Originally slated for the highly anticipated Michael Jackson Tribute Show, Kiss has now been removed from the bill, due to comments made about Jackson via bassist Gene Simmons.
"Under the circumstances, we fully agree that even though Kiss is a band Michael admired, we have no choice but to rescind our invitation to them to appear in our tribute concert," -Chris Hunt (Global Live Events CEO)
In U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine (2010), Gene Simmons told journalist Geoff Barton:
"I knew Michael, I ran into him a few times. I met him the first time before he became the superstar, when he was sort of teenagey, when he was still a Jackson Five. This was in the Cher days, when Cher and I lived together. But as time moved on, and no matter what my fond memories and fond images of Michael were, with one allegation of pedophilia after another and another and another…Oh dear."
Simmons also added, "There's never been a single female of any age that I've ever known about who has ever made a claim that she has had a physical relationship with Michael, ever. The only sexual references ever made about Michael Jackson that were made by anyone, anywhere around the world, have always been made by kids, and specifically males usually 10 to 14 years of age; never females, that age or older, and never grown men."
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