Winnipeggers want to Rock and Roll All Nite with KISS
Last Updated: Saturday, April 18, 2009 | 3:48 PM ET
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KISS, performing April 11 in Bogota, Colombia, is allowing North Americans to decide its concert tour route. (Fernando Vergara/Associated Press)Canadians appear to be bigger KISS fans than their American counterparts.
The iconic rock band launched a unique contest in early April asking their U.S. and Canadian fans to vote online for which cities they should hit on their tour.
So far, for their fan-routed North American tour, which begins in September, eight of the top 10 cities are in Canada.
"No band has ever given their fans the power to decide what cities they play, and no fans deserve it more than ours," said singer Paul Stanley in a statement released April 7.
Winnipeg tops the list followed by Kingston, Ont., Oshawa, Ont., Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton and Saskatoon.
Dallas and New York are the only American cities in the top 10.
Oshawa Mayor John Gray has been campaigning for KISS to visit his manufacturing city, which has been struck hard by job cuts and the slumping economy.
"No matter where the fans say — from stadiums to cornfields — if there are enough votes, KISS will be there!" said a statement from the band, whose hits include You Were Made For Lovin' Me, Beth and Rock and Roll All Nite.
The band also said it would consider a city's population size versus total votes so that every city has a chance to win.
Voting takes place on the band's website, along with its MySpace and Facebook pages, Ticketmaster and VH1Classic online sites.
KISS did not indicate exactly when the voting will close, but the band will announce its tour dates in June.
The band has already played Europe and is currently in South America.
It does have several pre-arranged dates in Canada prior to September, starting in Sarnia, Ont., on July 10 and then hitting Windsor, Ont., Montreal, Halifax and Orillia, Ont., at Casino Rama (July 20 and 21).
Formed in 1972, current KISS members include Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer.
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