2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ace Frehley has announced the first leg of U.S. tour dates in continued support of his newest LP, Space Invader.
Tour dates are as follows:
11/13 – New Brunswick, NJ – State Theatre
11/14 – Sugar Loaf, NY – Sugar Loaf PAC
11/15 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre
11/17 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre
11/18 – Annapolis, MD – Ram’s Head
11/20 – Huntington, NY – Paramount
11/21 – Uncasville, CT – Wolf Den
11/22 – Atlantic City, NJ – Music Box @ Borgata
11/24 – New York, NY – BB King’s
11/25 – New York, NY – BB King’s
11/26 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
Additionally, a double gatefold 180 gram LP version of Space Invader will be released on October 28th. The LP purchase includes a free MP3 version of the album and can be pre ordered here.
Just last week, Ace announced who will be joining him on stage and even offered a few surprises. Richie Scarlet will perform rhythm guitar and vocal duties. Ritchie played rhythm guitar on Ace’s Trouble Walking album and also toured with Ace in the mid 80s and early 90s.
Chris Wyse, on bass and vocals, has played bass in The Cult since 2006. He also previously recording with Ozzy Osbourne and can be heard on select tracks on Space Invader. Scott Coogan will play drums in the touring lineup, and is a Frehley touring band veteran who was also a member of Nikki Sixx’s Brides of Destruction recording and touring band in 2004. “I can’t wait to hit the road again with this new lineup,” says Frehley. “Let there be rock!”
Ace Frehley made history with Space Invader, which debuted a at #9 on the Top 200 Chart. The LP scored the highest charting position of any KISS solo album ever, and marks Frehley’s first return to the Top 10 since KISS’s 1998 Psycho Circus reunion album.
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Trunk, This is not a tour. This is 2 wks of shows all on the east coast. Ace can talk 8 yrs of sobriety sll he wants. We all know that is pure BS. And u will not let Dana post this factual comment.
A tour is a string of dates regardless of how long. I did a book TOUR for my last book that was 10 cities. If you pay any attention to what I actually say I have said MANY acts do not tour at this level. They do weekend dates. Touring in the traditional sense with buses and large crews costs too much. As for your comment about Ace’s sobriety I have no idea what that is based on except you being a hater. Sad that you can’t accept the change the guy has made and that doesn’t work for your agenda. I assume you must know him personally and have some proof to make such a statement? And what that has to do with tour dates, which only revolve around offers and opportunity, is even further out there in whatever reality you want to live in.
I would have to agree that Ace being sober is doubtful. Why is his speech so slurred? A lot of dope fiends consider sobriety differently than what it truly is. Ace still drinks, no doubt
So sad people can reach these conclusions based on nothing when they don’t even know the person. Ace ALWAYS talked like that! Not to mention there is some residual impact from years of abuse. Ever see people shake even though they are now sober? Because of his personality people ALWAYS thought Ace was high even at times he wasn’t! I know the guy personally. Last time he fell off was 8 years ago and he called all his friends including me to talk about it as part of his recovery. Regardless if you like the guy or not the simple truth is he has been sober 8 years.
Frank,
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Dana from ET.com 🙂
Gene Simmons reports that a replacement guitarist was used instead of Ace for the recording of Ace’s 78 solo record. Ace is really rockin the big houses on this tour. I hope he hits Fred’s Chicken and Waffle house in Delaware.
Hope he adds dates…so far this is not a tour, as 11 dates hardly makes a tour…if he doesn’t add dates how can these few shows possibly put any real money in his pocket, not to mention there will be zero impact on his cd sales…not sure who advises Ace but they are not taking any advantage of his resurgence in the public eye recently with the RRHOF, or his making a great new album…this makes no sense…
Very few artists actually do big tours unless major acts. Most do weekend fly in dates. Any dates are always based on offers from promoters and how much the artists wants to do and what he will play for. When most artists reach their mid 60’s they don’t want to commit to many dates at one time, especially when at a club, theater level.
I get it…just hope he doesn’t wait too long between legs of the tour because the “iron may not still be as hot as it is today”…hope he comes to South Florida too, HardRock would be cool!!
His solo career is so low, his record company has resorted to comparing it to members that never attempted a solo careers, just released solo albums as side projects. Notice how the articles never never claim he sold more than VV ? I’m guessing these are test dates, if they sell well, more will be booked. If they don’t sell, Ace fans will just claim he just doesn’t want to tour that much.