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Because he was demanding, had the most creative control, earned the most money, and limited the amount of dates that the band could tour. And he had been doing this for about 20 yrs. before he was fired. He'd also been fired once before concerning "Babe" (a song that Tommy and JY rebelled against) and then "First Time" which Dennis insisted making the single for the album "Cornerstone" though the band re-hired him later.

NO NO NO! It was actually because he told the band that he had an illness that made him sensitive to stage lights (it made him dizzy, and tired) and he asked Styx to postpone the tour, but instead they forged onward with Tommy Shaw being the front-man and replacing Dennis with Lawrence Gowan. In a way, I don't think Tommy ever really cared for Dennis that much because they had such different views in the direction they wanted the band to go in, and he sometimes gave off a malevolent vibe.

I really think the Styx tours are a ginormous middle finger to Dennis DeYoung.

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