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GENE SIMMONS Interested In Buying Coventry's Cathedral Ruins

January 27, 2006

Dayle Crutchlow of U.K.'s icCoventry has issued the following report:

Hell-raising singer Gene Simmons took one look at Coventry's Cathedral ruins and posed the instinctive question of any rich rocker: "Hey, is it for sale?"

And one other thing puzzled him... if it was bombed in the war, why haven't they replaced the windows yet?

Simmons' extraordinary interest in Coventry's most treasured monument was sparked by his visit to the city to film an episode of the popular Channel 4 TV programme "Rock School".

He spotted the ruins during a break in filming at the nearby Golden Cross Inn.

The lead singer of the band KISS was with event promoter John Oliver who recalls: "We were standing outside the pub and Gene pointed to the building.

"He asked what it was and if it was derelict. I told him that no, it was the old Coventry Cathedral and it was bombed during the war. He said 'And they haven't repaired the windows yet?' Then he asked if it was for sale. He seemed disappointed when I told him that it probably wasn't."

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