Video footage ofDEF LEPPARDsingerJoe ElliottintroducingKISSwith the legendary battle cry of "You wanted the best, you got the best. The hottest band in the world...KISS!!!" prior to their July 26 performance in Holmdel, New Jersey can be seen below.

KISSandDEF LEPPARDannounced their 42-date 2014 summer tour in March during a press conference at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles. The nearly 10-week trek runs through August 31 in Woodlands, Texas at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, hitting both major cities and secondary markets.DEF LEPPARDis opening each show - although the tour is billed asKISSandLEPPARDco-headlining.KISSfrontmanPaul Stanleyexplained that althoughDEF LEPPARD andKISShave no shared history - they've been equal admirers for decades. "We've run into each other at festivals and, y'know, it just seemed a natural fit," he said.

"At some point it really becomes important to go out there and give everybody bang for buck. Give everybody something more, perhaps, than other bands are.

"We have history of going out there and trying to do the greatest shows possible.

"Summer is a great time to go out, enjoy yourself, you can go out with your family, just go out on a date - but in any case, you want full night. And you're not going to hear more better songs than with the two of us. I wanna just hang around and listen to these guys."

Gene Simmons- along withJoe ElliottandPaul Stanley- explained that this tour was created with the band's fans in mind. "Anybody that thinks this is just about ego - yeah, we love each other and all kind of stuff; this is for the fans, of the fans, by the fans - we are fans ofDEF LEPPARD," he said. "And we hope the fans are going to get the most out of this, and that's what it's all about."Elliottadded: "Hallelujah!"Stanleysaid: "So, it's by the fans - buy the tickets."

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