Gene Simmons is staging a weekend that will be either a dream or a nightmare, depending on your feelings about meet-and-greets. His Legends of Rock Expo takes place September 25–27 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, promising concerts, autograph sessions, photo ops, panels, and parties with genuine rock royalty. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now here.
The headliners: Simmons (Kiss), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Stewart Copeland (The Police), and Dave Davies (The Kinks). Rounding out the roster are fellow Kiss members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, plus Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Alcatrazz), David Ellefson (formerly of Megadeth), Lita Ford, Bruce Kulick (formerly of Kiss), John Moyer (Disturbed), Nelson (brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Saving Abel, and Jerry Scheff, longtime bassist for Elvis Presley. More names are coming.
Headlining the concert portion is Simmons with the Gene Simmons Band, which he describes as a loose, back-to-basics affair. “It’s loose, spontaneous, and back to basics,” Gene said. “I’ve brought fans to join us onstage from the audience who think they can play guitar. And somebody could yell out, ‘Why don’t you play “Sunshine Of Your Love,”’ and I’ll turn to the band and say, ‘What key?’ It’s as much fun as I can think of with my pants on.”
“This is an opportunity for everyone to rub elbows with musicians from their favorite rock bands,” said David Heynen, promoter and owner of Fanboy Expo. “The kind of access most of us can only dream of!”
Simmons is a 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a Songwriters Hall of Fame Class of 2026 member, and a 2025 Kennedy Center Honors recipient. Outside of Kiss, he runs the Rock & Brews restaurant chain, the MoneyBag spirits line, and has spent recent years advocating in Washington for fair terrestrial radio royalties for recording artists through the American Music Fairness Act.
