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“We’d stay up all night drinking, chasing girls, partying – and our pilot was with us. The next morning he was flying the plane!” The rise, fall and rise of AOR superstars REO Speedwagon

The rollercoaster story of REO Speedwagon, the AOR band with a rock’n’roll spirit

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"How anyone can be 'deeply disturbed and hurt' by this is beyond me": REO Speedwagon charity show bickering continues as Bruce Hall fires back at Kevin Cronin

Why can't we all just get along?

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"I am deeply disturbed and hurt by all of this": Kevin Cronin slams REO Speedwagon concert organisers after being "knowingly excluded" from hometown show

The charity show in Champaign, Illinois, will pay tribute to late REO Speedwagon members Gary Richrath and Gregg Philbin

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"So excited for this one night only event, back where it all began, in my hometown!”: REO Speedwagon reunite - six months after their supposed ‘final’ shows - but there's a catch

It seems that Kevin Cronin isn’t invited

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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

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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!

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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

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“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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“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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“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

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“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

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"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

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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

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"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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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

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‘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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