ARE YOU READY TO ROCK - FOR CHEAP

AND NOW . . . YOUR "ROCK 'N' ROLL STIMULUS PACKAGE":

REO SPEEDWAGON, STYX, and 38 SPECIAL will be touring together this spring. Officially, it's called "The 2009 Can't Stop Rockin' Tour" . . . but Styx guitarist TOMMY SHAW is describing it as, quote, "a 'rock 'n roll stimulus package."

That's more than just a timely reference . . . cheap tickets, starting as low as $13.50, will be available at most of the venues. And believe it or not, that's NOT where the awesomeness stops. In honor of this tour, REO and Styx are releasing a single . . . TOGETHER. It's called "Can't Stop Rockin'" . . . and it was co-written by REO's KEVIN CRONIN and Styx's TOMMY SHAW.

It'll be available for download sometime in the coming month The tour kicks off on May 13th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (--You can check out the full itinerary, here . . . http://www.speedwagon.com/tour.php <>

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DEF LEPPARD AND POISON *ARE* TOURING TOGETHER:

Earlier this year, POISON singer BRET MICHAELS announced that he wanted to TOUR with DEF LEPPARD . . . which seemed a little odd, considering the '80s HAIR BAND BEEF that broke out between the two bands last summer.

Well, apparently the hatchet HAS been buried, because the tour is now official. Poison, Def Leppard and CHEAP TRICK will head out on a 40-date summer tour . . . beginning on June 23rd in Camden, New Jersey. (--Here's a full list of dates . . .) http://www.defleppard.com/tour/index.asp <>