No genre knows how to express emotions quite like the classic rock power ballad. Case in point: REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling.” A member of the band explained why he wrote it in the first ...

The No. 1 hit from their blockbuster album of 1981 was inspired by a deeply-personal real-life experience.

The REO Speedwagon name is no more. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the legendary rock band played their final show as REO Speedwagon at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas. At the concert, frontman Kevin Cronin ...

REO Speedwagon went to the power ballad well on a 1988 single. That song spelled the end of their Top 40 success, ...

In September 2024, REO Speedwagon announced that the band would cease touring starting in January 2025 because of a conflict that arose between two of the group’s longest-tenured members—frontman ...

REO Speedwagon’s “Time For Me To Fly” plays out in the very last scene of the final episode of ABC’s long-running sitcom “The Goldbergs.” The 1978 hit plays as the titular family gathers together and ...

Not many bands can lay claim to writing a song that prompted fans to throw their stash out the car window. As REO Speedwagon keyboardist Neal Doughty tells UCR, “Ridin’ the Storm Out" had just that ...

REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin recalled the 10-year delay between starting to write “Time for Me to Fly” and completing the song. The 1978 single appeared on the band’s seventh album, You Can ...

However, the band will continue to play under Kevin Cronin, aside from bassist Bruce Hall The REO Speedwagon name is no more. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the legendary rock band played their final show as ...