Although Supertramp will be starting their "40th Anniversary Tour" later this year in France, Roger will not be involved. Roger's 2010 Tour will take him to fans around the world with solo, band, and orchestra shows. Don't miss it!
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Roger will be playing Madrid and Barcelona this summer.
· July 29 – Madrid
· August 2 – Barcelona
These shows will not be publicly announced and on sale until late April or early May but I wanted to let you know the dates so you can mark your calendars. Roger has always appreciated the warm hearts and the loyalty of all his Spanish fans, and I wanted to make sure and give you all a heads up so you can make your plans, work out carpools, meeting up with friends, etc. I'll also send advance notice when we have a firm date that tickets will be on sale so you can be first in line for the best seats.
Attention: PORTUGAL FANS
Roger will headline the Biker Convention in Faro, July 17- with his band! This concert is free, so tell all your friends now and plan to register the week before for the convention to assure yourself a spot.
Attention: US FANS
Roger's first show of the 2010 tour is in Temecula, CA on March 27, and it sold out fast. However we recently added a show on Sunday, March 28 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona. There are still tickets available.
So for those of you from Southern California that weren’t able to get tickets for the Temecula show, you still have a chance to see Roger live. It’s only a 1 hour flight from LA. Come on over and join Roger in celebrating the Grand Opening of the Sage Court Amphitheatre. Special hotel packages are available for a relaxing get away weekend, and although I have never been there, I have to say the hotel looks great! Also, this is likely to be the only US show in the southwest in 2010 so don't miss it.
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Attention: SOUTH AMERICA FANS
Exciting news! Roger will be doing a short tour of South America from May 11 to May 20. Two of Roger's 3 Brazil Band Shows are already on sale, Porto Alegre will go on sale soon and we’ll be announcing more dates in other countries.
· May 13 - Porto Alegre, Brazil –with Band
· May 14 - Sao Paulo, Via Funchal, Brazil- with Band TICKETS
· May 15 - Belo Horizonte, Chevrolet Hall Brazil- with Band TICKETS
More tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks for South America, Europe and Canada so keep checking the website for updates.
MARCH 21 – ROGER CELEBRATES HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY!
On the 21st of March Roger celebrates his 60th Birthday. Many fans have been writing in asking what they can do to honor Roger and how they can send Roger a personal message of congratulation. Here are some ways we came up with.....
Call and email your local classic rock radio station and ask them to play your favorite Roger Hodgson songs in honor of his birthday. Whether it's Logical Song, Dreamer, Breakfast in America, Give a Little Bit, Take the Long Way Home, School… or any one of the classic hits he wrote and then recorded with Supertramp, you could suggest that the DJ tells the listeners they are hearing Roger Hodgson- the voice and composer of Supertramp's biggest hits. And let them know that Roger has not been with Supertramp since 1983 - that he is currently touring his own shows worldwide, singing all his classic songs. So let's see what we can do to get all the DJ's talking about Roger Hodgson and paying tribute to his great musical legacy in his birthday month!
Another way to honor Roger as an artist is to spread the word about his live concerts. I have seen many people posting comments on YouTube below some of Roger’s songs. You could share your experiences of Roger’s concert and also let people know that he is touring solo, with band, and with orchestra this year. You can name specific shows that you are going to or suggest that fans check his tour page. And do let people know that Roger is the one who wrote these great songs, and he sings them in all his concerts. This is a good way to help inform fans what Roger is up to - as are Facebook and Twitter.
To leave a personal message at any time for Roger, go to his GUESTBOOK or any of the Roger Hodgson fan websites. There are several special birthday message books also - Kathy has set one up on her Garden Gate Site. And this year Ana from the "Roger Hodgson Spanish Fan Club " is also collecting messages, greetings, photos, and texts to put all together, post and send to Roger. She requests that you send your greeting to: savvy633@msn.com before March 15th.
KEEPING IN TOUCH
I invite you to tell your friends and family about Roger’s mailing list in case they'd like to be informed of the latest news and tour announcements. And in case you don’t have the latest links to our Spanish Fan sites and Spanish Fan Club, you can click on the links button on the left tool bar on Roger’s home page or use the links below.
Breakfast in Spain - Thanks Miguel and Jordie
The Logical Web - Thanks Abel and Juan
Spanish Fan Club Facebook - Thanks Ana and Vidal
Finally, I could also use your help to be our "eyes and ears" abroad. I always appreciate hearing directly from all of you what kind of promotions you see and hear in your area. We love knowing what radio stations are playing Roger’s songs, which songs they are playing, how the DJ’s are announcing them, and if you are seeing Roger’s shows being announced on TV, or seeing posters, flyers or ads around town. So please help keep us informed by writing to let us know what you see and hear about Roger coming to your city. Harmonic Management Email
Thank you for your continued support through the years. And in case you are wondering, Roger does enjoy reading all the messages on his guest book very much. Although he is not always able to respond, his heart is touched – so please continue to post your messages and share your heart with him and also express how his music has touched your life.
We are excited about the 2010 tour and hope to see many of you again this year.
All the best,
Linda
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New German fan site
Be sure to check out the new German website for Roger's fans at www.Roger-Hodgson.de!
Es gibt eine neue deutschsprachige Webseite über Roger. Hier findet ihr die aktuellen Konzerttermine, eine Galerie, die Discographie und demnächst mehr. Willkommen auf www.Roger-Hodgson.de .
Breakfast In America is "Back to Black" on vinyl! Universal Music Group International celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the vinyl album with the re-release of classic albums on vinyl, including Supertramp's classic 1979 album, "Breakfast in America."
* Some nice photos of Roger in Bonn on August 16th, can be found on General-Anzeiger online.
* "Take the Long Way Home," the Montreal 2006 concert DVD was released on August 22nd. You can order it on Roger's site. It's also available in select Canadian stores. (If you find this DVD online anywhere else, please DO NOT place an order.)
NOTE from Harmonic Management: Orders placed through Amazon.ca will not be fulfilled so please order your DVD through Roger. Feel free to email us if you have any questions or need assistance wtih your order.
* Click hereto see the set list from the Kitchener shows
* Roger was honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) with a POP Music award for his song "Give a Little Bit" being one of the most performed works in the ASCAP repertory in 2005.
MORE GOODIES
Click here to read a review of The Shepherd's Bush show at Dutch Progressive Rock Page.
The Dutch Progressive Rock Page has an interview with Roger from December 3, 2005. Read it here.
"In The Eye Of The Storm" and "Hai Hai" are now available for download on iTunes.
Roger played at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England on November 30, 2005. John Helliwell was in the audience! Here are a couple of photos from the show. (Click thumbnail to view larger size.)
SUPERTRAMP - RETROSPECTACLE: THE SUPERTRAMP ANTHOLOGY - UNIVERSAL
Record Rating: *****
Throughout the early seventies, Supertramp had a number of best-selling albums, which culminated into their 1979 masterpiece, Breakfast in America. On the strength of hit singles like The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home, the album sold over 18 million copies worldwide and made Rick Davies and his boys a household name.
There have been several Supertramp "best of" compilations in the recent past, but none have been of this magnitude. This latest compilation Retrospectacle: The Supertramp Anthology covers all of the band's bases and stands head and shoulders above the rest. This well-chosen collection spans three decades, but focuses intently on the five great years that cemented the band's reputation as one of the world's foremost rock acts.
The seventeen song offering predominantly spawns everything from their early rock n' roll (Crime of the Century, Ain't Nobody But Me) to the period when they matured and refined themselves into a well crafted hit machine. Singles like It's Raining Again, The Logical Song and Goodbye Stranger, well-crafted, tightly bound pop songs that skyrocketed to the top of the pop charts during the late '70s and early '80s, are on this compilation as well. That alone will make it worthwhile for a casual listener.
The more hardcore fans will notice some favourite album and fan favourite missing ~ for them there's a thirty two track limited edition two CD set being released of this compilation as well ~ all the Supertramp they could ever need in their collection. Still with this single Disc, you get a great deal. For it's chock block with songs you've probably heard before and might even know the words to, but didn't know it was Supertramp. This one gets two thumbs flying up all the way.
iPod Garage reviews Supertramp Gold: Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology
Being in my mid 30's, I have had the fortunate (some say misfortunate) experience to acquire many, many musical memories associated with times and places I once was. Certain bands, sounds and smells take a person back to that time and place the track was most familiar and fun. Vague memories as a child growing up to rock records and reel to reel mixed party tapes, Supertramp was always on those mixes, and now thanks to the iTMS, one of the best defining single band rock compilations can be on your iPod or in your iTunes music library.
With the majority of the composers being Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson, you can only marvel at the brilliance of structure and sound. All the classics can be found on this collection from School, Bloody Well Right, Dreamer, to Rudy and Give A Little Bit. All of which takes me back to those Sunday Brunch moments. Setting up the kitchen during my Chef Apprenticeship, practicing my air guitar and drums technique all while making twenty liters of hollandaise sauce and smelling nothing but bacon toast (I'm more than sure your scenario is a little different, but none the less, you were drumming, singing, or mimicking a guitar riff).
More than enough fun can be had grooving out to Crime of the Century, From Now On to The Logical Song. With thirty-two tracks in total, the album also comprises several remixes, live or re-edits. Land Ho gets a single version remix that I tend to like a lot more. The percussion seems to be bumped up and the vocals tamed down a bit (pitch wise). Summer Romance was made into a two and a half minute single mix that can only be described as an ass swaying, toe tapping blues power ballad. Another Man's Woman tops out the playlist of bonuses for a live nine and change minute interlude. The double CD pack finishes with Over You and as always, full of brass, harmony and crisp percussion.
Once again Supertramp has been reintroduced back into the kitchen with my return to the hospitality industry and so far has received great reviews as one of greatest rock bands of all time that will no doubt have you shaking your rump tapping your toes and swaying to the keyboards, doing, what ever you are doing.
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