Styx built their reputation on layering arena-sized guitar riffs with soaring vocal harmonies and just enough theatrical flair to make songs like "Come Sail Away," "Renegade," and "Mr. Roboto" feel like small productions unto themselves. Decades after those tracks first hit the radio, the band still tours with much of that original firepower intact, blending prog-rock ambition with hook-heavy songwriting that made them staples of FM airwaves throughout the 70s and 80s.
At The Venetian Theater, a room built for clear sightlines and crisp acoustics, that catalog gets room to breathe. Expect multi-part vocal harmonies, extended guitar and keyboard passages, and the kind of singalong choruses that a crowd who grew up with these records won't be able to resist joining in on. It's a set list built for people who want the songs played the way they remember them, delivered by musicians who've spent a lifetime honing the material.