On 03 Dec 2023, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 
 AT>  GD> I went to the KISS concert at the Garden in NYC on Saturday Night. 
 AT>  GD> It was EPIC. It was their final show. 
 AT>  GD> The End of the Road Tour 2023. 
 AT> 
 AT> I'm glad you enjoyed it. You're not a music nazi like I am. I hold
 AT> grudges against them when they endorse Democrats (like Stanley and
 AT> Simmons did.)
It was my first KISS concert, and my last due that it was the last show ever. "End of the Road" I did not know of Paul Stanley's political beliefs but I didn't go to show to hear a political speak, nor did I have any expeditions of a political rally at a KISS Concert. I was there naturally because of the music that has almost spanned 50 years. Paul's political views or opinions do not effect me nor to they sour my stomach of the The most Epic concert I have seen, Iron Maiden in Washington was fantastic as well. There were literal fireworks as well as flames of heat that I felt sitting as well as standing  at the Kiss Concert.

Paul Stanley's words on X (formerly known as twitter)
"If You Are A Fan Who Now Feels My Opinions Are Alienating You, that is sadly your choice & not my intention. Do the entertainers you enjoy have to share your beliefs? Would you like it more if you didn't know? In many cases you'd be fooling yourself. I won't do that to you or me."

An Article from the Rolling Stone
Gene Simmons has been enjoying watching Donald Trump subvert the presidential
race, calling it the most fascinating election he can remember and saying it was bound to happen in what he calls the "Age of Kardashian." He is the truest political animal I've ever seen onstage, the Kiss vocalist-bassist tells Rolling Stone. He has no speech-writers, no editing, no nothing. He's actually on tape going moth*rfucker. You cannot turn away.

Simmons is quick to point out that he's not saying he's supporting Trump. 
He has said some very vile, unkind things, he says. (Gene's opinion, not mine) But don't kid yourself. He speaks off the cuff, and what you see is what you get. And he'll double down. If you ask him about building a wall [between the U.S. and Mexico] he'll say, F**k you, I'm going to make it 10 feet higher, just because you asked me. He's not there to be your friend.

What fascinates Simmons is Trump's ability to root out people's feelings. He's good for the political system, he says. The middle, the centrists, they can say, What do you think of this? because everybody is sick and tired of being politically correct. Secretly, tens of millions, perhaps 100 million people may actually have some positive feelings about a wall.

Macedonia is building a wall between Greece and Macedonia, he continues. There's a wall between Israel and a neighboring country. There was a Berlin Wall. There was the Great Wall of China. So whether they're good or bad for people, walls actually work. It's unkind, but in terms of pragmatics, it actually works  The Pope has said the wall is unkind, but it's interesting that at the Vatican there's a wall. They don't want people on the outside coming into the Vatican.

Ultimately, Simmons feels it will be up to Americans as individuals to make a private decision about Trump's wall and his ability to be president. One thing he feels he knows for sure, however, is that this guy has changed politics forever in America. Showbiz has become politics, the singer says, referencing the way Marco Rubio felt a need to reference the size of Trump's p*nis and Trump replied.

 AT> Did they take the opportunity to remind attendees to "Re-elect Biden next
 AT> year?"
Nope there was none of that. 

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