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The following is an excerpt from News Of The World's UK edition covering KISS' first gig in Scotland in almost 20 years. Tim Barr reporting:

"Don't touch my a**," warns Gene Simmons.

He's in no imminent danger. A-Listed is a shade over 6ft but, even without his platform boots, America's most legendary rocker is a good few inches taller. And standing side by side with his towering presence, you get the distinct impression that, if anyone's going to be molested, it won't be him.

A hand the size of a bear's paw, and just as heavy, drops on A-Listed's shoulder. Suddenly, in the space of a stalled heartbeat, it snakes from shoulder to throat as he grabs A-Listed in a playful stranglehold.

"I'm 230lbs. I could never have joined The Rolling Stones," he grins. "They're HALF my size." The God Of Thunder, it turns out, has a wicked sense of humour.

A-Listed is backstage with Kiss as their brilliant Sonic Boom Tour rolls into Europe. Around us, the greatest rock'n'roll show of all-time is being assembled. More than a dozen massive artic trucks have disgorged tons of equipment as 44 permanent crew members - plus a squad of hired-in locals - rig the stage with hundreds of lights, pyrotechnics and special effects.

"There's a lot of fire," explains one of the crew bosses. "It gets hot anywhere within 100ft of the stage."

Zip-wires, hydraulics and a state-of-the- art video-screen system sit alongside amps, guitars and recording kit (so gig- goers can buy an instant record of the show on USB as they leave) because Kiss don't do things on the cheap. And they're determined that when the Sonic Boom Tour arrives at Glasgow's SECC tonight, on their first visit to Scotland in nearly two decades, the fans get their money's worth... and then some.

"We're more than a band, we're a phenomenon," says Paul Stanley, who founded the multi-million-selling act with Simmons in New York City in 1972. "But without the fans, we wouldn't be here. The whole premise of Kiss is that when you're paying to see us, we feel we owe you everything."

Go to this location for the complete article. Fan-filmed footage from the Glasgow show is available below.