Earlier this month, the world discovered certainly one of two issues about Gene Simmons: his followers both have an excessive amount of cash and never sufficient sense or he’s delusional as all get out about the kind of cash folks can pay to see his solo act. And that realization stems not simply from the way in which he’ll make merch out of fuckin’ something, however reasonably that he supplied a package deal for his upcoming solo tour the place you can be his roadie for a day — for $12,495.
You learn that proper. The dude needs his followers to pay greater than $12,000 to do work hauling gear, setting shit up, and driving round with him. Oh, however you get to convey a pal, sit in on soundcheck, hang around on the aspect of the stage throughout the efficiency, share the stage with him for a pair minutes, and also you get a signed bass on the finish of the day, so possibly that’s value it? Perhaps?
Throughout a latest interview with the New York Submit, Simmons defined his thought course of for deciding he was going to cost for the aforementioned expertise (and some extras). And naturally, all of it goes again to his childhood within the stone age.
“Once I was a child and went to see exhibits, I used to be all the time curious, ‘What’s it like after they’re in a lodge? What’s it like when the stage is about up? What’s it like being onstage after they’re performing and seeing the viewers from the stage? I made a decision, ‘You understand what, no person’s ever executed it. Why not open the thought to be my private roadie for the day?’”
Perhaps there’s a purpose nobody’s executed it, Gene.
Now, it could be one factor if this have been supplied as a lottery to your common fan. However inform me one factor — who can afford $12,000+ for a one evening expertise until you’re already nicely off and a grown ass grownup? That childhood marvel about what goes on has in all probability already been crushed out of anybody that may have paid for it, so why not pull somebody random out of your ticketholders and hang around with ’em for a day?
Oh proper. Cash. He went on to clarify what else occurs if you happen to purchase the package deal.
“You meet on the lodge the place you may have breakfast collectively or, , no matter floats your boat. You trip with me to the gig. You possibly can arrange amplifiers and drums to your coronary heart’s content material. You’re onstage, proper offstage to my proper. You possibly can video the crowds, no matter. And I pull you onstage to sing a tune with me.”
Your ticket to the present isn’t included in that package deal, by the way in which. So pony up some further moolah. The Gene Simmons Band might be on tour from April 3 in Anaheim, California till Might 24 in Houston. You will discover the complete record of dates under and resolve if you wish to blow 12 grand or not.
April 3 – Anaheim, CA @ Home of Blues
April 4 – Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Resort On line casino
April 5 – Rohnert Park, CA @ The Occasion at Graton Resort & On line casino
April 8 – Auburn, WA @ Muckleshoot On line casino Resort
April 10 – Magna, UT @ The Nice Saltair
April 11 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
April 25 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Corridor
April 26 – Miami Seashore, FL @ Fillmore
April 28 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon
April 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theater
April 30 – Orlando, FL @ Laborious Rock Reside
Might 2 – Peachtree Metropolis, GA – The Fred Amphitheater
Might 3 – Beaver Dam, KY @ Beaver Dam Amphitheater
Might 5 – Pink Financial institution, NJ @ Basie
Might 6 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont
Might 8 – Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek On line casino
Might 9 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Might 11 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Solar Area
Might 14 – Northfield, OH @ MGM
Might 15 – Niagara Falls, ON @ Fallsview On line casino
Might 17 – Hammond, IN @ The Horseshoe
Might 18 – Rockford, IL @ Laborious Rock
Might 20 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Middle
Might 22 – Dallas, TX @ Home of Blues
Might 23 – San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Middle
Might 24 – Houston, TX @ Home of Blues
