Kiss Letting Kids Into Their Shows Almost for Free

Kids are in for a treat. While Kiss aren't allowing children to roll into arenas for their shows all willy nilly, American youth are being granted entry to Kiss shows if accompanied by ticket-purchasing parents.

So yes, Kiss concerts on their current North American tour are family-friendly events, since up to four children will be granted lawn tickets for each adult ticket bought. So if you have a brood, make it a night out under the stars -- with some lawn chairs and ear plugs, of course.

Simmons recently said that "it's time to give back" and that his hope is to expose the young, impressionable and malleable minds of kids to a world of music beyond Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers -- one with real instruments devoid of studio trickery and click tracks. So this writer has to give Simmons a fist bump for trying to shift the focus to rock music by making concerts a bit more economical for fans with kids. Instead of hiring a babysitter, bring the ankle biters along!