REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon did an amazing show, wasn’t disappointed! A must see band spanning a half century of Rock and Roll. Rick Springfield was great as well, he went into the crowd while singing which was surprising to many fans with floor seats. The venue in Knoxville was a smaller arena which didn’t have a bad seat in the house.

I saw REO SPEEDWAGON in Colorado Springs , Colorado at the Pikee Peak center. They were awesome, played a lot of their older songs that I haven't seen them play for quite a few years. The Pikes Peak Center is a great venue, it's really intimate. I am handicapped and the seats are awesome feels real close to the stage. Alan LConrad God Bless

I don’t know who booked REO to play in Fort Wayne but job well done. It was just like turning the clock back to The 70’s. They are still totally awesome and I hope they come back to indiana. And Foellinger was a nice place to watch them play

The was probably thee best concert I've seen in the last 20 yrs. Joan Jett was very good for someone her age and REO was awesome for there age as well. My wife & I along with our neighbors had a memorable time and glad we finally got to see both bands before they stop touring. The venue was extremely nice other than the electronic ticket things used on staff phones. My tickets were there on my email page but had to go to will call and have staff print them out for admission do to staff phones not seeing the bar code well. All and all very awsome time.

Kevin Cronin still has it. Most of the time he was spot on. He can’t hit all the high notes anymore and gets slightly winded at times but he can still rock out amazingly for 71. Played for 1 3/4 hours and sang most of their top hits. Many were huge sing alongs, as almost everyone in the stadium knew the words. Really glad we went. This was quite a production, great sound lighting and background effects.

Show was good, not great, no songs.from the Good Trouble album, keep the fire Burnin had been played in previous concerts, why stop now, disappointing. Venue of "the Fruit Yard" was below average, the Fruit yard seats were mis labeled, stage was only 4 ft off the ground, getting out of the parking lot took almost an hour, doubtful if I'll come back

The concert sounded pretty good. If you’re an REO Speedwagon fan, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. It was kinda slow at times though. I would have given 4 stars had the venue been better. The venue is crowded and the lines to the ONE and ONLY bathroom always has a super long line. I’ve been here a few times now, and always the same. You miss a lot of the concert standing in line for the bathroom , especially the women’s restroom.

Styx, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy: 9/14/22 “I was back on the road again riding the storm out, sailing away to Greenville, SC for a midweek show, you could say I’ve been working for my Wednesday. LIVE NATION’s $25 ‘all in’ special was my friend granting me access to some good lower bowl side seats. Running into a personal friend in the concourse, it turned out to be my lucky day. Don asked me if I wanted to sit with him in Luxury Suite 120, ‘Ummm YES sir’! It was my 4th time seeing any combination of the bands within recent years so I mostly expected a recap performance, I WAS WRONG! Billed as the ‘Live And Unzoomed Tour’ aptly named for an official signing out of the pandemic and the reemergence of live in your face rock n roll to the masses. What made this show different was a combined 148 years of rock n rolling, 59 charted singles, a 35 song combined set list, all arena staples… i.e. a powerhouse triple-bill event in sound, production, and energy. With only four dates left on the tour it was a fine-tuned machine. Styx and REO sharing top billing have been alternating co-headliners. Tonight REO got the closing set, and there was no loss of momentum between lightning quick stage turn-arounds. You’d better be quick if you want to get that second or third beer between bands or a diet coke if you’re like me. Loverboy performing as ‘special guest’ opened at precisely 6:45 delivering an 8 song set. The Canadian bred band featured the entire original line-up save bassist Scott Smith who passed away in a 2000 boating accident.‘ Spider’ Sinnaeve (bass) known for his extended solos who’s been with the band since did a first-rate job, and the band as a whole did much better than when I saw them last. Their stage set was mobile featuring dual bass drums mid stage with the red on black logo with a backdrop of the trademark type face font logo, a stack of Marshalls on wheels stage R, a stack of ‘Mark Bass’ amps which looked like double 8 domino tiles stage L also on wheels. Paul Dean (guitar) came out from behind his Marshalls. Mike Reno 67 (vocals) took the stage in trademark bandana, sunglasses and sleeveless shirt. Mike carried himself as talkative and interacted with the audience nearly every song. ‘How you doin’ Greenville?’ ‘It’s good to be back with a live audience, we missed you guys.’ On ‘Lucky Ones’ intro Reno spotted a lady in what appeared to be a wedding dress close to the front, ‘You must be one of the lucky ones’. Later we would come to know her as ‘Kelly’, it was her 21st birthday and Mike had her stand up, turn around and face the audience as he dedicated ‘Hot Girls In Love’ to the young birthday girl. Finishing off the song, Spider showed out one of his famous pounding bass riffs. On ‘Queen Of The Broken Hearts’ Doug Johnson (keys) used the synthesized talk-box. Before ‘Lovin’ Every Minute’ Mike told us how during a tour bus fire nothing was saved except Paul Dean’s boots, ‘Let me see those babies, I thought I smelt something burning.’ The audience sang along on the whoa-oh, whoa-whoa part. At one point a roadie came out handing Reno a microphone while his appeared to have been working fine, ‘What’s that a karaoke mic? Does it play the next song?’ On ‘Turn Me Loose’ I waited for it… and Mike delivered perfection on the scream, ‘I’m gonna pack my bags and FLYYYYYY’, one of the highlights of my evening. It was 1-2-3 on the cowbell and the band brought it all together on ‘Working For The Weekend’. Notably missing from the set were ‘When It’s Over’ and ‘Take Me To The Top’. By this time the half filled arena had grown to about three quarters. Styx was next delivering an hour and fifteen minute/15 song set. The Chicago IL band’s set understandably did not including the DDY ballads as the two entities are long since removed parting separate ways. The band featured Tommy Shaw (who turned 69 Sunday) and his full head of hair that seemed to always fall back perfectly in place all evening long. J.Y. Young 72 an underrated master on the Strat and his signature green axe. Lawrence Gowan 65 (keys since ‘99) who has more than proven himself an effective, energetic, and sometimes humorous frontman. Todd Sucherman, a superhuman on the drum kit. Will Evankovich also on guitar (formerly Guess Who) who produced and cowrote the new album. Co-founder Chuck Panozzo 73 who had battled two life threatening illnesses made an appearance on stage for 4 songs looking happy, healthy, and vibrant. The stage featured 4 person-height light and video screens main stage with 7 step risers on each side leading up to a cat walk with 7 sets of rotating lights in its forefront. Drums were center, a ‘TS’ logo for Todd on each bass drum and Gowan’s custom platformed keyboard with the classic STYX logo on a rotating pole stage R. Tommy Shaw controlled the whole of stage L. Opening with the first of 4 songs interwoven from their ’21 release, they could get away with it ‘cause the new Styx IS the old Styx. On ‘Blue Collar Man’ Lawrence showed off some backward playing on keys. On ‘Grand Illusion’ Tommy ascended up to the catwalk for the solo, standing right on the edge you could see each foot movement up and down on the wah-wah, descending he gave a high kick all the way up to his head during the final instrumental piece. On ‘Lady’ a sea of phone screens could be seen capturing video of the moment in time. The new song ‘Crash’ came across sounding almost ‘Queen-like’. JY introduced the next song, ‘We wrote this next song to decriminalize this wonderful natural plant… LIGHT UP EVERYBODY’! During ‘Rockin The Paradise’ Gowen dressed in a white tie put on a multi color striped jacket and black top hat, dancing, waving, and running in place whenever he was not actually behind the keys. Chuck took the stage for ‘Fooling Yourself’ with JY and Lawrence both on keys, Tommy played acoustic and once again Lawrence played the solo facing backwards. On ’Too Much Time On My Hands’, Tommy switched out the words to: ‘and the fun never ends as long as James Young keeps on buying’. Khedive was next, an instrumental showing off some of Gowen’s classical styled piano playing skills. For ‘Come Sail Away’ once again it was Lawrence taking the lead standing a top his keyboard, walking the catwalk during the chorus, then descending into an Irish or rather a Scottish jig. ‘Mr Roboto’ and ‘Renegade’ were the encore with and a one leg split onto the keyboard by Gowen as if it were a parallel bar. The set ending with a full band final bow. It was possibly my first time ever seeing someone other than the final band perform an encore. Topping off the evening was REO (also from Illinois) with a 13 song set. The band still features original member Neal Doughty 76 (keys) who has played on every album and has never missed a concert, Kevin Cronin 70 (vocals since ‘72) who sounds amazing and got better each song in, plus Bruce Hall 69 (bass since ’77). The stage featured 6 upright light bars, 3 to the R, 3 to the L increasing in height outward with a beacon a top each. The drum platform was center and slightly stage R with the ‘Hi Infidelity’ logo, KORG Keys a top a Hammond B3 were stage R, a grand piano stage L. Behind was a backdrop of the classic REO logo with light bars projecting outward like sun rays sometimes pinwheeling, sometimes pulsating, sometimes radiating. Cronin and his gorgeous Ovation in hand led like a seasoned frontman should. ‘Greenville South Carolina check your selves out (spotlights on the audience)… thank y’all for coming out on a school night and partying with the big boys baby’. A beach ball had landed center stage, waiting for the right moment he kicked it back into the audience at the final note of ‘Don’t Let It Go’. Introducing ‘Live Every Moment’ Kevin informed us, ‘I just turned seventy years old right? I figured I would have some idea of what’s going on around me — I don’t know S**T!’ The song ended with CSN’s ‘Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo’ from Suite Judy Blue Eyes. ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ prompted am arena-wide singalong. Between ‘Time For Me To Fly’ and ‘Back On The Road Again’ Hall performed a rousing bass solo the likes of which resembled to me the Courageous Cat theme. For ‘Keep On Loving You’ Cronin took his place on the grand piano. Prior to the final song, ‘Roll With The Changes’, he introduced a good friend of his for years and years to the stage, it was ‘local boy’ Edwin McCain. Kevin left the Greenville stage by saying, ‘We love you, always have and always will’! Notably missing from the set were ‘In Your Letter’ and ‘Keep The Fire Burnin’ (one of their three ‘Keep’ songs). There were no video screens the entire evening lending to the old school feel and everyone appeared to be fine with it. Styx proved themselves the all around official headliner for numerous reasons (but it was close). Styx has described their live events as ‘a gospel caravan trying to send out positive messages wherever we go’, and the entire evening was exactly that. One could easily have knocked 20 years off each member of any of the bands actual age at any given point during the performance. The only thing that could have been better is if individual members of the three bands shared the stage together, now that would’ve be epic.” Review and photo by DAve. (Concert #703-705)

As always, REO Speedwagon and Styx concert was outstanding. Germania Insurance Amphitheater venue is always a great place to see a concert. Even though the temperature at the beginning of the show was 100°, which was at no fault of either the bands or the Amphitheaters, we really enjoyed the concert, as we knew we would.

I've been an REO Speedwagon since 1980 but hadn't seen them in concert before last night. WOW, were they tight! Such a great performance in 100 degrees Phoenix temps. I don't think REO in general get the respect they deserve. Sure, most of their success was 70's and 80's but they have a very good catalog of music. If Kevin Cronin ever reads this, Thank You for sharing your talent all this time.

We have been blessed to have seen REO SPEEDWAGON many times in the past. They closed the show and did an amazing job. After so many years Kevin can still sing all of his songs. The highlight of their show was when Kevin introduced the HI Infidelity and the song Don'Him Him Go. Reo Speedwagon had a positive message thru-out their show. It was very heart warming to see the only original Reo member on keyboards, Neal Doughty. Surprisingly, Reo displayed a heavier edge on songs like BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN, LIKE YOU DO, and RIDIN' THECSTORM OUT. We think that the house mix could of used more low end and a louder guitar sound from Dave Amato. I have posted videos on my YOUTUBE channel under my name Rosemary Lopez (wearing a black hat) Please check them out and Subscribe. I have several upcoming concerts.

Great show! Sound on the Mains was being pushed too hard at the beginning of the show ... for about the first 3 or so songs. After that, the rest of the show was very clean and clear!! Awesome song selection with time constraints!! Bottom line - it was an amazing night and performance by REO Speedwagon!! So much fun!! I've seen these guys about 18 + times over the years and they always BRING IT!!! I certainly miss Gary and Alan ... I'd be a liar if I didn't say that!! But WOW ... great stuff!! Very very thankful that you guys still perform ... "Like You Do" !!

That was a Rock $ Roll Fantasy! I have seen some Great Shows in my life time so far....That was 1 of them! The youngest guy in the band been there 36 years! There's a saying when a band is playing great together it's called being Tight they were Tight!!! I don't think they missed a hit! 2 encores, And nobody was leaving....When they've been together all these years and some of the guys in the band are 70 years or older? Go see them before you can't, Rock & Roll Never Will Die!

REO Speedwagon put on a great show! They have been around a long time but they still seem to enjoy what they are doing. They were wonderful. I only gave 4.5 stars because the seating in the venue is SO uncomfortable. The tables are very close together with too many chairs on each side so it is hard to turn the chair so you can see the show without looking sideways at the stage. All the chairs are uncomfortable banquet type chairs.

4th time seeing Reo Speedwagon, they put on a great show, Unfortunately the Hanover Theatre was not a great venue for this show. Having pretty good seats in lower level row L i found myself blocking my ears due to the muffled sound thru speakers when they played, unfortunately it lasted they 90% of the show... Reo Speedwagon put on a great energetic show everytime they go on stage

I had to wait many years to see REO perform live and it was everything I'd hoped it would be. They put on a terrific show! I'm so glad I FINALLY had an opportunity to catch one of their shows and if I ever get another I'll go again. Deadwood Mountain Grand is a nice smaller venue to catch a concert there is not a bad seat in the house and it sounds great inside.

REO was musically awesome and Kevin's voice is almost as good as ever. They lose a star only for song selection. In Your Letter, Tough Guys and the Tom Petty cover should have been replaced with any three songs from You Get What You Play For: Golden Country, 157 Riverside Avenue and Son of a Poor Man would have been my choices.

REO Speedwagon were fantastic, Kevin so kind & gracious to the fans & you could sense his true caring & love. See you every time you come to Tampa!! Please go back & tour with Styx, Foreigner. Being with Chicago was just not the right mix for many reasons. Love you REO ♥️

REO was the real treat here. Out ROCKED Chicago hands down. Chicago played way to many unknown songs, which the crowd grew restless. Heard several fans yell for REO to come back on. These two bands are a bad pairing. One rocks while the other is more jazzy rock. Loved the concert, just wish the order of appearance would have been Chicago opening for REO.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Although the lead singer has lost an octave on his falsetto, the updated orchestration of the music helped to make up for it. They played hit after hit and captivated the audience with their performance and great little funny stories between songs. The grand finale with Chicago was intense and a musical dream! Keep on touring!!!!