KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer is featured in a new interview with WyomingNews.com, which comes to BW&BK; courtesy of KISSonline.com. An excerpt from the story is available below:

Generations Of Love For KISS

By Karen Cotton

KISS fans will "Rock and Roll All Nite" in Cheyenne.

The legendary band is kicking off their "Hottest Show on Earth" tour at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 23.

"We're really looking forward to that (date) because we know some of our best concerts and crowds are in great places like in the middle of America like Cheyenne," said Tommy Thayer, the lead guitarist and vocalist for KISS. "It's where people know how to rock and roll. We know it will be over the top and it will be a great place to start."

Thayer confirmed that KISS has a number of new stage pyrotechnics and special effects in store for this tour.

"Yeah, KISS is always expanding and growing and pushing the limits, so in this case we're bringing the show that we just did in Europe, which is our biggest and over-the-top into amphitheaters of North America now," he said.

The group returned recently from Europe, where they performed 35 shows in 9 weeks.

"We added new pyrotechnics, lighting and video effects," Thayer said. "We have the biggest video screen on the road today. I don't know how many feet it is, but it stretches completely across the arena and, in this case, amphitheaters.

"It's the biggest ever. With KISS we have to continue pushing the limits. That's what we're all about and making it the greatest rock and roll show out there."

The band has been performing for more than 3 decades and doesn't appear to be slowing down.

"We have an onslaught of new fans coming to the shows for a lot of different reasons," Thayer said. "There's a whole new generation of KISS fans."

He added that a KISS show is something everyone should see at least once in their lifetime.

"It's like witnessing the Super Bowl firsthand or going to the Grand Canyon and seeing that," he said. "A KISS show is the same kind of thing.

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KISS' Hottest Show On Earth Tour kicks off this week. Their tour schedule is as follows:

July

23 - Cheyenne, WY - Cheyenne Frontier Days
24 - Minot, ND - North Dakota State Fair
29 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
30 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
31 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium

August

6 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
7 - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
9 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds
13 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
14 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
15 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
19 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Arena
20 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
21 - Washington DC - Jiffy Lube Live
27 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheater
28 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
29 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek

September

2 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheatre
3 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
4 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair
10 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
11 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
12 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
17 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
18 - Dallas, TX - Pizza Hut Park
19 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T; Center
22 - Sandy, UT - Rio Tinto Stadium
24 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion