I recently spoke to Fee Waybill of the Tubes who happens to be Richard Marx's best friend and he tells me that Richard is in fact returning to the style of music we know him for best and will be making something of a comeback, releasing records on his own label. He has collaborated with Fee on several songs, both for his own projects, Fee Waybill solo projects and also on the new Tubes album which should be released soon.
He was actually a backing singer on the Fee Waybill Read My Lips album before he made any solo recordings of his own.
I think that in the last few years he has sung too many ballads. I know he is very talented at writing and performing them, but then I hate ballads and even one on an album is too many for me, but let's hope that he gets back to the old style we loved from the early albums.