KISS manager Doc McGhee has finally come clean on what we’ve been reporting all along — no one from the band has contacted original drummer Peter Criss about being part of their End of the Road tour.
Asked about Criss and original guitarist Ace Frehley being part of the final show next year in New York City, McGhee tells VWMusic, “Honestly, I don’t know. You can invite them, but they may not come. They may come, they may not come, and we might not invite them.
“We’ve talked to them, and we’ve talked about it. Well, we don’t talk to Peter, but we do talk to Ace. We haven’t talked to Peter in a long time. But you know something? They were part of it, they aided in starting this band, and they should be part of the end of this. They started this, so in some way they should be able to share that spotlight on the way out. Now, regardless of if it happens or not, you’re not going to get six guys up there in makeup. That’s not going to happen.”
Ace has been approached about being part of the tour, but he says he wants to see the money.
The End of the Road tour is now in Europe with stops in Frankfurt, Germany tomorrow (Friday) and Vienna, Austria on Sunday. The next U.S. leg starts on September 21st in West Palm Beach, Florida.
