Styx and Foreigner announce their tour companion album ‘Renegades & Juke Box Heroes’ Picture Disc and Limited-Edition Individually Numbered Silver Vinyl

Exciting news for fans of classic rock greats Styx and Foreigner. Either version of the bands' tour companion album "Renegades & Juke Box Heroes" is a real keepsake for vinyl lovers...Robert Kinsler

FOREIGNER AND STYX

ANNOUNCE THEIR TOUR COMPANION ALBUM

  RENEGADES & JUKE BOX HEROES

 

PICTURE DISC AND

LIMITED-EDITION INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED SILVER VINYL

AVAILABLE AT ALL TOUR STOPS STARTING TODAY

AND SELECT RETAIL JULY 12, 2024

 

 

 

June 11, 2024 – “Cold As Ice,” “Too Much Time On My Hands,” “Juke Box Hero,” “Renegade” and more! Nothing sounds more like the soundtrack of summer than STYX’s and FOREIGNER’s biggest hits. Recently announced as inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, FOREIGNER hits the road in June co-headlining the “Renegades & Juke Box Heroes” trek with STYX and special guest John Waite. Adding to the excitement, STYX and FOREIGNER announce RENEGADES & JUKE BOX HEROES, a very special limited-edition companion album, available exclusively at tour stops starting at today’s tour launch in Grand Rapids, MI at the Van Andel Arena, and at select retail on July 12.

 

This must-have collector’s album, available as a picture disc or in elegant silver vinyl, features both bands’ greatest hits and was mastered for vinyl by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound with lacquers cut by Joe Nino-Hernes. Tracks include FOREIGNER’s most beloved hits including “Feels Like The First Time,” “Cold As Ice”, and the worldwide #1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” alongside STYX massive hits “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights),” “Come Sail Away” and “Renegade,” and more.

 

Just 1,000 copies of the picture disc and only 5,000 individually numbered copies of the silver edition are available. With many tour dates already selling out, demand is sure to be high. When they are gone, they’re gone for good! A 13-track CD featuring all three artists and including the vinyl tracks is also available. The songs are available on all digital outlets. The picture disc will be available on FOREIGNER’S and STYX’s websites, and the silver edition will be available on Amazon on July 12.

 

The “Renegades & Juke Box Heroes” tour launches today in Grand Rapids, MI at the Van Andel Arena. John Waite’s #1 songs, “Missing You” and “When I See You Smile” will help ensure a summer evening of feel-good anthems. Tickets are going fast, available at LiveNation.com. For more information, please visit www.foreigneronline.com or www.styxworld.com.

 

Mick Jones continues to elevate FOREIGNER’s influence and guide the band to new horizons with his stylistic songwriting, indelible guitar hooks and multi-layered talents. Lead singer Kelly Hansen, one of rock’s greatest showmen, has led FOREIGNER into the digital age, inspiring a whole new generation of fans. Bassist Jeff Pilson; Michael Bluestein on keyboards; guitarist Bruce Watson; Chris Frazier on drums, and guitarist Luis Maldonado provide an unprecedented level of energy that has resulted in the re-emergence of the astounding music that speaks to FOREIGNER‘s enduring popularity. 

 

With more Billboard Top 10 hits than Journey, and just as many as Fleetwood Mac, FOREIGNER is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 80 million. Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems, including “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Say You Will,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Long, Long Way From Home” and the worldwide #1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” FOREIGNER still rocks the charts more than 40 years into the game with massive airplay and continued Billboard Top 200 album success.  Streams of FOREIGNER’s hits are approaching 15 million per week.

 

Tommy Shaw at Pacific Amphitheatre on July 15,
2016. Photo: Kelly A. Swift

The seven men comprising STYX--James “JY” Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards), Will Evankovich (mandolin, guitars), Terry Gowan (bass, guitar, vocals)—have committed to rocking the Paradise together with audiences far and wide by entering their second decade of averaging over 100 shows a year, and each one of them is committed to making the next show better than the last. Styx draws from over four decades of barn burning chart hits, joyous singalongs, and hard-driving deep cuts. Like a symphony that builds to a satisfying crescendo, a STYX set covers a wide range of stylistic cornerstones. From the progressively sweeping splendor that is “The Grand Illusion” to the hunker-down fortitude of all that is the “Blue Collar Man,” from the majestic spiritual love for a special “Lady” to the seething indictment of preening, primping pageantry for pageantry’s sake of “Miss America,” from an individual yearning for true connection as a “Man in the Wilderness,” to a soul-deep quest to achieve what’s at the heart of one’s personal vision in “Crystal Ball,” from the regal reach-for-the-stars bravado of “Come Sail Away” to the grainy all-in gallop of that rugged “Renegade” who had it made, the band draws on an unlimited cache of ways to immerse one’s mind and body in their signature sound. STYX hit its stride with guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw’s first LP with the band, 1976’s CRYSTAL BALL, and then they become the first group to score four triple-Platinum albums in a row: THE GRAND ILLUSION (1977), PIECES OF EIGHT (1978), CORNERSTONE (1979), and PARADISE THEATER (1981).

 

Multi-Platinum rockers STYX released their 17^th studio album, CRASH OF THE CROWN, on June 18, 2021 on the band’s label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe, which was hailed by critics as their second “masterpiece” album in a row (read Robert Kinsler's review of the album HERE). The first being 2017’s THE MISSION, their first new studio album in 14 years at the time. CRASH OF THE CROWN was written pre-pandemic and recorded during the trying times of the pandemic. It’s available as clear vinyl, black vinyl, CD on digital platforms. They released more new music on September 17, 2021, THE SAME STARDUST EP, originally sold as part of Record Store Day (June 12, 2021). Available on blue 180-gram 12-inch vinyl only, featuring two brand-new songs on side one (“The Same Stardust” and “Age of Entropia”), as well as five live performances on side two of some of Styx’s classic hits previously heard during their “Styx Fix” livestreams that kept fans company during the pandemic on their official YouTube page, including “Mr. Roboto,” “Man In The Wilderness,” “Miss America,” “Radio Silence,” and “Renegade.” It’s available worldwide on all digital platforms.

 

RENEGADES & JUKE BOX HEROES TRACK LIST (BOTH VERSIONS):

 

JUKE BOX HEROES side:

1. Feels Like The First Time / 2. Cold As Ice / 3. I Want To Know What Love Is / 4. Juke Box Hero

 

RENEGADES side:

1. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) / 2. Come Sail Away / 3. Too Much Time On My Hands / 4. Renegade 

 

 

 

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Bruce Cockburn set to appear on NPR show 'Mountain Stage' beginning March 29

Here is the latest news on singer-songwriter-guitar great Bruce Cockburn. I am excited that he is performing in nearby Prescott, AZ at the Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center at Yavapai College on April 27...Robert Kinsler 

Bruce Cockburn Set for Acclaimed Mountain Stage Radio Appearance Airdate on March 29

 

New World Tour Dates Announced

 

Bruce Cockburn / Photo credit: Daniel Keebler

Legendary singer/songwriter/guitarist Bruce Cockburn, whose palette of honors and awards includes 13 Canadian JUNO wins, two Hall of Fame inductions, countless honorary Doctorates, Officer of The Order of Canada and recent inductee into Canada’s Walk of Fame spanning a 50+ year career, is set to appear on the National Public Radio performance show, “Mountain Stage,” beginning Friday, March 29th. Recorded on February 1^st at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California, Cockburn was joined on stage that night by Colin Hay, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Chuck Prophet & the Make Out Quartet and The Lucky Valentines. “Mountain Stage” with host Kathy Mattea airs on over 260 NPR Stations nationwide. You can find the station listings here: On The Radio - Mountain Stage

 

Bruce Cockburn’s most-recent album, O Sun O Moon, has generated world-wide acclaim and radio airplay. He’s enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific, inspired songwriter and accomplished guitarist. He remains deeply respected for his activism and humanist song lyrics that thread throughout his career. On all his albums Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song.

 

“Trademark poignant lyricism and impeccable guitar work.” 10/10 – L.A. Music Connection

 

"One of our most important artists of the past five, now almost six decades.” - Glide Magazine

 

Bruce Cockburn will begin yet another international tour in March to support  O Sun O Moon, with shows in Italy, as well as an extensive string of dates in the US and Canada.

 

BRUCE COCKBURN 2024 WORLD TOUR DATES

 

MAR 5    CHIARI ITALY                                     AUDITORIUM SCHOLE
MAR 6    BOLOGNA ITALY                              TEATRO DEHON
MAR 8    CASTELFRANCO ITALY                   CASA DEL POPOLO
MAR 9    TORINO ITALY                                  FOLK CLUB
MAR 11   ROME ITALY                                     PARCO DELLA MUSICA
APR  24   SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA                   HAROLD MIOSSI THEATRE
APR  25   LAS VEGAS NV                                SMITH CENTRE FOR ARTS
APR  27   PRESCOTT AZ                                   YAVAPAN ARTS CENTER
APR  28   TUCSON AZ                                      RIALTO THEATRE
APR  30   ALBUQUERQUE NM                      KIMO THEATRE
MAY  2    AUSTIN TX                                        04 CENTER
MAY  3    HOUSTON TX                                   HEIGHTS THEATRE
MAY  4    DALLAS TX                                         KESSLER THEATRE
MAY  6    ROGERS AR                                       VICTORY THEATRE
MAY  7    ST. LOUIS MO                                  DELMAR HALL
MAY  8    OKLAHOMA CITY OK                     TOWER THEATRE
MAY  10    BOULDER CO                                 BOULDER THEATRE
MAY  11    BASALT CO                                     ARTS CAMPUS
MAY  12    SALT LAKE CITY UT                      STATE ROOM
MAY  24    LINDSAY ON                                  FLATO ACADEMY THEATRE
MAY  25    TORONTO ON                              MASSEY HALL
MAY  26    GUELPH ON                                   WAR MEMORIAL HALL
MAY  28    LONDON ON                                  GRAND THEATRE
MAY  29    HUNTSVILLE ON                           ALGONQUIN THEATRE
MAY  30    KINGSTON ON                              GRAND THEATRE
MAY  31    OTTAWA ON                                 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band meet the press; share details about upcoming tour and more

From left, Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Ringo Starr, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart,
Warren Ham and Colin Hay on May 17, 2023. 

It's amazing to think that Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band have been thrilling audiences for 34 years. And at a point when many musical troupes might be slowing down, Starr and company — guitarist-singer Steve Lukather, keyboardist-singer Edgar Winter, drummer Gregg Bissonette, guitarist-bassist Hamish Stuart, multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham and singer-guitarist Colin Hay — are busier than ever. 

The musical giants took a break during a May 17, 2023 rehearsal in their Los Angeles studio to participate in a Zoom Q&A with members of the media. It was an informative and fun event where each of the seven artists got to discuss the magic of performing in the All Starr Band (which embarks on their spring tour at Pechanga Resort in Temecula, CA on Friday, May 19, 2023). That spring tour also brings them to nearby Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, AZ on May 30 (get tickets to that show HERE).

Ringo Starr speaking during a Zoom Q&A on May 17, 2023.

"Rehearsals are going great," Starr said early in the Q&A. "The first day is always really hard and yesterday (May 16) we ran the whole show and I feel ready to rock."

Added Lukather: "Having the time of my life in this band and I always have. I love everybody and it's going to be a great tour and I'm really excited to be here."

Anyone who has seen Starr and His All Star Band's winning performances knows how amazing they are. In addition to Starr featuring many of his favorite Beatles and '70s solo hits, the members of his band collectively perform their most best known material. So classic rock fans attending any of the group's upcoming tour dates will get to hear many of the most beloved songs from The Beatles, Men At Work, Toto, Average White Band and the Edgar Winter Group performed by key members of those bands in the same set. (You can read my review of the collective's wonderful September 2018 concert at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre HERE)

"We're having the greatest time playing the greatest songs," noted famed drummer Bissonette, then pointing at Starr and adding: "The greatest. My drum hero, my dear pal; what a ball, what an honor."

Starr was asked about the band's "grueling schedule," and how the members are able to stay in shape during the extended tour (which includes dates through mid-October).

"Playing has never been grueling," Starr noted. "I love to play, I love to play with these guys," he said before playfully acknowledging: "We are the best band in this room."

"Touring; nobody wants to tour, but you have to tour to play," Starr explained, acknowledging that the process of moving from one town to another can be difficult even while performing in front of enthusiastic audiences is always a blast.

Each of the musicians was able to discuss how they bring their own musical styles to the All Starr Band.

"I love the challenge of playing other people's music," Lukather explained. "I want to stay as true to it as they expect...I have more fun playing their stuff than mine I can tell you that — plus playing on those great Ringo hits and Beatles stuff never gets old."

Winter noted that the All Starr Band performs each of the songs in a way where the audience is treated to strong performances that nevertheless reveal unique takes on the well-known material.

The other musicians agreed that they love the fact that they have the freedom to make changes to the material to fit their approach.

"It's not like we're trying to change it," noted Ham. "We put our own imprint into it and our own personality into it. That's what makes it unique and so much fun."

Added Hay: "It's our band's versions of all these songs."

As for the longevity of His All Starr Band, Starr said: "Its been a long time, 34 years. It's what I do. I love to play and I love to play with great musicians. I love to play great songs and I get all of that from these guys."

One reporter has a question for Lukather, asking him if there was something about Starr he could share that people don't know.

"He's the real thing," Lukather said of the world's most famous drummer. "Everything I wished before I met him and became friends; what I imagined him to be like being a life-time fan was better than I could have dreamed of. I love the man dearly."

The special Q&A served as another reminder that anytime you get to hear from a member of The Beatles — inarguably the most important and influential rock band of all time — is time well spent.

"I've played with a couple of good bands," Starr said at one point in reflecting on his long career. "And I played in the greatest band — in my world — with three brothers (John, Paul and George) and I just love playing live."

Be sure to catch Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band if they perform in your area. Get more information HERE.