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'Halifax Rocks' Promoter Comments On Upcoming KISS Concert

February 5, 2009

TheChronicleHerald.ca reports that concert promoter Harold MacKay announced at a media conference on Tuesday morning that KISS will headline Halifax Rocks 2009 on the Halifax Commons in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Saturday, July 18, with a limit of 40,000 tickets going on sale this Friday.

"There's a lot that's been written and said about the types of music that Halifax wants to see, and what we keep hearing is it wants good ol' rock 'n' roll," said MacKay, who has been trying for two years to persuade KISS to return to the Maritimes for the first time since the mid-'70s.

MacKay's company, Power Promotional Events, produced last year's Country Rocks 2008 show withKeith Urban, which drew about 25,000 and a series of all-star country concerts on Moncton's Magnetic Hill.

On Monday, the web site KissOnline.com revealed the event was a go as well as the Friday sale date. The show will feature the current KISS lineup of band founders Simmons and Paul Stanley, with drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer, plus four other major rock acts whose names will be released in the coming weeks.

"Obviously these will be rock and roll bands, there won't be any rap acts on the bill," said MacKay. "Actually, Gene Simmons has made it very clear in the contract that they must approve all of the bands that play for us.

"One of the things we hope to do is have a battle of the bands contest with the help of our media partners, which will allow us to have a local act open the show. We did that in Moncton and it worked very well."

Read the entire report from TheChronicleHerald.ca.

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