Kiss played at the Rock2Wgtn two-day festival held in Wellington , New Zealand, on March 22 and 23, 2008; the festival also featured Ozzy Osbourne , Whitesnake , Poison, Alice Cooper, Lordi , Sonic Altar and Symphony of Screams, with special effects provided by WETA Workshop (of The Lord of…
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On March 16, 2008, Kiss closed the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit as well as performing in Brisbane and Sydney as part of this tour.
In March 2008, Flotsam and Jetsam toured in Europe and played at the Metalmania Festival in Poland. This show was filmed and released as DVD Once in a Deathtime in July. In mid-2008 the band were signed to Driven Music Group , founded by former KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch…
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In March they made their first appearance at Dubai Desert Rock Festival .
The ongoing conflicts among the surviving band members spilled over to the 2008 Presidential campaign . Barry Goudreau appeared with Mike Huckabee and played with him at some rallies in New Hampshire. Huckabee used “More Than a Feeling” as a campaign theme song. Scholz, a self-described ” Obama supporter”, sent…
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On January 30, 2008, Stanley confirmed that Kiss would launch the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour , playing arena and stadium shows in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
The band’s second studio album, Scream Aim Fire , was recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios and was produced by Colin Richardson . Tuck commented at the time, “It’s a lot more up tempo , a lot more aggressive.” The album was released on 28 January 2008. It sold 53,000 copies…
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On 26 January 2008, Europe did a semi-acoustic live concert at Nalen in Stockholm, calling the event Almost Unplugged . The band was accompanied by a string quartet and played reworked versions of its own songs, as well as cover versions of songs by bands that have influenced Europe’s sound…
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“I.V.” was released through iTunes on January 23, 2008, topping the store’s charts on that day.
On January 20, 2008, two Tokyo Dome concert dates were announced for March 28 and March 30.