{"id":30376,"date":"2024-09-17T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/reo-speedwagons-bruce-hall-comments-on-tour-retirement-im-heartbroken\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:03:08","slug":"reo-speedwagons-bruce-hall-comments-on-tour-retirement-im-heartbroken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/reo-speedwagons-bruce-hall-comments-on-tour-retirement-im-heartbroken\/","title":{"rendered":"REO Speedwagon\u2019s Bruce Hall comments on tour retirement: \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-17\/Getty_REOSpeedwagon_091624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Steve Jennings\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>REO Speedwagon\u00a0<\/strong>bassist\u00a0<strong>Bruce Hall<\/strong> wants fans to know he\u2019s not happy about the recent announcement that the band will be retiring from the road in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BruceHallREOSpeedwagon\/posts\/pfbid02qrZ9uigvWbwfMU3p2NoZtvyxPGPv8xyS7XhNrDKiVm37dbcr6JDagBBf93VVNvMzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>post on social media<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">,\u00a0Hall,\u00a0who&#8217;s been with the band\u00a0since 1977, shared, \u201cNever ever thought it would end like this and I&#8217;m heartbroken. Please know <strong>Neal<\/strong> (<strong>Doughty<\/strong>) and I did everything in our power to try and keep the Wagon rolling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hall thanked fans for their support, noting, \u201cYou guys have been very vocal and clear in your wishes for me to return to the stage. Trust me&#8230;that&#8217;s all I wanted too. We all deserved a farewell tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The news of the touring retirement came just days after frontman <strong>Kevin Cronin<\/strong> revealed\u00a0to fans that he had recently undergone emergency surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI am on the mend and will be up and rockin\u2019 as soon as the good docs here say it\u2019s okay,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reospeedwagon.com\/train-yacht-rock-revue-play-reo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>he said<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cUntil then, I am 100% focused on recuperating.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hall has been off the road since November 2023, when he\u00a0left\u00a0to have back surgery. In their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/REOSpeedwagon\/posts\/pfbid0bKTGh7Ps6JjHaZYykrXjTNz6EeY8QPLf74M8qpagoSuUFqE5u2iAnbP8NM4ET5UAl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>retirement announcement<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, the band claimed he \u201chad not recovered sufficiently to be able to perform at the level the fans have come to expect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hall noted in his post, \u201cFor the record, I wanted REO Speedwagon to continue to tour with the lineup of Kevin, myself, <strong>Dave<\/strong> (<strong>Amato)<\/strong>, <strong>Bryan<\/strong> (<strong>Hitt<\/strong>) and <strong>Derek<\/strong> (<strong>Hilland<\/strong>).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">REO Speedwagon&#8217;s retirement is set to begin Jan. 1, 2025. They still have several dates booked through the end of the year, with their next show happening Sept. 27 in Rancho Mirage, California. A complete list of dates can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reospeedwagon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>reospeedwagon.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Jennings\/Getty Images REO Speedwagon\u00a0bassist\u00a0Bruce Hall wants fans to know he\u2019s not happy about the recent announcement that the band will be retiring from the road in 2025. In a post on social media,\u00a0Hall,\u00a0who&#8217;s been with the band\u00a0since 1977, shared, \u201cNever ever thought it would end like this and I&#8217;m<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/reo-speedwagons-bruce-hall-comments-on-tour-retirement-im-heartbroken\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REO Speedwagon\u2019s Bruce Hall comments on tour retirement: \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken\u201d - 101 Gold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/reo-speedwagons-bruce-hall-comments-on-tour-retirement-im-heartbroken\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REO Speedwagon\u2019s Bruce Hall comments on tour retirement: \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken\u201d - 101 Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Jennings\/Getty Images REO Speedwagon\u00a0bassist\u00a0Bruce Hall wants fans to know he\u2019s not happy about the recent announcement that the band will be retiring from the road in 2025. 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