Don Felder will join as a special guest
Legendary rockers Styx and former REO Speedwagon vocalist Kevin Cronin will celebrate a 25-year friendship with a 2025 North American tour. The acts will tour together for the sixth time with the Brotherhood of Rock Tour, featuring special guest Don Felder. The trek kicks off on May 28th in Greenville, South Carolina.
Styx and Cronin as part of REO Speedwagon first toured together in 2000 and in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, they came together to form the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which still collects donations for local charities at every stop on Styx’s on-going tour.
General tickets for the Live Nation-produced trek will go on sale starting Friday, December 13th at 10 am local time. Styx and Kevin Cronin will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning Tuesday, December 10th at 10 am local time. Presales start on Monday, December 9th.
“The winter of 1975 I had returned home to Montgomery, Alabama after accepting the fact that there was very little, if any interest from club owners for seven-piece rock bands who played their original songs, (some of which were 10 minutes long) and we’d finally accepted the reality that people wanted disco music hits to dance to,” says Styx singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw. “A musician friend from home called me about a steady gig he and two other local musician friends had in the lounge of the local bowling alley. There was no dance floor, only tables and chairs, and they were playing music from bands like the Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, etc. and singing three-part harmony to locals who were loving it and not wanting to dance. And a steady weekly paycheck! I joined them and spent the rest of that year playing whatever we liked, bought a modest house, bought a used car, and was relieved to be off the road after two years of night club managers who wanted us to play disco. Thinking I’d found a secure life in my hometown, I got a call from a guy named Jim Vosecek, who’d introduced himself to me and the band at a club in Chicago. He explained that he was tour manager of the rock band STYX, that they had just released a new album called EQUINOX, and they were scheduled to embark on their first national tour when a member suddenly quit and left the band. He said to get on the plane they’d booked and come audition. Arriving at O’Hare airport, I met Kevin Cronin who was returning to rejoin his band, REO Speedwagon. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship that finds us back on the road together, this time under much different circumstances! The BROTHERHOOD of ROCK is stronger than ever!”
“I remember seeing Tommy’s seven-piece funk/rock band at the Rush Up club in Chicago, during my mid-‘70s REO hiatus, and then bumping into him at O’Hare Airport a few weeks later,” remembers Cronin. “In no time I was back in REO Speedwagon and Tommy had become the newest member of Styx. REO and Styx dominated the Billboard charts in 1981 with HI INFIDELITY and PARADISE THEATRE, but for reasons unknown we had never toured together. So in the year 2000, Tommy and I decided to give it a shot. The ‘Arch Allies’ tour was a smashing success, and a life-long friendship was formed. Now, here we are 25 years later, having always had each other’s back, and psyched for our bands to join forces once again for the ‘Brotherhood of Rock’ tour. A lot has changed since that chance encounter at the airport in 1975, but our brotherhood has only become stronger through the years, as the songs of Styx and REO Speedwagon have found a place in the hearts and souls of people all across America.”
Styx & Kevin Cronin Brotherhood of Rock 2025 Tour Dates:
May 28 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena
May 31 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 2 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
June 4 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater
June 6 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 7 – Ridgedale, MO @ Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
June 9 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
June 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 13 – Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at Concord
June 14 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
June 15 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resort Amphitheater
June 28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre
June 30 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheatre
July 2 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
July 5 – Birmingham, AL @ Coca-Cola Amphitheatre
July 6 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
July 8 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
July 9 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
July 11 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
July 12 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
July 14 – Syracuse, NY @ Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater
July 15 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 18 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
July 19 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
July 20 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 1 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
Aug 2 – Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater
Aug 4 – Franklin, TX @ FirstBank Amphitheater
Aug 6 – Richmond, VA @ Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
Aug 8 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug 10 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake
Aug 12 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC
Aug 13 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
Aug 15 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
Aug 16 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
Aug 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Aug 20 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Aug 22 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Aug 23 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Aug 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater
