Japanese rock star Yoshiki will team up with KISS for a once-in-a-lifetime television performance on Japan’s NHK network. The artists will appear together as “YOSHIKI feat. KISS” (“YOSHIKISS”) during the New Year’s Eve “Red and White Music Battle” (“Kouhaku Uta Gassen”), the most-watched television program in Japan, which will also be broadcast worldwide.
Yoshiki previously worked with KISS to create a 72-piece orchestral cover of “Black Diamond” for the 1994 tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved, and Gene Simmons joined Yoshiki on stage to perform “Rock and Roll All Nite” at the 2016 Visual Japan Summit in Tokyo. The upcoming performance will mark the first time Yoshiki and KISS have appeared on television together
Kiss’s Gene Simmons said, “It’s an honor to perform on NHK in my favorite country in the world. Yoshiki is a Japanese legend, but he never forgets to have a humble heart. I’ve been influenced by his humble approach to his work.” Kiss’s Paul Stanley added, “Not only is Yoshiki a wonderful pianist and drummer, but he continues to express the importance of living, and has had a great impact on us.”
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