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REO Speedwagon (pictured) will appear in concert alongside Rick Springfield on Oct. 26 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 26. (Photo by Randee St. Nicholas, courtesy of Pepper Entertainment)
BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse will welcome classic rock hitmakers REO Speedwagon and Rick Springfield in concert on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Tickets start at $36.50 plus fees and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26.
Since forming in 1967, REO Speedwagon has released nine platinum albums, with hit songs including “Keep on Loving You,” “Take It On the Run,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Time for Me to Fly.” The band has sold more than 40 million albums and is fronted by vocalist Kevin Cronin, with Bruce Hall on bass, Dave Amato on guitar, Bryan Hitt on drums, and newest member Derek Hilland on keyboard.
Rick Springfield is a Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and musician with a career spanning four decades. He has sold 25 million albums and produced 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl” and “Don’t Talk to Strangers.” In 2019, he released “Orchestrating My Life,” a collection of his hits reimagined with a rock orchestra as a tribute to his late mother.
Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum has one-of-a-kind guitars from legendary artists including Prince, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and more on display in a special exhibit through May 18.
Each guitar is steeped in music history, from the yellow cigarette smoke stains and visible repairs on Steve Jones’ original Sex Pistols guitar to Randy Bachman’s axe that birthed the rock ‘n’ roll song “American Woman.” Prince’s Cloud 3 and John Lennon’s “Help!” acoustic guitar are the rarest in the exhibit. The Cloud 3, one of Prince’s centerpiece instruments, accompanied him on stage in the mid-80s to early 90s in tours including Purple Rain and Diamonds & Pearls. To ensure authenticity, Julien’s Auctions put the guitar through a CT scan since Prince painted his Cloud guitars. As for Lennon, the “Help!” guitar was recently found in an attic in the United Kingdom after fifty years of being considered lost.
