Gene Simmons Says Ace Frehley & Peter Criss Refused to Take Part in Final KISS Shows

KISS will wrap up their farewell tour in December with back-to-back shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. If you were hoping to see Ace Frehley and Peter Criss at these shows, Gene Simmons has some bad news.

In a new interview with Linea Rock, Simmons says, "I asked both Ace and Peter a few times, 'Do you wanna come out for the encores? Do you wanna do some shows?' And they both said no. So, I don’t know what to say about that." (In the same interview, Simmons also alludes to how newer fans of KISS may not even know who Frehley and Criss are. This seems like a stretch, but such is the case for the complicated relationships of KISS.)

The final leg of KISS' "End of the Road" farewell tour kicks off on October 29 in Austin, Texas and wraps with the aforementioned MSG shows on December 1 and 2. A full list of the final dates is below.

10/29 - Austin, TX - Moody Center
11/01 - Palm Springs, CA - Acrisure Arena
11/03 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
11/06 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
11/08 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
11/10 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
11/12 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
11/13 - Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Centre
11/15 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre
11/18 - Montreal, QC - Centre Bell
11/19 - Quebec, QC - Videotron Centre
11/21 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
11/22 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
11/24 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena
11/25 - Indianapolis. IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11/27 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
11/29 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena
12/01 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
12/02 - New York, NY -Madison Square Garden

The Who’s Live at Leeds was released on May 16, 1970, and it’s one of the greatest live albums of all time.

It saw the band adding heavier guitars to their mod-era classics and to some early rock and roll chesnuts, and it holds up to any of their studio albums. Through the ‘70s, and ever since, rock bands have been releasing live documents of their concerts, and while some of them are little more than “greatest hits” collections with crowd noise, the albums on this list are essential parts of their respective artists’ discographies.

Scroll through the gallery below and see where some of your favorites are ranked in our greatest live albums list.