Kansas City: not metal
I was looking up tour dates for Kamelot – a power metal band from Florida – and what a shock, their current tour doesn’t stop anywhere near Kansas City. Not even St. Louis. As near as I can figure the closest they get is Mokena, IL. It’s a southwest suburb of Chicago. This is not a town I’ve heard of before today, even having lived in the Chicago suburbs for eighteen years. I’m guessing that they’re playing there because of the Tinley Park amphitheater.
This keeps happening with metal bands, for reasons that I’m not completely clear on. I’d blame a perceived lack of listenership, but Gigantour ’06 went to Oklahoma City of all places. Come on guys, Kansas City has some places where a band can do a thing like play a song 
