KISS and Def Leppard announce summer tour

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Chris Baker | Syracuse.com

It’s time to pour some sugar all night long and party every day.

KISS and Def Leppard announced today they will join forces this summer on the Heroes Tour. The 42-city North American tour includes two stops in Upstate New York.

The bands come to Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Tuesday, August 5. The tour also stops at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, N.Y. on Wednesday, August 13.

Tickets for both shows go on sale Saturday, March 22 at 10 a.m. via Live Nation. Tickets for the Darien Lake show range from $32.50 to $149.50. Tickets at SPAC range from $29.50 to $149.50.

KISS will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame this April, just prior to the tour. In an interview with the Associated Press last Friday, Paul Stanley of KISS voiced his displeasure with the Hall for only inducting the original lineup.

The joint tour marks the first time the two classic rock groups have shared a bill together.

Complete tour dates:

    • 6/23 – USANA Amphitheater, West Valley City, Utah
    • 6/25 – Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo.
    • 6/27 – Sleep Country Amphitheater, Ridgefield, Wash.
    • 6/29 – White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, Wash.
    • 7/2 – Concord Pavilion, Concord, Calif.
    • 7/3 – Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Wheatland, Calif.
    • 7/5 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, Calif.
    • 7/6 – Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, Calif.
    • 7/8 – The Forum, Los Angeles, Calif.
    • 7/9 – Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, Ariz.
    • 7/12 – Austin360 Amphitheater, Austin, Texas (on sale March 22)
    • 7/13 – Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, Texas
    • 7/15 – Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • 7/16 – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
    • 7/18 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, Ga. (on sale March 22)
    • 7/19 – PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, N.C.
    • 7/20 – Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, N.C.
    • 7/22 – Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Fla.
    • 7/23 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, Fla.
    • 7/25 – Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Va.
    • 7/26 – PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/1 – Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Mass.
    • 8/2 – Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
    • 8/3 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J.
    • 8/5 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/6 – Nikon At Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, N.Y. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/8 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Va. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/9 – Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, Penn.
    • 8/10 – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, Conn.
    • 8/12 – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, On.
    • 8/13 – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien, N.Y. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/15 – Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisc.
    • 8/16 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill.
    • 8/17 – Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
    • 8/20 – Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa
    • 8/22 – Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, Ind.
    • 8/23 – DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, Mich. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/24 – First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, Penn. (on sale March 22)
    • 8/26 – Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

li>8/28 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Mo. (on sale March 22)

  • 8/29 – BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.
  • 8/31 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, Texas