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From: The Evening News For one big night, it appears as though Detroit will temporarily lose its title as Sault Ste. Marie becomes "Rock City" on July 20 with the arrival of KISS. From his place at the front of a rapidly growing line, 18-year-old Dalton MacFarlane of Desbarats, Ontario was rather chipper this morning despite being camped at this location since 4 p.m. Wednesday. "I want to watch the show," he said of his strong desire to get tickets. "I've never seen KISS." MacFarlane was accompanied by his 18-year-old cousin, Cody Hatten. The pair planned to buy somewhere around 14 tickets to take back to Desbarats for friends and family. Despite his relative youth, MacFarlane has already taken in a lot of good rock shows - including the Black Sabbath and Megadeath concert just last month at the Steelback Centre and other legendary acts such as Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Ratt and Skid Row. The wait for both of the teens had been a long one. "We mostly try to sleep," said Hatten of the best way to pass the time. Playing cards, it turns out, is forbidden outside of the formal gaming areas - a lesson MacFarlane and Hatten fortunately were not forced to learn the hard way. "We almost got kicked out," said MacFarlane with a nervous laugh. "You can't have outside games." The third person in line was no newcomer to The KISS Army having served, by his own account, since 1987. "This is like a dream come true," said 31-year-old Paul Berlingieri, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. "We have a chance at such great tickets." Berlingieri has put a lot of miles on over the years to see PAUL STANLEY, GENE SIMMONS and the boys with three trips to Detroit and a pair to Grand Rapids for concerts over the last decade. He had just missed being the first person in line by two short hours, joining the Desbarats Duo at 6 p.m. Wednesday. While the trio was not friends before they began waiting in line, Berlingieri indicated the many hours in line had changed that status. "We are now," he said. There were dozens of people in line early this morning, more than 24 hours before tickets officially were scheduled to go on sale. Production Assistant Nick Louricas predicted the line would grow fast and large in the coming hours. "The boss (Entertainment Manager Russell McKerchie) says he is thinking probably 1,200," said Louricas of the anticipated line-up before the ticket window opens at 9 a.m. Saturday. Approximately 10,000 tickets will be sold for the July 20 KISS concert with opening acts Clownsack and Mink also tentatively scheduled to appear. |
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