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KISS's End of the Road Documentary Arrives 19 November

Kiran MachadoPublished 2m ago2 min readBased on 1 source
KISS's End of the Road Documentary Arrives 19 November
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KISS will release its documentary KISS: End of the Road on 19 November, and it will first be available only on the band's own site, KISSOnline.com. The film then stays there for seven days before it moves to other platforms, according to Billboard. It runs nearly two and a half hours and was directed by DJ Viola, who also made the 2021 A&E documentary KISStory.

The film looks back at the band's farewell. KISS played its last concert as a touring act in makeup nearly three years ago. The End of the Road World Tour was first interrupted by the pandemic. Its final leg, in 2023, started in South America and then played North America, Europe and Australia. It wrapped with two shows on 1 and 2 December at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The road was not always smooth. Gene Simmons was briefly unwell from dehydration during a concert in Brazil. Paul Stanley had a severe flu that led to the cancellation of nine shows on the tour. Simmons said he did not want to become "fat, bloated, naked Elvis on the bathroom floor," and that the band had to know when to get off the stage.

Before the film arrives, the band has a live event. From 13 to 15 November, the KISS Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas convention takes place at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas, and KISS will preview the documentary there. The band will play both acoustic and electric concerts at the event. It will also host a tribute to Ace Frehley, the original guitarist, who died in October 2025 at the age of 74.

KISS, formed in New York in 1973 by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, has also marked a musical milestone this year. The band released box sets celebrating 50 years since its fifth studio album, Rock and Roll Over. The album spent 45 weeks on the Billboard 200, the US chart that ranks albums by sales and streams, and peaked at No. 11 in 1976.

Two other projects are in the pipeline. A KISS avatar show, in which digital versions of the band perform, has been in the works for several years. A biopic about the band is also in production.

For fans who could not make the tour, the film offers a way to watch the final chapter from home. It goes live on 19 November.

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