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Todd Rundgren’s Utopia

at The Paramount | Tue May 01

Location

The Paramount

370 New York Ave
Huntington, NY 11743
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Tel: 631-673-7300

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Date & Time

08:00 PM
Tue, May 01, 2018
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Description

SiriusXM Presents: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia

No longer able to turn a deaf ear to the unceasing requests from fans and the media alike, Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox are reuniting for their first North American tour since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded. Presented by SiriusXM and produced by Live Nation, TODD RUNDGREN’S UTOPIA will be performing across North America beginning on April 18 .

In celebration of the upcoming reunion tour, Friday Music will be releasing a 7-disc box extravaganza THE ROAD TO UTOPIA: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (1974-82). This limited edition collection will bring each of their seven classic albums to life, now in first-time CD digipak gatefold covers featuring the original album artwork elements, rare inner sleeve art, newly written commentary from the band and more. The box set has a scheduled street date of April 20. Pre-orers are open now on Amazon.

Todd Rundgren’s Utopia formed in 1974 out of Todd’s desire to explore new musical territory after four years of making solo albums (including the seminal “Something/Anything?”, which included radio core evergreens “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw The Light”, and which prompted the rock press to dub him “Rock’s New Wunderkind”, and “Rock’s Renaissance Man”). Starting as a prog-rock-progenitor septet, the band’s music ranged from extended synth experiments to four-song albums, while their live shows were distinguished by their ahead-of-the-curve video backdrops and computer-generated music.

In 1976, the group evolved into the shiny mainstream power-pop rock quartet “Utopia,” uniting Rundgren on guitar with Willie Wilcox on drums, Roger Powell on keyboards, and Kasim Sulton on bass. Known for their hallmark lyrics, lush inventive background vocals and a voracious appetite for the highest level of musicianship, Utopia was the quintessential “musician’s band”, Every member took his turn singing lead on every album, and all songwriting was collaborative.

By 1980, Utopia had developed into a hit-making entity in its own right. Standout Utopia albums included Oops! Wrong Planet, Adventures in Utopia, and Oblivion, spawning hits including “Rock Love,” “Set Me Free,” “Mated,” and “Love Is The Answer (which also beacame a #1 global hit for England Dan and John Ford Coley).”

Utopia’s tours, among the first to aggressively incorporate then-state-of-the-art video technology (produced at Todd’s own Utopia Video Studios), were earmarked by some of the most lavish, outrageous, and audacious stage productions in rock history. Their headline concerts frequently featured such opening acts as future superstars Cheap Trick and The Cars, and the band performed at some of the 70s most epic festivals, including three times at Knebworth Castle in the UK – one with the Rolling Stones in 1976 and twice with Led Zeppelin in 1979, before a combined audience of over 1,200,000 (amongst them a Who’s Who of rock royalty, including Paul McCartney and David Gilmour).

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