Doug Bailey caught up with guitarist Bruce Kulick (KISS/Grand Funk Railroad) yesterday while he was in town performing with Grand Funk opening for Bob Seger. Bruce talked about playing on Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell Tour, his relationship with Michael Bolton, and the years as a member of KISS.
After selling more than half a million tickets at their initial on sale, KISS announced the second leg of their final tour ever set for 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. The iconic rockers will make a stop here in Des Moines on September 3rd at the Wells Fargo Arena. The initial tour announcement was made at Halloween and featured a first set of dates, some of which sold out instantly. The band announced today the second leg of the tour in North America starting this summer, produced by Live Nation, as well as new international markets being announced simultaneously. Tour itinerary detailed below with new dates in bold; KISS will be offering VIP experiences and special KISS Army fan presales.
KISS Meet & Greet Experiences will be available Tuesday, November 27 at 10am local time through kissonline.com. KISS Army fan club presales will begin Wednesday, November 28 at 9am local time. Visit www.kissonline.com for more information. Tickets to the general public will go on sale starting Monday, December 3 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.
Known for their trademark larger-than-life blistering performances, KISS has proven for decades why they are hands down the most iconic live show in rock n roll. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide have said this tour is devoted to the millions of KISS Army fans.
“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years. This will be the ultimate celebration for those who’ve seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we’re saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in… Unapologetic and Unstoppable,” said KISS.
TOUR ITINERARY
**newly announced dates in red below
| Date | City | Venue |
| January 31, 2019 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Rogers Arena |
| February 1, 2019 | Portland, OR | Rose Garden Moda Center |
| February 2, 2019 | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Dome |
| February 4, 2019 | Spokane, WA | Spokane Arena |
| February 7, 2019 | San Diego, CA | Viejas Arena |
| February 8, 2019 | Fresno, CA | Save Mart Center |
| February 9, 2019 | Sacramento, CA | Golden 1 Center |
| February 12, 2019 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center |
| February 13, 2019 | Glendale, AZ | Gila River Arena |
| February 15, 2019 | Las Vegas, NV | T-Mobile Arena |
| February 16, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA | The Forum |
| February 19, 2019 | Corpus Christi, TX | American Bank Center |
| February 20, 2019 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center |
| February 22, 2019 | New Orleans, LA | Smoothie King Center |
| February 23, 2019 | Memphis, TN | FedEx Forum |
| February 26, 2019 | Oklahoma City | Chesapeake |
| February 27, 2019 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center |
| March 1, 2019 | Milwaukee, WI | Fiserv Forum |
| March 2, 2019 | Chicago, IL | United Center |
| March 4, 2019 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center |
| March 6, 2019 | Sioux Falls, SD | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
| March 7, 2019 | Omaha, NE | CenturyLink Center |
| March 9, 2019 | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena |
| March 10, 2019 | Moline, IL | Mark of the Quad Cities |
| March 12, 2019 | Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center |
| March 13, 2019 | Detroit, MI | Little Caesars Arena |
| March 16, 2019 | Columbus, OH | Nationwide Arena |
| March 17, 2019 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena |
| March 19, 2019 | Montreal, QC, Canada | Bell Centre |
| March 20, 2019 | Toronto, ON, Canada | Air Canada Centre |
| March 22, 2019 | Uniondale, NY | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| March 23, 2019 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| March 26, 2019 | Boston, MA | TD Garden |
| March 27, 2019 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden |
| March 29, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center |
| March 30, 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA | PPG Paints Arena |
| April 2, 2019 | Quebec City, QC, Canada | Videotron Centre |
| April 3, 2019 | Ottawa, ON, Canada | Canadian Tire Centre |
| April 6, 2019 | Raleigh, NC | PNC Arena |
| April 7, 2019 | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena |
| April 9, 2019 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena |
| April 11, 2019 | Tampa, FL | Amalie Arena |
| April 12, 2019 | Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |
| April 13, 2019 | Birmingham, AL | BJCC |
| August 6, 2019 | Sunrise, FL | BB&T Center |
| August 8, 2019 | Charleston, NC | North Charleston Coliseum |
| August 10, 2019 | Charlotte, NC | PNC Music Pavilion |
| August 11, 2019 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live |
| August 13, 2019 | Virginia Beach, VA | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater |
| August 14, 2019 | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center |
| August 16, 2019 | Montreal, QC | Bell Centre |
| August 17, 2019 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena |
| August 20, 2019 | Brooklyn, NY | Barclays Center |
| August 21, 2019 | Hershey, PA | HersheyPark Stadium |
| August 23, 2019 | Darien Center, NY | Darien Lake Amphitheater |
| August 24, 2019 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| August 27, 2019 | Syracuse, NY | St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview |
| August 29, 2019 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center |
| August 31, 2019 | Indianapolis, IN | Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center |
| September 1, 2019 | St. Louis, MO | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre |
| September 3, 2019 | Des Moines, IA | Wells Fargo Arena |
| September 5, 2019 | Little Rock, AR | Verizon Arena |
| September 7, 2019 | Bossier City, LA | CenturyLink Center |
Generation Axe will make a stop in Des Moines this Sunday night (11/18) at Hoyt Sherman for a show that promises to be one for the ages! Generation Axe are an American rock/heavy metal supergroup formed by Steve Vai in 2016. They toured North America in April and May 2016, and Asia in April 2017. In July 2018 they announced an additional North American tour to take place in November and December 2018. Doug Bailey had the chance to chat with Steve and Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) about their Mount Rushmore of Guitar Gods, touring, the new Queen movie and more.
Get tickets and information for Sunday night HERE.
B-Sox was joined by Mike Floorwalker from Looper.com to chat about the legacy of Stan Lee. The guys discussed favorite cameos, comics, and characters. Stan Lee passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on November 12th at the age of 95.
It’s one of the most famous stories in Rock N’ Roll history. Ozzy biting the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines back on January 20th 1982. What really happened? Who really threw the bat on stage? Where did they actually get the bat from? All your questions answered here with those responsible (Carmen Kelly and Mark Neal). You can check out the in depth story from Matthew Leimkuehler at the Des Moines Register HERE.
We’ve got an amazing special planned tomorrow night (11/10) to get you pumped up for OZZY in 2019. It’s an entire HOUR OF OSBOURNE starting at 6:00 PM. OZZY brings his “No More Tours 2” Tour to the Wells Fargo Arena on June 30th 2019. We have your chance to win tickets to the show and more. Details at KGGO.com. You can win a row to the show and play “OZZY or FOZZIE” all next week.
Wrestling legend and Hall of Famer, Jake The Snake Roberts, stopped by the KGGO studio to chat about his show tonight (11/8) at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines. Tickets are still available. Doors are at 7:00 PM with a showtime of 8:15 PM. This event is 21+ and features adult language/situations. Warning this podcast has adult language.
John Schneider is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard “Bo” Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series Smallville (an adaptation of Superman), and James “Jim” Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry. John recently competed this season on Dancing with the Stars on ABC for seven weeks before being eliminated on November 5th.
John is a celebrated country music artist with 10 albums to his credits and 4 #1 singles on the Billboard Country chart. This year, he launched an ambitious 52-song project, The Odyssey, releasing a song a week throughout 2018. He will release his much-anticipated Greatest Hits album in December.
When they talk about class acts in this business, they can add John’s name to the list. It was a pleasure to catch up with him and find out what’s keeping him busy in both his personal and professional life. I also took the opportunity to fan-girl and share my obsession with the Dukes from a young age. Take a listen to the full interview below. And yes, I still do have that Dukes lunchbox (ask my mom). Follow John’s adventures at www.johnschneiderstudios.com.
The Music of Cream 50th Anniversary hits the Des Moines Civic Center on Wednesday, November 7th at 7:30 PM. Tickets still available Click HERE for more information.
Cream was a chemical explosion like no other, the blueprint for every super-group to follow and the heavy blues precursor to Hendrix, Zeppelin and so much more.
Fifty years since their earth-shaking debut album, the pedigree of that hallowed trilogy come together to pay tribute to Cream’s legendary four-album reign over the psychedelic frontier of the late 1960s. Kofi BAKER (son of Ginger) and Malcolm BRUCE (son of Jack) unite with Will JOHNS (Eric’s nephew by marriage and son of Zeppelin/ Stones/ Hendrix engineer Andy) to unleash the lightning that electrified a generation. Feel the fire and the freedom of “Spoonful”, “Strange Brew”, “Sunshine of Your Love”, “White Room”, “Crossroads” and “Badge” — performed by master musicians whose lives have been steeped in the Cream spirit and legacy.
EXPERIENCE a Once-In-a-lifetime concert salute to the most innovative and explosive super-group of all time, in the hands of those that knew them best.
WATCH as they interplay live with their fathers on the big screen; classic moments in rock history brought back to life.
LISTEN as they share personal insights and stories, complete with rare, yet to be seen family footage and photographs.
KOFI BAKER
Kofi’s first performance was with his father, jazz-rock legend Ginger Baker, on live TV at the age of six. He’s since played drums behind Tom Jones, Jack Bruce, Steve Marriott, and as half of a polyrhythmic powerhouse with his father across Europe in the 1980s. More recently, Kofi has played the Extreme Guitar Tour with Uli Jon Roth, Vinny Appice and Vinnie Moore, and joined with Malcolm Bruce to rekindle the spirit of Cream to critical acclaim on stage in US and UK. His own albums include Lost City and Abstract Logic, with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane.
MALCOM BRUCE
The son of Cream singer-bassist Jack Bruce, Malcolm grew up in the thick of rock royalty and, via the Guildhall School of Music, began performing professionally at 16. As pianist, bassist, guitarist or engineer he has shared studios with Little Richard, Elton John, Eric Clapton and Dr John, and recorded and performed often with his father in the UK, US and Europe. Recent tours have included 60 dates with Joe Satriani and revisiting the music of Cream with Kofi Baker and Will Johns. Malcolm’s new album, Salvation, is now firmly released and he is touring in support through Europe and the UK in 2018.
WILL JOHNS
Encouragement from his uncle by marriage, Eric Clapton, was an auspicious start for teenaged singer-guitarist Will Johns. The son of legendary recording engineer Andy Johns (the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin), he has since performed with Joe Strummer, Ronnie Wood, Jack Bruce and Bill Wyman, and most recently the music of Cream with Malcolm Bruce and Kofi Baker. By several curious twists of the family tree, Will also counts George Harrison, Mick Fleetwood and the great rock producer Glyn Johns as uncles. Will has released three solo albums
Get ready to party like its January 20th 1982 and you’ve just scored tickets to see Ozzy at Vets Auditorium in Des Moines! Ozzy Osbourne makes his return to Des Moines (minus the bats) on June 30th 2019 at the Wells Fargo Arena. Tickets for the 2019 North American “NO MORE TOURS 2” with special guests Megadeath go on sale to the general public starting Friday, November 9th at noon at Hy-VeeTix.com, the Wells Fargo Arena ticket office, by phone at 844-55-HYVEE or any Des Moines area or Ames Hy-VeeTix.com locations. Can’t wait until Friday? We’ve got you covered 24 hours early with a special pre-sale code.
Exclusive KGGO Pre-sale code and details below:
Thursday, November 8th 10a-10p
Code: OZZY19
Click HERE
Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley joined his former bandmates on this year’s annual “Kiss Kruise” to perform an acoustic set of KISS classics. Also appearing with them was former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick. Ace recently released his latest solo album “Spaceman” available in stores and online.
