KISS frontman Paul Stanley has told AXS TV's "At Home And Social" that he was "so excited and so thankful" to receive his second COVID-19 vaccine last month. "We have so much to be excited about with these vaccines, but people have to realize that the vaccine means nothing until you put it in your ...
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EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS Feels Like A 'Kitchen Slave' During Pandemic
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STYX's TOMMY SHAW Receives First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Tommy Shaw received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 3). The 67-year-old STYX guitarist/vocalist took to his Instagram to share a photo of him getting the shot, and he wrote in an accompanying message: "In honor of what would have been my mother’s 93rd birthday, I asked the nurse to give ...
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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER To Release 'Leave A Scar' Solo Album In July
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