Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has cancelled his upcoming present on the Antelope Valley Honest in Lancaster, California after struggling a fall in his dwelling studio.

In an announcement posted yesterday (25 September) on his social media channels, Frehley’s crew supplied extra element concerning the incident.

“Ace had a minor fall in his studio, leading to a visit to the hospital,” the assertion reads. “He’s fantastic, however in opposition to his needs, his physician insists that he chorus from journey presently. Because of this, he’s pressured to cancel his efficiency on the Antelope Valley Honest on Friday, 26 September.

“Please go to the truthful to assist his associates in Quiet Riot and Vixen, and Ace seems ahead to persevering with on his tour and ending work on his subsequent album, Origins Vol. 4.

Regardless of the assertion, the 74-year-old guitarist has but to launch the third installment of his Origins album sequence, following Origins Vol. 2 in 2020.

Earlier this yr, Frehley informed Eddie Trunk that Vol. 3 was within the strategy of being recorded with producer Alex Salzman, who additionally labored on the primary two installments.

“We’ve got a method that we got here up with and it appears to work,” he stated [via Blabbermouth]. “I used to be listening to the information final evening on YouTube, you already know. In my workplace, on my desk, I’ve a set of Bose audio system, and the album sounds simply pretty much as good as the brand new album, 10,000 Volts [which landed in 2024]. So I’m gonna preserve that.”

“I’m gonna return to my previous method with Alex and perhaps I’ll carry again Steve [Brown, Trixter guitarist who also worked on 10,000 Volts] to do the studio album since he’s a really, superb songwriter and guitar participant and engineer, as effectively.”

In different information, Frehley lately detailed how he declined an invite to seem on the Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas occasion. “They requested me and I declined. There’s no method I’m gonna be concerned in that,” he stated.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Completely immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and likewise written for the likes of Guitar World, Complete Guitar, Steel Hammer and MusicRadar.