By .
KISS has been forced to cancel a show on the band’s End of the Road tour, which resumed last week after a delay of more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In fact, COVID-19 has once again impacted the tour; after playing just five shows, on Thursday, Aug. 26, the band announced that evening’s concert, in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, was cancelled after singer Paul Stanley tested positive for COVID-19.
RELATED: Paul Stanley: An Original KISS-Lineup Reunion Is ‘Impossible’
Prior to the official announcement, rumours began spreading about Stanley’s health, with baseless claims he was hospitalized for a heart ailment.
The 69-year-old rocker, however, took to Twitter to declare that he’s “fine,” and “not in ICU!” He concluded by blasting the rumour: “I don’t know where this came from but it’s absolute nonsense.”
PEOPLE!!! I am fine! I am not in ICU! My heart allows me to do 26 miles a day on my bike! I don’t know where this came from but it’s absolute nonsense.
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) August 26, 2021
About an hour later, Stanley returned to Twitter to confirm that he’d “been sick with flu-like symptoms,” but had repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19. “As of late this afternoon I tested positive,” he revealed.
A Full Press Release Will Be Issued Shortly about upcoming KISS shows. I had been sick with flu-like symptoms and was tested repeatedly and was negative. As of late this afternoon I tested positive. The crew, staff and band have all tested negative once again. More to follow.
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) August 27, 2021
Less than a half-hour later, Stanley tweeted the official postponement announcement, which notes that “more information about show dates will be made available ASAP,” along with detailing the stringent COVID-19 protocols the fully vaccinated band and crew has been following during the tour.
Here You Go! pic.twitter.com/7Ef7oYEh6y
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) August 27, 2021
KISS is next scheduled to perform on Saturday, Aug. 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina; no announcement has yet been made about the status of that show and future performances.