Their sound defined the ’80s ballad. They’re hitting the road and coming to Tri-Cities

REO Speedwagon — the rock group whose ballads littered the airwaves in the 1980s — will perform in the Tri-Cities this spring.

The group will play the Toyota Center on May 23. It’s the only Washington stop announced so far on a tour run that’s topped more than two dozen performances.

Tickets start at $47 and can be bought online at yourtoyotacenter.com.

The band has sold more than 40 million records with their piano-driven arena rock.

Their 1980 release “Hi Infidelity” produced three Billboard Hot 100 singles that reached the top 20, as well as two No. 1 hit with “Keep on Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling.”

It also earned them a Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.”

Eric Rosane

Tri-City Herald

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Eric Rosane is the Tri-City Herald’s Civic Accountability Reporter focused on Education and Local Government. Before coming to the Herald in February 2022, he worked at the Daily Chronicle in Lewis County covering schools, floods, fish, dams and the Legislature. He graduated from Central Washington University in 2018.  Support my work with a digital subscription