Rock band KISS is not pushing through with some concert tour dates after it announced that band member Gene Simmons tested positive for COVID-19.
Simmons, who is experiencing "mild'' symptoms, contracted the virus days after bandmate Paul Stanley tested positive. KISS has postponed four concert tours in total.
The band and crew have been advised to stay home and isolate for the next 10 days and doctors have suggested the tour should be able to resume on September 9.
Purchased tickets for the rock group's "End of the Road" farewell concert will be accepted at the new dates as soon as they're announced.
The postponed shows were scheduled to take place in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The tour was postponed upon Stanley's diagnosis in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
On Twitter, Stanley commented that his COVID-19 symptoms "were mild compared to many others and let me tell you, it kicked my a@s and it's over now."
KISS said in a statement that all of the band members and crew were fully immunized, after the 69-year old Stanley said he got the virus.
Stanley reassured fans that he was doing "fine" and had not been hospitalized, but stated he was experiencing "flu-like" symptoms before he finally tested positive.
Simmons hasn't issued any statements on his positive test yet, but retweeted the band's statement Tuesday, including a CNN story that covered U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's PSA encouraging U.S. citizens to get inoculated.
Simmons, 72, is a vocal supporter of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine protocols.
Breakthrough cases - COVID-19 infections that take place in people who have been fully immunized against the disease - are rare, as the vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infections.
Still, inoculated people who contract the virus will likely be asymptomatic or experience milder symptoms than if they didn't receive the vaccine.
The majority of fatalities from COVID-19 - about 98% - are in unvaccinated people, according to health experts.
Meanwhile, members of KISS and their crew have "operated in a bubble independently to protect everyone as much as possible at each show and in between shows," the band wrote in a statement after Stanley's positive result.
