Kiss

Others thought they’d blown their big chance after Kiss rejection.

The album, released in 2012, led Paul Stanley to conclude that new music "can never compete with the past."

"It’s better for the fans and you and for the legacy to get off the stage while you’re still great," bassist adds.

Thundering riffs, masterful songwriting and a hotshot new guitarist couldn't save the ill-fated LP.

Concert was recorded on July 25, 2004.

Tickets for the shows at the Caesars Entertainment/Ticketmaster link have been taken down.

The flying pod on which the Kiss bassist stood suddenly tilted to one side.

Guitarist talks band's future.

Four-disc box also includes demos and a 66-page book.

"We were trying to hold Gene in check," Paul Stanley says in new Eddie Van Halen biography.