Styx & REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin Confirm Brotherhood Of Rock Tour 2025 With Don Felder

Styx and Kevin Cronin, the iconic voice and writer behind REO Speedwagon‘s greatest hits, will team up for their sixth joint tour next summer. The Brotherhood of Rock Tour will feature special guest Don Felder (a former lead guitarist for the Eagles).

The tour will showcase rock anthems including “Renegade,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Come Sail Away,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” and “Hotel California.” Styx and Cronin first toured together in 2000 and following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, they formed the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which still collects donations for local charities at every stop on Styx’s ongoing tour.

Styx singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw shared the story of how he first met Cronin, stating:

“The winter of 1975 I had returned home to Montgomery, Alabama after accepting the fact that there was very little, if any interest from club owners for seven-piece rock bands who played their original songs, (some of which were 10 minutes long) and we’d finally accepted the reality that people wanted disco music hits to dance to. A musician friend from home called me about a steady gig he and two other local musician friends had in the lounge of the local bowling alley. There was no dance floor, only tables and chairs, and they were playing music from bands like the Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, etc. and singing three-part harmony to locals who were loving it and not wanting to dance. And a steady weekly paycheck! I joined them and spent the rest of that year playing whatever we liked, bought a modest house, bought a used car, and was relieved to be off the road after two years of night club managers who wanted us to play disco. Thinking I’d found a secure life in my hometown, I got a call from a guy named Jim Vosecek, who’d introduced himself to me and the band at a club in Chicago. He explained that he was tour manager of the rock band Styx, that they had just released a new album called EQUINOX, and they were scheduled to embark on their first national tour when a member suddenly quit and left the band. He said to get on the plane they’d booked and come audition. Arriving at O’Hare airport, I met Kevin Cronin who was returning to rejoin his band, REO Speedwagon. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship that finds us back on the road together, this time under much different circumstances! The BROTHERHOOD of ROCK is stronger than ever!”

After the opener on May 28 in Greenville (South Carolina), the tour continues in Florida with shows in Tampa on May 31 and Jacksonville on June 2. The tour heads to Texas for performances in Austin on June 4 and The Woodlands on June 6. Following a show in Ridgedale (Missouri) on June 7, the bands play in Denver on June 9 and Salt Lake City on June 11.

The West Coast run includes stops in Concord (California) on June 13, Bend (Oregon) on June 14 and Ridgefield (Washington) on June 15. After a brief break, the tour resumes in Albuquerque on June 28, followed by shows in Colorado Springs on June 30 and Kansas City on July 2.

Southern dates include Birmingham on July 5 and Alpharetta (Georgia) on July 6. The bands then hit Charlotte on July 8 and Raleigh on July 9. Virginia shows follow in Virginia Beach on July 11 and Bristow on July 12.

The Northeast run includes stops in Syracuse on July 14, Bridgeport (Connecticut) on July 15, Gilford (New Hampshire) on July 18, Mansfield (Massachusetts) on July 19 and Holmdel (New Jersey) on July 20.

August begins with shows in Dallas on August 1 and Brandon (Mississippi) on August 2. The tour continues in Franklin (Tennessee) on August 4 and Richmond (Virginia) on August 6. After a performance in Camden (New Jersey) on August 8, the bands play Burgettstown (Pennsylvania) on August 10.

The tour moves forward with shows in Saratoga Springs (New York) on August 12, Toronto on August 13, Noblesville (Indiana) on August 15 and Clarkston (Michigan) on August 16. Final dates include Cincinnati on August 19, Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) on August 20, St. Louis on August 22, Tinley Park (Illinois) on August 23 and Milwaukee on August 24.

General on-sales begin on Friday, December 13 at 10 a.m. local time. Various presales start Tuesday, December 10. Find links to purchase tickets below: