Since the 1990s, GRAND ILLUSION has stunned local and regional audiences with their impossibly accurate performances of STYX tunes. Playing shows from northern Quebec, Canada to southern Pennsylvania, USA, and just about everywhere in between, GRAND ILLUSION continues to play to “fire-code-breaking” crowds, faithfully recreating the feel of arena concert events of the 1970s, earning them an impressive 8+ awards at the Buffalo Music Awards.

By associations through friends of friends, a GRAND ILLUSION demo cassette tape found its way into the hands of STYX members backstage during their “Edge of the Century” tour and STYX was blown away. During their first listen, an uneasy tension was felt by STYX members as if they were more than flattered by the tribute. Later, STYX guitarist James Young spoke of their apprehensions confiding in the boys that GRAND ILLUSION sounded so hauntingly genuine to the original versions, for a few seconds after their first listening to the demo, JY and Dennis DeYoung among others thought the tape was an unauthorized bootleg recording of their own performance.

When they realized it was a tribute band, they knew they just HAD to meet these guys! Backstage VIP invites soon followed, and a couple of weeks later, GRAND ILLUSION was backstage partying with STYX. Ultimately, STYX was flattered beyond words and immediate friendships were forged.

GRAND ILLUSION has been and continues to be a perennial favorite at large concert events, performing for thousands at outdoor rock festivals and they were the opening act for HONEYMOON SUITE and CHEAP TRICK.

After a brief hiatus to retool their sets and instrumentation, GRAND ILLUSION is back and better than ever, as comfortable on stage in front of arena sized crowds as they are in more intimate venues for only a couple of hundred guests, bringing all your favorite STYX classics back to life once more.

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Canada: ON
US: MidAtlantic: PA
Midwest: OH
Northeast: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT

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