The Greatest Chicago Tribute

Hitting the road in North America this year is Leonid and Friends, the YouTube sensation tribute band to Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire and others, from Eastern Europe! Despite never having seen Chicago live (they never toured to band leader Leonid Vorobyev's home country of Russia), the group became a global hit for their stunning recreation of the music of the legendary American soft-rockers.

WHO ARE LEONID & FRIENDS?

A very special tribute band with a special love for the music of Chicago, made up of musicians from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.  Based in Moscow, Vorobyev, a sound engineer and choir conductor at the East Siberian Institute of Culture, described the difficulties of coming across amplified instruments and music back in 1970s USSR, so discovering bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple and, of course, Chicago, turned his world upside-down.

After gathering some friends together to learn Chicago's 'Brand New Love Affair' and film themselves playing, the video blew up and became a viral sensation.  This led to a sell out tour of the US in 2019, the first of many, creating an army of devoted fans across the country.