TODD RUNDGREN ARENA BLOG: 8/17/08

Friday, August 22, 2008

Arena preorder web page for the UK

click on link to bring you to the actual order page.

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/cookingvinyl/productdetail.jsp?productPK=unittest-iR3ImdbZxw5UdpQsqN3IEb-1

click on picture below to see full size

NAZZ RADIO SPOTS

NAZZ radio spots from 1968 and 1969

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Magazine: Oct 2008 Guitar Player magazine

my friend weavil pointed me to this :

Oct 2008 Guitar Player magazine
features an 8-page spread,
"Todd Rundgren Returns to the Arena"
by Jesse Gress
including an overview/brief history, an interview and many licks/riffs used on ARENA

in newstands now and online at
http://guitarplayer.com/
(it will be awhile before this issue hits the online site)

.....now to learn some new TR licks!

TOUR INFO: new show added to ARENA tour OCT 9 Community Theater Morristown NJ

Hello, It's Todd
by Ed Kirchdoerffer
Thursday August 21, 2008, 9:24 AM

Todd Rundgren has been added to The Community Theatre's schedule for
Thursday, October 9 at 8 pm. Tickets are $37-52 and go on sale to the
public on Friday, August 22 at 9 am.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Rundgren found success on the pop
charts with songs such as "Hello, It's Me," "Can We Still Be Friends"
and "I Saw the Light." Later on in the 1980s, with his group Utopia,
he had hits with "Road to Utopia" And "Bang on the Drum," which, if
you've gone to any ball park or arena, is probably blasted at some
point during a game.

Rundgren's latest CD, Arena, will be released in September, and is a
tribute to the big sound of guitar-driven arena rock anthems. The
album showcases his unique songwriting style and sonically captures
the essence and energy of "arena" rock with bombastic, guitar-driven
tunes like "Mountaintop," "Strike" and "Mad," while the anthemic
song "Mercenary," transports you to a stadium with its epic
chorus, "How Do You Like Me Now?," resounding to every seat in the
house.

"I found myself just going out and doing this sort of guerilla guitar
quartet thing around the country and around Canada," said
Rundgren. "So when it came time to make a record, I thought maybe
I'll just continue in that vein and write something that is
appropriate to the guitar, since the fans seem to be enjoying it so
much. So when I decided to write a new album, I knew beforehand it
was going to be this kind of old-school guitar-rock record."

Visit The Community Theatre's website at www.mayoarts.org. or order
tickets at 973-539-8008.

http://www.nj.com/morristown/edkirchdoerffer/index.ssf/2008/08/hello_i
ts_todd.html

INTERVIEW: Todd in 1974

posted on youtube by mojorisen

part 1

part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

41 Years Ago Today: Bo Bice & The Beatles

JENNIFER HUDSON HAS has the impossibly late debut album. Clay Aiken has the improbably conceived platonic love child. But of all the "American Idol" alums, Bo Bice has the funnest tag to play "The Name Game" with.

It's a different '60s pop phenomenon, however, that he's paying tribute to Saturday at Wolf Trap. Bice will join studio wiz Todd Rundgren, yacht-rock exemplar Christopher Cross, Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm and Wings/Moody Blues vet Denny Laine to form a motley supergroup that will perform The Beatles' magnum opus, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

Bice confesses that it's a bit of a stretch for a "Southern-rock guy," but he welcomes the challenge. "I wanted to step out of my comfort zone," he says.

Even among the pros, Beatles fandom is a matter of picking favorites. "I love ‘Sgt. Pepper's,'" Bice says, "but I have to admit, I'm more of a ‘Revolver'/‘Abbey Road' guy."

Still, he gives credit where it's due: "[‘Sgt. Pepper's'] was the first real concept album, the first album where you didn't have to have breaks in between songs. ... Without ‘Sgt. Pepper's,' we might not have seen ‘Dark Side of the Moon' or ‘The Wall.'"

And although George is Bice's top Beatle, it's a couple of Paul's songs — "Getting Better" and "Lovely Rita" — that'll give Bice a chance to shine.

A top-to-bottom re-creation of "Sgt. Pepper's" will close the show. In the first half, the frontmen will take turns with their own hits. Bice promises versions of "I'm Gone" and "Witness."

Bice also views the tour as an opportunity to hang out, network and receive a little tutelage from industry icons: "You never know where you're going learn your next lesson from."

» Wolf Trap, Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna; Sat., 8 p.m.; $25-$40; 877-965-3872.

Written by Express contributor Glenn Dixon

VIDEO: todds greeting to Elvira on halloween

posted on youtube by toddrundgrenfan

This appeared on Elvira's 1986 Halloween Guest VJ spot on the channel that, once upon a time, used to play music. Todd's wearing the costume from the Utopia video for "Feet Don't Fail Me Now

POSTER for release of new ARENA cd in Europe

NEW TOUR DATES

October shows

Oct 6th in Chicago was confirmed today. The rest of the itinerary looks pretty interesting too.Mario is tweeking the routing but I should be able to bring you more dates by the end of the week. Keep checking back.
xxlynn

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

todd at his guitar best MY FAVORITE VIDEO .... BLACK MARIA on the Midnight Special and years later with the new cars

and years later doing the same song with the NEW CARS

Magazine: TODD in EQ magazine

click on links below to read article
page 1
page 2
page 3
page 4

VIDEO: PHILIDELPHIA THE 60'S TODD / NAZZ / AMERICAN DREAM

VIDEO: SGT PEPPER WESTBURY FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE / WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU...

JESSE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH HIS GUITAR..

THANKS YOU TO MY FAMILY

THIS WESTBURY SGT PEPPER SHOW WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT MY WHOLE FAMILY ATTTEND A TODD CONCERT TOGETHER OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY CONCERT TOGETHER.. EVERY ONE HAD A GREAT TIME AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK MY DAUGHTER ARIEL DID WITH RECORDING ALL THE VIDEOS YOU SEE BELOW.. I ALSO RECORDED SOME ON MY FLIP VIDEO ( THE LOWER QUALITY ONES..) I THINK IM FINALLY CONVERTING MY FAMILY TO BE TODD FANS.....