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31-03-2025
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Kevin Cronin Responds to REO Speedwagon Reunion Exclusion: ‘Deeply Disturbed And Hurt'
Longtime REO Speedwagon vocalist Kevin Cronin has taken to social media to share his thoughts on his lack of inclusion in an upcoming one-off reunion event. Cronin, who has been touring with his own Kevin Cronin Band, addressed a fan on Facebook who noted the singer's absence from REO Speedwagon's forthcoming concert in Champaign, Illinois on June 14, responding that organizers of the event could have picked a date when many of the band's former members were readily available to attend. More from Billboard Morgan Wallen Abruptly Walks Off 'SNL' Stage Before Show's End, Posts Cryptic Message from Airplane Morgan Wallen Returns to 'SNL' With Performances of 'I'm the Problem' & 'Just in Case': Watch Ángela Aguilar Dedicates Breakthrough Award to Immigrant Women at Billboard Women in Music: 'You Deserve Safety, Dignity, the Right to Dream' 'Instead they chose June 14, 2025, a date where it was public knowledge that I was previously committed to perform with Styx and Kevin Cronin Band in Bend, Oregon,' Cronin wrote. 'Bottom line, I am being asked to participate in an event on a date when I can't possibly be there in-person. And then being falsely accused of turning down the invitation. I am deeply disturbed and hurt by all of this. 'After all I have done to help build the legacy of REO Speedwagon, I feel I have earned and deserve to be included in any event honoring that legacy. Instead, I have been knowingly excluded.' Cronin joined REO Speedwagon in early 1972, taking over from Terry Luttrell who reportedly left due to personal issues with guitarist Gary Richrath. Though Cronin was himself briefly replaced by Mike Murphy the following year, he returned in 1976 and remained in the band until their end, performing on tracks such as their two Hot 100 chart-toppers 'Keep On Loving You' and 'Can't Fight This Feeling.' In late 2024, REO Speedwagon announced that they would cease touring as of Jan. 1, 2025. In a note shared to fans, the group explained that bassist Bruce Hall had not recovered sufficiently from previous back surgery and his inability to tour led to 'irreconcilable differences' between Hall and Cronin. REO Speedwagon played their final live performance on Dec. 21 at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, but in March announced they would be playing a special one-off show at the State Farm Center in their hometown of Champaign, Illinois on June 14. Officially titled as an event 'Honoring the Legacy of REO Speedwagon,' the show is described as a 'concert retrospective featuring special guests & former members.' Indeed, Hall and Neal Doughty from the final REO Speedwagon lineup are confirmed to attend, as are previous vocalists Luttrell and Murphy. Founding drummer Alan Gratzer and 1969 guitarist Steve Scorfina are also listed as appearing, while a special tribute will be held to late members Gary Richrath and Gregg Philbin. In his social media comment, Cronin also claimed that the remaining members of the band's final lineup – who currently perform alongside him in the Kevin Cronin Band – weren't given the option of appearing at the forthcoming show. '35-year REO veterans Dave Amato and Bryan Hitt were not even shown the respect of being invited to the Champaign event,' he added. Cronin spoke to Billboard ahead of REO Speedwagon's final show in December, explaining that the circumstances behind the band's ending were less than ideal, and admitted there is still a level of acrimony between he and Hall. 'It's kind of like a divorce of sorts,' he explained, 'and during a divorce things get a little muddy and things get a little sticky. I wish it could've been more amicable, but the minute attorneys get involved it just changes the atmosphere of things.' 'I think it's unfortunate that some fans were kind of brought into something that I really feel should've been kept as a private, personal matter,' he continued. 'It's never thrilling when things are said that are inaccurate and hurtful. My hope is that there will come a time where the dust will have settled. My intention is to ask forgiveness for anything that I've done or any hurt that I have caused Bruce. I don't like to have grudges with people. I like to forgive and be forgiven.' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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07-02-2025
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Tenacious D to release cover of REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Tenacious D have announced their first new music since going on hiatus in 2024. The comedy rock duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass will appear on a new compilation album benefiting victims of the recent Los Angeles wildfires, contributing a cover of REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You. The album, Good Music To Lift Los Angeles, is also set to feature previously-unreleased recordings from Death Cab For Cutie, Chelsea Wolfe, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, R.E.M., Health, The Armed and others. It will be available on the Bandcamp page of record label Good Music for 24 hours from 12:01am Pacific time on Friday, February 7. Proceeds will go to the L.A. Regional Food Bank and California Community Foundation's Wildfire Fund. Keep On Loving You will be the second Tenacious D cover to come out in the last 12 months, following their rendition of Britney Spears' …Baby One More Time, which appeared on the soundtrack to Black's film Kung Fu Panda 4. The band also released an original track, Video Games, in 2023 and seemed to be gearing up for a new album. However, all of their plans, including all announced tour dates, were cancelled in July, after Gass told a joke onstage about the assassination attempt against then-former US president Donald Trump the previous day. Gass made the seemingly off-the-cuff comment during the Sydney stop of Tenacious D's Australia and New Zealand tour. When Black presented his bandmate with a cake for his 64th birthday and told him to make a wish, he said into his microphone, 'Don't miss Trump next time.' In response to Gass's quip, Australian senator Ralph Babet called for Tenacious D to be deported from the country. Black issued a statement on Instagram, saying he was 'blindsided' by Gass' comment and putting the band on ice. Gass later issued a now-deleted written apology. In August, Black offered an update on the status of Tenacious D to Variety. He confirmed the band will return later down the line and that he and Gass remain friends, but that they 'need to take a break'. It's unclear when Tenacious D recorded their new cover, but they have played it multiple times live over the years. Watch one performance below. Good Music To Lift Los Angeles won't be the only wildfire charity benefit album to drop this week. Another compilation – Los Angeles Rising, featuring Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and others – is now available to download via Bandcamp.
