Together Again: REO Speedwagon, Styx & Ted Nugent

Marking year two for the tour featuring a ton of platinum hits, power ballads and classic rock, the adventure begins in Grand Forks, N.D. , April 18 and rumbles across the country, landing in such places as Roanoke, Va.; Tulsa, Okla.; Kansas City; Lincoln, Neb.; and Grand Rapids, Mich.

Here’s the road work:

April 18 – Grand Forks, N.D., Ralph Engelstad Arena
April 19 – Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center
April 20 – Moline, Ill., I Wireless Center
April 21 – Toledo, Ohio, The Huntington Center
April 23 – Springfield, Mass., MassMutual Center
April 24 – Glens Falls, N.Y., Glens Falls Civic Ctr.
April 26 – East Rutherford, N.J., IZOD Center
April 27 – Raleigh, N.C., Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
April 28 – Roanoke, Va., Civic Center Auditorium
May 1 – Estero, Fla., Germain Arena
May 3 – Saint Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 5 – Alpharetta, Ga., Verizon Wireless Amph. At Encore Park
May 8 – Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
May 10 – Kansas City, Mo., Starlight Theatre
May 11 – Lincoln, Neb., Pinewood Bowl Theater
May 14 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
May 15 – Evansville, Ind., Ford Center
May 17 – Green Bay, Wis., Resch Center
May 18 – Maryland Heights, Mo., Verizon Wireless Amph. St. Louis
May 19 – Burgettstown, Pa., First Niagara Pavilion

Expect more dates to be announced.

Keeping within federal touring rules and regs calling for quotes from each act when announcing a concert run this size, our first statement comes from Styx guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young.

“Due to the overwhelming success of last year’s tour, we are going to once again wind up the juggernaut of mega-tainment,” Young said.  “Styx, REO and the Motor City Madman: there aren’t enough expletives in my vocabulary to explain how great this is … but I’ll try.  This is going to be *$&#@*&@# awesome!”

“Yo, wake up everybody!  Winter is over, the snow is melting, the sun is coming out – it’s time for the second annual REO, Styx, Nugent springtime extravaganza,” REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin said.  “We had so much fun in 2012, we all decided to fire this ‘Midwest Rock ’N’ Roll Express’ thing up and do it again.  Time to strap on our six strings, pack up the trucks and tour buses, get together with our best rock buddies and go out to have some big fun.  See y’all soon.”

“When you live the ultimate American guitar player’s dream, with the ultimate grinding band, performing the most intense fun songs in the world to the most enthusiastic audiences alive, every tour and every concert is an indescribable celebration,” Nugent said.  “Styx and REO deserve me.  Here we come again baby, like dogs in heat!”