{"id":1997587,"date":"2025-09-04T20:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1997587"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:49:31","slug":"legendary-70s-teen-icon-back-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/legendary-70s-teen-icon-back-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary \u201970s Teen Icon Back in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A legendary &#8217;70s teen icon is back in the spotlight and announcing new shows for his Road to Us Tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Shaun Cassidy<\/strong> shared the exciting news via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOJeNSCD_bo\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. The announcement outlines the newly added stops, with tour dates scheduled through March 2026..<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cassidy wrote, &#8220;As promised, I\u2019m thrilled to announce NINE NEW SHOWS going on sale Friday 9\/5. The Road to Us will now be coming to New Orleans! North Carolina! Arizona! Wisconsin!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued, &#8220;We\u2019re adding a second show in New York! Two more in California! And even more to be announced in the coming weeks (Yes, Canada, I\u2019m looking at you!) The biggest tour of my life just got bigger, and you are all the reason. THANK YOU!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Parade Daily\ud83c\udfac <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><strong> \ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cassidy will perform alongside <strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong> on September 13 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville for the Opry 100. The tour&#8217;s kickoff show is in Waterville, Maine, on September 17.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;The Road to Us&#8217; is a &#8216;love letter&#8217; to fans<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In May 2025, the former Hardy Boys star spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/shaun-cassidy-road-to-us-tour-1235982175\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard<\/a> about what he calls &#8220;the biggest commitment of 50 shows and more to come I\u2019ve ever had in my life.&#8221; Cassidy admitted, \u201cThe truth is, in my whole career I never really toured \u2014 because as a kid, I was working on\u00a0The Hardy Boys, so I\u2019d go out on weekends, and then I got a week here or two weeks there in the summer.&#8221; He concluded that the tour is a &#8220;love letter to our shared history and experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cassidy concluded his last major tour in 1980, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shauncassidy.com\/shaun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his official website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">his official website<\/a>. He didn&#8217;t hit the road again until 2019, but not via a long-running tour.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">How did Shaun Cassidy become a teen idol?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shaun Cassidy shot to fame in 1977 with his chart-topping cover of The Crystals\u2019 \u201cDa Doo Ron Ron,\u201d which soared to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. At the same time, he was winning over television audiences as a star of ABC\u2019s mystery series The Hardy Boys alongside <strong>Parker Stevenson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His first eponymous album reached platinum status, and a second, titled Born Late, peaked at Number 6 and spawned the successful singles &#8220;Hey Deenie&#8221; and a cover of The Lovin&#8217; Spoonful&#8217;s &#8220;Do You Believe in Magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cassidy subsequently released the albums Under Wraps, Room Service, and Wasp before stepping back from his recording career to focus on television work. He put on a producer&#8217;s hat for series such as American Gothic, Invasion, Ruby and the Rockets, Blue Bloods, and New Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, he starred in the Broadway play Blood Brothers alongside his stepbrother, Partridge Family star <strong>David Cassidy<\/strong>, in 1993 and 1995. Along with <strong>Petula Clark<\/strong>, the trio told the story of a mother who faced the agonizing choice of giving one of her fraternal twins up for adoption. Later in life, the men meet and fall in love with the same girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shaun Cassidy has been married three times, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-shirley-jones-kids-grandchildren-7964799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE Magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE Magazine<\/a>. He tied the knot with <strong>Tracey Lynne Turner<\/strong> in 2004, and they are parents to four children: <strong>Caleb<\/strong>, <strong>Roan<\/strong>, <strong>Lila<\/strong>, and <strong>Mairin<\/strong>. He is also a father to <strong>Caitlin<\/strong> and <strong>Jake<\/strong> and a stepfather to <strong>Jessica<\/strong> with his first wife, <strong>Ann Pennington<\/strong>. He also has a daughter,<strong> Juliet<\/strong>, with his second wife, <strong>Susan Diol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/legendary-70s-teen-icon-back-spotlight-live-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Sep 4, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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Cassidy wrote, &#8220;As promised, I\u2019m thrilled to announce NINE NEW SHOWS going on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1997588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[319754,362339,362338],"class_list":["post-1997587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-exciting-news","tag-hardy-boys","tag-shaun-cassidy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Legendary-70s-Teen-Icon-Back-in-the-Spotlight.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}