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Saturday, February 16, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
hear "sir reality" from todds new cd "STATE"
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for a limited time hear the track SIR REALITY from the new cd.
for a limited time hear the track SIR REALITY from the new cd.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Todd Rundgren Show Fastest Sell-Out Ever at Kent Stage
Todd Rundgren Show Fastest Sell-Out Ever at Kent Stage
Producer/songwriter will perform in Kent in May
Todd Rundgren will play the Kent Stage in Kent, OH, in May 2013.Hunt Archbold
The Kent Stage experienced its fastest sell-out ever when tickets went on sale for the Todd Rundgren show in May.
The concert venue downtown sold all 642 tickets in about seven hours Monday.
Rundgren's heavy piano and saxaphone riffs will headline the May 14 show.
The spring show will mark the musician's third visit to Kent. In the 1970s Rundgren played two shows at Kent State University.
The second fastest sell-out at the stage was for singer Brandi Carlile, but that ticket sale spanned more than one day.
Click here for more information on Rundgren's 2013 tour dates.
The concert venue downtown sold all 642 tickets in about seven hours Monday.
Rundgren's heavy piano and saxaphone riffs will headline the May 14 show.
The spring show will mark the musician's third visit to Kent. In the 1970s Rundgren played two shows at Kent State University.
The second fastest sell-out at the stage was for singer Brandi Carlile, but that ticket sale spanned more than one day.
Click here for more information on Rundgren's 2013 tour dates.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Video: Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band 2013 - Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
February 11, 2013 Brisbane Convention Centre - Todd performs one of his hits from the early 70's.
Monday, February 11, 2013
interview
All Starr, Todd Rundgren
4BC Drive: Ringo Starr is in Australia for the first time since The Beatles last toured in 1964, performing a series of shows around the country with his All Starr band comprised of musicians who are "all stars in their own right".One of those stars is Todd Rundgren, famous for such hits as "Can't We Still Be Friends?" and "I Saw the Light" as well as funding and producing Meat Loaf's classic Bat out of Hell album.
Rundgren ducks out of a sound check to join Gary Hardgrave ahead of the band's opening night at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
He spills the beans on what it's like chasing summers around the world with the Beatles legend as well as Toto's Steve Lukather, Santana and Journey's Greg Rolie, Mr Mister's Richard Page, The Eagles' Joe Walsh and many talented others.
click on link . then go down to the bottom of story and use player to listen to interview.
http://www.4bc.com.au/blogs/2013-4bc-drive-audio-blog/all-starr-todd-rundgren/20130211-2e8ra.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Ringo Starr kicks off tour in Chch
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/8276899/Ringo-Starr-kicks-off-tour-in-Chch
REVIEW: For the most of us born last century, the chance to see one of the Beatles perform live in concert is a lifelong wish.
At 72 Ringo Starr is still going strong, and this show in Christchurch is the first of an 11-date Pacific Rim tour.
Starr has been touring as the All Starr band since 1989 - a clever concept that fleshes out his own material with that of the famous musicians in his band.
His latest All Starr lineup includes legendary producer and musician Todd Rundgren, Toto guitar hero Steve Lukather, Mr Mister bassist Richard Page, and Gregg Rolie, who has voiced Santana songs among others.
Ringo Starr of course was the main attraction.
In appearance little has changed - the beard, the sunglasses, the jaunty movements we know from his movies and the mild Scouse accent.
Although not widely acknowledged as a technical virtuoso with the sticks, his slightly off-kilter rhythms are nevertheless a key element of the sound of the Beatles.
Starr manned the drum kit for a good chunk of the show alongside session drummer Gregg Bissonette. Starr sang and drummed on some of his own Beatles songs: I Wanna Be Your Man and Don't Pass Me By.
The words "influenced by the Beatles" is one of the most overused dictums in the history of rock music.
Although Todd Rundgren has passed through many phases as an artist - be it prog rock, opera or folk -his work in the early 70s as a purveyor of power pop is widely acknowledged.
I Saw the Light, Love is the Answer and Bang the Drum All Day were all performed and illustrated his penchant for melodic and elaborate word play in a Beatlesesque twist.
Rundgren acknowledged early in the set that the object of the All Starr band was to unite the many disparate musical forces of its members into a whole.
This at times was a difficult task - the heavier psych/jazz rock of Santana's Evil Ways for instance is at odds with the soft 80s style pop of Mr Mister's Kyrie and Broken Wings (sung by Richard Page).
The 3000-strong crowd enjoyed the hits of Toto sung by Lukather with his trademark guitar solos - Africa, Rosanna and Hold the Line. Again these songs were in contrast with the band's forays into early rock 'n' roll, such as Matchbox and a Shirelles song, Boys, recently remodelled by Starr.
The band members took turns at addressing the crowd - Lukather in particular cajoling the generally seated rows in front of him to dance in aisles and contribute to the fun.
It was Ringo Starr who seemed to bond with the audience most, though, in his simple but genuine declarations of love and peace.
His grandchildren may mock him for his dancing but Starr himself still retains a sense of childlike innocence that permeates songs such as Yellow Submarine.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, CBS Arena, Christchurch. Reviewed by Matt Davey.
REVIEW: For the most of us born last century, the chance to see one of the Beatles perform live in concert is a lifelong wish.
At 72 Ringo Starr is still going strong, and this show in Christchurch is the first of an 11-date Pacific Rim tour.
Starr has been touring as the All Starr band since 1989 - a clever concept that fleshes out his own material with that of the famous musicians in his band.
His latest All Starr lineup includes legendary producer and musician Todd Rundgren, Toto guitar hero Steve Lukather, Mr Mister bassist Richard Page, and Gregg Rolie, who has voiced Santana songs among others.
Ringo Starr of course was the main attraction.
In appearance little has changed - the beard, the sunglasses, the jaunty movements we know from his movies and the mild Scouse accent.
Although not widely acknowledged as a technical virtuoso with the sticks, his slightly off-kilter rhythms are nevertheless a key element of the sound of the Beatles.
Starr manned the drum kit for a good chunk of the show alongside session drummer Gregg Bissonette. Starr sang and drummed on some of his own Beatles songs: I Wanna Be Your Man and Don't Pass Me By.
The words "influenced by the Beatles" is one of the most overused dictums in the history of rock music.
Although Todd Rundgren has passed through many phases as an artist - be it prog rock, opera or folk -his work in the early 70s as a purveyor of power pop is widely acknowledged.
I Saw the Light, Love is the Answer and Bang the Drum All Day were all performed and illustrated his penchant for melodic and elaborate word play in a Beatlesesque twist.
Rundgren acknowledged early in the set that the object of the All Starr band was to unite the many disparate musical forces of its members into a whole.
This at times was a difficult task - the heavier psych/jazz rock of Santana's Evil Ways for instance is at odds with the soft 80s style pop of Mr Mister's Kyrie and Broken Wings (sung by Richard Page).
The 3000-strong crowd enjoyed the hits of Toto sung by Lukather with his trademark guitar solos - Africa, Rosanna and Hold the Line. Again these songs were in contrast with the band's forays into early rock 'n' roll, such as Matchbox and a Shirelles song, Boys, recently remodelled by Starr.
The band members took turns at addressing the crowd - Lukather in particular cajoling the generally seated rows in front of him to dance in aisles and contribute to the fun.
It was Ringo Starr who seemed to bond with the audience most, though, in his simple but genuine declarations of love and peace.
His grandchildren may mock him for his dancing but Starr himself still retains a sense of childlike innocence that permeates songs such as Yellow Submarine.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, CBS Arena, Christchurch. Reviewed by Matt Davey.
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