REO Speedwagon

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: May 17-19

It's beautiful out -- what more do ya need? Get out there and see some stuff. There are plenty of excuses to hang out outside including Harvest Sessions and the Webster Grooves Festival. Check out our Out Every Night post from earlier this week to read about great shows over the next few days includ ... More >>

REO Speedwagon, Brandy, Sasha, Boris and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Sublime with Rome, Buddy Guy, Pretty Little Empire and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded Youtube videos with which you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new ... More >>

Ten Music Game DLC Releases That Stirred Up Controversy

It's not hyperbole to say that downloadable content sparked a huge revolution in console video gaming. Expansions prolonged replay value of many titles, especially music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The Rock Band franchise in particular has produced an impressive amount of downloadable ... More >>

The Ten Best Juke Boxes in St. Louis

​Selecting the Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. There is no surer way ... More >>

Tony La Russa Retires: A Farewell Playlist

TLR shakin' it onstage with Santana earlier this year. ​It's been an emotional roller-coaster for St. Louis Cardinals fans: a heart-stopping Game 6 and a World Series victory are now slightly softened with the farewell of skipper, architect and game-changer Tony La Russa. But we'll leave the s ... More >>

Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo Part of a new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Exhibit

Annie ZaleskiJeff Tweedy at the Pageant, 2008​Over the weekend, A to Z was in Cleveland and headed to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. To her delight, there was a new exhibit on display called Kick Out the Jams, which focused exclusively on music from the Midwest. Our fair region was w ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, July 9, to Sunday, July 11

Common will perform for free with DJ Needles Friday night at Live on the Levee.​Friday, July 9 *Common/DJ Needles, Live on the Levee *Jonny Lang/Brandi Shearer, The Pageant *Let Them Eat Art festival, Maplewood *3 Sheets to the Wind/Vanattica/Sonic Candy/Ahj/Acupunkture, Fubar (early show) *Le ... More >>

Pat Benatar/ Night Ranger/ REO Speedwagon

6 p.m. Saturday, July 10. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Last Collector Standing: Thomas Crone

(The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this new weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' reco ... More >>

Link Rodeo: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Has a Sour Homecoming, Steve Almond Pisses Off Music Critics and New Rock Bios Galore!

Photo: Nick SchnelleBone Thugs-n-Harmony on Friday at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. See full slideshow here.​I'm coming back from vacation just now, so I'm just getting back into the swing of posting -- bear with me... We should be so lucky that Friday's sold-out Bone Thugs-n-Harmony show at Pop ... More >>

It's A Dog's Life

Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon: "My 'do was more of a 'mull-fro'...equal parts mullet and Afro"

​The American Mustache Insitute has done it again: They just posted an interview with REO Speedwagon singer Kevin Cronin. The discussion involves REO's new video game, vinyl pants, today's music industry and...rollin' with the changes. Excerpt below. Oh, and don't forget -- the band has a Chri ... More >>

Are Those Sleigh Bells We're Hearing? Nah, It's Just More Holiday Album Fun with Pet Shop Boys, Beatallica, REO Speedwagon and Michael McDonald...

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer spotlights a number of this year's top holiday releases. Here are several more festive releases that you might have missed. But are you really missing anything? Read on...​The Pet Shop Boys, Christmas Unlike your grandmother's fruitcake, which is always an ... More >>

Video: Old Dog, New Trick Trailer, Screening Tonight!

Two locally produced documentaries about St. Louis music are premiering tonight as part of SLIFF. The Pride of St. Louis chronicles the rise and fall of Mama's Pride, in the words of brothers Danny and Pat Liston, while Old Dog, New Trick throws the spotlight on Steve Scorfina, a founding member of ... More >>

We Built This City: Two new music documentaries on local classic-rock legends rock SLIFF

What a Twit! Tony La Russa Embraces Social Media He Once Sued, Joins Twitter

TLR's mugshot on Twitter​That's right. Yesterday, Tony La Russa joined the ranks of millions when he registered a real Twitter account under his name. As you'll recall, the Cardinals skipper sued Twitter back in May, when he discovered someone was passing himself (or herself) off as La Russa on t ... More >>

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Battle for Central Illinois Supremacy: Cheap Trick vs. REO Speedwagon

Mi amigo Matt runs the blog Addicted to Vinyl, and every Tuesday he unleashes a "cage match" battle between two songs/bands. This week's fight has particular relevance to St. Louis (and not just because I gave him the idea): Cheap Trick's "The Flame" vs. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You." These ... More >>

REO Speedwagon/Styx/.38 Special

7 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

The Haunting in Rhode Island: Matthew McConaughey is scary bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Show Review: Tony La Russa's Stars to the Rescue with Huey Lewis & the News, Vince Gill & Amy Grant, REO Speedwagon and more, Chaifetz Arena, Sunday, January 19

It was a big weekend at Saint Louis University's Chaifetz Arena. On Saturday night, the long-suffering Billikens basketball team beat George Washington 63-59 in a to-the-wire game (which almost erased the memory of last year's humiliating 49-20 loss to GW). The atmosphere wasn't quite as h ... More >>

Go! St. Louis Weekend Calendar, January 16-18, 2009

Not totally satisfied with your weekend itinerary? Never fear, Go! is here! This regular feature delivers the Top 10 can't-miss activities to complete your fun-seeking agenda. Looking for live music? Here's your St. Louis weekend concert calendar.

GuitARF Hero: Cardinals manager Tony La Russa rocks out for animal welfare — and talks tunes with RFT

Tony La Russa's Stars to the Rescue

6:30 p.m. Sunday, January 18. The Chaifetz Arena, on the campus of Saint Louis University, 1 South Compton Avenue

Second Spin: REO Speedwagon, Nine Lives

A Countdown of the Top Ten Power Ballads of All Time

B-Sides traces the history and evolution of the power ballad in honor of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, and examines An Under Cover Weekend's '80s and '90s participants

REO Speedwagon

7 p.m. Saturday, September 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights

St. Louis Concert Calendar: Tuesday, August 21

St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 25, 2007

St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 17

That Ain't Love

Unreal sheds some pounds, buys some shoes and heads to Mars! Plus: Learning to raft with REO... Speedwagon?

Double Feature

The St. Louis International Film Festival enters its second thought-provoking week

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop.

Know News?

The year in review: A quiz (For answers, see last page)

He's the Man

And that's Mr. Jackson if you're nasty

Gimme Some Youth

How do washed-up rock stars maintain lavish homes, fancy cars, stripper ex-wives, cocaine habits and scores of illegitimate children? Easy: They co-opt youth culture.

Styx, REO Speedwagon and Journey

Friday, June 20; Savvis Center

Sounds Around Town

Week of June 18, 2003

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not a pejorative

Cold Comfort

Coldplay reinvigorates the power ballad for the MTV2 generation

Short Cuts