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<div id="yiv645570662"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">2/8/13</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">for immediate release</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Contact:</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Tom Simpson</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">wrfaa@yahoo.com</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">330-677-5005</div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:x-large;">Todd Rundgren to play The Kent Stage</span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:x-large;">May 14 @ 8pm</span></div><div style="font-family:
arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Todd Rundgren will headline a very special evening at The Kent Stage on Tuesday May 14th. Rundgren will be performing his new CD <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">State</span> as well as his classic hits. This is his third visit to Kent. </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">In the 70's he headlined two concerts at Kent State University. The Kent Stage is located at 175 East Main Street just two blocks west of the University. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Kent Stage is an intimate 642 seat theater known for its excellent acoustics and exceptional concert
offerings.</font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal;">Tickets on sale Monday Feb. 11 @ 10am at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kentstage.org/">www.kentstage.org</a> or 888-718-4352. Tickets are $46.00 for Gold Circle and $33.00 for reserve seats and are limited to 6 per order.</span><br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span
style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">About Todd:</span></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal;"><h5 class="yiv645570662uiStreamMessage yiv645570662userContentWrapper" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span
class="yiv645570662messageBody" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);line-height:1.38;"><span class="yiv645570662userContent" style="font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv645570662id_5115899ea2ffc7604236931" class="yiv645570662text_exposed_root yiv645570662text_exposed" style="display:inline;">Prolific musical experimenter, premier league pop craftsman, tireless producer, runt, wizard and true star Todd Rundgren will release his new studio album ‘STATE’ on the Esoteric Antenna label via Cherry Red on Monday 8th April. ‘STATE’ is Rundgren’s 24th solo studio album (and that’s not including the 2 albums he recorded with his first band the Nazz, and the 9 albums he recorded with his band Utopia!).<br><br>Todd’s latest musical vision is a fusion of rock, soul, r’n’b and electronica that is at once danceable, groundbreaking, spiritual, challenging and infectious.<br><span class="yiv645570662text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;"><br>Tour dates in the
USA, Scandinavia, Holland and the UK in May/June
2013.<br><br>Born and raised in Philadelphia, Todd Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to front The Nazz, the quintessential `60s psychedelic pop group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut 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 limelight prompting the media to dub him “Rock's New Wunderkind.” It was followed by such landmark LPs as Todd, The Hermit of Mink Hollow and A Wizard A True Star.<br><br>In 1974, Todd formed Utopia, who were on the cutting edge of progressive rock in the 70s and developed into a very tidy power pop outfit in the 80s.<br><br>Rundgren's career as a producer has included seminal albums by The New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, XTC, Hall And Oates and one of the best selling albums of all time, Meat Loaf’s Bat
Out of Hell. Sealing 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), as well as the score for Dumb and Dumber and a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.<br><br>Todd’s annual musical summer camp, this year celebrating his 65th birthday and dubbed Toddstock v6.5, takes place near New Orleans on June 17-22.</span></div></span></span></h5><div class="yiv645570662mvm yiv645570662uiStreamAttachments yiv645570662fbMainStreamAttachment" style="font-size: 11px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><div class="yiv645570662shareRedesign yiv645570662_gxb yiv645570662largeMedia" style="
width:398px;"><div class="yiv645570662clearfix yiv645570662shareRedesignContainer" style="zoom:1;background-color:rgb(247, 247, 247);"></div></div></div></span></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;">About The Kent Stage:</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><br></span></div><div
style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kent Stage just celebrated it's 10th Anniversary with a year-long concert series. The series included concerts by Glen Campbell, Little Feat, Arlo Guthrie, Mitch Ryder, Ralph Stanley, Red Wanting Blue, Bruce Hornsby, Lisa Marie Presley, Southside Johnny, Kenny Loggins's Blue Sky Riders, Tim O'Brien, Over The Rhine, Donna The Buffalo, The Punch Brothers, Martin Sexton, Ani DeFranco, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Robert Cray, Melanie, Asleep at the Wheel, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Guster, Colin Hay, Judy Collins, Cowboy Junkies, Greg Brown, Psychedelic Furs,John Gorka, Savoy Brown, Punch Brothers, Iris DeMent, Josh Ritter, Leon Redbone, Tom Paxton, Kent Blues Fest, Kent Folk Festival, Film Festival and dozens of other
events. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kent Stage is operated by the Western Reserve Folk Arts Association, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;">For more info on The Kent Stage: www.kentstage.org.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>