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Whitesnake Off Kiss Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere on March 9, 2015

in Live,News

Kiss are in need of a new opening act for their upcoming Australian tour after Whitesnake dropped off the bill.

Initially Whitesnake were set to tour Australia with Kiss on the national tour beginning in Perth on October 3. However, melodicrock.com have word that Whitesnake are now off the tour.

According to Andrew McNiece of Melodicrock.com, “Initial reports had the iconic band teaming up with WHITESNAKE as a killer double bill. But my sources indicate that while that was the original plan, the deal to include Whitesnake fell apart a couple of weeks ago. And that was still true as of 2 days ago”.

Unconfirmed Kiss dates (subject to change before the official announcement are:

Au
October 3, Perth
October 5, Adelaide
October 8, Melbourne
October 10, Sydney
October 12, Newcastle
October 13, Brisbane

NZ
October 16, Auckland

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