Vancouver Promoter Disputes KISS Lawsuit's Claims

December 13, 2007

Jennifer Miller of the Whistler Question reports: The concert promoter who’s being sued by the representatives of glam-rock band KISS said this week he doesn't understand how he can be sued for breach of contract when he says a contract was never signed for the ill-fated September concert in Whistler, which was cancelled just 12 days before its scheduled date.

"We cancelled this concert because of lack of contracts. We could not come to an agreement on the content of the contract," said Dennis MacDonald, president of Vancouver-based Big Mountain Concert Company (BMCC). "We find it very interesting that someone has accused us of being in breach of a contract that never existed." MacDonald also clarified that it's the band's management and touring agents that are suing Big Mountain and MacDonald himself — not the members of KISS.

A statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Nov. 28 by three separate Los Angeles-based companies seeks the $900,000 U.S. they allege was agreed to be paid for the 90-minute performance scheduled for Sept. 15, plus general damages and costs. The suit claims that the concert was cancelled by MacDonald and/or BMCC and the plaintiffs were willing and able to live up to their part of the agreement, including performing at the concert.

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