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Unpredictable and brilliant, Todd Rundgren wrote the playbook for how not to get into the Hall of Fame. Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Back in 2014, when Hall & Oates was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I asked Daryl Hall who first came to mind when he thought of other deserving Philly acts whose achievements had long been ignored.
Hall mentioned Chubby Checker and Teddy Pendergrass, the transcendent front man for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, before another obvious answer dawned on him.
“Todd!” he exclaimed. “Todd Rundgren should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”
Seven years later, it’s finally come to pass.
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Todd Rundgren’s virtual ‘tour’ is what we’d expect from him, and it’s coming to Dallas
The singer, producer and tech pioneer tailors his shows to specific cities. Dallas is up soon.
Todd Rundgren s current virtual tour is no surprise, given his inventive track-record.(Lynn Goldsmith)
“I Saw the Light” isn’t just the title of one of Todd Rundgren’s biggest hits. It’s the perfect catchphrase for a 50-year career built on bold ideas, the latest being an all-virtual “tour” that includes a Dallas show on March 7.
On Feb. 14 the 72-year-old singer, producer and tech pioneer launched the 25-show Clearly Human tour, with each gig “geo-fenced” and tailored to a different city, including images of local landmarks in the stage backdrop. Performing from a private venue in Chicago, Rundgren and his 10-piece band have been mixing hits like “Hello It’s Me” and “Can We Still Be Friends” with songs from 1989′s
This is not the first time Rundgren has brought his tech-savvy ideas to live music performances. He performed the first-ever interactive television concert in 1978, the first cablecast of a rock concert in 1982 and the first full-length concert shot with multiple virtual reality, 360-degree cameras in 2016.
“Well, I m … you know … I m just … I get bored sometimes, actually,” Rundgren says with a laugh. “I try and find new things to do, and sometimes they re specifically experimental, trying to better understand audience dynamics.”
When Rundgren did the No World Order tour, the first live interactive tour, the audience played a significant part in the show. Cameras were dangled into the audience so they could point them around and people could see themselves or see whatever they pointed the camera at.