The money making machine known as Kiss will headline Seattle's KeyArena on Nov. 15, according to tour itinerary released by publicity firm Solters on Monday.

The band's Kiss Alive 35 tour will kick off with a two-night stand in hometown Detroit, Sept. 25 and 26 at Cobo Arena. And the band will play 2 1/2 hour sets, "Rock and Roll All Nite," "Detroit Rock City," "God Gave Rock & Roll to You" and other classics. Buckcherry will provide support on most dates, according to Monday's announcement.

There was plenty of legal mud slinging last time members of the Doors toured, with the Cult's Ian Astbury in for the late Jim Morrison (hence that corny moniker they came up with, the Doors 21st Century.)

But this time around the Doors' Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger are keeping it simple by putting their names on the marquee; and they're teaming up with ex-Fuel singer Brett Scallions this time. But here's betting you'll hear some "Light My Fire" and "People Are Strange" when they drop in on Seattle's Moore Theatre on Oct. 14.

Seattle Theater Group sent me ticket info when I was out of the office the other day. And it goes something like this:

Tickets: $45.00, $35.00, & $25.00, not including applicable fees. Tickets are on sale Saturday, August 29th at 10am at Tickets.com, in person at the Paramount Theatre box offices, 24-hour kiosks located outside The Paramount & Moore Theatres, charge by phone at 877-STG-4TIX, or online at STGPresents.org.

Who gets first crack at Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler, who finally talked about getting busted up during a tumble from the stage in South Dakota? Why, Rolling Stone, of course. Did you really need to ask?

"I’m just so pissed it was such a great tour," he said in story posted on the rock mag's web site. "I had to ruin it all by falling and I’m sorry. I’ve said that to the fans and my band and everybody else. I f***ed up. I get in the zone when I’m onstage."

Read the rest here.

AP reports that Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry told an Illinois radio station that he is not sure his band can finish its current tour, which has an Aug. 17 stop scheduled at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre. This following singer Steven Tyler's spill in South Dakota.

There's still no official word on whether dates will be rescheduled or the tour, which had also been previously delayed by injuries, will be called off altogether. Here's the AP writeup:

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said Friday he doesn¹t know if the band will keep its current tour going because of injuries lead singer Steven Tyler suffered when he fell off a stage.

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No word on whether injuries Steven Tyler sustained in concert last night will cause Aerosmith to cancel their Aug. 17 date at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre. But Friday's show in Winnepeg, Canada is the first to officially get the ax; statement from the band's publicist as follows:

AEROSMITH will not perform their Friday, August 7 show at the Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, MB, Canada based on injuries AEROSMITH lead singer Steven Tyler sustained when he fell from the stage at Wednesday’s show at Buffalo Chip Campgrounds in Sturgis, SD. Additional details will be issued when they are available.

Associated Press reports that Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries while performing in South Dakota.

Tyler fell while dancing after the sound system failed during hit "Love in an Elevator," but joked while being loaded into a helicopter en route to an area hospital, according to the AP story, which you can read on the band's fan site. TMZ has video of the incident here.

I recently interviewed Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, who discussed how Tyler's previous leg injury delayed the tour earlier this summer. I'm looking into how this might impact the band's scheduled Aug. 17 stop at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre. More as soon as I learn something.

Rock's most iconic troubadour, Bob Dylan, will headline Seattle's WaMu Theater on Oct. 5. Dylan is out in support of his new album "Together Through Life." Ticket are set at $49.50, and they go on sale at 10 a.m. next Monday (Aug. 10), according to Live Nation's announcement this morning.

So I chatted up Tim Wilson, whose dad is none other than the Ventures’ Don Wilson, before Saturday night’s Dick Dale show. We get to talkin’ and he tells me about a sweet interview his sis, Staci Lyne Wilson, scored recently – none other than Jimmy Page and Jack White. (Yeah, I could make that happen.)

In this clip, those three and film director Davis Guggenheim talk about the forthcoming flick, “It Might Get Loud,” which also features some named the Edge or something. Check it out.

Foreigner is the latest addition to Concerts at Marymoor. The arena rock band – best known for “Feels Like the First Time,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded” and other hits – will perform at KZOK-FM’s classic rock festival, Zok Stock, which will take over Redmond’s Marymoor Park on Aug. 22.

Tickets are $40 to $60 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday (June 6). Check Ticketmaster for further details.

Two things have been in abundant supply for Fleetwood Mac during the band’s first four decades: Smash hits and behind the scenes drama.

The legendary rock outfit packed plenty of the former into a monster, 22-song greatest hits set Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome. And early on, singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham got a laugh, alluding to the drama with a dry, understatement about his band’s “fairly complex and convoluted emotional history.”

That history, of course, includes his past romantic entanglements with smoky-voiced band mate, Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks and bassist John McVie’s ill-fated marriage to departed keyboard player, Christine McVie. Those rocky relationships tested the band’s stability over the years while adding creative tension to cuts like “Second Hand News” and “Storms,” a song that Nicks introduced as being about “stormy people in dark, dark, stormy relationships” Saturday night.

But against all odds, Fleetwood Mac has endured through all that “Behind the Music” turmoil, not to mention roughly a gazillion lineup changes. And Buckingham declared, “Every time we come together there’s a sense of forward motion.”

Granted, that statement that seemed a tad ironic in one sense, since the Unleashed tour is all about revisiting the band's '70s/'80s heyday. Fleetwood Mac doesn't have a new album for 2009 (“yet,” as Buckingham emphasized.) Not that all those cheering Baby Boomers at the T-Dome seemed to care.

But Fleetwood Mac is a legendary band seemingly back in peak form after seeing its share of troubles. And at times Saturday’s set did seem like a triumph, as if the veteran group had moved on to a happier, more stable place.

The quartet - also big, wild-eyed drummer Mick Fleetwood - was backed by a great supporting cast: Neale Heywood on guitar and backing vocals; Brett Tuggle on keyboards; and Sharon Celani, Jana Anderson and Lori Nicks (Stevie’s sister-in-law) on backing vocals.

And while Fleetwood and John McVie may be the band’s namesakes, with Christine McVie long gone, Fleetwood Mac has essentially become the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks show, with Buckingham’s manic intensity contrasting and often overshadowing Nicks’ icy detachment.

Buckingham’s buoyant, finger-picked melodies elevated early set numbers “Monday Morning,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” Later, the guitarist held little back, whooping and stomping like a revival tent preacher after nailing cathartic passages in “Never Going Back” and an intense, solo, acoustic delivery of “Big Love.” An especially invigorating moment saw Buckingham swatting at his fret board, as if he were banging a set of bongos, during an epic solo that turned “I’m So Afraid” into a late set highlight.

And the comparatively aloof Nicks did her share of thrilling, too, most notably on “Gypsy” (about she and Buckingham’s early days in the San Francisco outfit Buckingham Nicks); “Landslide” (one of the most elegant ballads of the mid-1970s, which she dedicated to her friend, Valerie); and “Gold Dust Woman” (during which Nicks belatedly seemed to hit her stride, delivering a few twirls as psychedelic haze wafted across projection screens behind her.)

The show started half an hour late, and usual set closer “Silver Springs” got the axe as 11 o' clock curfew approached. But bubbly “Rumours” era smash “Don’t Stop” seemed a more fitting finale for the new show's feel-good vibe, anyway.

Fleetwood Mac set list
May 16, 2009 at the Tacoma Dome

"Monday Morning"
"The Chain"
"Dreams"
"I Know I'm Not Wrong"
"Gypsy"
"Go Insane"
"Rhiannon"
"Second Hand News"
"Tusk"
"Sara"
"Big Love" (Lindsey Buckingham solo acoustic)
"Landslide" (Stevie Nicks and Buckingham acoustic)
"Never Going Back Again" (Nicks and Buckingham acoustic)
"Storms"
"Say That You Love Me"
"Gold Dust Woman"
"Oh Well"
"I'm So Afraid"
"Stand Back"
"Go Your Own Way"

Encore:
"World Turning"
"Don't Stop"

I was just talking to the Galaxies' Chuck Naubert for a story I'm working on, and he pointed out a little event up in Seattle that had slipped under my radar. (Yeah, shame on me!) That would be the book launch part for rock photographer Jini Dellaccio, the 92-year-old Gig Harbor native who chronicled the rise of the original Northwest Sound. Members of the Sonics, the Wailers and more will take part in a musical tribute. Find more specifics here.

Was just talking to the Fabulous Wailers' Buck Ormsby, and he tells me you can still see the webcast of the 50th anniversary show his band played with the Ventures last Friday night at the Moore. It's on the TourTV site on the on demand page.