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Live Review: Styx in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Last night was one time when being out in the Styx was a good thing.

Published: 2009-07-17 Provider: Canoe

Rooney - Calling The World

Artist: Rooney Review: Four years ago, the debut from these L.A. boys earned loads of Weezer comparisons and blew up a little, thanks partly to O.C. exposure. Rooney's second album owes as much to Seventies keyboard-driven radio rock (think ELO and Styx) as Weezer, and it's even more hook-slathered and fetchingly tuneful than the first. At worst, this means blandness - a couple of cuts, including the arena-size "Paralyzed" and "Believe in Me," a pep talk to a bummed-out buddy, are as risk-free as a T.G.I. Friday... Rating: 3 Stars

Published: 2007-07-25 Provider: Rolling Stone

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Photo: Wargo/WireImage Chris Brown enrolled in anger management classes as the fallout from his alleged altercation with Rihanna resulted in Brown’s role getting “erased” from the promotion of his upcoming film. Despite the backlash, Ne-Yo insisted Brown is “still my homeboy” while Kanye West showed some support for the beleaguered R&B singer. Slumdog Millionaire and Sean Penn were the big winners at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, as were Styx after being randomly referenced in an acceptance speech. Plus, Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers wrote about what sucked and what didn’t at this year’s ceremony. Our personal Oscar highlight? The Jimmy Eat World covers at the Prince afterparty. After a decade of waiting, Faith No More revealed plans to reunite for a European tour. Rock Daily also analyzed what other long-shot reunions might happen, and we dedicated our Rock List to 1980s Hard Rock Singles like their “We Care a Lot.” The Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger went to Washington for a hearing in front of the antitrust subcommittee. The hearing soon became a battle over the Chicago music scene, while Van Halen, Shakira and Seal all voiced their support of the merger. Who doesn’t support the merger? Bruce Springsteen fans, even after Ticketmaster settled that ticketing fiasco with the Attorney General of New Jersey.

Published: 2009-02-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

“Rock of Ages” Hits Broadway With Eighties Anthems, Hair to Spare

Photo: Bedder/Getty The newest jukebox musical on Broadway begins with an announcement from Whitesnake’s David Coverdale: “No flash photography unless you’re really, really hot and willing to show us your boobs.” Rock of Ages, a show featuring Eighties hits from Poison, Styx and Journey, made the leap to the Great White Way last night, April 7th, after a three-month off-Broadway stint (Rock Daily first reported on Rock of Ages in October 2008). The musical, which features onetime American Idol h

Published: 2009-04-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

IN TUNE WITH '80S GREATIES

GO ahead - pretend you spent the '80s listening to the Clash and Elvis Costello, but 'fess up: The bands you really made out to were Journey, Styx, Foreigner and the other big-hair bands. You can now relive the era (loudly) at "Rock of Ages," the...

Published: 2008-10-23 Provider: New York Post Keywords: rock, Sherrie, estate, music

Tour Tracker: Against Me! Moonlight, Radiohead Pick Cities, Carrie Underwood and More

Against Me! plot a trio of charity gigs between opening Foo Fighters shows, Radiohead announce what North American “markets” they will visit (with no dates or venues yet), Def Leppard bring Styx and REO Speedwagon along for a monstrous good time and Carrie Underwood hits the road to reclaim her throne as American Idol’s biggest star. Full dates for all four after the jump. Against Me! January 15 - Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds January 18 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club January

Published: 2008-01-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour, Against Me!, Radiohead, Carrie Underwood, Def Leppard

REUNIONS THAT AREN'T

IF you scored a ticket to one of the Police's concerts, you'll be getting a real-McCoy reunion with the original lineup. The same can't be said for a number of bands back on tour this summer. In some cases, they're even missing iconic members who...

Published: 2007-05-20 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Police, original, Jones, bassist, guitarist, Aug, Foreigner, July, Styx, band, even, members, music

Dylan’s European Shows Inspire Fantasizing

If the first two dates from Bob Dylan’s upcoming North American tour are any indication, this one’s gonna be a doozy. On July 7th and 8th he’s hitting up the Casino Rama in Orillia Ontario - a fine establishment that also boasts double-shows from the likes of Toto, America, Art Garfunkel and something called “Music of Led Zeppelin Symphony.” Those all get two shows, but somehow 2/5 of Styx managed to eek out a third night. What gives? Dylan shows are always better

Published: 2007-04-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: General

Earth, Wind & Fire Team Up With Chicago For Joint Summer Tour

Photo: Bedder/Getty Two more classic acts are teaming up for a 30-city co-headlining tour: Earth, Wind & Fire and ">Chicago will head out together starting June 5th. The two long-lasting bands also set out on a joint tour in 2004-2005. Each night, both groups will perform a full set apiece, then it’ll be Earth, Wind & Fire & Chicago for the final set as all the musicians hit the stage together. EW&F have enjoyed a renaissance of late, no doubt helped out by big fan President Obama recently having the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers perform at the White House. The prolific Chicago have gone platinum with 25 out of their 30 albums. We’re calling this the Revolving Door Tour, as if you combined the total number of band members both Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago have employed in the past four decades, it’d be somewhere in the 50s. With the slumping economy expected to seep into the summer touring business, multi-artists tours like Poison, Def Leppard and Cheap Trick and REO Speedwagon, .38 Special and Styx are becoming a necessity on the circuit. The dates for the E,W&F and Chicago tour are below. June 5 - Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater June 6 - Atlanta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre June 9 - Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena June 10 - Washington, D.C. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion June 12 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Event Center June 13 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Event Center June 14 - Bethel, NY @ Bethel Performing Arts Center June 16 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena June 17 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden June 19 - Ledyard, CT @ MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods June 20 - Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Resort Casino June 21 - Columbus, OH @ Value City Arena June 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse June 24 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre June 26 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena June 28 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center June 30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest July 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center July 10 - Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods M

Published: 2009-03-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick To Tour Together This Summer

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Mid-’80s rock radio is going to come alive in the nation’s amphitheatres this summer as Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison join forces for a full summer tour. “We’re going out with three bands, which limits the amount of time we can play to about 90 minutes. When you do your greatest hits and some new material or extra stuff you might throw in, you have got to push and shove and clamp down,” Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot told Billboard.com. To avoid the expected concert industry slump this summer he adds, “We’ve taken the path of least resistance, we’ve put a bill together that we think is attractive.” The tour has something for all rock fans, from Poison’s hair-metal antics to Cheap Trick’s classic power pop to Def Leppard’s….. well, what exactly was Def Leppard anyway? When Rolling Stone talked with Elliot back in 2006, he was quick to confront the popular belief that the band was “hair-metal” or “heavy metal.” “We may have once accidentally… had one picture taken that let the hair dresser run riot with the hair spray,” Elliot said. “But generally speaking, we were a long-haired band. If we’re hair metal, so are Led Zeppelin. Warrant and Ratt were hair metal, we’re not. We were always better than that. If you came from the L.A. metal strip thing, Motley Crue, Ratt, Poison, Warrant, whatever. And we get lumped in with that, I don’t get it.” So what genre would Elliott consider the band to be? “We belong in the same kind of category as Van Halen are. It’s just rock.” It’s interesting that a band trying to distance themselves from hair-metal would tour with a band synonymous with Aqua-Net, but desperate economic times call for desperate measures. In case that tour doesn’t fill your rock needs, a trio of power ballad-heavy bands are also teaming up for the Can’t Stop Rockin’ Tour: REO Speedwagon, Styx and .38 Special. Check out the full dates for both megatours, after the jump… Def Leppard/Cheap Trick/Poison June 23 - Camden, NJ June 25 -

Published: 2009-02-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Fascinating Fact 3132

DEF LEPPARD, STYX and FOREIGNER are to tour North America together this summer (07) as part of a 50-show trek.