Music

KISS And Def Leppard Announce Summer Co-Headline Tour

Published

10 years ago

March 18, 2014

When it comes to straight up rock and roll, you don’t get much more iconic than these two heavy hitters. That’s right, the legendary KISS and the almighty Def Leppard are joining up for 40+ date tour through N. American this summer. The tour kicks off June 23rd (my birthday) in West Valley City, UT and goes culminates with a performance on August 31st in Woodlands, TX.

The two bands have a combined album sales of over 200 million copies worldwide. KISS will be celebrating their 40th anniversary this year while Def Leppard are on year 37 (pfft, newbies…). Leppard’s last studio album was 2008’s Songs from the Sparkle Lounge while KISS last released Monster in 2012.

The full tour schedule can be seen below.

All dates below on sale March 21 unless otherwise noted.
Monday, June 23 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheater
Wednesday, June 25 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Friday, June 27 Ridgefield, WA Sleep Country Amphitheater
Sunday, June 29 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 2 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
Thursday, July 3 Wheatland, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 5 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 6 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 8 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Wednesday, July 9 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
Saturday, July 12 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater (on sale March 22)
Sunday, July 13 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Tuesday, July 15 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday, July 16 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Friday, July 18 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood (on sale March 22)
Saturday, July 19 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday, July 20 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 22 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 23 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Friday, July 25 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Saturday, July 26 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center (on sale March 22)
Friday, August 1 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
Saturday, August 2 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
Sunday, August 3 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Tuesday, August 5 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center (on sale March 22)
Wednesday, August 6 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach Theatre (on sale March 22)
Friday, August 8 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach (on sale March 22)
Saturday, August 9 Scranton, PA Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sunday, August 10 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
Tuesday, August 12 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Wednesday, August 13 Darien, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (on sale March 22)
Friday, August 15 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Saturday, August 16 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday, August 17 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Wednesday, August 20 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Friday, August 22 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
Saturday, August 23 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre (on sale March 22)
Sunday, August 24 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion (on sale March 22)
Tuesday, August 26 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Thursday, August 28 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (on sale March 22)
Friday, August 29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Sunday, August 31 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

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Music

“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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1 week ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…