Get ready for the most epic, most legendary, most unbelievably amazing event of the century (or at least that’s what they’re claiming) – the 2026 edition of the “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas”! 🤘🎸 It’s going down November 13-15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, and we can barely contain our excitement (or not). The four members of KISS’s current lineup – Gene Simmons (bass, vocals), Paul Stanley (guitar, vocals), Tommy Thayer (guitar), and Eric Singer (drums) – will perform two “unmasked” shows, because who needs masks when you’re a rockstar? 🤷♂️
The 2026 “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” will also feature question-and-answer sessions with KISS, because you’ve always wondered what they eat for breakfast 🍳, and other activities that will make you go wild 🤪. More information about ticketing, including VIP packages, can be found on the event’s website, because they want your money 💸.
Over the years, KISS has hosted 11 branded “kruises” that have departed from Los Angeles, Miami, and New Orleans, but for the twelfth installment, they decided to “transform” the event into “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” and hold it at Virgin Hotels complex last November. This special KISS Army fan event, co-produced by Pophouse, Topeka, and Vibee, celebrated the band’s five-decade career and the 50th anniversary of the KISS Army 🎉. In addition to KISS “unmasked” performances, the weekend included appearances from QUIET RIOT, Stephen Pearcy, and Warren DeMartini performing the music of RATT, Bruce Kulick, Sebastian Bach, BLACK ‘N BLUE, KUARANTINE, School Of Rock, and more 🤩.
Paul Stanley stated about “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas”: “So, the funny thing with the KISS Kruise – a couple of things. When we were first approached with the idea of doing a KISS cruise, when we first heard about it, I went, ‘Who is gonna go on a KISS cruise?’ And we’ve had people from 33 countries around the world for every time we went out. So it was amazing. But the crazy part about it is that over the years everybody started doing cruises, so we can’t get a ship most of the time 🚢.” He also said, “So last year we decided, I said, ‘Well, let’s do a ‘KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas’.’ So we did that, and it was really fun 🎉. Having the band play was amazing, and seeing everybody was great 👫. And that was the first one. We’ll do it again this coming year 🎊.”
The legendary rockers kicked off the 2025 edition of the “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” with an outdoor unplugged performance on November 14, 2025, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas 🌃. At the beginning of the concert, Stanley asked fans in the audience to lift the electric candles which were handed out to everyone prior to the gig in honor of founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, who died in October 2025 at the age of 74 🕯️. Simmons, Stanley, Eric Singer, and Tommy Thayer also played an electric “unmasked” show the same weekend, marking the first time KISS had performed together since retiring from touring in December 2023 📆.
Simmons told Rolling Stone in a November 2023 interview that the second Madison Square Garden “End Of The Road” concert would mark “the final KISS-in-makeup appearance 👋.” Ace co-founded KISS with Paul, Gene, and Peter Criss in New York City in 1973 🗽️. Frehley appeared on KISS’s first nine albums and returned for the band’s 1998 reunion album, “Psycho Circus” 🎪, only to leave again 🚫. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the rest of KISS’s original lineup in 2014 🎉.
Frehley first left KISS in 1982 🚫 and rejoined in 1996 🤝, only to part ways with the band once again in 2002 after the conclusion of KISS’s first “farewell tour” 🎤. Since his departure, guitarist Tommy Thayer had assumed the role of the Spaceman 🚀.
So, are you ready to rock and roll all night and party every day with KISS? 🤘🎸 Get your tickets now and join the KISS Army 🚀! Don’t miss out on the most epic event of the year 🎉! KISS KRUISE: LAND-LOCKED IN VEGAS returns to Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on November 13–15, 2026 📅. KISS Army VIP members, get ready to rock 🤘! 🎸🔥
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