Kevin Cronin will be missing the Reo Speedwagon “retrospective” reunion concert on June 14th in the band’s hometown of Champaign, Illinois, and now the singer has publicly commented on the matter.
The charity concert will feature founding member Neal Doughty, bassist Bruce Hall, early Reo drummer Alan Gratzer, guitarist Steve Scorfina, rhythm guitarist Mike Murphy, and original frontman Terry Luttrell. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Reo Speedwagon Foundation for genitourinary cancer research at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Cronin, who took over for Luttrell as Reo’s frontman in 1972, is noticeably absent from that list of band members, as the June 14th date overlaps with Cronin’s previously announced tour with Styx. Per the itinerary, Cronin will be all the way over in Bend, Oregon, on the day of the retrospective gig — a conflict that Cronin is blaming on the event organizers.
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The charity concert will feature founding member Neal Doughty, bassist Bruce Hall, early Reo drummer Alan Gratzer, guitarist Steve Scorfina, rhythm guitarist Mike Murphy, and original frontman Terry Luttrell. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Reo Speedwagon Foundation for genitourinary cancer research at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Cronin, who took over for Luttrell as Reo’s frontman in 1972, is noticeably absent from that list of band members, as the June 14th date overlaps with Cronin’s previously announced tour with Styx. Per the itinerary, Cronin will be all the way over in Bend, Oregon, on the day of the retrospective gig — a conflict that Cronin is blaming on the event organizers.
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- 3/31/2025
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Reo Speedwagon played their final show on Saturday (December 21st) at Las Vegas’ Venetian Theatre. However, the same exact band lineup will continue to tour next year, billed as Kevin Cronin.
Earlier this year, it was announced that Reo Speedwagon would cease touring after 2024 due to “irreconcilable differences” between singer Cronin and bassist Bruce Hall, and that the Vegas gig would be their last.
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That said, Cronin recently announced a co-headlining 2025 North American tour with Styx, and will perform with the same musicians — just not under the Reo Speedwagon name. Hall stopped touring with the band in 2023, so he wasn’t part of Reo Speedwagon’s most recent lineup anyway. It appears that for legal reasons, Cronin and company can’t use the name Reo Speedwagon moving forward.
The final lineup for Reo Speedwagon consisted of Cronin, lead guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt,...
Earlier this year, it was announced that Reo Speedwagon would cease touring after 2024 due to “irreconcilable differences” between singer Cronin and bassist Bruce Hall, and that the Vegas gig would be their last.
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That said, Cronin recently announced a co-headlining 2025 North American tour with Styx, and will perform with the same musicians — just not under the Reo Speedwagon name. Hall stopped touring with the band in 2023, so he wasn’t part of Reo Speedwagon’s most recent lineup anyway. It appears that for legal reasons, Cronin and company can’t use the name Reo Speedwagon moving forward.
The final lineup for Reo Speedwagon consisted of Cronin, lead guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt,...
- 12/23/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Styx and Reo Speedwagon singer Kevin Cronin have announced a joint 2025 North American tour, featuring support from former Eagles guitarist Don Felder.
The extensive outing, dubbed “The Brotherhood of Rock Tour,” kicks off May 28th in Greenville, South Carolina, and runs through an August 24th show in Milwaukee. Along the way, the classic rock acts will hit Denver, Dallas, Toronto, Cincinnati, and plenty of other cities.
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A Live Nation pre-sale starts Wednesday (December 11th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Joy, while the general on-sale begins Friday (December 13th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Interestingly, Cronin is being billed as the ‘former lead singer/songwriter” of Reo Speedwagon, following the band’s announcement earlier this year that it would cease touring after 2024 due to “irreconcilable differences” between Cronin and bassist Bruce Hall. Reo Speedwagon’s last show will be December 21st in Las Vegas.
The extensive outing, dubbed “The Brotherhood of Rock Tour,” kicks off May 28th in Greenville, South Carolina, and runs through an August 24th show in Milwaukee. Along the way, the classic rock acts will hit Denver, Dallas, Toronto, Cincinnati, and plenty of other cities.
Get Styx Tickets Here
A Live Nation pre-sale starts Wednesday (December 11th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Joy, while the general on-sale begins Friday (December 13th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Interestingly, Cronin is being billed as the ‘former lead singer/songwriter” of Reo Speedwagon, following the band’s announcement earlier this year that it would cease touring after 2024 due to “irreconcilable differences” between Cronin and bassist Bruce Hall. Reo Speedwagon’s last show will be December 21st in Las Vegas.
- 12/6/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Time to say goodbye to another classic rock band. Reo Speedwagon recently announced that they would be retiring from touring at the end of the year due to “irreconcilable differences” between two bandmates. Issues arose last November, when longtime bassist Bruce Hall left to undergo back surgery. Matt Bissonette took over as touring bassist. During this time, drama began between Hall and lead vocalist Kevin Cronin, although the band is being tight-lipped about exactly what occurred. The band, featuring Hall, Cronin, guitarist Dave Amato, touring keyboardist Derek Hilland and drummer Bryan Hitt made an announcement that while the bandmates never had any intention of walking away, things cannot be solved between them, so they have to call off any tour dates after 2024. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reo Speedwagon (@reospeedwagonofficial) The statement read, in part, “Due to this complex situation, irreconcilable differences arose between Bruce and Kevin.
- 9/17/2024
- Remind Magazine
Reo Speedwagon have announced they will stop touring after their remaining 2024 dates (get tickets here). In an official statement, the band said “irreconcilable differences” between vocalist/guitarist Kevin Cronin and bassist Bruce Hall led to the decision.
“Bruce has intended to be back on the road again by now,” the statement reads, referring to Hall’s previously announced return from back surgery. “If it were up to just him, he’d be back on tour… but it’s not up to just him. The consensus opinion was that he had not recovered sufficiently to be able to perform at the level the fans have come to expect.”
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The statement continues, “Bruce respected that opinion and is grateful that Matt has been around to keep the Wagon rolling through the summer tour. Bruce never had any intention of retiring or walking away from the band, fans,...
“Bruce has intended to be back on the road again by now,” the statement reads, referring to Hall’s previously announced return from back surgery. “If it were up to just him, he’d be back on tour… but it’s not up to just him. The consensus opinion was that he had not recovered sufficiently to be able to perform at the level the fans have come to expect.”
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The statement continues, “Bruce respected that opinion and is grateful that Matt has been around to keep the Wagon rolling through the summer tour. Bruce never had any intention of retiring or walking away from the band, fans,...
- 9/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Artist: Rob Alexander; musicians: Gabe Lopez: keyboards and drums; Robbie Angelucci: acoustic and electric guitars; Kevin Taylor: acoustic guitar; Matt Bissonette: bass; Kim Bullard: keyboards; John Mahon: drums and percussion; Rick Keller: saxophone; Brian Brigham: backing vocals Album: ‘Being Myself;’ Producer: Gabe Lopez Sharing sweeping melodies and a plethora of emotion with listeners is a […]
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- 4/14/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Three years after the event, the Navy Seal that killed al-Qaeda founder and architect of the 9/11 terror attacks Osama Bin Laden, has finally been identified as Robert O’Neill, though others have disputed his claim. The identity of the soldier has long remained classified and subject to rumor. A single interview had been done by Esquire and identified him only under the nom de fame “The Shooter.”
According to the Daily Mail, O’Neill was going to be revealed as the shooter in a special for Fox News airing later this month The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden, but was beaten to the punch by a website run by ex-special forces personnel and published his name preemptively, as an apparent protest of his decision to reveal himself to the public, which goes against an unspoken oath shared by all military agencies: keep it secret.
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According to the Daily Mail, O’Neill was going to be revealed as the shooter in a special for Fox News airing later this month The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden, but was beaten to the punch by a website run by ex-special forces personnel and published his name preemptively, as an apparent protest of his decision to reveal himself to the public, which goes against an unspoken oath shared by all military agencies: keep it secret.
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- 11/7/2014
- Uinterview
So, remember that report yesterday that sprung up saying that Steven Spielberg was considering directing "No Easy Day," a Seal's chronicling of the killing of Osama Bin Laden? Yeah, you can ahead and scratch that. Whether or not those meetings took place or if it was just all hot air from the get go, Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy has released a fairly definitive statement on the whole matter: "Neither Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios or DreamWorks Television will be optioning Mark Owen’s book 'No Easy Day.'" So there you go. Owen, a pseudonym for real Navy Seal Matt Bissonette, penned the book that is an account of the attack on the Bin Laden compound written from the perspective of one of the SEALs that was on the mission. Of course, details and personnel on the mission have been kept classified in the interest of national security, so the book is controversial already,...
- 8/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Neither Steven Spielberg nor his DreamWorks production company plans to option No Easy Day, the new book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden written by one of the Navy SEALs who took part in the attack. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden, which is being published Sept. 11 by Dutton, is credited to a pseudonymous author, Mark Owen, though Fox News has named as the author a 36-year-old former Seal named Matt Bissonette. Photos: Steven Spielberg on Set On Monday, the New York Post’s Page Six reported that
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- 8/28/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: The Hollywood Reporter got a comment from Spielberg's people, and apparently he won't be optioning the book to either direct it or hand it to DreamWorks TV. False alarm! It's not like he's not already busy......Given how the death of Osama Bin Laden struck a nerve, particularly across the pond, it’s perhaps not surprising that several films about the mission to find and assassinate him are in various stages of development or production. Now you can add one more, as studios and producers are circling the latest book on the subject, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account Of The Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden. And one of the biggest names apparently taking a look? Steven Spielberg. The tome – written by Navy Seal Matt Bissonette using the pseudonym Mark Owen – has already been causing controversy as well as interest, since there are concerns that he breached national...
- 8/27/2012
- EmpireOnline
Steven Spielberg is planning to follow up his upcoming drama Lincoln with the action film Robopocalypse. However, he's still considering other projects for his future slate, and Spielberg is reportedly in talks to adapt the non-fiction novel No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden. The book is from the perspective of Navy Seal Matt Bissonette (under the pseudonym Mark Owen). The key difference between this story and Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming Osama Bin Laden drama Zero Dark Thirty is that her film appears to take place from multiple perspectives covering the entire operation to kill the Al Qaeda leader. Hit the jump for more. According to the NY Post [via The Playlist], Bissonnette has taken the project to HBO and DreamWorks, and the latter currently seems to be the more promising of the two opportunities. However, it's worth noting that since Spielberg is an executive at DreamWorks,...
- 8/27/2012
- by Matt Goldberg
- Collider.com
Another bin Laden film is on the horizon as ‘one of the first men through the door on the third floor’ of the martyr Sheikh’s lair in Pakistan is in talks with Steven Spielberg to turn the book into an action movie.
However, at least two other filmmakers (from HBO and DreamWorks) have also met with the former Navy Seal who uses the pseudonym Mark Owen to talk about licensing the story.
Meanwhile, the author Matt Bissonette who has written his eyewitness account, a soon-to-be-published book ‘No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden’ is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution as details and personnel on the mission have been kept classified in the interest of national security.
It’s not clear if Spielberg, whose next film is Robopocalypse, would direct or produce the project that is...
However, at least two other filmmakers (from HBO and DreamWorks) have also met with the former Navy Seal who uses the pseudonym Mark Owen to talk about licensing the story.
Meanwhile, the author Matt Bissonette who has written his eyewitness account, a soon-to-be-published book ‘No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden’ is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution as details and personnel on the mission have been kept classified in the interest of national security.
It’s not clear if Spielberg, whose next film is Robopocalypse, would direct or produce the project that is...
- 8/27/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
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