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Mon |
July 08, 2024
Danny Zelisko & The Rialto Theatre Present
Todd Rundgren: ME/WE @ Rialto Theatre
w/ TBA
Doors: 6:30 pm /
Show: 7:30 pm
Rialto Theatre-Tucson
All Ages
Doors 6:30PM | Show 7:30PM | Reserved Seating | All Ages - 6 & Over | Public On Sale - 3/15 10AM
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Artists
A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren's 1973 solo album aptly sums up the contributions
of this multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer,
recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and interactive artist (re-designated TR-
i), Rundgren has made a lasting impact on both the form and content of popular music.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and
front The Nazz, the quintessential `60's psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo
career, recording his debut offering, the legendary Runt. But it was 1972's seminal
Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his
own producer, that catapulted Todd into the superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously
dub him 'Rock's New Wunderkind'. It was followed by such landmark LPs as The Hermit of Mink
Hollow and the above mentioned A Wizard, A True Star, as well as such hit singles as I Saw The Light,
Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends, and Bang The Drum.
In 1974, Todd formed Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (renamed and reconfigured in 1976 as Utopia), an
entirely new approach to the concept of interactive musicianship, and embarked on an extensive round
of touring and recording. Standout Utopia offerings included Oops! Wrong Planet, Adventures in
Utopia, and Oblivion. Along the way, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia combined technical virtuosity and
creative passion to create music that initially, for millions, defined the term "progressive rock”, and
subsequently, as Utopia, the term “powerpop”.
Rundgren's myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs,
Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates. Rounding out his reputation as rock's
Renaissance Man, Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp's 1989 Off-Broadway
production of Joe Orton's Up Against It (the screenplay commissioned by The Beatles for what was
meant to have been their third motion picture). He also has composed the music for the hit film Dumb
and Dumber, as well as a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.
In 2009 Rundgren performed his iconic 1973 album A Wizard A True Star in concert in its entirety for
the first time ever, and several years later did the same with a double bill: Todd & Healing. He has
toured with Ringo Starr as an erstwhile member of the All-Starr Band since 1989, and continues to
perform with symphony orchestras both domestically and internationally. In 2018 he toured North
America with original Utopians Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for the first time in 33 years. His
long-awaited autobiography The Individualist, was recently released; he’s currently in the second year
of the world’s first hybrid concert/book tour highlighting music across his 50-plus-year career.
In 2017 on successive weekends he was awarded honorary doctorates from both the Berklee School
of Music and DePauw University.
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