Kiss rocker signs on as fan of WA charity chief

The 30-year-old met Simmons in Zambia in 2012 and was surprised to find much more to the 65-year-old rocker than his over-the-top persona.

“We talk every day, at least by email,” Mr Clark said. “When in the (United) States recently we were together every day.”

Mr Clark said Simmons was probably a bigger businessman than rock star — an entrepreneur and a mentor.

In Zambia, Simmons became an ambassador for Mr Clark’s charity Health Hope Zambia after seeing its work reducing deaths from malnutrition.

When Kiss come Down Under in October, Simmons will be at Mr Clark’s disposal to promote the charity and will be a guest at an event on October 4, the day after Kiss kick off their Australian tour at Perth Arena.

Up to 50 people will get backstage passes to the Kiss concert and a private performance from Simmons at the intimate event.

Mr Clark said Simmons told him he could use him every day of his 15 days in Australia to work for Health Hope Zambia.

Though relatively unknown in WA, Mr Clark has quietly made a splash on the international social scene with his Zambian-born pop singer wife Portia.

As special guests at the 15th annual Starkey Hearing Foundation weekend in Minnesota last month they shared the head table with Simmons, his wife Shannon Tweed, composer Paul Williams, pop star Katy Perry and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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