BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1018@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T220000 DTSTAMP:20231006T182251Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/kansas-another-fork-in-the-road-50th-a nniversary-tour/ SUMMARY:KANSAS: Another Fork in the Road 50th Anniversary Tour DESCRIPTION:With a legendary career spanning five decades\, KANSAS has firm ly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. Thi s “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after b eing discovered by Wally Gold\, who worked for Don Kirshner\, and have gon e on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. Composing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live albums\, KANSAS has prod uced eight gold albums\, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture\, Po int of Know Return\, Best of KANSAS)\, one platinum live album (Two for th e Show)\, one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son\,’ and a nother triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’\n\nKANSAS appeared o n the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America\, Eur ope\, and Japan. ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio\, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more than three million times!\n\nThe summer of 2020 marked the release of “The Absence of Presence\,” KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album\, which debuted at #10 on Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart. The wide-ranging progressive rock album\, released by Insid eOut Music\, follows up 2016’s “The Prelude Implicit\,” which debute d at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. Throughout 2016-2022\, the band celebrated the anniversaries of multi-Platinum breakout albums “Le ftoverture” and “Point of Know Return” with anniversary tours for bo th albums. Both tours were commemorated with live album releases: “Lefto verture Live &\; Beyond” (2017) &\; “Point of Know Return Live & amp\; Beyond” (2021).\n\nThe band is currently comprised of original dru mmer Phil Ehart\, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer\, vocalist/keyboardist Ronn ie Platt\, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin\, violinist/guitarist Joe Deni nzon\, and original guitarist Richard Williams. With no signs of slowing d own\, KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audie nces. Along with constant touring\, KANSAS continues to remain a fixture o f Classic Rock radio and popular culture. The band continues to reach a wh ole new audience through their unmistakable presence in various commercial s\, live sports broadcasts\, popular video games Rock Band\, Guitar Hero\, and Grand Theft Auto\; the band’s documentary film “KANSAS: Miracles Out of Nowhere\,” and a guest appearance on The CW’s television show ‘Walker.’ The band’s songs have also been included in various televi sion shows such as ‘Supernatural\,’ ‘Reacher\,’ ‘All Elite Wrest ling\,’ ‘South Park\,’ ‘The Office\,’ and ‘The Simpsons\,’ a s well as blockbuster films including ‘Old School\,’ ‘The Suicide Sq uad\,’ ‘Anchorman\,’ ‘Pitch Perfect\,’ and ‘Happy Gilmore.’ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2023 /10/Kansas.jpg CATEGORIES:Arts & Entertainment,Music LOCATION:Peopes Bank Theatre\, 222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, Un ited States GEO:39.415852;-81.453433 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Peopes Bank Theatr e:geo:39.415852,-81.453433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR