Ace Frehley heading back out on the road 

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Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is heading back out on the road with dates announced for August and September.

He gets things going on August 18th in Dallas with six shows through the 27th in Indianapolis, followed by more at the end of September into early October. He\'s also making up the show in Poughkeepsie, New York that he postponed in April because of dehydration.

The tour is in support of his recent covers collection, Origins, Vol. 1.

August 18, 2016 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Concert Hall

September 24, 2016 - Binghamton, NY - Magic City Music Hall

October 9, 2016 - Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall

Check it out: 10 Things You Might Not Know About KISS (Part 1)

10 Things You Might Not Know About KISS (Part 1)

KISS traces its roots to Wicked Lester, a New York City-based band led by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. They recorded one album, which was shelved by Epic Records, and played a handful of live shows. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that a new musical direction was needed, abandoned Wicked Lester in 1972 and began forming a new group

While driving around NYC with Stanley and Simmons, Peter Criss mentioned that he had been in a band called Lips, so Stanley said "What about KISS?” Ace Frehley created the now-iconic logo, making the "SS" look like lightning bolts, when he went to write the new band name over Wicked Lester on a poster outside the club where they were going to play

The runic letters of the KISS logo happened to look similar to the insignia of the Nazi SS, a symbol that is now illegal to display in Germany. Therefore, to avoid controversy, since 1979 most of the band\'s album covers and merchandise in Germany have used a modified version of the logo instead, in which the letters "SS" look like the letters "ZZ" backwards

The first KISS performance was on January 30, 1973, for an audience of three at the Popcorn Club, later renamed Coventry, in Queens. For the first three gigs, January 30 to February 1, they wore little to no makeup. The iconic makeup designs associated with KISS made their debut during the March 9-10 shows at The Daisy in Amityville, New York

The band’s self-titled debut album was released on February 18, 1974. Casablanca and KISS promoted the album heavily throughout the spring and summer of 1974. On February 19, the band performed "Nothin\' to Lose," "Firehouse," and "Black Diamond" on ABC\'s Dick Clark\'s in Concert (aired March 29), their first television appearance

Although KISS albums had not proved to be big sellers, the band was quickly gaining a reputation for their live performances. KISS concerts featured such spectacles as Gene Simmons spitting ‘blood\' consisting primarily of raw eggs and food coloring and \'breathing fire’ by spitting flammable liquid at a torch

On September 18, 1978, all four members released solo albums. Each album was a solo effort as none of the group appeared on another\'s album, and were all released and marketed as KISS albums with similar cover art and poster inserts. It was the first time that all current members of a rock band had released solo albums on the same day

By the end of the Dynasty tour in 1979, tensions between Criss and the rest of the band were at an all-time high. His drumming skills had noticeably eroded, and he even intentionally slowed down or stopped playing altogether during some concerts. Criss performed with the group for the last time on December 16, 1979

In June 1982, Frehley\'s departure from the band was negotiated, although he did not officially leave until December. Simmons has stated that Eddie Van Halen wanted to fill Frehley\'s spot, but he and Alex Van Halen convinced him to remain with Van Halen. Other musicians who auditioned for the band included Richie Sambora and Yngwie Malmsteen

The band officially appeared in public without makeup for the first time on a September 18, 1983 appearance on MTV, which coincided with the release of the band\'s new album, Lick It Up. The tour showing off the new album and the unmasked band members began in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 11, 1983, their first concert without makeup since early 1973

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