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The Latest Breaking News from REO Speedwagon

Are Tenacious D back?! Jack Black and Kyle Gass confirm first new music together since going on hiatus last year

The self-styled greatest rock band on Earth are covering REO Speedwagon for a charity compilation that comes out Friday

Metal Hammer

“People have used it as their wedding song. I often think, ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The classic number one hit with a sting in its tail

And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!

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REO Speedwagon bid farewell after 57 years, will continue under frontman Kevin Cronin's name

Kevin Cronin will continue performing REO Speedwagon's hits despite the group retiring.

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"The songs will live on with this band and with me under the name Kevin Cronin": REO Speedwagon have played their final ever show but the band formerly known as REO Speedwagon will continue

Watch Kevin Cronin pay tribute as REO Speedwagon officially step away from the stage

Louder

Legendary rock band closes Las Vegas Strip residency and retires

Classic 1980s rock band retires from touring as its Las Vegas Strip residency ends.

The Street

“I never quit the band; I never will quit the band. I just got outvoted”: Kevin Cronin on why REO Speedwagon has ended, against his wishes

Band play their final show on Saturday

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Superstar singer closes popular Las Vegas Strip residency

Country legend closes out a first residency on the Strip in nine years.

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“People have used it as their wedding song. I often think, ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The classic number one hit with a sting in its tail

And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!

MusicRadar

“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”: ‘Irreconcilable differences’ means it’s the end of the road for REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon to quit touring at the end of the year

MusicRadar

Las Vegas Strip casino signs huge rock band for new residency

The Street

“If it were up to just him, he’d be back on tour… but it's not up to just him”: REO Speedwagon to stop touring due to “irreconcilable differences”

The band members will be wrapping up their decades-long career with a string of North American tour dates, concluding on November 23 in Kentucky

Guitar World

"Never ever thought it would end like this and I'm heartbroken": REO Speedwagon to cease touring due to "irreconcilable differences"

AOR giants REO Speedwagon, who have just finished their Summer Road Trip with Train, will stop performing at the end of the year

Louder

Back in the 80s, someone thought it would be a good idea to launch a sports-themed AOR version of the Village People: The result was the All Sports Band

It was Ronald Reagan’s fault, really

Louder

"Forever neutered after this, at least they went out with a bang": Gary Richrath shines as REO Speedwagon actually rock on Nine Lives

In which the midwestern rockers rock a little harder than normal, but not everyone is convinced

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Las Vegas Strip brings back huge 80s rock band residency

Superstar band from the 70s and 80s performs its iconic album from beginning to end at a Las Vegas Strip residency.

Louder

10 occasionally baffling stories of 10 bands named after 10 other bands

They're named in honour of other bands, but don't sound anything like them. It's complicated

Chicago Tribune

‘Keep on loving you!’ Our true appreciation of the power ballad, an art form invented in Illinois

CHICAGO — Dear Illinois, I can’t fight this feeling anymore. It’s time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oars. We sailed on together. We drifted apart. But I know, if the world turned upside down, I know you’d always be around. Your hands build me…

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