Rockin’ the high seas
Who better to embody the inherent campiness of a celebrity cruise than money-loving, makeup-wearing Kiss? said Dave Hoekstra in the Chicago Sun-Times. Since its first rock cruise in 2002, the Atlanta-based cruise company Sixthman has booked jaunts with dozens of headliners, including John Mayer and Kid Rock, but none before created anything like the scene on October’s Kiss Kruise. Kiss began playing as soon as the ship set sail with a show that was “a rarity, featuring the band unplugged and without makeup.” The group performed the next two nights with all the frills before hopping ship in Nassau, Bahamas, a day early. Kiss promises to do another cruise, but for fans who need a fix sooner, “a world of travel escapism awaits,” thanks to the Kiss coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, S.C., a Kiss-themed golf course in Las Vegas that’s set to open in January, and even Kiss Kaskets—“for the ultimate road trip.”
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