Kiss and Motley Crue have played the Minnesota State Fair before -- but not together. Now the makeup-loving rock giants will team up Aug. 29 at the grandstand. Tickets, priced from $51 to $81, will go on sale at 1 p.m. Saturday at mnstatefair.org, etix.com, the fair box office and 1-800-514-3829.

Last year it was Florence + the Machine. This year's cool Minnesota Zoo concert is Feist on June 2, with Low Anthem. The zoo concert season will be announced in early April.

In other concert news, Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson team up again July 25 at the State Theatre. Tickets, priced at $58.50 and $68.50, will go on sale Friday. The grizzled veterans shared a stage last year at Mystic Lake Casino but Kristofferson was under the weather and Haggard carried the evening.

Collective Soul rocks June 22 at the Brick. A John Waters Christmas is booked at the Brick for Dec. 14.