# I just bought two tickets to KISS in April, In Ottawa. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924 "2018-11-03T05:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/1 "2018-11-03T05:18:20Z")
I saw KISS in 1976, my first concert. I’m going to rock and roll all night, and party every day. I’ve seen them four times: they put on a really great show. I’ll update this in April. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/2 "2018-11-03T06:32:25Z")
I saw them a few years back on a double bill with Def Leppard. I don’t know any of their catalogue outside of “Rock and Roll All Night” and “Beth”, but it was a fun show and I was enjoying the songs even though I didn’t know them. There was a bit partway through the show where Paul Stanley ziplined from the stage onto an elevated platform in the middle of the crowd near where I was sitting and I swear he made eye contact with me, which I believe makes me an officer in the Kiss Army. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/3 "2018-11-03T06:39:42Z")
Sounds like fun! I can still rock and roll all night, but partying every day is a little beyond me nowadays. Anyway, enjoy the show. I’ll look forward to your reporting on it! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/4 "2018-11-03T07:04:21Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I can still rock and roll all night, but partying every day is a little beyond me nowadays. I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I’m lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/5 "2018-11-03T07:56:20Z")
I first saw KISS back in 1990 and I still have a couple of their shirts. The don’t do great songs and nobody would consider them to have impressive skills but Og they put on a show! Fortunately, they’re ripe for parody. [I Used To Rock n Roll All Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5C2wSZFEU) This is where I’m at right now. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/6 "2018-11-03T17:53:56Z")
I’m going to the show in Omaha in March. That will be my 4th time seeing them. I’ve seen them with Buck Cherry and with Def Leppard and another time with Skid Row, and Ted Nugent opening. Good shows all of them! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/7 "2018-11-03T18:31:40Z")
Saw the Destroyer tour in '76…12th row center. One of the best concerts I ever attended. From what I’ve read on other boards, Paul’s voice is pretty shaky these days. Wathing videos of KISS on recent TV appearances, it’s clear there’s some serious lip-syncing going on. Not sure if that will continue once the tour starts. But, you know, there’s another Paul\* touring at the moment who’s voice ain’t what it used to be, and he’s still selling out venues. Voice problems or not, all that really matters is that the audience has a good time. \*McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/8 "2018-11-03T21:48:32Z")
Curious, what are tickets for the _KISS Goodbye Tour_ going for? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/9 "2018-11-03T22:07:12Z")
$100 - $300 CDN, with all fees and taxes. Mine were the $100 flavour. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/10 "2018-11-05T00:56:24Z")
I’m really trying to decide if I want to see them in Milwaukee next year. It would be my fourth time seeing them, but during my third show I felt like I should have stopped at two, so idk. I think my problems with that third show were almost entirely due to the venue, though. I’ve heard the same thing about Paul’s voice on the most recent shows, which saddens me since he was always my favorite part about KISS, but unless it was really, _really_ bad, I don’t think it would stop me from enjoying myself. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/11 "2018-11-05T20:05:22Z")
I’m going to see them in Sioux Falls in March. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/12 "2018-11-05T21:32:04Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > From what I’ve read on other boards, Paul’s voice is pretty shaky these days. Wathing videos of KISS on recent TV appearances, it’s clear there’s some serious lip-syncing going on. Not sure if that will continue once the tour starts. This clip is from a recent show on a cruise, not a TV appearance, and there are a couple of pretty obvious lip synching moments at 0:25 and 1:14… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iQEr0nYMY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iQEr0nYMY)… I wouldn’t be surprised if the tour is a mix of live vocals and prerecorded “enhancement”. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/13 "2018-11-05T22:31:46Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Sounds like fun! > > I can still rock and roll all night, but partying every day is a little beyond me nowadays. > > Anyway, enjoy the show. I’ll look forward to your reporting on it! > [@Smapti](#): > > I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. > > Then it was every other day. > > Now I’m lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky. > [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I first saw KISS back in 1990 and I still have a couple of their shirts. The don’t do great songs and nobody would consider them to have impressive skills but Og they put on a show! > > Fortunately, they’re ripe for parody. > > [I Used To Rock n Roll All Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5C2wSZFEU) > > This is where I’m at right now. [DJ Cummerbund - Rock & Roll Until a Reasonable Hour](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5s3QSrRsQ4) (this is a mashup of KISS’s _Rock and Roll All Nite_ and the Commodore’s _Easy_) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/14 "2018-11-05T22:48:43Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > This clip is from a recent show on a cruise, not a TV appearance, and there are a couple of pretty obvious lip synching moments at 0:25 and 1:14… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iQEr0nYMY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iQEr0nYMY)… I wouldn’t be surprised if the tour is a mix of live vocals and prerecorded “enhancement”. I’m not seeing any lip synching. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/15 "2018-11-06T00:34:26Z")
My first concert was KISS as well. Heart opened up for them. It was something. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/16 "2018-11-06T02:38:00Z")
Woohoo! I love seeing concerts by my favourite bands… 🙂 Enjoy the show! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-two-tickets-to-kiss-in-april-in-ottawa/823924/19 "2019-10-31T10:52:44Z")
Reported for the third time.