Forty years after first touring Australia, retiring glam rockers Kiss will farewell Melbourne as part Saturday’s AFL Grand Final pre-match entertainment.
At the height of Kissteria in 1980, Paul Stanley and his Kiss bandmates were holed up in the plush surrounds of Melbourne’s Sebel Townhouse as news helicopters circled overhead, fans lined the streets below, and glam rock reached fever pitch.
Founding member and bass player Gene Simmons recalled “hiding our faces” on that first visit to Melbourne, and taping the curtains closed at their hotel. “We plan on blowing things up ... and we promise you there’s no meatloaf on the menu,” Stanley said, in a thinly veiled reference to Meatloaf’s underwhelming 2011 pre-match show.
“Because of the passing of the great Ronald Dale Barassi ... I thought it would be nice to put him in there, so without pre-empting the line ... I’ve added just a little bit about Barassi,” Brady said.
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