St Joseph Civic Center, St. Joseph, Missouri. "They never had a drummer explode onstage, but REO Speedwagon singer Kevin Cronin admits that things got pretty Spinal Tap-ish for his band in the early 1990s."

Review of a concert with Foreigner and Peter Frampton at The New World Music Theatre in Tinley Park, Illinois.

Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY. "This concert tour is aptly named the Main Event because the show has the feel of a circus, rock concert and professional boxing match all in one."

Tweeter Center, Tinley Park, IL. "The band encored with an abbreviated version of its classic performance piece, 157 Riverside Avenue, which sadly lacked the humor and impact the band once gave to the song as an impromptu jam in its heyday."

Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY. "To quote the kid from Sixth Sense, 'I see dead people.' No wait, it's the Classic Rock's Main Event Tour."

MCI Center, Washington DC. "These throwbacks may not have had an original musical idea since shag-carpeted vans cruised the highways, but they give the audience exactly what it wants."

Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. "The only real problem with an REO show is the show itself, with its arena rock theatrics and Cronin lapsing into a Sam Kinison voice anytime he feels like asking the crowd how it's doing."

Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN. "Lead singer Kevin Cronin, who was obviously inspired by the crowd's response to his music, was overzealous in telling stories with each song. Cronin droned on about a few of his songs while the audience waited patiently for him to begin the next number. Unfortunately, the REO show was too much like a Behind the Music special."

Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA. "He might've been sporting a new punky blond hairstyle, but Cronin's high, reedy voice sounded just like it did on his band's hits of yore."

TD Waterhouse Center, Orlando, FL. "REO's music was a huge part of my life during my high school years in the late 70's. Their lyrics influenced my approach to life more than my parents, my Catholic upbringing, or any of my teachers at school."

Tweeter Center in Mansfield MA. "I was astounded that so many people with so few teeth and even fewer chromosomes were there...spiritually, emotionally and physically."