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WINGER WITH SPECIAL GUEST CLOSE ENEMIES featuring TOM HAMILTON OF AEROSMITH
Winger
Arcada Theatre
105 E Main St
St Charles, IL 60174
Aug 29, 2025
8:00 PM CDT
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Kip Winger and the boys are “Rockin’ Regulars” at The Arcada! The show is just so good! The band’s top singles including “Seventeen”, “Headed For A Heartbreak” and “Miles Away” are just three of the Metal rock tunes that make it a night when everybody stands the entire show! In 2023, Winger celebrated their 35th Anniversary – come celebrate 35 of Winger with us!!!
Unlike the name suggests, Close Encounters are close friends, each with an illustrious musical career. Tom Hamilton, multiple Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, and Bassist of the biggest-selling American rock band of all time, Aerosmith, is joined by legendary drummer Tony Brock (The Babys and Rod Stewart), touring veterans Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow and Don Henley) and Trace Foster on guitar, and singer Chasen Hampton, who has been singing professionally since the age of 11 as a member of the famed Mickey Mouse Club. Luckily for us, these five don’t want to rest on their laurels and ride off into the sunset.
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Mickie
August 31st 2024
I've seen Winger dozens of times since their first tour, and I'll continue to see them every chance I get! So much fun, and of course great musicians as well. It was a hot night for a show -- still about 90 when they came on. But it was worth it, and they didn't let it slow them down at all, even when the humidity was playing with the equipment.
I'm proud to say that I'm a Wingnut, and will be forever!
Franklin, OH@JD Legends
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Winger Biography
"Winger's musical pedigree was practically unmatched in 80’s metal… the band crafted a debut album that combined hard-pop melodies with plenty of proggy, technically dazzling instrumental work" - Rolling Stone Magazine
Winger is an American hard rock band from New York City. Their debut album, Winger, came out on Atlantic Record’s label in 1988 and achieved platinum status in the United States and gold in Japan and Canada. Winger stayed on the Billboard Top 200 chart for over 60 weeks, where it peaked at #21. It spawned such hits as “Seventeen” and “Headed for a Heartbreak”. To support the album, the band toured for over a year with Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.
In 1990, Winger was nominated for an American Music Award for “Best New Heavy Metal Band”. Their follow-up album, In the Heart of the Young, was released in 1990 and just like their first album, reached platinum. It peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Top 200 and hits off this album include “Can’t Get Enuff”, “Miles Away” and “Easy Come Easy Go”. To support this album, Winger toured the world for 13 months, playing over 230 dates with KISS, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Extreme and Slaughter.
The change in musical climate of the mid-90’s led the band to go on hiatus in 1994 after the release of their third album Pull, which peaked at #83 on Billboard’s Top 200. In 2001, the band reunited, completed several very successful tours and have not looked back since. Winger has made a name for themselves with relentless touring, while winning back fans and critics alike because of their exceptional musicianship, Kip Winger’s powerful vocals and the band’s incredible songwriting.
In 2006, they released their 4th studio album, IV, which is the most musically progressive album of Winger's career. Lyrically, much of the album is sung from the perspective of U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. In 2009 Kip Winger was presented by U.S. General Harold Cross with an honorary plaque and U.S. flag that had flown in Iraq for the song "Blue Suede Shoes", which honors the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families.
In 2009, Winger released their 5th studio album, Karma. This album was hailed as their best studio album released. The band toured the US, Europe and South America to support the album.
In 2014, Winger released their 6th studio album, Better Days Comin’, which entered at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums Chart and at #85 on Billboard’s Top 200. "A hard-hitting album...Winger's blood is still pumping...so are the tunes" – Kerrang! Magazine
Seven, the band's 7th studio album, was released on May 5, 2023 and entered at #21 on
Billboard’s Top Current Album Sales. The album's first single, "Proud Desperado", was
co-written by Kip Winger, Reb Beach and Grammy-winning songwriter Desmond Child.
To support the new album, Winger has been touring all over the US, and has also
included the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in their tour.
"This is a band who refuse to merely glide on past glories... Winger push their own
boundaries." – Classic Rock Magazine
Read MoreWinger is an American hard rock band from New York City. Their debut album, Winger, came out on Atlantic Record’s label in 1988 and achieved platinum status in the United States and gold in Japan and Canada. Winger stayed on the Billboard Top 200 chart for over 60 weeks, where it peaked at #21. It spawned such hits as “Seventeen” and “Headed for a Heartbreak”. To support the album, the band toured for over a year with Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.
In 1990, Winger was nominated for an American Music Award for “Best New Heavy Metal Band”. Their follow-up album, In the Heart of the Young, was released in 1990 and just like their first album, reached platinum. It peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Top 200 and hits off this album include “Can’t Get Enuff”, “Miles Away” and “Easy Come Easy Go”. To support this album, Winger toured the world for 13 months, playing over 230 dates with KISS, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Extreme and Slaughter.
The change in musical climate of the mid-90’s led the band to go on hiatus in 1994 after the release of their third album Pull, which peaked at #83 on Billboard’s Top 200. In 2001, the band reunited, completed several very successful tours and have not looked back since. Winger has made a name for themselves with relentless touring, while winning back fans and critics alike because of their exceptional musicianship, Kip Winger’s powerful vocals and the band’s incredible songwriting.
In 2006, they released their 4th studio album, IV, which is the most musically progressive album of Winger's career. Lyrically, much of the album is sung from the perspective of U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. In 2009 Kip Winger was presented by U.S. General Harold Cross with an honorary plaque and U.S. flag that had flown in Iraq for the song "Blue Suede Shoes", which honors the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families.
In 2009, Winger released their 5th studio album, Karma. This album was hailed as their best studio album released. The band toured the US, Europe and South America to support the album.
In 2014, Winger released their 6th studio album, Better Days Comin’, which entered at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums Chart and at #85 on Billboard’s Top 200. "A hard-hitting album...Winger's blood is still pumping...so are the tunes" – Kerrang! Magazine
Seven, the band's 7th studio album, was released on May 5, 2023 and entered at #21 on
Billboard’s Top Current Album Sales. The album's first single, "Proud Desperado", was
co-written by Kip Winger, Reb Beach and Grammy-winning songwriter Desmond Child.
To support the new album, Winger has been touring all over the US, and has also
included the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in their tour.
"This is a band who refuse to merely glide on past glories... Winger push their own
boundaries." – Classic Rock Magazine
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