People might forget today, but there was a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Midwestern rockers were heavyweights on the pop charts. Specifically, rock bands from my home state of Illinois.

The band's greatest singles that hit the Billboard Hot 100. By Gary Graff During its half century existence, Styx has logged 23 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, eight of which reached the top 10.

Styx has confirmed their first concerts for 2026 – and they have very special plans. The group will play 1978's three-times platinum Top 10 smash LP Pieces of Eight, along with other favorites. Styx ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there ...

Styx’s “Pieces of Eight” has always been one of the band’s more polarizing albums. Critics lambasted their eighth – get it? – album upon release in 1978 as “narcissistic slop” – at least that's what ...

The Renegades & Juke Box Heroes Tour is not the first time Styx and Foreigner have toured together but it is billed as “together live for the last time ever.” The co-headliners along with special ...

It’s not a bona fide concept LP à la 2017’s The Mission, which imagined a recce to Mars in 2033, but Styx’s 18th album Circling From Above continues the long-running US band’s recent prog-orientated ...

Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there was music that elaborate and soulful and it was still rock,” the ...