{"id":313047,"date":"2025-10-18T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313047\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:26:15","slug":"kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-rips-songs-at-iconic-dallas-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313047\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Rips Songs at Iconic Dallas Venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAce Frehley was a hit with the fans.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Jim Louvau<\/p>\n

In late September, co-founding member and lead guitarist of rock legends Kiss, Ace Frehley, canceled tour dates after having a minor fall in his studio.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 16, it was announced in Variety<\/a> that he had passed away after spending time on life support with a brain bleed.<\/p>\n

The musician\u2019s family issued the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are completely devastated and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth. We cherish all of his finest memories, his laughter, and celebrate his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others. The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and beyond comprehension. Reflecting on all of his incredible life achievements, Ace\u2019s memory will continue to live on forever!\u201d<\/p>\n

Surely, fans won\u2019t let him become a distant memory anytime soon. They\u2019ll be taking to the internet in droves to post pictures, thoughts and memories, undoubtedly.<\/p>\n

Frehley released a memoir in 2011 titled \u201cNo Regrets,\u201d and Phoenix New Times spoke with him<\/a> about some of the topics he opened up about in the book, including sobriety, where he stated, \u201cYeah, I mean. I think I have a lot of interesting stories, because I was one of the craziest guys in the band. I think people find it interesting. Someone said to me, \u2018Why No Regrets?\u2019 I think it\u2019s a perfect title, but I don\u2019t think the title would work if I wasn\u2019t clean and sober. If I was still a mess, still getting in trouble with the law, and you know, drugs and alcohol, the title wouldn\u2019t make any sense. But I\u2019ve put five years together of sobriety, and it\u2019s changed my life. I\u2019ve got a new album, a new book and touring. The sky\u2019s the limit at this point. I\u2019d love to score a film, act in some more films, maybe do some television.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band started in New York in 1973 and developed a loyal legion of fans with its mix of glam and shock rock, complete with, of course, painted faces, flashy costumes and stage shows that boasted pyrotechnics and fire-breathing. They inspired the official fan group, The KISS Army, which has unleashed a ton of collectible merch over the years.<\/p>\n

In Dallas, Frehley has performed a few times as a solo artist when he released his sixth studio album Spaceman. In 2019, he did Trees. In 2023, he did The Echo Lounge & Music Hall in support of his 2020 album Origins Vol. 2.<\/p>\n

Revisit some of those performances below. RIP Frehley.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ace Frehley was a hit with the fans. Jim Louvau In late September, co-founding member and lead guitarist…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":313048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,141257,593,4185,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-313047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-history-nostalgia","11":"tag-obituaries","12":"tag-rock-music","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115394457460472589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}