Looks Like REO Speedwagon Won't Be Touring

[roadman65]

https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2024/09/classic-rock-band-to-stop-touring-due-to-irreconcilable-differences.html

I thought Don Felder and Glen Frey were bad in the eighties touring together, but this tops that.

[hobsini2]

I kind of get why though. If one of the members had back surgery and hasn't recovered, the only choices are to either retire or get another member. I don't think this was as ego driven as the Eagles famous breakup. Fortunately, we got the Eagles to reunite with the classic lineup. I will say seeing REO a number of years ago in Champaign was so worth the drive down.

[SEWIGuy]

Yeah bands are usually LLCs or partnerships that give the owners various rights. My guess is that if two of the three members didn't want to tour with the bass player recovering from surgery, they just pulled the plug. The LLC will continue to collect and pay out royalties based on whatever agreements are in place.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Time to lock the Speedwagon up in the garage.

[Rothman]

Saw them a couple of years ago anyway.

[SEWIGuy]

Honestly, I don't want to see any of these guys anymore. Most of them don't jam much anymore. They just play their stuff - a Spotify playlist is cheaper and likely better.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I kind of get why though. If one of the members had back surgery and hasn't recovered, the only choices are to either retire or get another member. I don't think this was as ego driven as the Eagles famous breakup. Fortunately, we got the Eagles to reunite with the classic lineup. I will say seeing REO a number of years ago in Champaign was so worth the drive down.

This happened with Yes years ago when singer Jon Anderson had a near-fatal respiratory event. The remaining members decided to replace him and move on (and have since replaced the original Anderson replacement singer). Needless to say it's left a rift between Anderson and the rest of the group as well as been a longtime sore point with many fans.

[triplemultiplex]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

[LilianaUwU]

BREAKING: boomer rock group gets too old to tour.

[1995hoo]

I kind of get why though. If one of the members had back surgery and hasn't recovered, the only choices are to either retire or get another member. I don't think this was as ego driven as the Eagles famous breakup. Fortunately, we got the Eagles to reunite with the classic lineup. I will say seeing REO a number of years ago in Champaign was so worth the drive down.

This happened with Yes years ago when singer Jon Anderson had a near-fatal respiratory event. The remaining members decided to replace him and move on (and have since replaced the original Anderson replacement singer). Needless to say it's left a rift between Anderson and the rest of the group as well as been a longtime sore point with many fans.

Styx, too, when Dennis DeYoung had a medical condition that was causing vision problems under bright lights. In their case, though, they were already fighting so much about everything else that I think Tommy Shaw viewed DeYoung's desire to postpone touring at that time as a good excuse for firing him. Of course it led to litigation over whether and how DeYoung could use the name "Styx" in promoting his own work (I seem to recall the resolution was that he could refer to himself as a former member of Styx or as performing "the music of Styx" but could not call himself "the voice of Styx").

[mgk920]

The younger crowd then asks "What is 'REO Speedwagon'?".

Mike

[Henry]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

[LilianaUwU]

The younger crowd then asks "What is 'REO Speedwagon'?".

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans might have an idea who they are.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

Some phony bands like the current iteration of the Little River Band excepted, I agree. I think it's better for music to still have classic legacy groups out there. Just don't go if it's not your thing.

[SEWIGuy]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

Some phony bands like the current iteration of the Little River Band excepted, I agree. I think it's better for music to still have classic legacy groups out there. Just don't go if it's not your thing.

I don't know how it's "better for music" to have these guys touring. But yeah, if its your thing, go for it.

[hobsini2]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

Some phony bands like the current iteration of the Little River Band excepted, I agree. I think it's better for music to still have classic legacy groups out there. Just don't go if it's not your thing.

I don't know how it's "better for music" to have these guys touring. But yeah, if its your thing, go for it.

There are definitely some legacy bands that still tour and can still rock as if they were 30 or 40 years younger. I saw Santana in June for my first time. He was blazing hot that night. The Who and the Stones are still going strong. My music hero John Mellencamp, who I have seen 8 times in the last 30 years,can still rock but the years of smoking has taken a toll on his voice. Within the last 5 years or so you can hear it.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

Some phony bands like the current iteration of the Little River Band excepted, I agree. I think it's better for music to still have classic legacy groups out there. Just don't go if it's not your thing.

I don't know how it's "better for music" to have these guys touring. But yeah, if its your thing, go for it.

My doctor's recommendation for you is to stop being a stick in the mud all the time.

[SEWIGuy]

Ah the tragedy of dinosaur bands touring with barely any original members.  Coming to an indian casino or county fair near you!

And yet we have Chicago and other bands who are able to adapt with a mix of old and new members. Call me crazy, but I'm glad those bands are still going strong for more than 50 years after their founding.

Some phony bands like the current iteration of the Little River Band excepted, I agree. I think it's better for music to still have classic legacy groups out there. Just don't go if it's not your thing.

I don't know how it's "better for music" to have these guys touring. But yeah, if its your thing, go for it.

My doctor's recommendation for you is to stop being a stick in the mud all the time.

Eh. You have the choice to ignore me.

[roadman65]

From what I've seen in videos, Clapton still kicks ass on stage!

[roadman65]

I kind of get why though. If one of the members had back surgery and hasn't recovered, the only choices are to either retire or get another member. I don't think this was as ego driven as the Eagles famous breakup. Fortunately, we got the Eagles to reunite with the classic lineup. I will say seeing REO a number of years ago in Champaign was so worth the drive down.

Still though Glen Frey and Don Felder managed to keep their anomosity going as Felder got fired in the late nineties and ended up suing him and Henley.

[Bobby5280]

With prices of concert tickets being so insane these days I don't care if these "dinosaur bands" tour or not. I'm not paying $75 or more to see some band that has only 1 or 2 original members and hasn't had a hit since the 1980's.

About the only concerts I'll go to anymore are to see up and coming bands at smaller venues (usually some kind of bar or night club). Ticketmaster and LiveNation have ruined concert-going in so many other places.

20 or more years ago I used to have fun seeing old bands playing live. I saw Quiet Riot play at a local club called the Diamondback; I got my old vinyl LP of "Metal Health" signed by all four band members. Bands like April Wine and Great White played there in the same late 1990's era. Tickets were cheap. The casinos have taken over that tour circuit. Naturally the prices are a lot higher. Then there is the whole other level: seeing current big name bands play indoor arenas. It's easy to spend the equivalent of a house payment on those kinds of tickets.

[Rothman]

From what I've seen in videos, Clapton still kicks ass on stage!

He's a terrible human being.

[Bobby5280]

The whole anti-vax thing hasn't been helpful to the "dinosaur" stage of his live concert career.

[Rothman]

The whole anti-vax thing hasn't been helpful to the "dinosaur" stage of his live concert career.

Neither has his racism:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-clapton-vaccine-lockdown-racist-comments-1239027/

[SEWIGuy]

Eric Clapton has been an ass all of his life. And he's not a great song-writer.

But he really is a hell of guitarist. Always has been.