Todd Rundgren Announces Special Limited West Coast Concert Run

(PRThatRocks.com | Posted 2009-11-16)

Venerable pop/rock music legend, Todd Rundgren, is proud to announce the only West Coast live performances of his 1973 classic masterpiece, A Wizard, A True Star. AWATS has been long heralded by the rock press as a defining paradigm-shifting album, but until this year had incredibly never been performed in public in its entirety. Couched within an elaborate stage extravaganza harkening back to the halcyon grandeur of 70’s arena glam rock productions, but in an intimate theater setting, AWATS Live is a rare opportunity to capture rock history in a bottle.

Backing Rundgren will be a six-piece star-studded band of legendary rock and roll veterans who will recreate each and every layer of vocals, guitars, synthesizers and studio chicanery of the elaborate psychedelic opus that is AWATS: Utopia and Meatloaf bassist and multi-instrumentalist Kasim Sulton; Tubes and Jefferson Starship drummer Prairie Prince; keyboardist and founding member of The Cars, Greg Hawkes; Todd Rundgren’s Utopia keyboardist, Ralph Schuckett; percussionist and horn player Bobby Strickland; and lead guitarist and former music editor of Guitar Player magazine, Jesse Gress.

Thanks to Todd fans-turned-concert-promoters Doug Ford and Melinda Cain, the longtime fantasy of an AWATS Live Tour has become a reality. Known to Rundgren fans as the voices behind RundgrenRadio.com, Doug and Melinda produced the first-ever Todd Rundgren AWATS Live concert in September in Akron, Ohio, which resulted in a sold out show, critical raves, and unbridled fan demand for more performances of the awe-inspiring event.

Todd Rundgren’s remaining 2009 AWATS Live dates are December 1 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco, December 2 in Sacramento at the Crest Theatre, December 4 in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theatre, and December 5 in Ventura at the Majestic Theatre.

Ticket ordering information is available on http://www.awatslive.com. Follow Todd Rundgren on Twitter.com/toddrundgren, MySpace.com/toddrundgrenmusic and on Facebook.com “Todd Rundgren”

For interview requests with Todd Rundgren, Doug Ford and Melinda Cain, as well as members of the Todd Rundgren AWATS Band, please contact Christopher Buttner at chris@prthatrocks.com or tel: 415-233-7350

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