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Friday, October 21, 2011
rumored setlist for reunion tour
rumors are floating around that the full tr's utopia album and another live will be played in full.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
utopia VIP package info
Utopia VIP Ticket Package Info !!
Hello !
Just a note regarding your VIP Utopia Tickets ..
We are working on getting you all the info you will need but what we have right now is this ..You will be picking up your Tickets the day of the show at the Venue , we will get you the exact meeting time ASAP .
This is from Todd's Road Manager Mary Lou Arnold :
" Please tell the VIPers that I will be their contact person. I don’t have the exact times that we will meet at each venue yet. We don’t have sound check times set yet. They will got to Will Call (Box Office) where they will receive their ticket and a colored wrist band. I will meet them in the lobby and escort them into the house for the last 20 minutes of sound check and their meet & greet with Todd."
That is all the info I have at the moment , when I have more I will send it along.
Thanks !
Toddstore Staff
Hello !
Just a note regarding your VIP Utopia Tickets ..
We are working on getting you all the info you will need but what we have right now is this ..You will be picking up your Tickets the day of the show at the Venue , we will get you the exact meeting time ASAP .
This is from Todd's Road Manager Mary Lou Arnold :
" Please tell the VIPers that I will be their contact person. I don’t have the exact times that we will meet at each venue yet. We don’t have sound check times set yet. They will got to Will Call (Box Office) where they will receive their ticket and a colored wrist band. I will meet them in the lobby and escort them into the house for the last 20 minutes of sound check and their meet & greet with Todd."
That is all the info I have at the moment , when I have more I will send it along.
Thanks !
Toddstore Staff
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Touring Together Again for the First Time in 35
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Touring Together Again for the First Time in 35 years, Makes a Stop in Peekskill, NY
Todd Rundgren's Utopia adds a date in Peeksill, NY as part of their limited engagement east coast tour.
Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA
Peekskill, NY (PRWEB) October 19, 2011
Utopia /juːˈtoʊpiə/ is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature.
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (circa late 1970’s) was just that, the perfect collection of musicians coming together to create an ideal sound.
On January 29 & 30, 2011, a reunion of most of the members of the 1974 Utopia Mark II band (Rundgren, Moogy Klingman, Ralph Shuckett, John Siegler, and Kevin Ellman) was held for two nights at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. Proceeds from the first show went to defray medical treatment for Klingman's bout with cancer. Material was drawn from the 1972-1975 catalogs of Rundgren and Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA. This marked the first time this classic lineup performed together in over 35 years. Both shows sold out within two days. Also joining this group of incredibly talented musicians are Jesse Gress and Kasim Sulton.
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia is together again (with the same line up as the January 2011 benefit shows) for a limited East Coast run. Their 11 date tour will be appearing at The
Paramount Center for The Arts, In Peekskill, NY on Friday, November 18th.
Todd Rundgren's Utopia adds a date in Peeksill, NY as part of their limited engagement east coast tour.
Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA
Peekskill, NY (PRWEB) October 19, 2011
Utopia /juːˈtoʊpiə/ is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature.
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (circa late 1970’s) was just that, the perfect collection of musicians coming together to create an ideal sound.
On January 29 & 30, 2011, a reunion of most of the members of the 1974 Utopia Mark II band (Rundgren, Moogy Klingman, Ralph Shuckett, John Siegler, and Kevin Ellman) was held for two nights at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. Proceeds from the first show went to defray medical treatment for Klingman's bout with cancer. Material was drawn from the 1972-1975 catalogs of Rundgren and Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA. This marked the first time this classic lineup performed together in over 35 years. Both shows sold out within two days. Also joining this group of incredibly talented musicians are Jesse Gress and Kasim Sulton.
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia is together again (with the same line up as the January 2011 benefit shows) for a limited East Coast run. Their 11 date tour will be appearing at The
Paramount Center for The Arts, In Peekskill, NY on Friday, November 18th.
Michele Rundgren's Bday party @ Akron show
The "Fan Party" on Friday 11/11 at IKRON has now been changed to "Mi Stock" -- a birthday party for Michele Rundgren. Also, Michele will be background singing with Mary Lou during "Something To Fall Back On" with the Hermits of Mink Halloween Mark II! Prepare for FUN!
Monday, October 17, 2011
closing in on 200,000 visitors to this blog.
Will you be the 200,000 visitor to www.toddrundgrenarena.blogspot.com. You will win a T-shirt & Todd button from www.toddstore.com
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Interview : Todd on Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio oct 23
Don't miss Todd Rundgren interviewed by Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s on Sunday October 23rd at 15:00 http://bbc.in/SH1BH
Todd will be acting as the Grand Marshall in the Homecoming Parade...
Todd will be acting as the Grand Marshall in the Homecoming Parade at The University of Indiana Bloomington on Friday Oct 28th
Friday, October 14, 2011
Todd on TV... Live from Daryls house
Look for Todds episode of Live From Daryl's House ( at Daryl's House) on tv the week of the 17th. Check your local tv listings to find out times and channels.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Toddstore on facebook and ebay
Everything we carry now for sale can be found in the Toddstore Merch album..and on Ebay ..browse around and email with your order and any questions ! If you have friends that are not on Facebook but would like info about the Toddstore , tell them to email us and I will put them on the mailing list ! toddstore@yahoo.com
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Rundgren Radio update
In case you haven’t heard the news, the Rundgren Radio online radio program is retired except for special editions shows we may do on occasion. It’s been a fun 4 year ride and we appreciate you listening to the shows and keeping us going. Rundgren Radio completed over 200 shows, had over 100 different guests, presented over 20 Todd Rundgren concerts, and has had over 440,000 downloads. As a subscriber to this email database you will be alerted if we return for any shows which is one reason we are emailing you today :-).
On Tuesday, October 25th, we will be back for a special edition show to discuss the upcoming Todd Rundgren’s Utopia tour with our special guest Moogy Klingman. He requested another chance to reach out to our listeners before the reunion tour and of course we were happy to accommodate. The show will start at 8:30pm and listeners are welcome to call in and speak to Moogy.
Speaking of the TR’s Utopia reunion tour, just because the RR radio show is retired doesn’t mean the concert promotion side of RR is finished :-). We will be presenting one of the twelve TR’s Utopia concerts this November. The concert will be on November 12 in Akron, OH at the Akron Civic Theatre beginning at 8pm ET.
The night before the concert we will be hosting a fan party featuring a Todd Rundgren / Utopia tribute band, the Hermits of Mink Halloween Mark II, at the Ramada Plaza’s 19th floor ballroom overlooking downtown Akron. As an added bonus, Todd’s long time tour manager and member of his A Cappella tour ensemble, Mary Lou Arnold, will be singing background with the Hermits when they perform the song “Something To Fall Back On”! Tickets are only $12 advance and $15 at the door. It would be very helpful if attendees buy in advance so we can properly prepare for the right amount of people. The party not only includes the entertainment but an event laminate, cake, DJ for band breaks, and appetizers. There will also be a cash bar available for the thirsty people. The event weekend has been affectionately dubbed, “IKRON”. Tickets are available here …
https://rundgrenradio.tix.com
For info on the other 11 shows visit,
http://www.todd-rundgren.com/tr-tour.html or
http://trconnection.com/tour/t2011.
We are not aware of any plans for more shows so this tour may be it. In our opinion, the possibility of future TR’s Utopia concerts depends on the success of these 12 shows and how Moogy feels health-wise after the tour. We are well aware fans from the west coast, Chicago, UK, etc. want a TR’s Utopia concert but we aren’t in charge of the routing :-).
Our concert promotion company for non-Todd shows, Onward Promotions, will be presenting the first ever double bill concert featuring Utopian Kasim Sulton and Eliot Lewis on 10/16/2011, which is this Sunday! You all know who Kasim is of course. Eliot is the keyboardist for Hall & Oates and you have probably seen him on the Live From Daryl’s House shows with Todd as the guest. The show will be in the Long Island area in Bellmore, NY at the Brokerage Comedy Club. Tickets ($25) will be available at the Brokerage or you can get them up on our ticket site until sometime tonight at:
https://rundgrenradio.tix.com.
On Saturday, 10/22/2011 we will be presenting another Kasim Sulton concert but this one will be Rob Fetters who many of you may remember from the Psychodots if you attended the Todd+Healing album show in Toledo, OH. Rob is an excellent and very well respected guitarist and was also a founding member of The Bears (with Adrian Belew). The concert will be held in Cleveland’s #1 venue, Winchester’s Music Hall! You can get tickets by calling the venue at 216-226-5681.
Their website is:
http://www.thewinchester.net/.
Here’s some cool Todd news --- Five new Todd/Utopia packages available from the Edsel Label (part of Demon Music Group:
http://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/home)!
· “Runt” (two versions) + “Ballad Of”
· “Something/Anything?”
· “A Wizard, A True Star” + “Todd”
· “Initiation” + “Faithful”
· “Ra” + Oops! Wrong Planet”
These are all 2-on-2 packages, with the exception of “Something/Anything?”.
As bonus tracks they have added tracks from the 1998 JVC Japan-only release “Somewhere/Anywhere”.
“Runt” also includes all the different versions that were on the November 1970 mis-pressing of the album, featuring of course “Say No More” and the full version of “Baby Let’s Swing”.
All the booklet notes have excerpts by Paul Myers from his excellent book “Todd Rundgren In The Studio” as well as some liners notes he put together. They only have the Bearsville rights for Europe, so these re-issues will probably not appear on North American internet retailer sites, but they can be found on the UK sites i.e. Amazon.co.uk.
If you are a Facebooker, please join the RR group if you like …
http://www.facebook.com/groups/17618438938/
And for you twitter folks, stay in touch with us at …
http://twitter.com/#!/rundgrenradio
See you on the road to Utopia!
Doug & Melinda
RundgrenRadio.com
On Tuesday, October 25th, we will be back for a special edition show to discuss the upcoming Todd Rundgren’s Utopia tour with our special guest Moogy Klingman. He requested another chance to reach out to our listeners before the reunion tour and of course we were happy to accommodate. The show will start at 8:30pm and listeners are welcome to call in and speak to Moogy.
Speaking of the TR’s Utopia reunion tour, just because the RR radio show is retired doesn’t mean the concert promotion side of RR is finished :-). We will be presenting one of the twelve TR’s Utopia concerts this November. The concert will be on November 12 in Akron, OH at the Akron Civic Theatre beginning at 8pm ET.
The night before the concert we will be hosting a fan party featuring a Todd Rundgren / Utopia tribute band, the Hermits of Mink Halloween Mark II, at the Ramada Plaza’s 19th floor ballroom overlooking downtown Akron. As an added bonus, Todd’s long time tour manager and member of his A Cappella tour ensemble, Mary Lou Arnold, will be singing background with the Hermits when they perform the song “Something To Fall Back On”! Tickets are only $12 advance and $15 at the door. It would be very helpful if attendees buy in advance so we can properly prepare for the right amount of people. The party not only includes the entertainment but an event laminate, cake, DJ for band breaks, and appetizers. There will also be a cash bar available for the thirsty people. The event weekend has been affectionately dubbed, “IKRON”. Tickets are available here …
https://rundgrenradio.tix.com
For info on the other 11 shows visit,
http://www.todd-rundgren.com/tr-tour.html or
http://trconnection.com/tour/t2011.
We are not aware of any plans for more shows so this tour may be it. In our opinion, the possibility of future TR’s Utopia concerts depends on the success of these 12 shows and how Moogy feels health-wise after the tour. We are well aware fans from the west coast, Chicago, UK, etc. want a TR’s Utopia concert but we aren’t in charge of the routing :-).
Our concert promotion company for non-Todd shows, Onward Promotions, will be presenting the first ever double bill concert featuring Utopian Kasim Sulton and Eliot Lewis on 10/16/2011, which is this Sunday! You all know who Kasim is of course. Eliot is the keyboardist for Hall & Oates and you have probably seen him on the Live From Daryl’s House shows with Todd as the guest. The show will be in the Long Island area in Bellmore, NY at the Brokerage Comedy Club. Tickets ($25) will be available at the Brokerage or you can get them up on our ticket site until sometime tonight at:
https://rundgrenradio.tix.com.
On Saturday, 10/22/2011 we will be presenting another Kasim Sulton concert but this one will be Rob Fetters who many of you may remember from the Psychodots if you attended the Todd+Healing album show in Toledo, OH. Rob is an excellent and very well respected guitarist and was also a founding member of The Bears (with Adrian Belew). The concert will be held in Cleveland’s #1 venue, Winchester’s Music Hall! You can get tickets by calling the venue at 216-226-5681.
Their website is:
http://www.thewinchester.net/.
Here’s some cool Todd news --- Five new Todd/Utopia packages available from the Edsel Label (part of Demon Music Group:
http://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/home)!
· “Runt” (two versions) + “Ballad Of”
· “Something/Anything?”
· “A Wizard, A True Star” + “Todd”
· “Initiation” + “Faithful”
· “Ra” + Oops! Wrong Planet”
These are all 2-on-2 packages, with the exception of “Something/Anything?”.
As bonus tracks they have added tracks from the 1998 JVC Japan-only release “Somewhere/Anywhere”.
“Runt” also includes all the different versions that were on the November 1970 mis-pressing of the album, featuring of course “Say No More” and the full version of “Baby Let’s Swing”.
All the booklet notes have excerpts by Paul Myers from his excellent book “Todd Rundgren In The Studio” as well as some liners notes he put together. They only have the Bearsville rights for Europe, so these re-issues will probably not appear on North American internet retailer sites, but they can be found on the UK sites i.e. Amazon.co.uk.
If you are a Facebooker, please join the RR group if you like …
http://www.facebook.com/groups/17618438938/
And for you twitter folks, stay in touch with us at …
http://twitter.com/#!/rundgrenradio
See you on the road to Utopia!
Doug & Melinda
RundgrenRadio.com
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