Rock soldiers will have to wait a while to see Ace Frehley back on stage.
The former Kiss guitarist canceled the remaining dates of his 2025 tour on Monday, citing “ongoing medical issues.”
Frehley, 74, had a handful of shows booked for October and November in support of his most recent solo album 10,000 Volts, which he released in February 2024. The album marked his first release of original material since 2018’s Spaceman.
The musician also known as the Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) shared the “difficult decision” to cancel his tour dates with fans via a post on Instagram, which came over two weeks after he was hospitalized for a “minor” fall in his studio. The fall forced Frehley to pull out of the Antelope Valley Fair with Quiet Riot and Vixen in Lancaster, Calif., after sustaining minor injuries.
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With that cancellation, Frehley’s team shared a note to fans, which read, “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.”
The note urged Frehley’s fans to support the other bands participating in the fair, adding, “Ace looks forward to continuing on his tour and finishing work on his next album, Origins Vol. [3] 🚀⚡”
Friends and fans wished the guitarist a speedy recovery in the post’s comments, including Britt Lightning — the guitarist for Vixen — who wrote, “We will miss you [Ace Frehley] ! hope you feel better and to rock again with you soon!🎸❤️”
Frehley confirmed earlier this year that he is working on Origins Vol. 3, the sequel to his 2016 and 2020 collections of cover songs that inspired him.
“I decided to reconnect with my old producer Alex Salzman. So, it won’t be me and Steve Brown,” he said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk in February, referencing the Trixter guitarist/vocalist who helmed 10,000 Volts.
He continued, “It’ll be me and Alex Salzman collaborating on that record since Alex did Origins Vo. 1 and Vol. 2 and we have a formula that we came up with and it seemed to work.”
When asked which songs he will cover on the upcoming albums and whether any of them will be remakes of Kiss songs as he’s done previously, Frehley said: “I haven’t decided. I have a list of about 50 songs, so… I really don’t wanna give anything away. It’s too soon.”
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Although Frehley hasn’t played with Kiss since 2018, he — and the three other founding members, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Paul Stanley — are still making headlines together. The four were announced as 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in August, an honor the rock band was “deeply honored” by despite some of them vocally slamming President Donald Trump, the center’s chairman, in the past.
Frehley, who referred to himself as a Trump supporter in 2020, told TMZ he was grateful to be honored alongside the likes of Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford, calling it “a dream come true that I never thought would materialize.”
Awarded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, the Kennedy Center Honors is set to air on Sunday, Dec. 7.
