{"id":5791,"date":"2025-10-09T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:00:40","slug":"kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS\u2019 Gene Simmons Hospitalized After Car Crash, Thanks Fans for \u2018Kind\u00a0Wishes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kiss\/\">KISS<\/a> bassist\/vocalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/gene-simmons\/\">Gene Simmons<\/a> was hospitalized Tuesday after a car crash in Malibu, California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/kiss-gene-simmons-malibu-pch-crash\/3788572\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBC4 Los Angeles<\/a> was the first to report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSimmons\u2019 wife Shannon Tweed let NBC4 know that the rocker was recovering at home, while a rep for KISS told <em>Billboard<\/em> on Wednesday (Oct. 8) that Simmons is \u201calready back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kiss-plot-live-return-unmasked-las-vegas-concert-1235929672\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gene-Simmons-Tommy-Thayer-and-Paul-Stanley-of-KISS-new-york-dec-2023-billboard-pro-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley of KISS\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKISS Plot Live Return With Unmasked Las Vegas\u00a0Concert\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-adele-sales-record-1236084573\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974\/\" 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datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/dolly-parton-ok-health-rumors-not-dying-1236084490\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/kiss-gene-simmons-car-crash-hospitalized-statement-1236084974\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-jan-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Dolly Parton\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDolly Parton Assures Fans She&#8217;s &#8216;OK&#8217; Amid Health Rumors: &#8216;Do I Look Sick to You?!&#8217;\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso on Wednesday, Simmons sent a message to fans through his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1976017428686786749\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X account<\/a> thanking everyone for \u201cthe kind wishes\u201d and assuring, \u201cI\u2019m completely fine. I had a slight fender bender. It happens. Especially to those of us [who are] horrible drivers. And that\u2019s me. All is well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks, everybody, for the kind wishes. I\u2019m completely fine. I had a slight fender bender. It happens. Especially to those of us were horrible drivers. And that\u2019s me. All is well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1976017428686786749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">October 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to the NBC4 report, the crash was reported to the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department just before 1 p.m. PT when Simmons\u2019 Lincoln Navigator reportedly crashed into a parked car on Pacific Coast Highway. He told deputies on the scene that he had either fainted or passed out before the crash, according to the L.A. Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNext month, Simmons and KISS are set to perform together for the first time since December 2023, when they wrapped up their End of The Road Tour with a two-night stand at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden. The band announced in March that they would reunite as part of the three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas event, which runs Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The event promises two makeup-free KISS Unmasked shows \u2014 one acoustic and one electric \u2014 plus activities with Simmons, founding frontman Paul Stanley and 2002-23 guitarist\/vocalist Tommy Thayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1976017428686786749\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISS bassist\/vocalist Gene Simmons was hospitalized Tuesday after a car crash in Malibu, California, NBC4 Los Angeles was the first to report. 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