New seats released for REO Speedwagon, Rick Springfield concert in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — New seats were released for REO Speedwagon and Rick Springfield’s concert in Charleston.
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Music will make its way to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Friday, March 22, 2024 with REO Speedwagon, Rick Springfield, and their special guest Dauzat St. Marie.
The tickets for the extra seats can be found on the Coliseum and Convention Center website and on Ticketmaster.
Nine consecutive albums from REO Speedwagon were certified Platinum or higher from 1977 to 1989, and the band’s release of Hi Infidelity in 1980 contained hit singles “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run.” The Hi Infidelity album was in the Number 1 slot for 15 weeks, and earned RIAA’s coveted 10X Diamond Award for selling over 10 million units in the United States.
To date, the band, led since 1972 by vocalist Kevin Cronin along with bandmates Bruce Hall (bass), Dave Amato (guitar), Bryan Hitt (drums), and Derek Hilland (touring keyboardist), have sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Some of their hits and fan-favorites include “Ridin’ The Storm Out,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Time For Me To Fly,” “Roll With The Changes,” the previously mentioned “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run,” and more.
Rick Springfield is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician, who has 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including classics like “Jessie’s Girl” and “Don’t Talk to Strangers” as well as selling 25 million albums, and he also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Not only is Springfield a musician, he has also appeared in TV shows like “Supernatural” and “American Horror Story,” films such as “Ricki and the Flash,” and is an author with his comedic novel “Magnificent Vibration” and candid memoir “Late, Late at Night.”
Special guest Dauzat St. Marie, singer/songwriter troubadours Mat Dauzat and Heather St. Marie, have toured as main support for Rick Springfield’s “Stripped Down” solo acoustic show series for the last five years, some of their recent tours include being support for music icons Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. They have also done occasional shows with The Marshall Tucker Band, Lindsay Ell, Schuyler Fisk / Sissy Spacek, and Rick Derringer.
Grab a ticket and get a seat while you can, and get ready to watch these bands perform.
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