Chicago, Journey, and REO Speedwagon Members Form Supergroup for Special Concert

Later this month in Nashville, a rare supergroup will unite, bringing together singers from six legendary bands. The special concert will take place during the annual cancer research fundraiser hosted by retired figure skater Scott Hamilton.

For the first time ever, Chicago’s Jason Scheff, Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon, Wally Palmar of the Romantics, Loverboy’s Mike Reno, Journey’s Jason Derlatka, and former Kansas vocalist John Elefante will share the stage. Reno’s wife, Catherine St Germain, will also join the performance. The event is scheduled for November 23rd at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

“It’s going to be a big old rock and roll show,” Hamilton told People. “So many of these guys are my heroes. Back in the day, I would’ve killed to get a backstage pass to see or meet or to be in the same proximity as these guys, and now I’m producing them in my show. It’s like, are you kidding me?”

The fundraiser will also highlight Hamilton’s remarkable skating career, featuring performances by icons such as Nathan Chen, Maxin Naumov, Gracie Gold, and Keegan Messing. The skaters will perform routines set to classic hits while the rock singers perform live.

“We bring together skaters and musicians to put together a night of entertainment that’s hard to believe,” Hamilton said. “We transform Bridgestone Arena into a theater — we take out the glass, bring the seats right down to the ice, so there are two rows of seats on the ice itself. It’s so intimate. There are no barriers. Nothing stops the audience from seeing and feeling the skater right in front of them.”

The Scott Hamilton and Friends event will raise funds for cancer research organizations. Hamilton, a cancer survivor himself, founded CARES and The 4th Angel foundation, which connects newly diagnosed patients with survivors for guidance and support.

“Everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve seen, everything I’ve witnessed, everything that I believe to be true says that there’ll be a time, probably in my lifetime — and I’m 67, so it’s not like I’ve got decades and decades left — that there will be a day where no one dies of cancer,” Hamilton said.