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December 22nd, 2000
Sky PerfecTV! (Japanese satellite broadcasting) aired KISS special program. Channel 733 Dec. 22 19:00-19:30 Artistory -KISS- Dec. 22 19:30-20:00 On The Rock -KISS- Dec. 23 15:30-16:00 Artistory -KISS- (rebroadcasting) Dec. 23 16:00-16:30 On The Rock -KISS- (rebroadcasting) Dec. 24 18:00-18:30 Artistory -KISS- (rebroadcasting) Dec. 24 18:30-19:00 On The Rock -KISS- (rebroadcasting)

November 2000

The original soundtrack "Lucky Numbers" includes "Heaven's On Fire". LUCKY NUMBERS Format CD Catalog Number WEA / ATLANTIC Track listing 1. Light Of Day / Joan Jett 2. Obsession / Animotion 3. Moving In Stereo / The Cars 4. Right Place Wrong Time / Lina 5. Easy Money / Rickie Lee Jones 6. Heaven's On Fire / KISS 7. Rapture / Blondie 8. Freeze-Frame / J. Geils Band 9. Love Is The Drug / Grace Jones 10. We Are The Champions / Queen 11. My Way / Jimmy Roselli 12. My Big Reward / Joan Jett 13. Lucky Numbers / George Fenton

October 14th, 2000
The motion picture "Detroit Rock City" was released at Cinema Milan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was previewed in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan on June 1st.

September 21st, 2000
"THE SECOND COMING" was released on both of VHS and DVD in Japan. This video was released in 1999 but it had not been availabled here in Japan for a long time. THE SECOND COMING Format DVD / VHS Catalog Number Nippon Columbia COBY-70019 (DVD) Nippon Columbia COVY-90117 (VHS) Price 4,935 yen each (tax incl.)

September 7th, 2000

KISS concert was aired on the Japanese TV program. This is the part of the "That's Music from New York" series. Marty Friedman speaks Japanese from the beginning to the end. That's Music from New York (4) "ROCK KISS" Station NHK-BS2 Air Time Sep. 7, 2000 19:35-20:55 Running Time 77min. 55sec. Navigator Sumi Shirai Special Guest Marty Friedman Live at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey Contents 00:00:00 Opening 00:00:30 An interview with Marty Friedman about KISS 00:04:02 KISS Farewell Tour - Part 1 00:04:20   Detroit Rock City [live] 00:08:52   Shout It Out Loud [live] 00:12:20   Firehouse [live] 00:16:52   2,000 Man [live] 00:22:03   Ace Frehley guitar solo [live] 00:23:18     Messages from Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons 00:24:18   Do You Love Me [live] 00:28:36   Heaven's On Fire [live] 00:32:49   Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll [live] 00:38:27     Commentary by Marty Friedman 00:40:08 Live Music Place     Live Music Bar, Cooler, Greenwich Village       (A section introducing a club in New York) 00:41:48 An introduction of Marty Friedman 00:42:59 Sound of New York     Performed by Peter Johnson (Steal drum player)       (A section introducing a musician in New York) 00:45:31 KISS Farewell Tour - Part 2 00:45:38   Psycho Circus [live] 00:51:29   Gene Simmons bass solo [live] 00:54:01   God Of Thunder [live] 00:58:25   Love Gun [live] 01:02:44     Messages from Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons 01:03:15   Black Diamond [live] 01:08:53   Rock And Roll All Nite [live] 01:15:38     Commentary by Marty Friedman 01:16:47 Ending 01:17:55 - End -

August 10th, 2000
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper evening edition dated August 10th, 2000 reports KISS auction. This article is printed on page 2 and there is a photo of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in color.

June 2nd, 2000

Alive IV also has no release date in Japan. It had been announced that the Japanese version includes 3 bonus tracks. But a newest advertisement for "Alive IV" does NOT mention about those. Maybe there is no bonus track on the Japanese version. Anyway, the release date is NOT announced. The Japanese subtitle will be "Jigoku no Shuumaku : Live From Vancouver". "Jigoku no Shuumaku" means "Hell's final act". If you want to know about Japanese subtitles, see "Subtitles" section. ALIVE IV Format CD Catalog Number Mercury Music Entertainment PHCW-1085 Price (2,548 yen / tax incl.) Track Listing Psycho Circus Shout It Out Loud Deuce Heaven's On Fire Into The Void Firehouse Do You Love Me Let Me Go Rock & Roll I Love It Loud Lick It Up 100,000 Years Love Gun Black Diamond Beth Rock And Roll All Nite - bonus tracks for Japan? - 2,000 Man God Of Thunder Detroit Rock City

June 1st, 2000
The motion picture "Detroit Rock City" was previewed in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan.

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