Classic rock legends Kansas have posted the following update on Facebook:

 

Classic Rock Revisited's Jeb Wright spoke with Kansas guitarist Rich Williams back in 2013, who discussed the band's 40th Anniversary show in Pittsburgh, PA, among other topics. An excerpt follows:

Q: Tell me how the idea to go back to where you first headlined a show became the theme for the 40th Anniversary.

A: "We wanted to make it one event and do something different on that night. We chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania because we have a lot of history there. When we couldn’t get a gig anywhere, we were headlining in Pennsylvania. In those days, you didn’t have the media that we have now. We wouldn’t know how many people were there until we arrived. We played a show at The Stanley Theater – which is where we are playing the anniversary show. I don’t know what they call the place now, because who remembers the new names of these great old places? The promoter, Rich Engler, who we have done many shows with since, brought in another band; I think it was Styx, but I’m not sure. We were to be the opening act for the show and someone in the headliner got sick and he was going to cancel. As it turned out, nobody wanted their money back. We were told people still wanted the show and that they wanted us to play. We showed up and the place was sold out; we were like The Beatles when we showed up for that gig. The biggest surprise was just being there and walking out and playing to this crowd that were, instead of going, 'Who is that?' and yelling for the headliner, were there to see us and us alone. It was quite a moment. It was our first headlining gig. There was no way that we knew that or planned it. We had come on to the scene quickly through the grapevine and through the college kid’s word of mouth, but we had no way of knowing that. It really was our first gig where we got on the map that way."

Read the full interview at Classic Rock Revisited.