Legendary producer/songwriter/guitarist Todd Rundgren announces today that he will be embarking on a Summer 2026 US tour! Entitled “Damned If I Do”, this tour promises to include plenty of fan favorite songs.
Says Todd: “It’s always a challenge for me because my audience is so diverse, I never know what they’re in the mood for. I want to make sure we have all the musical ammunition we need to satisfy the spectrum”.
The tour commences June 11th at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois and ends July 19th at the Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts. The artist presale begins at 10 AM ET on March 25th [PW: VICTORY26], and tickets go on sale for the public at 10 AM local time on March 27th.
Todd’s band for the Damned If I Do tour will feature Gil Assayas (Keys), Bruce McDaniel (Guitar), Prairie Prince (Drums), Bobby Strickland (Horns), and Kasim Sulton (Bass).
Get tickets here.
US Tour Dates 2026:
June 11 – Arcada Theatre – St. Charles, IL
June 12 – Des Plaines Theatre – Des Plaines, IL
June 14 – Vibrant Music Hall – Waukee, IA
June 16 – Majestic Theatre – Dallas, TX
June 17 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
June 19 – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts – San Antonio, TX
June 20 – Golden Nugget – Lake Charles, LA
June 22 – Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
June 23 – The Parker – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
June 25 – Capitol Theatre – Clearwater, FL
June 26 – Capitol Theatre – Clearwater, FL
June 28 – Circle Square Cultural Center – Ocala, FL
June 30 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
July 01 – Carolina Theatre of Durham – Durham, NC
July 03 – The Caverns – Pelham, TN
July 05 – KEMBA Live! – Columbus, OH
July 06 – Riviera Theatre – North Tonawanda, NY
July 08 – Community Arts Center – Williamsport, PA
July 09 – Warner Theatre – Washington, DC
July 11 – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA
July 12 – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA
July 15 – Patchogue Theatre – Patchogue, NY
July 16 – Tarrytown Music Hall – Tarrytown, NY
July 18 – Bally’s Twin River Casino – Lincoln, RI
July 19 – Cabot Theater – Beverly, MA
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and front The Nazz, the quintessential ‘60’s psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut offering, the legendary “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 superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously dub him “Rock’s New Wunderkind”. It was followed by such landmark LPs as “The Hermit of Mink Hollow” and the above mentioned “A Wizard, A True Star”, as well as such hit singles as “I Saw the Light, Hello It’s Me, Can We Still Be Friends”, and “Bang the Drum”.
In 1974, Todd formed Todd Rundgren’s “Utopia” (renamed and reconfigured in 1976 as “Utopia”), an entirely new approach to the concept of interactive musicianship, and embarked on an extensive round of touring and recording. Standout “Utopia” offerings included “Oops! Wrong Planet”, “Adventures in Utopia”, and “Oblivion”. Along the way, Todd Rundgren’s “Utopia” combined technical virtuosity and creative passion to create music that initially, for millions, defined the term “progressive rock”, and subsequently, as Utopia, the term “powerpop”.
Rundgren’s myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates. Rounding out 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). He also has composed the music for the hit film Dumb and Dumber, as well as a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.
In 2009 Rundgren performed his iconic 1973 album “A Wizard a True Star” in concert in its entirety for the first time ever, and several years later did the same with a double bill: “Todd & Healing”. He has toured with Ringo Starr as an erstwhile member of the All-Starr Band since 1989, and continues to perform with symphony orchestras both domestically and internationally. In 2018 he toured North America with original Utopians Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for the first time in 33 years. After the release of his long-awaited autobiography The Individualist, he spearheaded the world’s first hybrid concert/book tour highlighting music across his 50-plus-year career.
In 2017 on successive weekends he was awarded honorary doctorates from both the Berklee School of Music and DePauw University.
In 1998 Todd debuted his new PatroNet technology which for the first time allowed fans of a musical artist to subscribe directly to the artist’s musical output via the Internet.
Weblinks:
www.todd-rundgren.com
www.facebook.com/toddrundgren
