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REO Speedwagon and Styx coming to Blossom in Summer '22

Craig Webb
Akron Beacon Journal
REO Speedwagon

Things look to be returning to normal next summer at Blossom Music Center.

Yet another major tour has announced that it plans to make a stop at the concert venue in Cuyahoga Falls.

REO Speedwagon and Styx along with Loverboy will bring its “Live & UnZoomed” tour to Northeast Ohio.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 10 at https://www.livenation.com/.

The concert will be June 1 at Blossom.

This is not the only Ohio stop for the tour.

The bands will also perform June 11 at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati.

“I can’t think of a better way of touring the USA next year than with good friends we’ve known for years and performed with on many a stage," said Tommy Shaw of Styx in a statement. "What a great night of music this will be."

REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin said he's looking forward to in-person concerts.

“Tommy (Shaw) and I have done a number of Zoom performances together during the pandemic, and REO and Styx are ready to go get UnZoomed, and out on the road for our fifth U.S. tour together," he said in a statement. "Add our great friends Mike Reno and the Loverboy guys, and I am totally psyched."

Craig Webb can be reached at cwebb@thebeaconjournal.com.

Styx member are, from left, Chuck Panozzo, Ricky Phillips, Todd Sucherman, Tommy Shaw, James "J.Y." Young and Lawrence Gowan.