Todd Rundgren (USA)

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 pursued 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 hit singles as ‘I Saw The Light’, ‘Hello It’s Me’, ‘Can We Still Be Friends’, and ‘Bang The Drum’.

Rundgren’s myriad of production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates.

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. 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.