Kansas Announces Massive 50th Anniversary Tour
Kansas is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a huge North American tour that will take them into 2024. The tour, which will be called “Another Fork in the Road,” will feature music from their entire catalog, including hits like “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind,” as well as deeper cuts.
“Our entire career has been a winding journey,” guitarist and original member Richard Williams. “Whether it’s been the ‘original’ lineup signing with Don Kirshner, years on the bus, touring with Queen, worldwide success peaking with ‘Leftoverture’ and ‘Point of Know Return,’ the valleys of the ’90s and ‘dinosaur bands’ losing steam, various lineup changes, to our most recent ‘rebirth’ and success of our latest new music over the last eight years; there have been several forks in the road of that journey. This 50th Anniversary Tour and release will represent that journey and the forks along that road.”
The tour will kick off in June following their “Classics” tour that wraps in May. Things begin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 2nd and will work their way all the way across the U.S. and circle back across the South to end in Florida in January.
The current lineup for the band features original drummer Phil Ehart, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin, original guitarist Richard Williams, and bassist/vocalist Billy Greer. Greer first joined the fold during the band’s 1985 reformation and has stayed ever since.
Kansas Classics Tour Dates:
Date | Location | Venue |
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Mar | Tampa, FL | Busch Gardens |
Mar | Shawnee, OK | Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center |
Mar | Winterhaven, CA | Quechan Casino |
Mar | Pala, CA | Pala Casino |
Mar | Queen Creek, AZ | The Good Life Festival |
Apr 1 | Lincoln, CA | Thunder Valley Casino Resort with Blue Oyster Cult |
Apr 20 | Marion, IL | Marion Cultural & Civic Center |
Apr 22 | Forrest City, AR | EACC Fine Arts Center |
May 19 | Decatur, IL | The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater |
May 21 | Louisville, KY | Iroquois Amphitheater |
Kansas 50th Anniversary Tour – Another Fork in the Road Confirmed Dates*:
Date | Location | Venue |
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Jun 2, 2023 | Pittsburgh, PA | Benedum Center for the Performing Arts |
Jun 3, 2023 | Baltimore, MD | The Lyric Baltimore |
Jun 9, 2023 | Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre |
Jun 10, 2023 | Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre |
Jun 16, 2023 | Fort Wayne, IN | Embassy Theatre |
Jun 17, 2023 | Detroit, MI | Fisher Theatre |
Jun 29, 2023 | Toronto, ON | Massey Hall |
Jul 1, 2023 | Rochester, NY | Kodak Center |
Jul 7, 2023 | Cincinnati, OH | Taft Theatre |
Jul 8, 2023 | Indianapolis, IN | Clowes Memorial Hall |
Jul 14, 2023 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre |
Jul 15, 2023 | Chicago, IL | The Chicago Theatre |
Jul 21, 2023 | Wausau, WI | The Grand Theater |
Jul 22, 2023 | Milwaukee, WI | The Riverside Theater |
Jul 27, 2023 | Kansas City, MO | The Midland Theatre |
Jul 29, 2023 | St. Louis, MO | The Fabulous Fox Theatre |
Aug 4, 2023 | Des Moines, IA | Hoyt Sherman Place |
Aug 5, 2023 | Omaha, NE | Orpheum Theater |
Aug 18, 2023 | Knoxville, TN | Tennessee Theatre |
Aug 19, 2023 | Nashville, TN | Ryman Auditorium |
Aug 25, 2023 | Denver, CO | The Paramount Theatre |
Aug 26, 2023 | Salt Lake City, UT | Eccles Theater |
Sep 6, 2023 | Vancouver, BC | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
Sep 8, 2023 | Seattle, WA | The Paramount Theater |
Sep 9, 2023 | Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
Sep 12, 2023 | Boise, ID | Morrison Center for the Performing Arts |
Sep 14, 2023 | San Francisco, CA | Golden Gate Theatre |
Sep 16, 2023 | Los Angeles, CA | The Orpheum Theatre |
Sep 17, 2023 | San Diego, CA | Balboa Theatre |
Sep 20, 2023 | To Be Announced | TBA |
Sep 22, 2023 | Albuquerque, NM | Kiva Auditorium |
Sep 24, 2023 | El Paso, TX | The Plaza Theatre |
Oct 12, 2023 | Worcester, MA | The Hanover Theatre |
Oct 13, 2023 | Brookville, NY | Tilles Center for the Performing Arts |
Oct 20, 2023 | San Antonio, TX | Tobin Center for the Performing Arts |
Oct 21, 2023 | Sugar Land, TX | Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land |
Oct 26, 2023 | Huntsville, AL | Von Braun Center – Mark C. Smith Concert Hall |
Oct 27, 2023 | Memphis, TN | Orpheum Theatre |
Nov 3, 2023 | Charlotte, NC | Ovens Auditorium |
Nov 4, 2023 | Durham, NC | Durham Performing Arts Center |
Dec 1, 2023 | Savannah, GA | Johnny Mercer Theatre |
Dec 2, 2023 | Atlanta, GA | Fox Theatre |
Jan 12, 2024 | Jacksonville, FL | Florida Theatre |
Jan 13, 2024 | North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Performing Arts Center |
Jan 19, 2024 | Fort Myers, FL | Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall |
Jan 20, 2024 | Clearwater, FL | Ruth Eckerd Hall |
Jan 27, 2024 | Melbourne, FL | Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts |
Jan 28, 2024 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Broward Center for the Performing Arts |
*Two additional dates to be announced