After “Suite Madame Blue,” they took a twenty minute break and came back with “Miss America” and “Lights.” Then with just Lawrence Gowan on keys and Tommy Shaw on guitar they started a wonderful cover of David Bowie's “Space Oddity” with the rest of Styx joining in about halfway through. The audience was singing along almost all night but were really loud during “Crystal Ball” Lawrence Gowan put in a keyboard solo called “Khedive of the Cosmos.” The title came from the name of a ship his father was on during the war. “Pieces of Eight” and “Blue Collar Man” really got everyone on their feet. Lawrence Gowan did a really nice tribute to Prince with a cover of “1999.” After noting that the crowd loved to sing along he went into a little of Queen's “Bohemian Rhapsody” and had the audience sing the chorus. “Come Sail Away” was a real crowd pleaser, and I also noticed that Chuck Panozzo was back out playing on that one.

The first encore was “Rockin' the Paradise,” which was wild with confetti all over the place.  Last but not least was Tommy Shaw on stage with just his guitar doing the intro to “Renegade” as the rest of Styx joined him for the rest of the tune. The last time i saw Styx was back in the late 80s.  Even without all the original members they are still as great as ever. When you also figure a three hour show, it was well worth the ticket price. I’d gladly see them again.