KISS AND DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE 42-CITY JOINT SUMMER TOUR - (03/18/2014) Kiss and Def Leppard have announced one of the hottest double bills of the summer, with the bands joining forces to hit both arenas and sheds all over North America. The tour kicks off on June 23rd in West Valley, Utah at the USANA Amphitheater and winds down on August 31st in Woodlands, Texas at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. The two bands held a joint press conference on L.A.s Sunset Strip at the House Of Blues. Paul Stanley explained that although Def Leppard and Kiss have no shared history -- theyve been equal admirers for decades: [“We’ve run into each other at festivals and, y’know, it just seemed a natural fit. At some point it really becomes important to go out there and give everybody bang for buck. Give everybody something more, perhaps, than other bands are. We have history of going out there and trying to do the greatest shows possible. Summer is a great time to go out, enjoy yourself, you can go out with your family, just go out on a date — but in any case, you want full night. And you’re not going to hear more better songs than with the two of us. I wanna just hang around and listen to these guys (applause).”] Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott shed light on how the two bands actually came together: [“One and one make three in these situations. Two great bands going out together. There will be no dead time -- there will be no dead air space. Y’know, it’ll be, hits, hits, hits. ‘Bout two years ago, myself and Gene did a little tour of South America, under the guise of the Rock N’ Roll All Stars -- a bunch of guys from Guns N’ Roses and Billy Idol, and what have you. And other than trying to out-do each other with obscure British bands like the Idle Race and the Pink Fairies -- who knew each band better -- we discussed doing this as well; that one day Def Leppard and Kiss would tread the boards together, as it were, and it’s finally happened, which is fantastic.”] SOUNDCUE (:33 OC: . . . which is fantastic) Gene Simmons -- along Joe Elliot and Paul Stanley -- explained that this tour was created with the bands fans in mind: [“Anybody that thinks this is just about ego — yeah, we love each other and all kind of stuff; this is for the fans, of the fans, by the fans — we are fans (applause) of Def Leppard. And we hope the fans are going to get the most out of this, and that’s what it’s all about (applause). Joe Elliott: Hallelujah! Paul Stanley: So, it’s by the fans -- buy the tickets (laughter).”] JUST ANNOUNCED: Kiss and Def Leppard tour dates (subject to change): June 23 - West Valley, UT - USANA Amphitheater June 25 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center June 27 - Ridgefield, WA - Sleep Country Amphitheater June 29 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre July 2 - Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion July 3 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre July 5 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre July 6 - Chula Vista, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre July 8- Los Angeles, CA - The Forum July 9 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion July 12 - Austin, TX - Austin360 Amphitheatre July 13 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion July 15 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center July 16 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena July 18 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron’s Amphitheatre July 19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion July 20 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre July 22 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre July 23 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre July 25 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live July 26 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center August 1 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center August 2 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall August 3 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center August 5 - Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center August 6 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Amphitheatre August 8 - Virginia Beach, VA - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach August 9 - Scranton, PA - Pavilion at Montage Mountain August 10 - Hartford, CT - Xfinity Theatre August 12 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre August 13 - Darien, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center August 15 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre August 16 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre August 17 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center August 20 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena August 22 - Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Center August 23 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre August 24 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion August 26 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center August 28 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre August 29 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center August 31 - Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion SIDE NOTES Kiss and Def Leppard jointly decided to support their dedicated fans in the armed services by partnering with numerous military organizations for the tour. Partnerships will include the USO, Hiring Our Heroes, Project Resiliency/The Raven Drum Foundation, August Warrior Project and the Wounded Warrior Project. All military personnel will be given exclusive access to discounted tickets for the tour with their own pre-sale through Military/Monster. Military charities will receive one dollar of each ticket sold with the money raised being split amongst all the non-profit organizations participating with the summer tour.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:20:18 +0000
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