Joe Gets The KISS OffBy JOE WARMINGTON, SUN MEDIA
Anybody else get the Ticketmaster KISS off?
Let's just say I am shouting out loud my disappointment.
I wanted to rock'n'roll all night Oct. 2 which is why I got ready to order my tickets for KISS through Ticketmaster at the Air Canada Centre at 10 a.m. today.
I must be one of those unqualified fans Gene Simmons was referring to because I don't understand how I could get through to the 416-870-8000 ticket line at 10 a.m. on the nose and still not score affordable tickets.
Ticket prices were advertised as going for $125, $75, $47.50 and $23, before taxes and surcharges.
My budget was in the $47.50 or $23 range and was I pretty excited when I actually gor through at exactly 10. I was sure I would be partying all day with my KISS tickets.
However, just seconds after the phones opened, the automated system said there were no tickets available in the $23 or $47.50 range but it could process a sale with everything in for two tickets at $183.75. Problem is I have a car repair to pay for so I declined.
What I want to know are two things: What's going on here that the whole upper bowl can be sold in the first 30 seconds, and if this happened to any of you fellow KISS Army faithful?
Maybe there is a logical explanation. I would love to hear from people who tried on ticketmaster.ca and see how that went.
I have always had a great relationship with Gene Simmons and have put a request through to him so I can tell him about this.
I think the band needs to know.
He may have come off a tad harsh this week in responding to the Oshawa debacle but I know for a fact he does care greatly for the fans.
I have talked with him about that -- as well as Paul Stanley.
When fellow Sun Media journalist Pete Fisher and I attended their show at Casino Rama a few weeks ago we really saw how much they put in.
The question here is not KISS' effort but more did any fans out there get seats at the lower prices or did all of them end up in the hands of ticket brokering services?
