SEXTUPLE-PLATINUM ALBUM TO BE PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY
FINAL U.S. DATES FOR LEFTOVERTURE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
NEW STUDIO ALBUM THE PRELUDE IMPLICIT OUT NOW
KANSAS will be expanding their highly successful Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour to more parts of the United States in the fall of 2017! Billboard announced the expansion of the tour in an exclusive article and interview here:
For the first time in its 43-year history, the band is performing the hit album in its entirety. The tour showcases more than two hours of classic KANSAS music including hit songs, deep cuts, and new songs from their new album, The Prelude Implicit.
Based on incredible demand, dates have been confirmed for a final U.S. leg of the Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour across cities such as San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; Houston, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Topeka, KS; Champaign, IL; Wichita, KS; Knoxville, TN; Toledo, OH; Jacksonville, FL; and many more.
“We are having so much fun doing these Leftoverture 40th Anniversary shows, we just want to keep doing them,” comments KANSAS guitarist and original member Richard Williams. “We had no idea when we started doing these, last fall, that they would be so popular. When we first started discussing this concept, we were just hoping to be able to do ten of these type shows. We would not have predicted we would end up doing nearly 70 of them. I can’t think of a better way to wrap up 2017, before taking a break from the road at the beginning of 2018, to record a new studio album.”
KANSAS pre-sale tickets, Wheat & Greet VIP Packages, and Premium Seat Packages for most new Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour dates will be available at 10 AM local time on Friday, March 24, using passcode KANSASBAND. More information, including pre-sale ticket & VIP Package links will be available at www.kansasband.com or at the band’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/kansasband. Tickets for most shows go on sale to the general public at 10AM local time on March 31.
In 1976, KANSAS released the album Leftoverture. Containing the smash hit and million-selling single “Carry On Wayward Son,” along with fan favorites such as “The Wall,” “Miracles Out Of Nowhere,” and “What’s On My Mind,” Leftoverture became the band’s breakthrough album. The album peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Album charts and reached sextuple-platinum status with more than six million copies sold. They are performing the album in its entirety on this tour.
The Prelude Implicit, the band’s most recent album, which was released on September 23rd, marked KANSAS’ biggest selling week in the Soundscan era, and the highest charting release since Power (1986). The album reached #14 on the Top 200 album chart, #41 on the Billboard 200, #5 for Rock Albums, #6 for Physical Albums, #17 on the Vinyl Albums chart and more. The Prelude Implicit is now available for purchase in stores and online at Best Buy, Amazon, Apple Music, FYE, Barnes & Noble, Wal-Mart, Spotify and Independent Record Shops. Links to select retailers can be found below:
Amazon – http://amzn.to/2cWwNRp
Best Buy – http://bit.ly/2da7bBI
iTunes/Apple Music – http://apple.co/2aSjBQc
Wal-Mart – http://bit.ly/2d2Fgog
Independent Record Shops – http://recordstoreday.com/Stores
Spotify – http://spoti.fi/2b0Oi3j
Google Play http://bit.ly/2asRFhn
2017 LEFTOVERTURE 40th ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
| March 24, 2017 | Salina, KS | The Stiefel Theatre – SOLD OUT |
| March 25, 2017 | Tulsa, OK | The Brady Theater |
| March 31, 2017 | Des Moines, IA | Hoyt Sherman Place – SOLD OUT |
| April 1, 2017 | Peoria, IL | Peoria Civic Center Theater |
| April 7, 2017 | Louisville, KY | Louisville Palace |
| April 9, 2017 | Charleston, WV | The Clay Center |
| April 18, 2017 | Denver, CO | The Paramount |
| April 20, 2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | Delta Hall at Eccles Theatre |
| April 22, 2017 | Las Vegas, NV | The Smith Center – Reynolds Hall |
| April 23, 2017 | Chandler, AZ | Chandler Center for the Arts |
| April 26, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA | The Wiltern |
| April 28, 2017 | Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
| April 29, 2017 | Seattle, WA | Moore Theater |
| July 16, 2017 | Loreley, Germany | Night of the Prog Festival |
NEWLY ADDED 2017 LEFTOVERTURE 40th ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
| August 25, 2017 | Shreveport, LA | Shreveport Municipal Auditorium |
| August 26, 2017 | Baton Rouge, LA | Baton Rouge River Center Theatre |
| September 8, 2017 | Santa Rosa, CA | Luther Burbank Center for the Arts |
| September 9, 2017 | Stockton, CA | Bob Hope Theatre |
| September 12, 2017 | San Francisco, CA | Warfield Theatre |
| September 13, 2017 | Thousand Oaks, CA | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza |
| September 15, 2017 | Bakersfield, CA | Fox Theater |
| September 19, 2017 | San Diego, CA | Poway Center for the Arts |
| September 21, 2017 | Wichita Falls, TX | Memorial Auditorium Wichita Falls |
| September 22, 2017 | Amarillo, TX | Amarillo Civic Center |
| September 29, 2017 | Corpus Christi, TX | Selena Auditorium |
| September 30, 2017 | Houston, TX | Cullen Performance Hall |
| October 6, 2017 | Topeka, KS | Topeka Performing Arts Center |
| October 7, 2017 | Sioux City, IA | Orpheum Theatre |
| October 13, 2017 | Champaign, IL | The Virginia Theatre |
| October 14, 2017 | Evansville, IN | Victory Theatre |
| October 20, 2017 | Dodge City, KS | United Wireless Center |
| October 21, 2017 | Wichita, KS | Hartman Arena |
| October 27, 2017 | Knoxville, TN | Knoxville Civic Auditorium |
| October 28, 2017 | Huntsville, AL | Mark C. Smith Concert Hall |
| November 3, 2017 | Saginaw, MI | Dow Events Center Theater |
| November 4, 2017 | Toledo, OH | Stranahan Theater |
| November 10, 2017 | Waukegan, IL | Genesee Theatre |
| November 11, 2017 | Appleton, WI | Fox Cities Performing Arts Center |
| November 17, 2017 | Madison, WI | Capitol Theater |
| November 18, 2017 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre |
| November 24, 2017 | Buffalo, NY | The Riviera Theater |
| November 25, 2017 | Akron, OH | The Goodyear Theater |
| December 1, 2017 | North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Performing Arts Center |
| December 2, 2017 | Jacksonville, FL | Florida Theatre |
| December 8, 2017 | Pembroke Pines, FL | Pembroke Pines City Center |
| December 9, 2017 | The Villages, FL | Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center |
For more information on KANSAS and the Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour, please visit:
www.kansasband.com
www.facebook.com/kansasband
www.twitter.com/kansasband
Press Contact:
J.R. Rees | KANSAS Management Office
[email protected]