Here's new KISS Army recruit Jackson Conrad listening to the first song he's ever heard... "Rock And Roll All Nite" (at a significantly lower volume than KISS usually plays it at!)

Thanks to Randy Gillette for sending the photo to KISSonline.

Check out these great fan-filmed clips of "Crazy Crazy Nights" and "I Was Made For Lovin' You" from KISS's Tinley Park/Chicagoland show last night... the second clip was shot from above Paul's rotating stage!

Here's last night's photo of the Wounded Warriors check at KISS' Tinley Park, IL show. To date, KISS has raised $312,668.00 for the CSRA Wounded Warriors Care Project on the Hottest Show On Earth tour!

KISS is donating one dollar from every admission sold throughout the Hottest Show On Earth Tour to the CSRA Wounded Warriors Care Project.

In addition to the KISS check, local Chicago company, Windy City Wire donated $36,122.00 to help out the troops!

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSonline

Here's KISS before the massive Chicago audience last night!

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSonline.

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Check out French soccer star Thierry Henry wearing Paul's makeup! He was promoting the New York Red Bulls next soccer game against Dallas, and KISS' show at Pizza Hut Stadium on September 18.

Check out these great fan-filmed clips from last night's show in Milwaukee!

"Forget the white picks! These are the Collectors' Collectibles!" -- Paul Stanley

You rocked with KISS on the Hottest Show on Earth tour. Now own the ultimate tour collectible - KISS commemorative city tour guitar picks!

Limited-edition KISS city picks were made for each tour stop. These special KISS picks feature the American, Canadian or Mexican flag with KISS logo, city, state and date of show on the front side and band member's signature on the back.

Only a very small quantity of these KISS city tour picks are left from each show and are now available exclusively at KISSpickworld.com

"The custom tour city guitar picks are a special addition to our usual arsenal of KISS picks. We have just a few to throw out onstage each night of the tour. I told my guitar tech to save a couple for me!" - Tommy Thayer

Each pick is limited to a maximum of only 200 made, and they will never be made again! The only remaining picks are the ones that were not thrown out to the crowd by KISS or kept by the band members for their own collections. To put how limited these picks are in perspective, note that a normal KISS tour pick is produced by the thousands, and in some cases, tens of thousands during the course of a tour.

"I love the way these picks look! What a great souvenir from each show. I thow these out every night when we come out to bow before the encore." - Eric Singer

Paul Stanley's guitar tech, Fran Stewart, told us that once people realized how rare these picks were, local crew and stage hands were taking them from the mic stands before KISS hit the stage. The techs then resorted to handing the picks directly to the band members while they were on stage to keep them from being stolen.

Because these picks are in such demand, bootleg versions have been circulating. Be sure to order directly from KISSpickworld.com to guarantee you'll receive an authentic KISS city pick, Only the genuine KISS city tour picks include a bonus KISS Tour Guitar Picks collectible card, featuring a statement of authenticity. These beautiful cards are collectibles in their own rights.

Fans may remember the stunning guitar picks used during KISS' Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour earlier this year. A limited number of picks from the band's European dates remain in inventory, and you can order picks from many of the European tour stops as well. These picks are simply stunning, with both the pick and collector's card featuring the country's flag. The new KISS Sonic Boom Over Europe Guitar Pick Binder, also offered at KISS Pick World, is the perfect item to hold your entire European pick collection too!

In addition to the commemorative city tour picks, KISS Pick World also has the "common" guitar picks used by the band in stock and ready to ship!

KISSpickworld.com was launched to give fans and pick collectors a central place to purchase genuine collectible KISS tour picks without fear of buying fake or bootleg picks.

"Straight from the KISS stage to you...the ultimate KISS Tour guitar picks!" - Gene Simmons

Check out these pictures of the band from last night's concert in Milwaukee!

Photos by Jill Cataldo and Russell Dannecker for KISSonline.

Here's last night's photo of the Wounded Warriors check at KISS' Milwaukee, WI show. To date, KISS has raised $295,230.00 for the CSRA Wounded Warriors Care Project on the Hottest Show On Earth tour!

KISS is donating one dollar from every admission sold throughout the Hottest Show On Earth Tour to the CSRA Wounded Warriors Care Project.

Special thanks to TSgt. Dennis Pruszka of the 440th Airlift Wing Pope Air Force Base and MSgt. Shane Loomis of the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard for presenting tonight's check on stage!

Photo by Dean Snowden for KISSonline.

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By Nate McCullough

Photo by Leigh Westee

ATLANTA - Explosions, gyrations, donations, a rocket-launcher fight, the Pledge of Allegiance, a fire-breathing, blood-spitting demon and a phone call from God - it's all part of the spectacle that is the aptly named Hottest Show on Earth.

In the words of lead singer Paul Stanley, a Kiss concert is part church and part circus. The big top was up and the pews were full Tuesday night at Aaron's Amphitheater.

On at least their fourth tour since the "Farewell" tour a decade ago, the band still packs 'em in and still packs a punch. The set list is their longest ever, with 21 songs spanning a nearly four-decade career, including three from 2009's "Sonic Boom," Kiss' first studio album in 11 years.

The show is part tribute to the past, part vision of the future, with ticket specials and an opening band - The Academy Is... - aimed at bringing in fans from younger generations

We asked Gene Simmons questions about Kiss, Trump and his "Family Jewels," and he fired back as only he can.

By Jon Bream

Tommy Thayer, left, and Paul Stanley play as KISS Gene Simmons is enamored of numbers. The mouthpiece of Kiss will tell you that his band has sold more than 100 million albums and earned 24 gold records and that his reality TV series, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," has had 107 episodes and his co-star son, Nick, is 6 feet 7.

Simmons will tell you that his middle name is "Arrogance." And he's proud of that. Here's what the boastful, big-tongued bassist/singer/blood drooler, who turned 61 last week, had to say in a post-sound-check phone call from Uncasville, Conn. He even talked about a rare "first" for Kiss, which comes to the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday.

Q: You're playing outdoors for the first time in the Twin Cities. What's the difference between outdoors and indoors for Kiss?

A: Less limitations, of course. First thing we do is make sure no local airports are nearby. If there are, we warn all low-flying aircraft not to fly overhead because our fireworks are pretty high -- anywhere from 100 to 300 feet high. It's like we're Transformers. Our stage show is so big, but it's also so flexible that we can add on pieces and just get as big as any outdoor stadium. For the last two years, we've been playing mostly stadiums, racing parks, cornfields, all kinds of stuff.

By Mark Caro, Tribune reporter

Ten years after kicking off its official Farewell Tour, Kiss arrives Friday at Tinley Park's First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre with no signs of mothballing the makeup and armored body suits. True, drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer have replaced original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, respectively, but singer/bassist Gene Simmons and singer/guitarist Paul Stanley are still around, along with the classic Kiss bombast.

The serpent-tongued Simmons, now 61 with five seasons of a reality TV show under his studded belt (A&E's "Gene Simmons Family Jewels"), still calls his band "the best, the hottest band in the world." In fact, Simmons said a ticketed adult can bring up to four kids 14 and under to the show for free.

Here's more of what he had to say before his band hit the stage Tuesday in Atlanta:

Why he doesn't care that Kiss isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "There are more important things in the world. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a nice place. It's a nice building. It's in Cleveland. The idea of it was good, but it's really backroom politics. Fifteen guys decide who gets in, and if they want to get Grandmaster Flash and Madonna in there, that's fine. I don't consider that rock 'n' roll, and I've never met a human being who does."

Check out these great photos of the KISS Army taken at KISS' Raleigh and Atlanta shows.

Each one of these photos was taken by fans at the show who shared their great pics with the world via the KISS LIVE SHARE CoolIris application. KISS is the first band in the world to launch this app, and the KISS ARMY is being called upon to start taking great pictures! Want to join in the fun?

Download the free app from iTunes or Android Market at KISS LIVE SHARE and get started!