You wanted the best, you've waited patiently (or impatiently) for the best, and now, we're getting the best! Kiss are coming to The Essar Centre on AUGUST 10TH!!! The news was broken on SooToday just minutes ago by SooToday's David Helwig, the article of which you can read at this location! Rock 101's Alli J also announced the show on-air at 5:10 PM to listeners, and conducted an interview with Buzz and Derek Turner from Garden of Bedlam (who are STILL OPENING THE SHOW) on the air talking about the Kiss Battle of the Bands, the upcoming concert, and their new studio album, after which they played "The Truth Shall Set You Free"! Great interview, awesome to see Garden of Bedlam getting this kind of on-air recognition! Originally scheduled for December 15th of last year, the Kiss/Garden of Bedlam concert was postponed due to inclement weather on the way to Sault Ste. Marie from Pittsburgh, and like many of us anticipated, they have indeed rescheduled and are coming here much sooner than we were thinking, falling between the Indianapolis and Buffalo shows of their tour! The show is not listed on Kiss' tour page on their site, but the concert is definitely on for August 10th, the press release is official, THEY ARE COMING!!! Sorry, skeptics, I told you they'd honour their word!
Now, how about ticket details? Well, if you still have your tickets from the December show, they are still good and you can still use them on August 10th! That being said, if you can't or don't want to be at the rescheduled August 10th date, refunds are still being offered at the point of purchase. A limited number of new tickets will be released on Friday to purchase at either The Essar Center box office or online at http://www.essarcenter.ca! I believe the cost is no different from in December, $99.50 would be the price. Rock 101 are also holding a ticket giveaway offer on Thursday to win your own ticket before they go on sale! For more info on tickets in general, call (705) 759-5251 during the week! Full details can be checked out at this location, and as more comes in, I'll have it for you guys! Remember, KISS AND GARDEN OF BEDLAM IN SAULT ONTARIO ON AUGUST 10TH!!!
That's not all for concert news, as there's another new concert in Sault Michigan to announce too, as Cheboygan hard rockers The Darwin Project will be returning to the area for a show next month! The band will be rocking The Corner Pub Bar & Grill on July 9th at 9:00 PM! No cover charge has been announced, I imagine you must be 21 to get in. The Darwin Project are a band that I'm surprised I haven't covered properly on here before, cause they are just hard rock enough for SMS attention! They're influenced by bands like Seether, Three Days Grace, and Shinedown, they've played here a few times in the past, notably at the July 2008 "Rock Starz" show at The Soo Theater with area metal bands like B3nt Rollercoaster and Scofflaw! They have a good sound, sounds like a lot of the radio hard rock bands nowadays, but they're definitely good musicians and they hold their own! Just a familiar sound, but it's a sound that has lots of fans, so they're likely to go over very well! Check out more from The Darwin Project at their official MySpace page!
Next up, seeing as there's a mid-week concert tomorrow, we have a local concert preview today! And yes, I can 100% confirm this is on, despite the band's lack of listed tour dates on their MySpace page. Ultraviolence, Toronto's resident filthy dirty drunk n' roll band, are once again returning to Coch's Corner tomorrow night! My initial source was the ad in last week's issue of Sault This Week in the Hot Spots section, but there's since been further confirmation on Ultraviolence's Facebook page. The band confirmed there in a reply to a fan inquiry on Friday that they'll be in town tomorrow to kick off their "NeverEnderBender Summer 2010 Tour"! So the show's on, and what else should you know? Don't expect a cover charge, the typical Coch's Corner concert doesn't have one, it should start between 10:00 and 11:00 PM, and you must be 19 to get in.If you wanna hear some great AC/DC-inspired hard rock to have a few beers to and rock out at the same time, Ultraviolence are exactly the band you're looking for! I've been hoping to see them live for months now, and tomorrow, I will FINALLY get the chance! I'll be at Coch's tomorrow night, and expect a review with photos and video on Wednesday! Mark my words, if you go, you'll have an awesome time! For more from Ultraviolence, check them out on MySpace, and here's a video preview of the band playing the song "One More Drink" from a May concert in Waterloo!
Now this isn't a local concert, but this is getting a huge buzz locally and it's taking place tomorrow night as well, so I would be remiss to not mention this here either! Tomorrow night at 7:00 PM eastern time, The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax will share the stage for just the third time ever when they headline night one of The Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria! And us Saultites can see it LIVE as it happens from Galaxy Cinema at The Station Mall! Cineplex & Galaxy theaters across Canada are all showing this historic concert, which is so big, even The Sault Star has an article about it! So how would you guys like to see the biggest thrash bands of all time 2 stories high right here in the Soo? If you want tickets, it's not sold out yet! They cost $18 (believe me, it's worth the price), and they can be bought at Galaxy itself or online by clicking here! Trust me, this will be awesome, you'll want to get a tickets and head to Galaxy tomorrow night! I'll be there, I'm heading to Coch's for Ultraviolence once The Big Four wraps up! I hope to see you guys at the theater too, and remember to bring your most metal movie snacks for this thrash onslaught!And finally for today, three more assorted stories in alphabetical order by band name:
- Local hard rockers Browbeat have uploaded another song to their Reverbnation page named "Narrow Mind"! It's not a new song, Browbeat fans may remember hearing this at live concerts, I definitely remember it from the last show when they were named Social Play. Still, it's a pretty good song and it's nice to hear in clearer audio! It keeps a quick pace while also keeping things kinda deep soundwise, it actually blends well! Click the above links for more!
- We know that Finding Clyde, StilrizE, and Dannison will be playing support on night two of the Kewadin Casino 25th Anniversary Summer Festival, and now we know another support band that night! Electric Motor Fish, a Sault Michigan acoustic rock band featuring Shift drummer Tony Rogers, will also be one of the support bands for Three Doors Down that night, as confirmed on their MySpace page! Strange that we haven't heard any openers for the other nights yet, or any metal bands, isn't it? More lineup news as it comes in!
- Local experimental hard rock trio SBD have uploaded two new songs onto their SoundClick page! One is a new version of their song "Pow! Right In The Kisser" which is clearer and faster than the original, while the other is a slower laid back little tune named "It's For The Money". The chorus speeds up but still has the same feel throughout, oddly. Check out the new songs by clicking the above links!
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