ROCK NEWS: Gene Simmons says NO MORE Make-Up!

Gene Simmons says NO MORE Make-Up, Sum 41 add more show dates, Kings of Leon have new music and Foo Fighters pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins. 

Episode Transcript

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Stand to check in on the latestrock gossip with Mel Taylor. Rock News.
Let's do some rock news today.Apparently, Gene Simmons has announced the
end of his makeup days and isvowing not to wear the iconic kiss makeup
ever again. Now this guy's notstopping. He's still going to continue doing
a solo project, which he callsthe Gene Simmons Band. He said they'll

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be heading out to festivals across Europeand South America, and he said,
to clarify the look he will havewill be very different and no more makeup
at all. Some forty one apparentlyisn't quite as ready to call it a
day as a previously indicated, sincethey've added more Canadian DAIDs up now until
the end of January next year.King's Leon sharing a preview of their new

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single split Screen. The song isthe second taste of the band's ninth studio
album, which is called Can WePlease Have Fun, which comes out on
May the tenth, So you cancheck that out and food Fighters keeping Taylor
Hawkins memory alive. On Monday,the band paid tribute to the drummer by
posting a black and white photo ofhim on Instagram with heart emojis in the

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caption. March twenty fifth marked thesecond anniversary of Hawkins passing and other news.
The food Fighters are gearing up fortheir US tour, which kicks up
July the seventeenth,