More bands revealed for this year’s lineup of the Kiss Kruise

Night Ranger, will be joined by guitarist Bruce Kulick, Slaughter, Faster Pussycat, Keel, and Chris Jericho’s 1980s KISS cover band Kuarantine during the 2026 “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” event, which is scheduled for November 13–15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, as per Blabbermouth. On November 12, the Ace Frehley Band, Enuff Z’nuff, and Beasto Blanco—a band led by veteran Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric—will participate in an official pre-party. As with last year’s “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas,” the four members of Kiss’s current lineup—Gene Simmons (bass, vocals), Paul Stanley (guitar, vocals), Tommy Thayer (guitar), and Eric Singer (drums)—will play two “unmasked” gigs during the event.

In November of last year, KISS announced that the “KISS Army Storms Vegas” event would “transform” into “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” for the twelfth edition of the event. Over the years, KISS has hosted eleven branded “kruises” that have left from Los Angeles, Miami, and New Orleans. Co-produced by Pophouse, Topeka, and Vibee, this unique KISS Army fan event commemorated both the band’s five-decade history and the organization’s 50th anniversary. The weekend featured performances by RATT, Bruce Kulick, Sebastian Bach, Black ‘N Blue, Kuarantine, School of Rock, Quiet Riot, Stephen Pearcy, and Warren DeMartini, in addition to Kiss’s “unmasked” shows, which were the band’s first live appearances in two years.

On November 14, 2025, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the renowned rock stars began the 2025 “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” with an unplugged outdoor performance. In remembrance of original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, who passed away in October 2025 at the age of 74, Stanley urged audience members to raise the electric candles that had been distributed to everyone before the performance. The same weekend, Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, and Tommy Thayer performed an electric “unmasked” event, which was KISS‘s first joint performance since they stopped touring in December 2023.