Paul Stanley Admits That He Was “Miserable” During KISS’ 2000 Farewell Tour

During the June 11 episode of The Magnificent Others podcast with Billy Corgan, KISS frontman Paul Stanley recalls feeling “miserable” during what was meant to be the band’s farewell tour in 2000-01. “The music was erratic at best,” admits the 73-year-old rock legend. “Some nights [were] awful, there was no sense of camaraderie or joy in what we were doing. So it really felt like let’s put the horse down, let’s just shoot it. It went against everything that we had always believed and that’s that the band is bigger than us.” Despite the negative experience, KISS eventually reunited for their End of the Road World Tour in 2019, which ended prematurely due to the pandemic. KISS went on to perform their “final show” in late 2023 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, but they have a three-show stint scheduled in Las Vegas in November. (People)