founder Paul Stanley told Reuters. "It's more about who lasts the longest - if you're depressed or lose your drive because of one tour or one show, then you're in the wrong business."

Stanley says fans are now "more discerning" and artists have to give them high-quality, high production entertainment if they hope to fill arenas and amphitheaters during this economic downturn. "They want bang for their buck," he said.

Read more here.

KISS - World Premiere 'God Of Thunder' 1979 Pro-Shot Video



EliteWorks are back with nearly 30 new KISS auctions and more to come later this week. To promote their return to eBay they've posted the long lost 'God Of Thunder' from the first night at the Capital Centre, July 7, 1979, this special version has an audio commentary track by former KISS crew supervisor Bill McMannus; which was recorded in the mid 1980s, for an industrial LaserDisc documentary about traveling productions.

Auctions this week include a signed LP from Peter Criss, a vintage unused concert ticket, guitar picks, the 1978 KISS puzzles, never-before-seen 1970s pictures from a KISS roadie's private collection, rare promotional videos from PolyGram Records, and even an original Coventry concert poster from 1973.

You can view the auctions (which end this Sunday, August 1st) here.

The brand new 1979 'God Of Thunder' footage can be seen below: