I just heard that Rick Springfield will be performing in Springfield, Illinois on November 23, 2008 at Sangamon Auditorium! I just got my old turntable up and running this weekend and have been playing all my favorite 80’s albums. Is it a coincidence then that a Rick Springfield concert is just announced for Springfield? I think not. I’ll be dusting off my old Rick Springfield albums in preparation for his show here!!! He’s performed in the Springfield area at least several times before. I saw him at the Sangamon County Fair in New Berlin in 2000, and I believe he performed at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in 1983. At his Sangamon County Fair performance, many middle-aged women were screaming and making fools of themselves, and I definitely recall Rick Springfield playing his guitar with a bunch of long stem roses. He kept throwing something in the air too, but I can’t remember if it was the roses or his guitar? Come on, who would want to miss excitement like that? Not me, count me in, because I will definitely be there!