REO Speedwagon to rock Hertz Arena for first time in 11 years; tickets on sale Friday

Charles Runnells, Fort Myers News-Press
Updated ·1 min read

You won't have to fight that feeling anymore: Classic rockers REO Speedwagon are playing their first Hertz Arena show in more than a decade this April.

It's one of two Florida shows the Illinois band just announced. They'll perform Wednesday, April 3, at The St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Saturday, April 6 at Estero's Hertz Arena.

Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26. Presales start at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23.

REO Speedwagon's many '80s hits include "Keep On Loving You," "Take It On The Run," "Time For Me To Fly" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."

This will be the band's first Hertz Arena show since 2013, when they played there with Styx and Ted Nugent, says Hertz Arena assistant general manager Randy Klinck.

Quirky rock act Cheap Trick opens both Florida shows. The band's Top 40 singles include “Don’t Be Cruel,” “I Want You To Want Me” and the No. 1 “The Flame.

REO Speedwagon: Tickets for Florida shows

REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon announced the shows Monday morning on Facebook. "Attention friends in Florida!" the band wrote. "We have two new shows coming your way!"

The band also revealed the code for its presale: "REOROCKS."

Tickets for the Hertz Arena show start at $39.50, Klinck says. Ticket prices for the St. Augustine show haven't been posted yet.

For tickets and more information, visit ticketmaster.com.

Charles Runnells is an arts and entertainment reporter for The News-Press and the Naples Daily News. To reach him, call 239-335-0368 (for tickets to shows, call the venue) or email him at crunnells@gannett.com. Follow or message him on social media: Facebook (facebook.com/charles.runnells.7), X (formerly Twitter) (@charlesrunnells), Threads (@crunnells1) and Instagram (@crunnells1).

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: REO Speedwagon announce Florida shows in St. Augustine and Estero