“SORRY! VINNIE VINCENT HAS PULLED HIMSELF OUT OF THE CHILLER SHOW!”
— Chiller Theater / September 30th 2025
PARSIPPANY, New Jersey — Vinnie Vincent has pulled out of the up coming ‘Chiller Theater’ expo and event.
Vincent was confirmed back in mid August that he would appear at the popular convention during the weekend of October 24th & 25th 2025, but now the former Kiss guitarist has pulled himself out.
The ‘Chiller Theater’ posted an announcement on their official Facebook page on Tuesday September 30th stating; “SORRY! VINNIE VINCENT HAS PULLED HIMSELF OUT OF THE CHILLER SHOW!”
The event added: “WE FEEL SORRY FOR ALL THE KISS FANS THAT WERE COMING TO MEET HIM!”
This seems to be par for the course based on Vincent‘s history with booking events and unfortunately, they are often postponed or canceled altogether.
Below is a short list of events and appearances that Vincent was slated to appear at in recent years.
May 22nd 2019 – NO SYSTEMS GO … Vinnie Vincent’s latest comeback Speedball Jamm appears to be canceled
January 31st 2019 – CANCELLATION INVASION … Vinnie Vincent cancels his February shows, promoter is shocked & hires attorney
November 15th 2018 – ALL SYSTEMS NO … Vinnie Vincent cancels December shows in Memphis, re-books for February in Nashville
June 4th 2018 – ALL SYSTEMS NO … Vinnie Vincent issues bold statement regarding pulling out of Rock N’ Pod Expo
June 3rd 2018 – BURNING BRIDGES … Vinnie Vincent pulls out of scheduled Nashville appearance at Rock N’ Pod Expo 2
Below are additional Vinnie Vincent related articles as found on Metal Sludge.
August 13th 2025 – ANKH WARRIOR … Vinnie Vincent the former KISS guitarist will appear at the ‘Chiller Theatre’ Expo in person on October 24th & 25th
November 14th 2024 – ALL HELL’S BREAKING LOOSE … Alexx Michael of Shameless talks Touring with ex-Kiss Guitarist Vinnie Vincent; “He is the Worst Person I ever Dealt With”, tells Stories about a Wig, Machine Guns and Dead Dogs
May 29th 2023 – SHOCK ME … Vinnie Vincent had introduced new singer Scott Board just 6 days ago, now he’s back-pedaled stating: “I’m auditioning singers”
April 3rd 2023 – WHAT COULD GO WRONG … Marq Torien of BulletBoys is joining the Vinnie Vincent Invasion for a special Shredd Weekend performance
November 29th 2021 – ALL SYSTEMS UNSURE … Vinnie Vincent drove “Everybody crazy… even Kiss” and “He can’t make up his mind” says ex-bandmate Gary Shea
May 11th 2021 – CASH ME OUTSIDE … Vinnie Vincent Selling copies of Handwritten Lyrics from Kiss and VVI for $125,000.00
April 8th 2020 – ON SALE NOW … Vinnie Vincent offers fans a new Autographed CD, T-Shirt, Patch & Poster Pack for $9,500.00
Vincent, 73, was a member of Kiss between 1982-1984, then formed his own band the Vinnie Vincent Invasion which was active from mid 1984 until the band broke up in 1989.
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