From the Promoter

In 1980 LOVERBOY introduced themselves to the world with their self-titled debut album. They quickly became one of America’s and MTV’s most popular rock bands. From 1980 through 1987 LOVERBOY garnered four multi-Platinum albums and numerous international Gold albums. Their tours sold out arenas and stadiums nationwide. Their hit singles came one after another, and went on to become the anthems and party songs of an entire generation of rock concert going fans. LOVERBOY’s red leather pants, bandannas, and big rock sound defined the band’s trademark image and high-energy live show.
LOVERBOY, driven by the powerful vocals of Mike Reno, the relentless rock groove of lead guitarist Paul Dean, bassist Scott Smith, keyboardist Doug Johnson and drummer Matt Frenette, built its reputation on-stage, bringing the energy from their radio hits to coliseum rousing excitement.
After being rejected by all the major U.S. record companies LOVERBOY signed with Columbia Records Canada. LOVERBOY went into the studio with producer Bruce Fairbairn and engineer Bob Rock to record their self-titled debut album — LOVERBOY. The summer of 1980 saw the record fly out of the stores setting record sales for a debut album — over 700,000 records in Canada. Columbia U.S. had no choice but recognize that 700,000 people could not be wrong. The U.S. released the album in November 1980 and by April 1981, it had gone GOLD. LOVERBOY’s debut album went on to sell more than 2 million albums in the U.S. and 4 million worldwide.
From there the band released 7 more albums. The band’s hit singles, particularly “Turn Me Loose” and “Working for the Weekend“, have become arena rock staples and are still heard on many classic rock and classic hits radio stations across the United States and Canada