PLEASE NOTE: The KANSAS show scheduled for June 8 has been re-scheduled for Saturday, September 15, due to logistical issues. All tickets from the originally scheduled show will be honored on the new date.
KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, will perform for one night only at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 15. ASIA featuring John Payne will open the show.
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, ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ and ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70's and ‘80's and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe 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!
In 2016, KANSAS released its first studio album in 15 years titled, "The Prelude Implicit." The album received an overwhelmingly positive response coming in at #14 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. As a follow-up, in 2017, the band released a live album titled "Leftoverture Live & Beyond," which includes live recordings of 19 different songs recorded in 12 different cities throughout the United States.
The band, which is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, keyboardist David Manion, 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 ‘Supernatural,’ and ‘South Park,’ and with films ‘Old School,’ and ‘Anchorman.’