After much rumor and speculation, Todd Rundgren has indeed signed on as lead singer and guitarist for the group featuring two founding members of The Cars. Rundgren, guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboard player Greg Hawkes will be joined by fellow former Utopia bass player Kasim Sulton and longtime Rundrgen collaborator (and Tubes alum) Prairie Prince on drums as The New Cars. Bassist Ben Orr passed away due to cancer in 2000 and neither David Robinson nor Ric Ocasek (who wrote 95% of the bands original material) will participate. The quintet will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening and will begin its Road Rage Tour on May 12 in Robinsonville, MS at the Grand Casino Tunica Event Center (and for what its worth, rather than the New Cars, your site editor would much rather see Rundgren return to the Old Utopia but so it goes)
News
Archive- Watch: Couch Outline Tour to Support First Live Record ‘Sunshower – Live in LA,’ Share Live “Jessie” Video
- Widespread Panic Announce September 2024 Las Vegas Concerts
- Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Welcome Members of Selcouth Quartet on Grateful Dead Classics in NOLA
- Greensky Bluegrass Expand Summer Tour Ahead of ‘The Iceland Sessions’ Drop
- Tedeschi Trucks Band Welcome Duane Betts, Charlie Starr
- BeachLife Festival Cancelled Due to High Winds
- Umphrey’s McGee Add August Dates with Eggy and Stolen Gin
- Mike Gordon Joins Lee Ross in Burlington
Most Popular
- Jaimoe Takes Part in Rare Public Concert Appearance, Revisits Allman Brothers Band Classics
- David Gilmour Plots First Tour Since 2016
- Watch: Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Bill Frisell Pay Tribute to Leonard Cohen with National Symphony Orchestra
- Dave Matthews Band Announce Free Livestream For European Tour Closer
- Circles Around the Sun Plot Post-Dead & Company After Party at Brooklyn Bowl Vegas
- Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Shares Artist Lineup for Who Stage
- Live Nation Announces Return of Concert Week: $25 Tickets to Outlaw Music Festival, Vampire Weekend, The Marley Brothers and More
- David Gilmour Announces First Concerts in Eight Years, Multi-Night Stint at London’s Royal Albert Hall
No Comments comments associated with this post