Shannon Tweed News Archives

Here are a few things that you may or may not have read, seen or heard while the Lord and Lady of rock and roll were in Ottawa this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Simmons. Mr. Tongue and his Excess Bride. Boy, have they been taking Canada by storm! Here, there and every-lair. I mean, has there been a royal tour quite like this since that one channelled by Chuck and Di back in 1983? So, when Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed weren't ringing in the Toronto Stock Exchange last week or taking a ...

Kiss played to a record crowd of 30,000 at Ottawa's Bluesfest last week. A Winnipegger got to be part of a private Kiss tour and he even played the lead.

According to GeneSimmons.com , Gene Simmons , co-founder of the rock band KISS and star of the reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" , along with his life-mate Shannon Tweed , opened the TSX market on Friday, July 17 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada .

Gene Simmons of the band KISS has his mouth covered by his Canadian wife Shannon Tweed as he speaks to the media during a tour of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Parliament Hill rocked as KISS frontman Gene Simmons and his partner actress Shannon Tweed took the stately buildings by storm Tuesday, delighting hundreds of waiting fans and some codgy senators who got in on the media circus that ensued.

From left to right, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of the Detroit rock group KISS perform at the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest Wednesday night.

For KISS rocker Gene Simmons it was probably tame, but for parliamentary officials, it was probably the wildest tour they've ever given.

Shannon Tweed, one-time Miss Ottawa Valley, Playboy's 1982 Playmate of the Year, and apple of rock star Gene Simmon's eye, has produced a remarkable artistic oeuvre since she was first exposed to filmgoer's eyes in the 1982 made for TV movie, Dropout Father.

Today is of course Holy Nine Virgins day in Scotland, proclaimed by St. Donald of Ogilvy in the early 8th century.

Parliament Hill rocked as KISS frontman Gene Simmons and his partner actress Shannon Tweed took the stately buildings by storm Tuesday, delighting hundreds of waiting fans and some codgy senators who got in on the media circus that ensued.

Mike Hewitt vaguely recalls Shannon's. A bar on Bank St. Back in the '70s. The fact he vaguely recalls the bar means nothing.

So my longtime colleague Earl McRae has taken to interviewing Mensa members to determine the correctness in city council rejecting the idea of Shannon Tweed Day.

"Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Since the dawn of time, Ottawa has appreciated the sublime..." So says Ottawa's official town crier Daniel Richer, who, despite city council's bungled attempt at proclaiming Wednesday Shannon Tweed Day, will welcome the former Playboy Playmate back to town when she arrives at Bluesfest on the arm of KISS frontman Gene Simmons.

So here we are, with no official Shannon Tweed Day, but with a whole host of other days to call our own.

The City of Oshawa is ready to roll out the red carpet for Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons.

The KISS capital of North America is criticizing Ottawa for kissing away a great opportunity.

July 14 will be proclaimed Yousuf Karsh Day in honour of the famed photographer.

Shannon Tweed, partner of KISS rocker Gene Simmons, won't have a day dedicated to her when she visits the nation's capital next week.

When Gene Simmons and KISS invade Ottawa to play in the Bluesfest July 15, he'll be bringing along actress and former Playmate Shannon Tweed.