Chicago is coming to Kelowna

KELOWNA – The “legendary rock and roll band with horns” is coming to Kelowna and tickets go on sale this week.

Chicago will be performing at Prospera Place on September 2, 2018 according to a media release.

This year Chicago will perform their historic album, Chicago II in its entirety as the first set of the concert. While some artists have performed an entire record as their complete show, for Chicago, this will only be the first set before intermission. Chicago II, like the band’s first release, is a double album, and contains the hits “25 Or 6 To 4,” “Make Me Smile,” “Wake Up Sunshine” and “Colour My World.” The second set will be the “world’s longest encore,” as the band jokingly refers to it.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. and can be bought at the Prospera Place Box Office or purchased online at at www.livenation.com.

This year marks the band’s 51st consecutive year of touring, without missing a single concert date.

Filled with their greatest hits this concert will be the band’s longest show ever according to the release.

Chicago’s lifetime achievements include two Grammy Awards, multiple American Music Awards, Founding Artists of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor, and keys to and proclamations from US cities.

The original four band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, James Pankow on trombone and Walt Parazaider on woodwinds. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Keith Howland on guitar and vocals, Lou Pardini on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Brett Simons on bass and Danny Reyes on percussion.

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