Kiss Singer Suffers Heart Problems

Kiss singer Paul Stanley pulled out a gig on Friday after suffering heart problems.

The 55-year-old – who co-founded the influential rockers with Gene Simmons in 1973 – called medics in after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal rate whilst Kiss soundchecked for their performance at a casino in San Jacinto, California.

Stanley writes on his website, “My heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute, where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern.”

Ever the professionals, Kiss still did the gig as a three-piece, with Simmons dedicating the performance to the ailing Stanley.