Australia's Advertiser Adelaide has issued the following report from Patrick McDonald:

KISS often cops flack for its over-the-top stage theatrics, but frontman PAUL STANLEY's first Australian solo tour proved that it's really all about the music.

Stripped of make-up and pyrotechnics but armed with a bunch of killer rock anthems and soaring ballads from his new album - and a bunch of old gems that KISS somehow forgot to ever play on stage – Stanley delivered a reinvigorated, knockout set. From the bone-crunching, anthemic title track of his new CD Live To Win, through big singalongs from his first, 1978 solo effort like 'Move On', 'Wouldn't You Like To Know Me' and 'Tonight You Belong To Me', to the KISS concert essentials 'Love Gun' and 'Detroit Rock City', the setlist was a fanboy's dream.

Other new material, such as the radio-worthy power ballad 'Everytime I See You Around' and 'Bulletproof' sat seamlessly alongside such 30-year-old classics as 'Strutter' and 'Do You Love Me?'.

But wait - there's more. Between the scheduled tracks, Stanley playfully accommodated the Adelaide audience's requests, throwing in a few bars of everything from obscurities like 'The Oath' to verses of 'Mr Speed', 'Forever' and even 'All American Man'.

Better still were full-blown renditions of KISS album tracks like 'A Million To One' and 'Magic Touch' - getting their first concert tour airings - not to mention the Australian chart favourites 'Shandi' and 'I Was Made For Lovin' You'.

Prancing, leaping and dancing endlessly while his vocals scaled to often stratospheric heights, Stanley belied his 55 years to deliver a performance worthy of someone half his age. He was backed by phenomenally tight playing and inspired soloing from his band, borrowed from the TV reality show Rock Star, led by blazing lead guitar licks from Rafael Moreira, and supplemented by Australian guitarist Brett Garsed.

When he bid farewell with the appropriately title 'Goodbye', the audience was left hoping that Stanley, like the song's lyric says, will be coming back soon.