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Kiss won’t rock ’n’ roll all night - or at any point during the day, either - when they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, the band said Sunday. The 40-year-old group is unable to agree on which lineup should perform during the April10 ceremony in New York City, and it has decided not to plug in at all. The dispute concerns whether Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would be joined by original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in a live performance, or whether the current lineup of Stanley, Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer would play instead. In a message on its website, Kiss said it won’t perform with any lineup, calling it “an emotional situation where there is no way to please everyone. … Our intention was to celebrate the entire history of Kiss and give credit to all members, including longtime present members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, and additionally Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr all who have made this band what it is, regardless of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s point of view. Although Kiss has moved forward far longer without them, Ace and Peter are at the very foundation of what we have built and this would all be impossible had they not been a part of it in the beginning.” Kiss began in 1973, and the original lineup played together until 1980. They reunited from 1996 to 2000, but the band has continued with replacement members wearing the Frehley and Criss makeup and costumes.

A star of the TV series Amish Mafia has been sentenced to prison after repeatedly driving with a suspended license. A central Pennsylvania judge Friday ordered 29-year-old John Schmucker to serve three months behind bars. Schmucker’s most recent citation was issued Dec. 8. The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reported it was his 10th such offense over the past several years. Defense attorney Steven Breit said he’ll appeal and ask for house arrest. Breit said “driving without a license is not the crime of the century. It’s being treated that way.” The third season of Amish Mafia, which is based in Lancaster County, Pa., begins Tuesday on the Discovery Channel.

Front Section, Pages 2 on 02/24/2014

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