Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley was forced to cancel his concert appearance on Friday, September 26, after taking a fall in his studio.
The Space Ace has been told by his doctors not to travel.
His camp broke the news in an update:
“Dear Rock Soldiers, Ace had a minor fall in his studio, resulting in a trip to the hospital. He is fine, but against his wishes, his doctor insists that he refrain from travel at this time.
“As a result, he is forced cancel his performance at the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster, California on Friday, September 26th. Please go to the fair to support his friends in Quiet Riot and Vixen, and Ace looks forward to continuing on his tour and finishing work on his next album, Origins Vol. 4.”
Frehley has a history of falling during his tenure in Kiss, sometimes intentionally, and sometimes not. His high-heeled boots would frequently trip him up, causing him to take spills onstage. Whenever it happened, his bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would race over and begin playing over him, as if the entire thing was planned.
“I used to fall a lot in those boots,” Frehley told Music Radar earlier this year. “A lot of times. Paul would cover for me by walking over to me like it was part of the show. He made it look like it was choreography or something.
“If nobody realized I’d fallen, I play on my knees and get back up. It was just part of the show!”
Frehley also damaged his knees by falling on them when performing the solo on “Black Diamond.” The fact that his electric guitar of choice is a Gibson Les Paul only added to his pain.
"I screwed my knees up doing that,” he admitted. :I would drop to my knees, and the weight of the Les Paul really killed them.
"During the Reunion Tour, I ended up chipping a bone in my knee, and the doctor said, ‘Listen, you gotta stop doing that, or you'll end up in a wheelchair.’"
"We ended up putting a pad under the carpet where I’d fall. I tried to hit it — and if you look at old videos, you can see that I’d go down one knee at a time."
We hope Ace is well and on the mend soon. His next concert dates begin October 10, in Decatur, Illinois.
