Styx – The Pavilion at Star Lake – Burgettstown, PA – August 10, 2025 – Photo by Dave Parsons © 2025 Styx, Kevin Cronin Band, Don Felder...

Styx, REO Speedwagon & Loverboy – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, NJ – August 13, 2022 Forty years ago this lineup would have filled a stadium. At the time, Styx, REO Speedwagon and Loverboy had three of the five totally essential albums ( Paradise Theater, Hi Infidelity and Get Lucky , in order) in the wildly popular arena rock genre. (For the record, the other two essential albums at the time were Journey’s Escape and Foreigner’s 4. ) This new shed tour – a semi-repeat

Styx – Live at the Orleans Arena Las Vegas STYX – LIVE AT THE ORLEANS ARENA LAS VEGAS (2016) Featuring Tommy Shaw, James “JT” Young,...

Styx playing at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA, September 19, 2014. Photo copyright 2014 Ally Abramson. Styx – American Music Theatre – Lancaster, PA – September 19, 2014 The middle of Lancaster, PA — right in the heart of Amish country — seems like an odd place to hold a classic rock concert. The concert was held at the American Music Theatre which is surprisingly large given it’s outer appearance. On the way to the venue there are rolling hills and farms, and y

Tommy Shaw playing at the TLA in Philadelphia TOMMY SHAW UNDER THE INFLUENCE by Jay S. Jacobs Tommy Shaw was the lead guitarist and rock-and-roll voice of STYX – one of the most popular rock bands of the 70s and 80s.  Joining the band right before it exploded, Shaw contributed the songwriting and vocal chops to some of the band’s classic tunes such as “Too Much Time on My Hands,” “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” “Crystal Ball,” “(Blue Collar Man) Long Nights” and “Re

Shaw/Blades - Theater of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA - March 18, 2007 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2007. All rights reserved.

Styx -  Return To Paradise  (CMC International)   It's been at least a decade since I've spent a thought on Styx, THE arena rock group of...