[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Gene Simmons[/lastfm] and long time girlfriend Shannon Tweed were married in Beverly Hills on Saturday evening.

Attended by over 400 guests including Hugh Hefner, Bill Maher and the KISS band members, the affair, held outdoors at The Beverly Hills Hotel, was taped for the couple’s A&E reality series, Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels. A special wedding episode is expected to air later this month.

Simmons proposed to Tweed on the season finale of the reality show in July. You can watch the proposal video below:

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Among the guests mentioned was political pundit Bill Maher, who was quick to begin live-tweeting the event, check it out:

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At the Gene Simmons-Shannon Tweed wedding – a dog just walked down the aisle ahead of the bride so its a good start—
Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 02, 2011

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Only in Hollywood do they pause the wedding ceremony to let the helicopter go by—
Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 02, 2011

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Truly one of the most beautiful cable television weddings I've ever seen—
Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 02, 2011

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Family Jewels producer, Adam Reed also took to twitter to share some thoughts on the wedding:

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The most surreal reception ever…would you believe me if I said all the members of KISS just got on stage and performed? Holy shit. Awesome—
Adam Reed (@AdamReedTV) October 02, 2011

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