Former KISS guitarist BRUCE KULICK has issued the following update:

"Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had a great holiday season. It was long, and as usual I had to work through most of it, but that is always fine with me. My work is music so that is a blessing.

I did get make lots of progress with my BK 3 CD so please go ahead and check out the studio blog with all the news of what I got done in December and even top of January '09. So other than all that work, I was busy with a few events. Two in Phoenix that started the day after Christmas, and one in Vegas right after New Years.

I was asked to do an in-store appearance at Raptor Guitars, in North Phoenix, and the following day, Grand Funk had a show to celebrate a new light rail system in the Mesa area of Phoenix. The in-store was fun, and the owner George is a huge KISS fan, so he was thrilled to have me at his shop, and of course the fans came out in support. His Corvette is customized with Paul Stanley as he is a Washburn dealer. These pix were up on Kissonline recently.

I played a few guitars for the fans along with my backing CD and signed autographed afterwards. This young fan was SO excited I was in her city! The thing about KISS that always amazes me is how the music of the band is passed down to each new generation. She asked me if I could play "Shout It Out Loud!" Since that one was fresh in my mind from the MONSTER CIRCUS show, it was easy to give her a treat with the guitar parts.

Next day was the GFR show, and it was cool for Phoenix but the sun was shining bright for us to perform. There was a large crowd for sure, and we played great. I will keep you all posted about the dates this year for Grand Funk.

On Saturday the third, after working in the studio, I flew to Vegas to jam again with the SC SINNERS, this time at the Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, NV. (Just 15 minutes from the strip). I LOVE this hotel! My forth time there. Grand Funk has played the room twice and I took a short vacation there a few years back as well. Highly recommended. The set I do is many KISS classics from my era, and the crowd loved the song selection. Thank you Vegas!

So once again, hope your holiday season was great! I will get more news on the completion of BK 3 and all things BK in the coming weeks."