KISS Announces First Show In 2027

Fans will

apparently have to wait more than three years to see the first KISS avatar performance.

Earlier today, KISS released a short video announcing that “a show” featuring the KISS avatars “is coming” in “2027”. The band captioned the clip: “50 years is a long time, and what the future holds is in the making.”

The technology being used for the KISS avatars, originally developed for ABBA‘s “Voyage” show in London, will allow KISS to stay “on the road” in retirement.

The KISS avatars were created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and were financed and produced by the Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment, which is behind “ABBA Voyage”.

Earlier this month, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons said that “about 200 million” dollars is being invested into the KISS avatar show.

Unlike the “ABBA Voyage” show, which recreates a 1970s-era ABBA concert in a custom-built London arena, KISS‘s avatars that appeared at the band’s final concert in New York earlier this month will not be as grounded in reality as ABBA‘s digital replicas. According to BBC News, the KISS avatars will see the band appear as fantasy-based superheroes who are eight feet tall, breathing fire and shooting electricity from their fingers, while floating above the audience.