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The "almost" official blog for everything Todd Rundgren Related........................................................................................................................................................................... Please visit the sister facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ma4utopia?ref=hl
Monday, March 9, 2015
RundgrenRadio this tuesday special guest King Tobias
More Tour Dates Announced
Apr 10-12: Park City UT at The Egyptian Theatre
Apr 14: Colorado Springs at Pike's Peak Center
April 15th : Lincoln, NE at Knickerbockers
Apr 17: North Kansas City MO at Voodoo Lounge, Harrah's
April 17 - 19 Little Rock, AR - RockinLittleRock - Rundgren Radio /Spirit Of Harmony 3 day Event!
April 18, Sat Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Record & CD Exchange - In Store Appearance
Apr 19: Little Rock at The Rev Room
Apr 21: Milwaukee WI at The Pabst Theater
Apr 22: Chicago IL at Vic Theatre
Apr 23: Grand Rapids at The Intersection
Apr 25: Pittsburgh at Stage AE
Apr 26: Northfield OH at Hard Rock Live
Apr 28: Buffalo NY at Town Ballroom
Apr 29: State College PA at The State Theatre
May 1: Newton NJ at Newton Theatre
May 2: Stafford Springs CT at Stafford Palace Theatre
May 3: Boston MA at Wilbur Theatre
May 4, Mon New York, NY - CitiCorp Barnes and Noble- In Store Appearance
May 5-6: NYC at Highline Ballroom
May 8: Verona NY at Turning Stone Resort Casino
May 9: Plymouth NH at Flying Monkey
May 10: Norfolk CT at Infinity Music Hall
May 12: Ridgefield CT at Ridgefield Playhouse
May 13 New Hope, PA at Havana New Hope
May 14: Alexandria VA at Birchmere Music Hall
May16 Wilmington, DE at World Cafe Live At The Queen
May 17: Annapolis MD at Maryland Hall
May 19: Greensboro, NC at Cone Denim Entertainment
May 20: Atlanta, GA at Center Stage
May 22 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
May 23: Ft. Lauderdale at Culture Room
May 24 : Ponte Vedra Beach, FL at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
May 26: New Orleans at House of Blues
May 27: Dallas at Prophet Bar
May 28 : Houston, TX at House Of Blues
May 30 : Las Vegas , NV at Vinyl - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hard Rock Hotel
May 31 Tucson AZ Fox Theater
Jun 2: Solana Beach CA at Belly Up
Jun 3: Los Angeles at The Roxy
June 5, Fri Los Angles, CA - Grove Barnes and Noble - In Store Appearance
Jun 6: San Juan Capistrano CA at Coach House
June 7th : Anaheim , CA at The House Of Blues
Jun 9: Napa at City Winery
June 10th : San Francisco at The Fillmore
Jun 12: Portland , OR at The Wonder Ballroom
June 13: Seattle, WA at The Crocodile
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
NEW CD "RUNDDANS" INFO
Last February, Lindstrøm, Serena-Maneesh's Emil Nikolaisen, and Todd Rundgren announced that they had teamed up for a new album called Runddans. Originally planned for last summer, that record is now set for a May 5 release via Smalltown Supersound. The album is one 39-minute track that's broken down into 12 different parts. Watch an interview with Rundgren about the album below.
Rundgren is also heading on an extensive tour North American tour behind his latest solo album Global. Throughout the tour, Rundgren will be backed by Dâm-Funk, whose own album is due later this year. Find the dates below.
Read our "Starter" feature on Rundgren.
Runddans:
Side A:
B for Birth
Liquid Joy from the Womb of Infinity
Oppad, Over Skyene
Liquid Joy from the Womb of Infinity
Oppad, Over Skyene
Side B:
Solus
Put Your Arms Around Me
Altar of Kauaian Six String (Todd’s Solo)
Put Your Arms Around Me
Altar of Kauaian Six String (Todd’s Solo)
Side C:
Out of My Head (Lone Vibes)
Rundt Rundt Rundt
Wave of Heavy Red (Disko-Nektar)
Rundt Rundt Rundt
Wave of Heavy Red (Disko-Nektar)
Side D:
T.H.E. Golden Triangle (Dry Mouthed Gargoyles in a Fountain of Fluorescent Shepard Tones)
Ravende Gal (Full Circle)
Ohr..Um..Am..Amen (Aftermath)
Ravende Gal (Full Circle)
Ohr..Um..Am..Amen (Aftermath)
Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm "Runddans
Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm "Runddans" out May 5th on Smalltown Supersound.
Pre-order:
iTunes (US): https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/run...
iTunes (UK/EU): https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id9...
LP and CD world ex. North-America and Japan: http://runddans.tmstor.es
Tour Dates
| Date | City | Venue | Note | Reviews/Photos Compact format |
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| Ringo Starr and his 13th All Starr Band | ||||
| Fri 2/13/15 | Bossier City, LA | Riverdome | ||
| Sat 2/14/15 | Tyler, TX | Cowan Center | ||
| Sun 2/15/15 | Birmingham, AL | BJCC Concert Hall | ||
| Tue 2/17/15 | Greenville, SC | The Peace Center | ||
| Wed 2/18/15 | Fort Pierce, Fl | Sunrise Theatre for the Perfornming Arts | ||
| Sat 2/21/15 | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | |||
| Sun 2/22/15 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Coliseo de Puerto Rico | ||
| Tue 2/24/15 | Sarasota, FL | Van Wezel PAC | ||
| Thu 2/26/15 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | HSBC Brasil | ||
| Fri 2/27/15 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Vivo Rio | ||
| Tue 3/03/15 | Santiago, Chile | Movistar Arena | ||
| Fri 3/06/15 | Bogota, Columbia | Bogota Corferias | ||
| Sun 3/08/15 | Yucatan, Mexico | Coliseo Merida | ||
| Tue 3/10/15 | Mexico City, Mexico | National Auditorium | ||
| Thu 3/12/15 | Santa Ynez, CA | Chumash Casino | ||
| Fri 3/13/15 | San Francisco, CA | Masonic Theater | ||
| Sat 3/14/15 | Pala, CA | Pala Casino | ||
| Sun 3/15/15 | Las Vegas, NV | The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort | ||
Todd Rundgren Global Tour  | ||||
| Thu 4/02/15 | Denver, CO | King Center Concert Hall at Auraria Campus | ||
| Fri 4/10/15 | Park City, UT | Egyptian Theatre | ||
| Sat 4/11/15 | Park City, UT | Egyptian Theatre | ||
| Sun 4/12/15 | Park City, UT | Egyptian Theatre | ||
| Tue 4/14/15 | Colorado Springs, CO | Pike's Peak Center | ||
| Fri 4/17/15 | North Kansas City, MO | The Voodoo Lounge @ Harrah's | ||
| Sun 4/19/15 | Little Rock, AR | The Rev Room | ||
| Tue 4/21/15 | Milwaukee, WI | The Pabst Theater | ||
| Wed 4/22/15 | Chicago, IL | Vic Theatre | ||
| Thu 4/23/15 | Grand Rapids, MI | The Intersection | ||
| Say 4/25/15 | Pittsburgh, PA | Stage AE | ||
| Sun 4/26/15 | Northfield, OH | Hard Rock Live | ||
| Tue 4/28/15 | Buffalo, NY | Town Ballroom | ||
| Wed 4/29/15 | State College, PA | The State Theatre | ||
| Fri 5/01/15 | Newton, NJ | The Newton Theatre | ||
| Sat 5/02/15 | Stafford Springs, CT | Stafford Palace Theatre | ||
| Sun 5/03/15 | Boston, MA | The Wilbut Theatre | ||
| Tue 5/05/15 | New York, NY | Highline Ballroom | ||
| Wed 5/06/15 | New York, NY | Highline Ballroom | ||
| Fri 5/08/15 | Verona, NY | Turning Stone Resort Casino | ||
| Sat 5/09/15 | Plymouth, NH | Flying Monkey Performance Center | ||
| Sun 5/10/15 | Norfolk, CT | Infinity Music Hall | ||
| Tue 5/12/15 | Ridgefield, CT | The Ridgefield Playhouse | ||
| Thu 5/14/15 | Alexandria, VA | Birchmere Music Hall | ||
| Sat 5/16/15 | Wilmington, DE | World Cafe Live | ||
| Sun 5/17/15 | Annapolis, MD | Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts | ||
| Tue 5/19/15 | Greensboro, NC | The Cone Denim Entertainment Center | ||
| Wed 5/20/15 | Atlanta, GA | Center Stage | ||
| Fri 5/22/15 | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall | ||
| Sat 5/23/15 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Culture Room | ||
| Tue 5/26/15 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues | ||
| Sun 5/31/15 | Tucson, AZ | The Fox Theatre | ||
| Wed 6/03/15 | Hollywood, CA | The Roxy | ||
| Sat 6/06/15 | San Juan Capistrano, CA | The Coach House | ||
| Rockin' Little Rock - Rundgren Radio/Spirit of Harmony 3 Day Event | ||||
| Fri 4/17/15 | Little Rock, AR | Seehttp://rockinlittlerock.com | ||
| Sat 4/18/15 | Little Rock, AR | Seehttp://rockinlittlerock.com | ||
| Sun 4/19/15 | Little Rock, AR | Seehttp://rockinlittlerock.com | ||
Monday, March 2, 2015
this just in from the TODDSTORE
Good Morning Toddstore Friends ! Just heard from the record company that GLOBAL is officially in production NOW ! We will keep you updated about the progress and when we will start shipping them out . Thanks again for pre-ordering from the Toddstore ! For those of you that have pre-ordered you will get a chance to also purchase the official GLOBAL tour shirt before the tour starts with FREE shipping !
Review of the Global CD
http://www.allmusic.com/album/global-mw0002818700
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Many of Todd Rundgren's adventures in the new millennium were marked by restless flitting about from one idea to the next, but Global finds him more or less adopting the groove he started on 2013'sState. Certainly, the one-word title picks up the thread of State, expanding his outlook from the nation to the world at large, and there's an undeniable undercurrent of social protest, or at least discontent, flowing underneath Global. Musing about life on "This Island Earth," Rundgren posits that if "we don't rise, we will fall," one of many vague calls to arms peppered throughout the record. This being Todd, the good intentions are often inextricable from the silliness, reaching some kind of fever pitch on "Earth Mother," where he shouts out to his sisters without ever quite realizing that his call for "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" could be seen as vaguely condescending. Then again, one of the great pleasures of Rundgren is how he'll camouflage his message in sheer absurdity. He doesn't attempt to hide this goofiness on Global, not when it opens with a "Bang on the Drum" update called "Ev'rybody," where he claims "everybody wants a twerk from Miley." This isn't the only time Todd conjures memories of The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, either; large chunks of Global pulsate to a similar AOR spin on new wave, but he pushes these melodic tendencies through homemade tech filters and other modern accouterments, including a jape at EDM. Sometimes these stylish flirtations are done in jest, sometimes they're done stone-cold sober, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, but that's what is compelling about Global: it's perched at a point between the past and the present, protest and satire, and that inscrutability is often where Rundgren does interesting work.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Many of Todd Rundgren's adventures in the new millennium were marked by restless flitting about from one idea to the next, but Global finds him more or less adopting the groove he started on 2013'sState. Certainly, the one-word title picks up the thread of State, expanding his outlook from the nation to the world at large, and there's an undeniable undercurrent of social protest, or at least discontent, flowing underneath Global. Musing about life on "This Island Earth," Rundgren posits that if "we don't rise, we will fall," one of many vague calls to arms peppered throughout the record. This being Todd, the good intentions are often inextricable from the silliness, reaching some kind of fever pitch on "Earth Mother," where he shouts out to his sisters without ever quite realizing that his call for "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" could be seen as vaguely condescending. Then again, one of the great pleasures of Rundgren is how he'll camouflage his message in sheer absurdity. He doesn't attempt to hide this goofiness on Global, not when it opens with a "Bang on the Drum" update called "Ev'rybody," where he claims "everybody wants a twerk from Miley." This isn't the only time Todd conjures memories of The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, either; large chunks of Global pulsate to a similar AOR spin on new wave, but he pushes these melodic tendencies through homemade tech filters and other modern accouterments, including a jape at EDM. Sometimes these stylish flirtations are done in jest, sometimes they're done stone-cold sober, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, but that's what is compelling about Global: it's perched at a point between the past and the present, protest and satire, and that inscrutability is often where Rundgren does interesting work.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
NAMM Foundation Steps in as Title Sponsor of the 2015 Spirit of Harmony Foundation Symposium on the Moral Imperative of Music Education
NAMM Foundation Steps in as Title Sponsor of the 2015 Spirit of Harmony Foundation Symposium on the Moral Imperative of Music Education
Donation seeks to inspire fans of Todd Rundgren to support Spirit of Harmony Foundation
“On behalf of our members around the world, NAMM is proud to partner with the Spirit of Harmony Foundation”
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 26, 2015
The Spirit of Harmony Foundation (SOHF) is proud to announce the generous support of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation as title sponsor of the 2015 Spirit of Harmony Foundation Symposium on the Moral Imperative of Music Education. This national gathering about the role of music education in learning will be in collaboration with the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
The NAMM Foundation’s $25,000 support of the April 18 Symposium is offered as a challenge grant to the Spirit of Harmony Foundation’s network of fans of rock legend Todd Rundgren, and supporters of music education. The NAMM Foundation will match donations dollar for dollar up to $25,000 who wish to join with the Spirit of Harmony Foundation in supporting the April 18 Symposium and music education advocacy efforts.
The Moral Imperative of Music Education Symposium features researchers, educators and practitioners committed to ensuring access and availability of music education to all school age children in the U.S. The mission of the Symposium is to increase awareness of groundbreaking research indicating an inextricable link between music education and the neurological, social, academic, economic and emotional well-being of students. Donations can be made via this secure website.
“On behalf of our Members around the world, NAMM is proud to partner with the Spirit of Harmony Foundation” said Joe Lamond, NAMM president and CEO. “Under Todd Rundgren’s leadership and in the spirit of President Clinton’s long-term support of music and arts education, this collaboration will further our vision of a world in which every child has a deep desire to learn music and a recognized right to be taught”
Confirmed speakers for the symposium include: Margaret Martin, DrPH, MPH (Harmony Project, Los Angeles), Nina Kraus, PhD. (Northwestern University Brainvolts Lab), George Ford (Phoenix Center, Washington, D.C.), Carl Mouton (Maumelle High School band director, Arkansas), and Todd Rundgren, as well as Roger Clinton and NAMM’s Mary Luehrsen. Performances by the Mabelvale Elementary Drum and Groove Line, Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra Brass Quintet, and Todd Rundgren with original members of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia will round out the event which will be recorded in their entirety and aired on KAUR Little Rock Public Radio. A VIP reception will follow the event.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For information about sponsorships, contact Mark H. Cohen at mc(at)spiritofharmony.org or at 319 224 0432.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
more Global tour dates
The Roxy Hollywood CA 6/3
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM PST
The Fox Theatre, Tucson AZ 5/31
Pre-Sale; 3/4
On-Sale: 3/6 10:00AM PST
The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA 6/6
Pre-Sale 2/25 code: CHTODD15
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM PST
House of Blues, New Orleans LA 5/26
Pre-Sale: 2/25
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM CT
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM PST
The Fox Theatre, Tucson AZ 5/31
Pre-Sale; 3/4
On-Sale: 3/6 10:00AM PST
The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA 6/6
Pre-Sale 2/25 code: CHTODD15
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM PST
House of Blues, New Orleans LA 5/26
Pre-Sale: 2/25
On-Sale: 2/27 10:00AM CT
Sunday, February 22, 2015
RundgrenRadio Update from Yesterdays Show
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Archive of todays RundgrenRadio.
Check Out Music Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Rundgren Radio on BlogTalkRadio with Todd Rundgren Talk Radio on BlogTalkRadio
Scoops from todays RundgrenRadio show
Top scoop breakdown from RR show this morning ...
1) DJ on tour is Dam Funk
2) Michele Rundgren, Jill Sobule, Rachel Haden, Tal Wilkenfeld, and Janet Kirker are all on the song "Earth Mother".
3) Bobby Strickland is the player for the sax solo (forgot which song)
4) Todd can write ballads blindfolded
5) Todd believes his fans are too sophisticated and smart to get worked up about the RRHOF (something along those lines)
6) Utopia reunion for 2016 not out of the question as long as it's at least a 2 month tour
7) Todd will play some guitar on the Global tour and songs will be from all eras but somewhat limited to what a DJ can produce since there is no band
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9) Spirit of Harmony Foundation is looking for corporate/individual sponsors for symposium in Little Rock AR
1) DJ on tour is Dam Funk
2) Michele Rundgren, Jill Sobule, Rachel Haden, Tal Wilkenfeld, and Janet Kirker are all on the song "Earth Mother".
3) Bobby Strickland is the player for the sax solo (forgot which song)
4) Todd can write ballads blindfolded
5) Todd believes his fans are too sophisticated and smart to get worked up about the RRHOF (something along those lines)
6) Utopia reunion for 2016 not out of the question as long as it's at least a 2 month tour
7) Todd will play some guitar on the Global tour and songs will be from all eras but somewhat limited to what a DJ can produce since there is no band
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9) Spirit of Harmony Foundation is looking for corporate/individual sponsors for symposium in Little Rock AR
Noon 2/21/15 Rundgren Radio show UPDATED info on new tour cd etc..
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