KISS Bring The "Hottest Show on Earth" to Japan

KISS will bring the "Hottest Show on Earth" to Japan for seven shows this April.

The dates are as follows:

April 13 - Nagoya, JPN - Aichi Prefecture Gymnasium
April 14 - Yokohama, JPN - Pacifico Yokohama
April 17 - Saitama, JPN - Saitama Super Arena
April 18 - Kobe, JPN - World Hall
April 20 - Tokyo, JPN - Nippon Budokan
April 21 - Tokyo, JPN - Budokan
April 23 - Sapporo, JPN - Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena

KISS is planning on entering the studio in March to begin recording their new studio album for a late 2011 release. During an interview with BackstageAxxess.com that was conducted during this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, KISS guitaristTommy Thayer said, "The great news is that we are going in the studio again in the next month or two. We are starting to work on writing some songs, [and we will] approach it just like we did with [2009's] 'Sonic Boom´ and keep it all in the band in terms of the writing, with no agenda besides writing great rock and roll songs that we love, then rehearsing them before recording them. It really felt good to us so we'll go the same way this time."

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley will once again produce the new effort after things went so smoothly on "Sonic Boom". "Paul knows more what a KISS record should sound like than anybody, to be honest with you, so he is going to lead the charge and produce it again and we are all really excited about it," Thayer said.

He added, "I know we are going to start working on it really soon in terms of the writing and rehearsing and we'll probably be in the studio by March, so sometime this year I'm sure you'll see a spanking new KISSalbum that's gonna kick some butt!" (Blabbermouth)