Just days after its release on October 21st via Frontiers Music Srl, the Blu-Ray release of Dennis DeYoung And The Music Of Styx Live In Los Angeles, Canada has taken the former lead singer of that legendary band to the #1 position on Nielsen Soundscan’s Music Video chart. The chart topping position marks the first time DeYoung has reached the #1 position in Canada since he launched his solo career in earnest in 1999.

“Merci beaucoup and thanks so much to my Canadian fans for their on going support,” says DeYoung, who has been touring in support of the new release since last summer. “In my solo career they have given me a triple platinum DVD, a platinum CD, a gold album, a number one single at 60 years of age and now this, a number one Blu-Ray! As we speak, I am having a giant fleur de lys and maple leaf tattooed on my forehead! You Canucks are the best. Cheers…”

 

 

Recorded and filmed for this special CD/DVD release and for an October US TV live concert special, these classic Styx songs were captured before an enthusiastic audience at the intimate El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on March 18th, 2014.

“If you are a Styx fan this DVD CD package covers all the hits in one great concert experience,” says deYoung, who wrote and sang nearly all of that legendary band’s radio hits, as well as a number of solo hits. “The intimate setting of the historic El Rey theater was the perfect venue to see me and the band up close rockin’ these tunes.”

 

 

Captured with eight cameras in Hi Def, the show features DeYoung performing the band’s catalog of classic rock hits that became a staple on radio during the 1970s and 80s. Among them: “Lady", “Renegade”, “Blue Collar Man”, “Show Me The Way”, “Mr. Roboto”, “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “Babe”, “Best Of Times”, “Come Sail Away” and many others.

DeYoung, who began playing with the members of Styx in the early 1960s as a band called The Tradewinds, changed its name, wrote and sang the band’s breakthrough single, “Lady” in 1972. The group would go on to have over a dozen gold and platinum albums over the next twenty years. DeYoung left Styx in 1999. In addition to his success with Styx, DeYoung wrote and recorded several solo projects and did an album of Broadway standards, after touring as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar.

“To have this band and these songs on a Blu-Ray, DVD and two CD set is a dream come true,” says DeYoung. “I have to thank AXS Tv in the US and Frontiers in Italy for this special opportunity.”

 

 

Tracklisting:

CD1:

"The Message"
"Grand Illusion"
"Lady"
"Lorelei"
"Blue Collar Man"
"Show Me The Way"
"Mr. Roboto"
"Desert Moon"
"Don’t Let It End"
"Too Much Time On My Hands"

CD2:

"Rockin The Paradise"
"Crystal Ball"
"Babe"
"Foolin Yourself"
"Suite Madame Blue"
"Best Of Times"
"Renegade"
"Come Sail Away"

DVD:

"Grand Illusion"
"Lady"
"Lorelei"
"Blue Collar Man"
"Show Me The Way"
"Mr. Roboto"
"Desert Moon"
"Don’t Let It End"
"Too Much Time On My Hands"
"Crystal Ball"
"Babe"
"Fooling Yourself"
"Suite Madame Blue"
"Best Of Times"
"Renegade"
"Come Sail Away"

Trailer: