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| Date | Title |
| Feb 26, 2004 | Lowell |
| Feb 27, 2004 | Emotional Night |
| Mar 18, 2004 | Hello Atlanta |
| Mar 18, 2004 | Z93 and Styx Rock Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe |
| Mar 22, 2004 | Did You Know? |
| Mar 27, 2004 | Life Is A Beach |
| Apr 01, 2004 | Does This Look Like A Man Who's Ready To Go Back On The Road? |
| Apr 09, 2004 | No, Your Honor, I Said I Was Going To TAMPER With Her |
| Apr 10, 2004 | Thank You Tampa/St. Pete |
| Apr 15, 2004 | Let's Get This Engine Started |
| Apr 26, 2004 | Styx 1st To Record At Chess Studios 2120 S. Michigan In 15 Years |
| Apr 27, 2004 | We're Here! This Is The View From My Room |
| Apr 29, 2004 | Johnnie Johnson Speaks at 2120 News Conference |
| Apr 29, 2004 | Chicago Tribune |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Hey Memphis! |
| May 03, 2004 | Getting Close |
| May 06, 2004 | Thank You Cleveland, Hello Indianapolis! |
| May 07, 2004 | Styx Follows VH1 Outing With Headlining Tour |
| May 08, 2004 | Giving New Meaning To The Term "Front Men" |
| May 11, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| May 15, 2004 | Texas Views |
| May 16, 2004 | Houston Ruled |
| May 18, 2004 | Albuquerque, We're Here, We're Caffeinated, and Ready To Rock! |
| May 19, 2004 | Thank You Alarqueque |
| May 19, 2004 | Luke AFB, Thanks For The Hospitality |
| May 20, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| May 25, 2004 | Greetings From Colorado |
| May 28, 2004 | JY: Styx On Tour |
| May 28, 2004 | Hello, Salt Lake City |
| May 29, 2004 | 2120 Signals New Era For STYX |
| May 29, 2004 | Thank You Idaho Falls, Idaho and Hello George Washington |
| Jun 05, 2004 | LA Times On Eric Clapton's Monumental Weekend |
| Jun 08, 2004 | Ronald Reagan |
| Jun 19, 2004 | Jay Mouton Reviews Chatanooga Show |
| Jun 20, 2004 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Hello, NYC! |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Todd Rips It Up In NYC |
| Jun 25, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| Jul 04, 2004 | Hello, Ohio |
| Jul 07, 2004 | What A Difference A Couple of Days Make |
| Jul 07, 2004 | New Member Of The Family |
| Jul 09, 2004 | Aidin Vaziri insults Styx and Styx Fans |
| Jul 10, 2004 | Hot Springs, Arkansas, you Were Awesome |
| Jul 11, 2004 | Making Up Was Easy To Do |
| Jul 12, 2004 | Spokane |
| Jul 15, 2004 | So Long Spokane |
| Jul 21, 2004 | We'll Be Right Back |
| Jul 22, 2004 | Does This Look Like A Man Who's On Vacation |
| Aug 03, 2004 | Styx at the Vic |
| Aug 07, 2004 | Hello Colorado |
| Aug 07, 2004 | Ole' Ole' Ole' Oh Lay Thah!!! |
| Aug 08, 2004 | Rockin' At The Buffalo Chip |
| Aug 14, 2004 | The Dells Sure Rang Our Bells |
| Aug 15, 2004 | Nick Rogers reviews Styx in Springfield, IL |
| Aug 20, 2004 | Hello Boise |
| Aug 22, 2004 | Greetings From The Road |
| Aug 24, 2004 | Suiting Up For The Show |
| Aug 24, 2004 | Alaska, YOU Are Awesome!!! |
| Aug 26, 2004 | We Love Alaska |
| Sep 10, 2004 | We Are Here, Are You? |
| Sep 11. 2004 | We Are Still Here, Encore! |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Hello Montana |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Montana Rocked! |
| Sep 17, 2004 | Hello, Washington State |
| Sep 17, 2004 | Puyallup, WA, Rocked In The Rain |
| Sep 18, 2004 | Massula ROCKED Hard! |
| Sep 24, 2004 | Albuquerque Was A Smokin' Gig |
| Sep 25, 2004 | Unleashed In Henderson... |
| Sep 28, 2004 | Back On Our Heads |
| Sep 28, 2004 | SMILE/Thank You Alpine and Vejas! |
| Sep 30, 2004 | Saratoga Ruled! |
| Oct 01, 2004 | When In Ventura, Do What The Venturas Do! |
| Oct 06, 2004 | Today In The Life |
| Oct 08, 2004 | Hello From Konocti Harbor |
| Oct 15, 2004 | Styx Is In Rama, Mama! |
| Oct 16, 2004 | Gowan in Gowanville |
| Oct 23, 2004 | Hola De Puerto Rico |
| Oct 25, 2004 | Loose Lips, Synch Ships |
| Oct 26, 2004 | New Orleans In October... |
| Oct 28, 2004 | New Orleans, Updated |
| Nov 18, 2004 | Inmates Running The Assylum at 135 Stations |
| Nov 21, 2004 | If It Weren't for Flashbacks, We'd Have No Memory At All... |
| Nov 22, 2004 | Styx To Play Christmas Party |
| Nov 27, 2004 | Styx Rocked The Boat |
| Dec 04, 2004 | All Star Jams |
| Dec 06, 2004 | Styx To Play Christmas Party |
| Dec 07, 2004 | Q104 Christmas Bash Was A Smash |
| Dec 09, 2004 | Back In The Studio |
Nick Rogers Reviews STYX In Springfield, IL
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR
SPRINGFIELD, IL
AUGUST 15, 2004
Photo: Daniel Wills
Styx In Classic Form Without Showing Its Age
By NICK ROGERS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
It's so much better when a classic-rock band carries no aging agenda, confident in its ability to recreate the songs that sold millions for them without pushing the fact they're past their prime.
One such band played the Illinois State Fair Grandstand Sunday night, and that was Styx, a band that has lost three-fifths of its key players, but has retained a sturdy sense of fun and professionalism...Styx caught fire with the crowd of 4,665 for the nearly two hours they played.
The Chicago-based band marched onto the stage in front of a brilliantly bright white light before launching right into "Blue Collar Man," on which Tommy Shaw demonstrated he's still got the pipes and poses of a rock star...
..."The Grand Illusion" and "Lady" were dispensed with early, Gowan on the latter making dramatic runs across the stage...He endowed the show with eager energy to fill his own role in the band, part prankster (snapping Polaroids and bothering drummer Todd Sucherman) and part piano master. His ragtime solo, which evolved into double-time ragtime, was a crowd-pleaser on which Shaw and James "JY" Young did a humorous do-si-do.
In typical Grandstand fashion, the rock-concert mix was at times a little too muddy and aggressive, but many tunes from Styx's vast catalog cut through the crud. The rowdy, rocking "Too Much Time On My Hands" was a guitar high point (after which James "JY" Young urged the audience to congratulate "Tommy bleepin' Shaw").
And the band wisely rolled through a medley of album cuts, arranged by Sucherman. It was as much a showcase for the band's deep history as it was for Sucherman's explosive drumming. "Mademoiselle," "Midnight Ride," and "Heavy Metal Poisoning" were among those touched upon briefly. Unfortunately, so was "Mr. Roboto," of which only the computerized-voice beginning was heard - again, no love for DeYoung and the Kilroy experiment.
Shaw's acoustic-guitar beginning to "Crystal Ball" was a nice respite from the electric overdrive, even though the full band shortly kicked in. And he did a little flamenco shimmy with his guitar on the opening bits of "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" before Gowan and Young launched the spaceship-landing keyboard sound that has become Styx's trademark.
Throughout the night, Young was like a sinister rock 'n' roll preacher, screaming to the crowd to pump them up for "Miss America," one of his tracks from "The Grand Illusion..."
...The "Styx fix," as Gowan put it, was filled by a DeYoung song, "Come Sail Away" - of course, Styx would have been run out of town if they didn't play that. Perched proudly atop the keyboard, Gowan belted the song out, and it closed with a burst of confetti.
The evening concluded with a four-song encore featuring tunes from influences (Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," Jimi Hendrix's "Manic Depression" and The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus") and one of the fan favorites of the night, "Renegade."
To read Nick's full review, go to:
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/other/statefair/stories/32776.asp
Nick Rogers can be reached at 747-9587 or nick.rogers@sj-r.com.