Credit: Jason PowellStyx will team up with popular comic Larry the Cable Guy for a joint music-and-comedy tour next year. The trek, billed as “Laugh. Rock. Seriously.,” will stop in seven cities in the Midwest and Northern U.S., starting March 21 in Fargo, North Dakota.
Tickets for the trek, which wraps up March 30 in Champaign, Illinois, go on sale this Friday, November 30, at 10 a.m. local time at StyxWorld.com.
“We first ran into Larry the Cable Guy at a convenience store in Sarasota, Florida, many moons ago,” Styx singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw explains about his band’s connection with the comedian. “Now we are pairing up for a fun night of music and comedy, something we could all use a big dose of! I’m ready! Are you? Let’s do this!!!”
Recalling that first meeting with Shaw, Larry the Cable Guy notes, “Ever since I ran into Tommy at a convenience store in Florida, I’ve always wanted to work some shows with the iconic band Styx. Not only because their music has been a soundtrack to my life, but also to try and get back the 18 bucks I loaned him for honey buns and coffee from that day in Florida.”
In addition to the shows with Larry the Cable Guy, Styx has more than a dozen headlining gigs on its itinerary, including several concerts in the Midwest in late December and mid-February, as well as seven West Coast dates in January.
Among the latter shows is a special concert taking place January 20 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. It’ll feature a full performance of Styx’s 2017 sci-fi concept album The Mission, plus a set of hits and fan favorites.
Here are all of the band’s upcoming shows:
12/27 — Mt. Pleasant, MI, Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
12/28 — New Buffalo, MI, Silver Creek Event Center at Four Winds Casino
12/29 — Green Bay, WI, Resch Center
12/30 — Welch, MN, Treasure Island Event Center
1/11/19 — Phoenix, AZ, Celebrity Theatre
1/12 — Phoenix, AZ, Celebrity Theatre
1/13 — Santa Clarita, CA, Santa Clarita PAC at College of the Canyons
1/15 — Bakersfield, CA, Fox Theater
1/18 — Anaheim, CA, City National Grove of Anaheim
1/19 — Beverly Hills, CA, Saban Theatre
1/20 — Las Vegas, NV, The Pearl Concert Theater
2/8 — Milwaukee, WI, UW Milwaukee Panther Arena
2/9 — Waukegan, IL, Genesee Theatre
2/12 — Joliet, IL, Rialto Square Theatre
2/16 — Lake Charles, LA, Golden Nugget Casino
3/6 — Plant City, FL, Florida Strawberry Festival
3/21 — Fargo, ND, Scheels Arena*
3/22 — Minot, ND, All Seasons Arena*
3/23 — Billings, MT, Rimrock Auto Arena at Metrapark*
3/24 — Cheyenne, WY, Cheyenne Civic Center
3/27 — Lincoln, NE, Pinnacle Bank Arena*
3/28 — Sioux City, IA, Tyson Event Center*
3/29 — Cedar Rapids, IA, US Cellular Center*
3/30 — Champaign, IL, State Farm Center*
8/5 — Sturgis, SD, Buffalo Chip Amphitheater
* = with Larry the Cable Guy.