KISS: MONSTER - The Official Album and Tour Magazine

Brought to you by FANGORIA, the planet's number one cult film, horror and fantasy culture entertainment magazine, KISS: MONSTER - The Official Album and Tour Magazine is a KISS magazine made by KISS fans for KISS fans. Celebrating the upcoming release of MONSTER, the band’s 20th album and their upcoming summer tour with Motley Crue, this glossy, 72 page collector’s magazine features dozens of rare, new and never before published photographs as well as new interviews with KISS members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, wherein they muse on the past, reflect on the present and look to what lies in store for “the hottest band in the world…KISS!”

You’ll also get a thorough, critical look at the full KISS discography; a preview of MONSTER written by the band; secrets behind THE TOUR; a look at the design of the new KISS costumes as well as their costumes worn through the ages; Gene and Paul remembering classic KISS albums like CREATURES OF THE NIGHT and ALIVE; in-depth retrospective of the delirious KISS TV movie KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK and so much more!

Edited by FANGORIA editor-in-chief (and lifelong, card-carrying KISS ARMY member) Chris Alexander, this towering salute to the ever-evolving KISS mythology is one that every self respecting KISS fan MUST have.

KISS: MONSTER – The Official Album and Tour Magazine will be on newsstands EVERYWHERE late June and will be available to order through KISSONLINE.COM and FANGORIA.COM.

Stay tuned....

KISS "The Tour 2012"

FAN CLUB PRESALES AND VIP PACKAGES BEGIN NOW

Rock 'n Roll doesn't get any bigger than this! KISS and MOTLEY CRUE... On the same stage... On the same night. This spectacle of spectacles announced today, KISS and MOTLEY CRUE are uniting to launch THE TOUR of 2012. The summer's biggest, baddest rock tour will level 40+ cities nationwide starting July 20th.

The Live Nation promoted tour will go on sale beginning Friday, March 23rd at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. The KISS Army Fan Club pre-sales begin TODAY, March 21st at 10am.

Fan Club members also have exclusive access to VIP Packages for 24 hours before the general public. Check out all the info on the tour page.


DATE CITY VENUE PUBLIC ON SALE
July 20 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live Mar 23
July 21 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach Mar 23
July 22 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Mar 24
July 24 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood Mar 24
July 25 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Mar 24
July 27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre Mar 23
July 28 Tampa, FL 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre Mar 23
July 31 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre Mar 23
Aug 03 Woodlands, TX Woodlands Pavilion Mar 23
Aug 04 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion Mar 23
Aug 07 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion Mar 23
Aug 08 Englewood, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre Mar 24
Aug 10 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Mar 23
Aug 11 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Ctr Mar 24
Aug 12 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Pavilion Mar 24
Aug 14 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Mar 24
Aug 16 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion Mar 23
Aug 18 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre Mar 24
Aug 19 Ridgefield, WA Sleep Country Amphitheatre Mar 24
Aug 26 Tulsa, OK Bok Center Mar 24
Aug 27 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Mar 24
Aug 31 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center Mar 23
Sep 01 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center Mar 24
Sep 02 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion Mar 23
Sep 04 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena Mar 23
Sep 05 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre Mar 24
Sep 07 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Mar 23
Sep 08 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre Mar 23
Sep 12 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center Mar 23
Sep 13 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheater Mar 23
Sep 15 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake PAC Mar 24
Sep 16 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center Mar 24
Sep 18 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain Mar 24
Sep 19 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center Mar 24
Sep 21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center Mar 23
Sep 22 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre Mar 23
Sep 23 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre Mar 23

KISS ARMY FAN CLUB
The KISS Army Fan Club has just announced two all new fan club packages for 2012, including a PREMIUM package!

This offer has an EXCLUSIVE heavy weight, 100% nylon satin jacket with embroidered logos on front and back.

Both packages get you in to today's Fan Club presale. Check out the details here.

VIP PACKAGES
Fan club members will have EXCLUSIVE 24 hour access to VIP packages beginning TODAY, March 21 at 10am. Members be sure to log in at KISSonline and get your VIP password.

Here are details on the two packages:

KISS - Meet & Greet + Soundcheck Package

One reserved tickets located in the first 10 rows of the stage
Exclusive Meet & Greet with KISS
Personal Photograph with KISS
Autograph Session with KISS
Exclusive access to KISS's Preshow Soundcheck
Specially Designed KISS Tour Shirt
Custom Designed, KISS Ring (18k gold plated, exclusive to ticket packages)
Set of Official KISS Guitar Picks (with custom case)
Official Meet & Greet Laminate
Commemorative VIP Ticket
Crowd- free merchandise shopping
On-site VIP HostKISS - VIP Tour Package

One reserved tickets located in the first 15 rows of the stage
Specially Designed KISS Tour Shirt
Custom Designed, KISS Ring (18k gold plated, exclusive to ticket packages)
Set of Official KISS Guitar Picks (with custom case)
Official VIP Laminate
Commemorative VIP Ticket
Crowd- free merchandise shopping
On-site VIP Host
See you this summer!

First Look at Arrow

After being marooned for five years on a remote island, former billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns with a mysterious agenda and a lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime. 

Here’s a first look at the new The CW’s pilot ARROW, starring Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen and Arrow. Arrow’s suit was designed by three-time Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood.

ARROW pilot director/executive producer David Nutter said: “When I directed the pilot for Smallville, I knew that making Clark Kent relatable would be the key to audiences believing in him as a hero. ARROW is a different show — darker and harder-edged — but it’s the same core idea. We’re creating a real, believable world in which Oliver Queen can do incredible things. Colleen Atwood’s great work on the Arrow costume reflects that effort.

ARROW is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and David Nutter, who is directing, from a teleplay by Kreisberg & Guggenheim, story by Berlanti & Guggenheim. Melissa Kellner Berman is co-executive producer.

Based upon characters appearing in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics, ARROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

© 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit: Joseph Lederer

Preview Of KISS #1 From IDW

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DC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES “WE CAN BE HEROES”

Official Press Release

DC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES “WE CAN BE HEROES,”

AN UNPRECEDENTED GIVING CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT

THE HUNGER CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

Featuring Iconic Justice League Characters, Multilayered Campaign
To Leverage All Time Warner Advertising Platforms
Generating Significant Awareness of the Crisis

Multi-Million-Dollar Commitment Will Support
Three Aid Groups Working in Africa:
Save the Children, International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps

(January 23, 2012 – New York, NY) DC Entertainment, home of the world’s greatest super heroes, today unveiled an unprecedented giving campaign to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. This multi-million-dollar commitment over the next two years will be supported across all Warner Bros. Entertainment’s and Time Warner’s businesses and feature DC Entertainment’s iconic Justice League characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg, issuing the call to action, “We Can Be Heroes.” The announcements were made at a press conference today in New York by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros.; Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group; and Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment.
We Can Be Heroes will support the efforts of three humanitarian aid organizations working in Africa—Save the Children, International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps—as part of the global effort to fight the current hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. The region is suffering its worst drought and famine in over 60 years, with 13 million in need of critical assistance and 250,000 facing starvation in Somalia alone. Each partner organization was chosen for its track record of effective and expeditious humanitarian aid efforts in Africa.
We Can Be Heroes will be supported via promotional exposure across all of Time Warner’s divisional advertising platforms (Warner Bros., Turner Broadcasting, Time Inc., HBO), generating millions of consumer impressions and creating crucially needed awareness of this crisis worldwide. Save the Children, International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps will equally share a corporate donation of at least $2 million over the next two years comprised of cash donations, employee matching funds and consumer matching funds.
“Warner Bros. has a long history of corporate philanthropy and outreach, and this campaign proudly continues that tradition,” said Meyer. “We are a global company, and this is a global issue. By marshalling our expertise in consumer and fan engagement and creating global awareness, we hope we’re able to inspire others to join us in becoming ‘heroes’ and make a difference in the Horn of Africa.”
The Justice League characters were chosen by DC Entertainment both for their global recognition as well as their demonstration of strength in unity and numbers. The campaign’s graphic identifier features the iconic Justice League characters—Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg—outlined in silhouette against the African continent. Each of these characters is a super hero in his or her own right, but when they band together as the Justice League, they become an unstoppable force for good and right in the universe—a key message of the We Can Be Heroes campaign. While many individuals may feel powerless to effect change on their own, as part of a global campaign such as this, their efforts, combined with those of other donors, can create a world of change.
A key launch element of We Can Be Heroes is the campaign’s website,www.WeCanBeHeroes.org. Here, consumers can make donations which DC Entertainment will match 100 percent (up to $1 million in donations), purchase specially branded merchandise, with 50 percent of the purchase price going to fight the hunger crisis via We Can Be Heroes, sign up for newsletters and updates, and join the We Can Be Heroes online community. The site will also feature information on each of the partner organizations and updates on current conditions in the Horn of Africa.
“This campaign goes straight to the heart of our core competency, as Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment both have a rich legacy of telling socially relevant, compelling stories with characters embraced by global audiences,” said Robinov. “The fact that we’re able to take what we do and use it to raise awareness—and inspire action—around a cause as important as this is gratifying. With the support of the entire Studio and our Time Warner sister companies, this campaign, like the DC Comics super heroes, will make a great impact on an important issue.”
“The members of the Justice League are an international team of super heroes beloved by a broad range of fans, including men and women, young and old. This makes them the perfect ‘spokescharacters’ for this campaign,” said Nelson. “Their dedication to social justice and commitment to band together to defend the helpless brilliantly supports the ideals of the We Can Be Heroes campaign. The hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa is something we can reverse if we all work together. I’m proud and grateful we’re able to harness the power and standing of the DC Comics brand and iconic characters as well as for the support from both Warner Bros. and Time Warner that has allowed us to pursue this unprecedented initiative.”
“This is a tragic situation affecting millions and millions of people. Everyone has the ability to be a part of the solution and efforts such as We Can Be Heroes help bring us closer to that goal,” said Dr. Jill Biden, who visited refugees in Kenya in August and has worked to raise awareness of the crisis. “I commend the efforts of DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. and other organizations who are using their global reach to help raise awareness of the crisis.”
For more information on We Can Be Heroes, visit www.WeCanBeHeroes.org. For more information on the campaign’s partner organizations, visit their websites: www.savethechildren.org(Save the Children); www.rescue.org(International Rescue Committee) DC Comics’ official blog, THE SOURCE; and www.mercycorps.org(Mercy Corps).

The CW’s Green Arrow Pilot “Arrow” – Character Details (Spoilers!)

From GreenArrowTV

And now some of the mysteries are solved!

Via casting breakdowns, GreenArrowTV has learned a little bit about some of the characters we’ll be seeing in The CW’s pilot Arrow.

Here are some of the characters we have to look forward to (subject to change):

Disclaimer: It is not the intention of GreenArrowTV to ruin any secrecy regarding this project, but instead to get people excited and interested in more. In other words, DC or WB – hopefully this a good thing rather than a nuisance, although if there is a takedown request, please contact us and it will be respected.

Oliver Queen – It’s pretty obvious this would be the name of the main character, right? It sounds like he was believed dead for a few years before making a return home.

At some point Oliver is kidnapped and cuffed to a chair but gets himself loose.

The Arrow wears a green body armor that is “so dark it’s virtually black.” He has a bow and arrow, of course. He may have a mask covering the lower half of his face, distorting his voice. The costume also has a hood.

It sounds like this version of Oliver Queen is at least 25, and he is written very much like the Green Arrow was in his better Smallville appearances.

It also seems that we will see flashbacks to his time on the island and how he got there, and what led him to becoming a good guy.

Dinah “Laurel” Lance – Dinah’s using her middle name here. She and Oliver have not seen each other in five years, before his return to the city. “Laurel” went to law school. It doesn’t appear that she is the Black Canary (yet). She works with a firm called the City Necessary Resources Initiative.

Tommy was Oliver’s best friend before he disappeared for several years. He sounds like a bit of a frat boy. He notices Oliver has changed a lot in his years away. The character himself might have a tie to a Green Arrow foe from the comics. Tommy tells Oliver about what his funeral was like a few years earlier.

Sara – Back on the boat, Oliver had a history with a character named Sara, and that history may be the reason Laurel is not happy to see him when he returns to town. In fact, she’s downright angry.

Thea – A young relative of Oliver’s, around 18. He teasingly calls her “Speedy.”

Moira Queen – Oliver’s mom is still alive as of the pilot, but his father was killed on the boat, in the incident that originally sent Oliver to the island. In the years since, she has remarried a man named Walter who doesn’t understand Oliver’s sudden interest in the company, Queen Consolidated.

The city seems to be called “Starling City” rather than “Star City.”

DC Comics shoutouts include a “Mr. Grell” and “Danielle DiDio.” There’s also a bank account numbered 52.

How does it sound, so far?

Very, very good!