{"id":72088,"date":"2025-12-01T22:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72088\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T22:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:58:06","slug":"austins-famous-trail-of-lights-opens-soon-for-2025-run-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/72088\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin’s famous Trail of Lights opens soon for 2025 run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two classic rock icons from the Windy City are hitting the road together next year. Chicago and Styx will bring the wordy tour, called The Windy Cities Tour – All The Hits\u2026Your Kind of Tour, to Austin’s Moody Center on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

The tour starts in West Palm Beach in July and ends in Los Angeles in September. In addition to Austin, it’ll stop in Houston suburb The Woodlands at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on August 20.<\/p>\n

This is the first time these multi-Platinum bands have co-headlined a tour together. Aside from being from the same city, they share a reputation for a slick sound and a certain theatricality, whether that’s from musical theater or jazz influences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited about the summer tour,\u201d said Chicago trumpeter Lee Loughnane in a press release. \u201cChicago has never toured with Styx before so it’s going to be a lot of fun, we’re looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/a> was the highest-charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Top 125 Artists of All Time<\/a> in 2019 (where it was No. 10 overall, beat by Brits and solo artists). They’ve toured every single year, making this their 59th year on the road. In 2025, Chicago released a deluxe version of 2005’s Love Songs.<\/p>\n

Styx<\/a>, known for dramatic hits like \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d and \u201cRenegade,\u201d debuted in 1972 and is still making new music, including the 2025 album Circling From Above. The group has had eight songs that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, led by 1979’s “Babe” at No. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my early days of live performing I had several mentors who were kind enough to let me join in and play with them despite not being able to read charts,\u201d said Styx singer\/guitarist Tommy Shaw. \u201cRod Henley, Ricky Parsons, Bobby and Larry Moore, Eddie Wohlford, Wimpy Jones, Country Boy Eddie and others gave me a shot. And I am thankful for that. By the time Chicago released their first album, I had enough experience to begin learning their amazing music on my own. Now, the idea of Styx touring with Chicago is a major thrill all on its own. We can\u2019t wait to spend the summer with them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Both artists will offer artist pre-sales and VIP packages beginning Tuesday, December 2, at 10 am. In Austin, U.S. Mastercard and Citi cardmembers can access a presale starting the same day at 10 am and 12 pm, respectively. After some additional presales, the general starts Friday, December 5, at 10 am at livenation.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Windy Cities Tour – All The Hits\u2026Your Kind of Tour Dates<\/p>\n

Mon 7\/13 West Palm Beach, FL iThink Financial AmphitheatreWed 7\/15 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union AmphitheatreFri 7\/17 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank AmphitheatreSat 7\/18 Charlotte, NC PNC Music PavilionMon 7\/20 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube LiveTue 7\/21 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage PavilionThu 7\/23 Wantagh, NY Northwell at Jones Beach TheaterSat 7\/25 Gilford, NH BankNH PavilionSun 7\/26 Mansfield, MA Xfinity CenterTue 7\/28 Toronto, ONT. RBC AmphitheatreThu 7\/30 Grand Rapids, MI Acrisure AmphitheatreSat 8\/1 Rosemont, IL Allstate ArenaSun 8\/2 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music CenterWed 8\/5 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music CenterThu 8\/6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music CenterWed 8\/19 Austin, TX Moody CenterThu 8\/20 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sponsored by HuntsmanMon 8\/24 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino AmphitheatrehTue 8\/25 Kansas City, MO MORTON AmphitheaterFri 8\/28 Denver, CO Ball ArenaSun 8\/30 Salt Lake City, UT Utah First Credit Union AmphitheatreTue 9\/1 Phoenix, AZ Mortgage Matchup CenterWed 9\/2 Palm Desert, CA Acrisure ArenaFri 9\/4 Concord, CA Toyota Pavilion at ConcordSun 9\/6 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two classic rock icons from the Windy City are hitting the road together next year. Chicago and Styx…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1972,36064],"class_list":["post-72088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-holidays","tag-trail-of-lights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}