Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Live At The Chicago Theatre (2018)
Genre : Music
Runtime : 2H 10M
Synopsis
After a thirty-year-plus hiatus, Todd Rundgren's Utopia graced the Chicago Theater stage, with the hopes of promising fans an extraordinary, other-worldly concert experience. In the 1990s Todd retired Utopia and reverted to making his own music, with varying degrees of success, and then last year came the announcement of the long-awaited U.S. reunion tour, where the album in review here originates. Recorded in Chicago on 22nd May 2018, the music reflects a run through many of the finer moments of the Utopia back catalogue. Todd is joined by fellow original members Willie Wilcox (drums) and Kasim Sultan (bass), alongside replacement keyboard player Gil Assayas who covered at short notice for an indisposed Ralph Shuckett. The original 70's-formed band established a stellar reputation for stretching the prog rock/pop. MUSICIANS Todd Rundgren – Guitar, Lead Vocals Kasim Sultan – Bass, Guitars, Lead Vocals Willie Wilcox – Drums Gil Assayas – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Includes some of Todd’s best known songs including “Hello It’s Me” and “Bang On The Drum” PLUS fan favorites that haven’t been performed live in decades! Recorded at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Pennsylvania, Rundgren's new live album is the one that better paints the most faithful portrait of one of the most original artists ever. This live concert, recorded at the end of 2015, incorporates the highlights and, at the same time, some of the less known songs of Rundgren's incredible career. Bass, Vocals – Kasim Sulton Drums – Prairie Prince Executive Producer – Eric Gardner Guitar, Vocals – Jesse Gress Guitar, Vocals, Producer [Music], Mixed By [Music] – Todd Rundgren Keyboards, Vocals – John Ferenzik Producer – Chris Andersen
Todd Rundgren performed Todd live in its entirety for the first time ever, as part a special limited six-date sold-out tour (the Healing album was also performed, which will be a subsequent stand-alone live DVD/CD release). The September 14 date at Philadelphia’s Keswick Theater, in Rundgren’s hometown, was videotaped and is being released as both a live DVD by S’More Entertainment and a live audio CD by sibling RockBeat Records. Joining him onstage were Utopia’s Kasim Sulton (bass), The Cars’ Greg Hawkes (keyboards), The Tubes’ Prairie Prince (drums), Guitar Player Magazine’s editor Jesse Gress (guitar), Bobby Strickland (sax) and a full choir.
Rock's original Renaissance man brings his vast array of musical styles to the stage in this raucous live concert at Maritime Hall in San Francisco, California. Producer extraordinaire, writer of such hits as "I Saw the Light," "Hello, It's Me" and "Bang the Drum All Day," founder of the band Utopia and general music maverick, Todd Rundgren performs many of his greatest hits and a wealth of new tunes in this video capturing his live stage show. Songs: I Hate My Frickin ISP, Yer Fast, Black and White, Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator, Open My Eyes, Trapped, Love in Action, Bang the Drum All Day, Temporary Insanity, Medley: Mystified/Broke Down and Busted, Buffalo Grass, One World, The Ikon, Hammer in My Heart, World Wide Epiphany.
Whitesnake revisited the music that singer David Coverdale recorded with Deep Purple in the Seventies when they released The Purple Album. The album, and the tour that followed, offered fans new modern interpretations of Purple classics like "Burn" and "Mistreated." Whitesnake puts their distinctive spin on several songs from Coverdale's studio albums with Deep Purple - Burn (1974), Stormbringer (1974), and Come Taste The Band (1975). Highlights include: "You Fool No One," "The Gypsy" and "Soldier Of Fortune."
Don't miss the infectious live atmosphere and relive some of the bands most iconic songs throughout their career. Riot (now Riot V) is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed by guitarist Mark Reale in 1975. 'Warrior' was released as a 7-inch EP in Japan and the song has been Japan's heavy metal fans' favourite for 40 years now. The relationships between Riot and Japan were reinforced on their second album 'Narita', whose title was named after the story of people's struggle against the government over the construction of New Tokyo International Airport at Narita.
Famed motion picture composer Ennio Morricone conducts the Muncher Rundfunkorchester as they perform a selection of his works in this Munich concert. Although Morricone is known primarily for his 1960s spaghetti Western scores, his amazingly rich catalog also includes such films as Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso and The Untouchables, which are represented in this sampling along with some of his more obscure titles.
Live concert in GelreDome, Arnhem, Holland Tracklist 1 Steamy Windows 2 Typical Male 3 River Deep, Mountain High 4 What You Get Is What You See 5 Better Be Good to Me 6 Acid Queen 7 What's Love Got To Do With It? 8 Private Dancer 9 We Don't Need Another Hero 10 Help! 11 Let's Stay Together 12 Undercover Agent for the Blues 13 I Can't Stand the Rain 14 Jumpin' Jack Flash / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) 15 GoldenEye 16 Addicted to Love 17 The Best 18 Proud Mary 19 Nutbush City Limits 20 Be Tender With Me Baby
After Alvin Lee’s death in March of 2013, Rainman Records released The Last Show, a fine recording of Lee’s final on stage performance in May of 2012. Due to the excellence of that recording, I looked forward to hearing the recent Rainman release, British Live Performance Series. It captures Ten Years After (TYA) recorded live in 1990 at “Studio 8” television in Nottingham, England. 1 Let’s Shake It Up 2 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 3 Slow Blues in C 4 Hobbit 5 Love Like A Man 6 Johnny B. Goode 7 Bad Blood 8 Victim of Circumstance 9 I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometime 10 I’m Going Home 11 Sweet Little Sixteen
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Rockpalast WDR Studio-L Koln January 01, 1977 Pro-Shot Setlist: 01. Communion with the Sun 02. Sunset Blvd. / International Feel 03. Love of the Common Man 04. Sunburst Finish 05. Jealousy 06. Windows 07. Emergency Splashdown 08. The Verb "To Love" 09. Initiation 10. Singring and the Glass Guitar 11. Utopia Theme 12. Couldn't I Tell You 13. Just One Victory Musicians: Todd Rundgren - voc/g Kasim Sulton - b/voc Roger Powell - keyb/voc Willie Wilcox - dr/voc
Dickey Betts - Ramblin' Man Live at the St. George Theatre CD and Blu-Ray concert featuring songs spanning his legendary career.
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF'S SPECTACULAR FINAL PERFORMANCE OF THEIR 'YOUR WILDERNESS' TOUR FEATURING GAVIN HARRISON (KING CRIMSON) ON DRUMS Bringing to close an unforgettable 14-date European Winter tour of their 2016 summer hit album 'Your Wilderness', The Pineapple Thief, led by post-progressive mastermind Bruce Soord and reinforced by Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums with Darran Charles (Godsticks) on guitar, gave the sold-out Islington Assembly Hall in London a truly awe-inspiring gig on 11th February 2017. 'Where We Stood' showcases a tight performance from both band regulars and guests on new tracks from 'Your Wilderness', including "In Exile", "No Man's Land" and "The Final Thing On My Mind", and of the classics from previous albums, "Nothing At Best", "Show A Little Love" and "Simple As That".
Pretty much exactly twelve months ago, the second Kraftklub album "In Schwarz" ("In black") was released, which reached - just like their debut album - number 1 on the German charts. Since then, Kraftklub won the 1LIVE Krone for Best Band, drove with the "In Schwarz" convoi across the country, won an Echo, organized the third annual Kosmonaut Festival, and achieved Gold for more than 100,000 sold copies of "In Schwarz". But first and foremost, Kraftklub went on several tours, on which they played countless celebrated concerts in clubs, halls and at festivals all over Germany. And because the sensual frenzy of a Kraftklub concert goes by so damn fast, there is now "Randale" ("riot"). As a remembrance for everyone who was there. And as a consolation for those who couldn't get any tickets anymore - but especially as a fantastic record and portrait of a one-of-a-kind band in sound and vision.
Enrique Bunbury & Nacho Vegas at Liceu BCN as part of "El tiempo de la cerezas" tour
For their annual season end concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker take the audience on a dreamy, magically journey through the river Rhine with Schumann’s beloved 3rd Symphony Rhenish. Pieces from Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen under the baton of dynamic conductor Gustavo Dudamel complete this evening.
