BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher | WEST PALM BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — So often when we use the words “air supply” in Palm Beach County, it refers to a senior citizen in desperate need of an oxygen mask. But Friday night at the Kravis Center, “Air Supply” — led by senior citizens Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell — proved that being in your late 70s doesn’t necessarily mean you need an oxygen mask and belong in a “home.”
In fact, Hitchcock and Russell looked completely at home on the stage as they belted out the melodramatic hits that made them superstars in the late 1970s and 80s. But this time, instead of being backed by a band of contemporaries, the two elder statesmen of romantic pop were joined by a band with members so young, they very well could have been the result of their parents “making love out of nothing at all” while the song was already part of a Casey Kasem rerun.
Air Supply rocked the Kravis Center’s 2100 seat theater for just under two hours. Some of the songs on Friday night’s playlist (we’re adding a few words to the titles to jog your memory): “Even the Nights Are Better,” “Just As I am,” “You’re Every Woman In The World To Me,” “Two Less Lonely People In The World,” “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All,” and “I’m All Out Of Love.” We apologize in advance. We know you’re going to have these songs in your head for the next several hours. Incredibly, Russell and Graham’s voices sounded as pristine as they did in the 80s. Both took notable singing breaks during the performance to keep their voices strong, but that’s okay. They also shared stories. Most notably: how working together on “Jesus Christ Superstar” in the 70s, in Australia, led to a musical relationship that’s lasted for five decades.
You can’t go to an event like this without also watching the event itself. Among the standouts: the security guards at the Kravis Center. We appreciate they spend their lives telling people to stop videotaping the touring production of Beetlejuice — but they seemed to think they could tell people to stop videotaping an iconic 80s band. It didn’t go so well. While the guards successfully had a few people put their iPhones away after a few minutes, hundreds of phones re-emerged as the performance got better and better. Security ultimately stopped trying. We noticed one huge security guard singing a long to “every woman in the world to me.” We suspect Guard, or fan, or both, you just can’t help yourself.
Wish you were there? You may be in luck. You can catch Air Supply tonight at the Magic City Casino in Miami. Then the group heads to Tampa, the Carolinas, and eventually South America.
