Kevin Cronin started his post-REO Speedwagon live performance with an “thrilling, if bittersweet” first present underneath his personal band identify Saturday evening.
“It felt superior to be again out in entrance of a room stuffed with REO followers, and really feel nothing however love,” Cronin advised UCR. “Their assist means a lot to me… I actually do love our followers.”
You possibly can see the entire set record and fan-shot video from the present beneath. The live performance started with a whole run by way of REO’s 1980 album Hello Infidelity, which the band may even carry out in full on their upcoming summer time tour with Styx.
The distinctive factor about this breakup is that the newly christened Kevin Cronin Band that carried out on the Treasure Island Resort and On line casino in Welch, MN options the very same lineup because the band that carried out at REO Speedwagon’s final present on Dec. 21 in Las Vegas: Cronin, guitarist Dave Amato, drummer Bryan Hitt, keyboardist Derek Hilland and bassist Matt Bissonette.
“As anticipated, a Kevin Cronin Band present feels an terrible lot like an REO Speedwagon present,” Cronin defined. “Identical hit songs, similar band as final 12 months, similar excessive vitality, and the group on their toes and singing alongside, as all the time. However on the similar time, having poured my coronary heart and soul into increase the high-quality repute which the identify REO Speedwagon represents, I’m devastated at being prevented from utilizing that identify.”
Learn Extra: REO Speedwagon Performs Ultimate Present: Set Listing and Video
The roots of REO Speedwagon’s return to late 2023, when longtime bassist Bruce Corridor was pressured to step away from the street for a number of months whereas recovering from again surgical procedure.
That absence wound up stretching right through 2024, and late within the 12 months it was revealed that Cronin and Corridor couldn’t come to an settlement in regards to the particulars of the bassist’s return.
The group as an alternative determined to interrupt up, and Cronin tells UCR he is keen to go away the following drama behind and make the most effective of the state of affairs. “That chapter is over. I’ve shared as a lot of my aspect of the story as I can … the remaining is private and personal. And Bruce is sticking together with his model of what occurred. Bruce claims that, ‘I and I alone did this,’ and that I left REO to pursue a solo profession. This declare is completely out of context, and inaccurate. Bruce and I had a number of cellphone conversations, texts, and emails that introduced us to the place we’re at present. By no means ever did I abandon REO Speedwagon to go solo.
“As in all divorces, there are two sides to the story,” he concludes. “When bands cut up up, it’s by no means all one individual’s doing. I might ask the net neighborhood to decrease the temperature, because the haters have solely made issues worse between Bruce and me. Anybody who claims to know the details of what went on inside our band, is just making it as much as swimsuit their narrative. Bruce and I are every accountable, in our personal methods, for the unlucky finish of REO Speedwagon. We merely couldn’t agree on a suitable path ahead. The time has come to cease combating, forgive, and transfer on. As I mentioned, I want Bruce the most effective. I solely want he may want the identical for me.”
Watch the Kevin Cronin Band Carry out ‘Ridin’ the Storm Out’
On Thursday, Feb. 27, Cronin will be part of Sammy Hagar, Low-cost Trick’s Robin Zander and different stars on the Rock for Responders profit present in San Pedro, California. On April 25 the Kevin Cronin band will be part of Styx and Don Felder on the Brotherhood of Rock tour, with dates at the moment scheduled till Aug. 24 in Milwaukee.
Watch the Kevin Cronin Band Carry out ‘Out of Season’
Kevin Cronin Band Welch, MN Feb. 22, 2025 Set Listing
1. “Don’t Let Him Go”
2. “Maintain On Loving You”
3. “Comply with Your Coronary heart”
4. “In Your Letter”
5. “Take it on the Run”
6. “Robust Guys”
7. “Out of Season”
8. “Shake It Free”
9. “Somebody Tonight”
10. “Want You Have been There”
11. “Music Man”
12. “Maintain Pushin’”
13. “Stay Each Second”
14. “Son of a Poor Man”
15. “Time For Me To Fly”
16. “Ridin’ the Storm Out”
17. “Can’t Struggle This Feeling”
18. “Roll with the Modifications”
Styx and the Kevin Cronin Band Brotherhood of Rock Tour 2025
4/25 Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley On line casino Resort
4/26 Sparks, NV – Nugget Occasion Heart
5/28 Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Enviornment
5/31 Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit score Union Amphitheatre
6/2 Jacksonville, FL – Each day’s Place
6/4 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance coverage Amphitheater
6/6 The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion introduced by Huntsman
6/7 Ridgedale, MO – Thunder Ridge Nature Enviornment
6/9 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Inexperienced Amphitheatre
6/11 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – Utah First Credit score Union Amphitheatre
6/13 Harmony, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Harmony
6/14 Bend, OR Hayden – Houses Amphitheater
6/15 Ridgefield, WA – Cascades Amphitheater
6/28 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
6/30 Colorado Springs, CO – Ford Amphitheatre
7/2 Kansas Metropolis, MO – Starlight Theatre
7/5 Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater
7/6 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre
7/8 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
7/9 Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit score Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
7/11 Virginia Seaside, VA – Veterans United House Loans Amphitheater
7/12 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Stay
7/14 Syracuse, NY – Empower Federal Credit score Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
7/15 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
7/18 Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
7/19 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Heart
7/20 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Financial institution Arts Heart
8/1 Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
8/2 Brandon, MS – Brandon Amphitheater
8/4 Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
8/6 Richmond, VA – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
8/8 Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
8/10 Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
8/12 Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
8/13 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
8/15 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Heart
8/16 Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
8/19 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Heart
8/20 Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Heart
8/22 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood On line casino Amphitheatre
8/23 Tinley Park, IL – Credit score Union 1 Amphitheatre
8/24 Milwaukee, WI – American Household Insurance coverage Amphitheater
High 100 ’80s Rock Albums
UCR takes a chronological have a look at the 100 greatest rock albums of the ’80s.
Gallery Credit score: Nick DeRiso and Michael Gallucci
