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With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America's iconic classic rock bands. This "garage band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.
Composing a catalogue that includes fifteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), and two one million-selling gold singles, âCarry On Wayward Son' and âDust in the Wind.' KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the â70's and â80's and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. âCarry On Wayward Son' continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and âDust In the Wind' has been played on the radio more than three million times!
2016 marked the release of "The Prelude Implicit," KANSAS's fifteenth studio album. The wide-ranging progressive rock album was released on InsideOut Music, and marked the band's first studio album release in 16 years.
Throughout 2016-2017, the band celebrated both the release of "The Prelude Implicit" and the anniversary of breakout album "Leftoverture" with the highly successful KANSAS: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour. That tour was released in 2017 as a live album, "Leftoverture Live & Beyond."
The band, which is currently comprised of keyboardist Tom Brislin, original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, guitarist Zak Rizvi, and original guitarist Richard Williams. KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audiences around the world.
Along with constant touring, KANSAS continues to remain a fixture of Classic Rock radio. The band has reached a whole new audience through their unmistakable presence on the popular video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and through their songs' inclusion in various television shows such as âSupernatural,' and âSouth Park,' and with films âOld School,' and âAnchorman.'
The performance was excellent but the volume was painfully loud which made it very difficult to listen to. 5 stars to the band, 1 star to whoever handled the sound.
When I was just 16 years old, I made a "bucket list"of all of the great songs that I wanted to see performed by the bands that recorded them. This last week in Vancouver, I crossed off the last song on the list . . . it only took 43 years . . . and Kansas played that last song, "Carry On My Wayward Son"! What an amazing show by Kansas at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Simply Outstanding! We travelled from Vancouver Island for the show and it was well worth the effort, made even more special by having my wife and son with me for the show. As I've always said, there is no substitute for live music. Kansas certainly showed us why. Bravo!
The QE Theatre is a great venue for Kansas. Had a great view of the stage. Kansas is a classic band from my time as a teenager. I even learned how to play Carry On My Wayward Son back in the day. The breadth of the music played by the members of Kansas was phenomenal. My partner, who isn't a big fan of rock music, was very impressed by the show. We really enjoyed the concert. The sound was occasionally a tad too hot in the higher frequencies. The higher notes of the vocals, violin and keys didn't sit as well in the mix as I would have hoped. The overall sound wasn't awful but not as good as 5 star show. The previous concert I saw that the QE was Joe Bonamassa. The sound at the Joe Bonamassa show was excellent, well balanced with great definition of each sound source (vocal, guitars, keys, drums..).
I had an amazing time at this concert. It was truly special and they played very well.
Fantastic musicians playing all out, what a great band!đ
They were all great musicians. A lot more Prog Rock than I remember. After awhile it started to sound all very similar, and it got a little theatrical. All in all it was a good experience.
An amazing concert - bucket list tick for sure. Production, sound quality, and the band was perfect
Terrific show and only Kansas played which was nice! Pretty much started on time and played longer than expected but the best part was the fact that because it wasnât sold out they gave people the opportunity to move closer to the front. Balcony to the third row from the stage. Not too shabby and thanks Kansas for treating us like that. It was an awesome surprise and a great way of saying thanks to your fans!
Kansas was and is a great band. It was great to see a couple of members of the original band and the violinist was fantastic. Loved the musicality of all members. It was a great night.
Iâve been to hundreds of live concerts and seen great musicianship. However these guys were on another level. I was a little disappointed that Kerry wasnât with them but they made me forget pretty quickly. Iâve never seen anything like the violinist beforeâŚ. Blew me away! Wow!
