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Gene Simmons and KISS Pulled From Michael Jackson Tribute Concert

Truth rating: 10

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The promoters of Michael Jackson‘s tribute concert have pulled Gene Simmons and KISS from the October 8 show’s lineup.

The move comes amid controversy over Simmons’ prior remarks about Jackson being a pedophile.

In 2010, the KISS bassist was quoted as saying, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. There’s no question in my mind [Jackson] molested those kids. Not a doubt.”

After news of the band’s inclusion in the tribute broke, Jackson fans protested.

“We have listened to Michael’s fans and are grateful to have been alerted to these unfortunate statements by Gene Simmons,” say the promoters in a statement.

They add, “Under the circumstances we fully agree that even though KISS is a band Michael admired we have no choice but to rescind our invitation to them to appear in our tribute concert.”

A rep for the band would not comment to Gossip Cop.

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  • twilight is underneath kstew

    good, true MJ fans are always hardcore like that. now if they would cancel this whole damn tribute all together and let MJ have some damn peace that would be great. stop putting money into the pockets of those crazy jackson’s who profited off of MJ’s self destruction/horrible upbringing. so sick of this family the only one who has any ounce of class is Janet at least she broke free and make her own money.

  • twilight is underneath kstew

    …but of course Janet never gets the recognition she deserves, she paved the way for a lot of these pop tarts today but its always Madonna who gets all the credit. Not that I don’t lover her too but come on no one can say that Janet didn’t pave the way. The same goes for Gwen Stefani, sorry Gaga but Gwen was our main crazy platinum blonde, multicolored girl but she’ll never get the credit she deserves either. No doubt and Gwen are so underrated…and I just realized I went completely off topic here lol oops.

  • Fed-up

    Glad they got rid of their behinds. Someone like that doesn’t belong there at all. It would all seem a big phoney place to be.

  • Paula504

    Anyone else find it concerning that the ‘organisers’ did not know about Gene Simmons’ ill-informed opinions on MJ before fans told them?! Simmons shouted about it loud enough. See this link for e definitive debunking of his totally made-up views: http://charlesthomsonjournalist.blogspot.com/2010/02/jackson-guitarist-no-truth-to-simmons.html

    Of course all the media outlets did at the time was shamelessly cut and paste the original story, without bothering to do any research, as usual. Probably too busy hacking the phones of murder victims or something equally unsavoury.

  • Paula504

    Anyone else find it concerning that the ‘organisers’ did not know about Gene Simmons’ ill-informed opinions on MJ before fans told them?! Simmons shouted about it loud enough. See this link for e definitive debunking of his totally made-up views: http://charlesthomsonjournalist.blogspot.com/2010/02/jackson-guitarist-no-truth-to-simmons.html

    Of course all the media outlets did at the time was shamelessly cut and paste the original story, without bothering to do any research, as usual. Probably too busy hacking the phones of murder victims or something equally unsavoury.

  • Paula504

    …and, another thing… So, Simmons EITHER still believes that Jackson was a paedophile and yet was more than happy to participate in a concert paying tribute to him, OR he knew damn well that he wasn’t a paedophile, and yet never bothered to retract or apologise for saying he was one. Dunno which is worse really. They really shouldn’t ever let Simmons out ungagged.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you to all MJ fans!!!!!!!!! Your power is amazing. Our blogs, our fan clubs, our emails are a FORCE!!! This is our 3rd win guys: Gardner Elementary, UK Discovery Channel and now wormy Gene Simmons. And special thanks to Weitzmann and the Estate for standing behind us. Michael was crucified for 25 years and we’re not takin’ this crap anymore. We’re getting stronger by the moment. MJ fans – YOU ROCK!!!

  • TouchKidsAndDie

    Way To Go Gene…….Stick To Ur Guns>……

  • TouchKidsAndDie

    Way To Go Gene…….Stick To Ur Guns>……

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JXDPG7GJ2PV6L6XLGD666YL3KU Lly

    What an Ignorant Anal & a Coward you are!!!!!! Do you stand by the truth or lies, where have u been all these yrs.!!?? The world knows that MJ was,& is innocent!! You’d probably believe Gene if he was to say he eats dog shit!! You need to pull ur head out of ur anal & start searching & reading the truth bout MJ & not by some attention seeker, washed up hasbeen big mouth liar,K!! Gene has no prove to back up his statements because there’s none, there was never any evidents in the beginning. So grow out of ur ignorance!!!!!! : (

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AEW6IH5VTSD2ORCPRFC52OUMPM VernonM

    I dont care what any of you say I still love Gene! I cant wait for Halloween so I can rock out one of my Kiss Costumes and party with other KISS lovers! Rock and Roll all night and party every day! They will live on forever!

  • Originailsgirl

    I hope one day the parents of all of the under age girls that Gene screwed will sue him. Then I hope a lot of people will accuse him of things he didn’t do and we’ll see how that feels. Michael Jackson was COMPLETELY INNOCENT! Out of the thousands of kids and their families that he helped, there would have been many, many more accusations if he actually were a pedophile. Two greedy less than human parents had the audacity to try to make some money by telling LIES, and only one of them actually got some, thanks to an insurance company’s decision to pay them. The only reason they did that is because MJ was on tour, and it was a cheaper resolve, then to stop the tour!!

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