PALMETTO – The classically-influenced progressive rock band Kansas is coming to the Bradenton Area Convention Center and they’re bringing The Outlaws with them.
The Friday, May 2 Kansas/Outlaws concert is sponsored by The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Center of Anna Maria Island and Cedar Cove Resort and Cottages. Tickets start at $55. The most expensive floor seats are $105 and VIP packages are $285. Tickets can be purchased at The Center website.
After releasing their debut album, “Kansas,” in 1974, the band from Topeka, Kansas began experiencing widespread commercial success with the 1976 release of “Leftoverture,” their stellar fourth album that kicks off with the band’s first big hit, “Carry On Wayward Son.” The hits continued with the “Point of Know Return” album in 1977 that featured the title song and the Top-10 single, “Dust in the Wind.” The band’s live sound was captured on their 1978 double-live album “Two for the Show” and they closed out a successful decade with 1979’s “Monolith,” which included “People of the South Wind.”
As musical styles and band membership began to evolve in the 1980s, the band’s later hits included “Hold On,” “Play the Game Tonight” and “Fight Fire With Fire.” Decades later, Kansas continues to write and record new music, including the “The Prelude Implicit” album released in 2016 and “The Absence of Presence” album released in 2020…