Credit: Jason PowellIn Las Vegas this past January, Styx played a special two-set concert at Palms Casino Resort that featured a full performance of the band’s 2017 sci-fi concept album The Mission. Now the veteran rockers plan to stage the show this fall on the East Coast.
The event will take place on November 7 at NYCB Theatre at Westbury in Westbury, New York. The concert will start with Styx performing The Mission in its entirety and then — following an intermission — a set featuring many of the band’s classic songs.
Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. ET at LiveNation.com, while VIP packages will be available to Citi Card members and membesr of the band’s fan club beginning Tuesday, March 19, at 10 a.m. ET.
“The show in Las Vegas was so awesome, we wanted to share it with our East Coast friends as well,” says singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw. “Now we can say, this is the day…we’ll be bringing ‘The Missions: Live’ to Westbury!”
At the Vegas concert, Styx also played covers of Queen‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Elton John‘s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
The Mission tells the story of the fictional first manned voyage to Mars, casting the group’s members as the crew of a spacecraft that leaves Earth en route to the red planet in 2033.
Styx has almost 40 confirmed North American dates on its 2019 tour itinerary, spanning from a March 21 concert in Fargo, North Dakota, through a December 15 show in El Paso, Texas.
Most of the March performances were originally supposed to also feature a set by comedian Larry the Cable Guy, but he’s no longer on the bill for those events.
Here are all of Styx’s U.S. and Canadian concerts:
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
4/26 — Grand Junction, CO, Avalon Theatre
4/27 — Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Memorial Hall
5/17 — Atlantic City, NJ, Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel
5/18 — Atlantic City, NJ, Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel
5/20 — Morristown, NJ, Mayo Performing Arts Center
5/21 — Bethlehem, PA, Sands Bethlehem Event Center
5/23 — Stamford, CT, The Palace Theatre
5/24 — Roanoke, VA, Elmwood Park Theatre
5/25 — Charlotte, NC, Circle K Speed Street
5/26 — Atlanta, GA, Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
6/20 — Portsmouth, VA, Union Bank & Trust Pavilion
6/21 — Richmond, VA, Virginia Credit Union Live
6/22 — Ocean City, MD, Jellyfish Festival – Main Village
6/23 — Durham, NC, Durham PAC
6/29 — Huber Heights, OH, The Rose Music Center at The Heights
6/30 — Traverse City, MI, Pepsi Bay Side Music Stage
7/24 — Costa Mesa, CA, The Pacific Amphitheatre
7/25 — Tucson, AZ, Tucson Music Hall
7/27 — Lincoln, CA, Thunder Valley Casino Resort
8/2 — Rancho Mirage, CA, Agua Caliente Casino
8/3 — Albuquerque, NM, Route 66 Casino
8/5 — Sturgis, SD, Buffalo Chip Amphitheater
8/7 — Jackson, MI, Jackson County Fair Grounds
8/8 — Detroit, MI, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino
8/10 — Washington, MO, Washington Town & Country Fair
8/22 — Airway Heights, WA, Northern Quest Casino Resort
8/30 — Enoch, AB, Canada, River Cree Resort and Casino
11/7 — Westbury, NY, NYCB Theatre at Westbury
12/13 — Durant, OK, Choctaw Grand Theater
12/15 — El Paso, TX, Abraham Chavez Theatre
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