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Well, it looks like all those Todd Rundgren fans on the other side of the Atlantic will no longer have to be so envious of those living near Ohio now. Rundgren Radio’s special A Wizard A True Star LIVE concert in Akron has now spawned a sister show in London!! Apparently, Doug and Mel of Rundgren Radio has caused such a buzz with their September 6th AWATS gig that a concert promoter in the U.K. decided to schedule Rundgren to perform A Wizard, A True Star at the London HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday February 6th, 2010. I’m not totally sure why the show couldn’t have been scheduled any earlier but there you have it. I’m sure Todd fans are just glad to see that there’ll be another AWATS gig planned after the September 6th Akron show. Who knows, maybe now with two official AWATS shows scheduled, it’ll all snowball into a full AWATS tour! wouldn’t that be awesome? Let’s make it happen. Get those tickets now!

For more info on the 2010 London AWATS show, check out the official NoblePR press release.

For info on the September 6th Akron Show, head on over to AWATSLive.com

And in honor of the recently announced U.K. show, I thought I’d share a few live versions of some AWATS tunes. enjoy!

International Feel (live 1994 at the Forum in London)
Here we are again, the start of the end but there’s more
I only want to see if you’ll give up on me
But there’s always more…

Never Never Land (with a twist 1997)
I know a place where dreams are born
And time is never planned
It’s not on any chart, you must find it in your heart
Never Never Land…

Zen Archer (Live Feb. 28, 1998 Florida)
Rivers of blood, oceans of tears,
life without death and death without reason…

I’m So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby (live Feb. 28, 1998 Florida)
Mistakes, I know I’ve made a few
But I’m only human, you’ve made mistakes too…

Just One Victory (Live 1981 Akron Ohio)
The time has come to take the bull by the horns
We’ve been so downhearted, we’ve been so forlorn
We get weak and we want to give in
But we still need each other if we want to win…

Ethel performing “Flamingo/Zen Archer” (live at TROMP International Music Festival Nov. 2008)

Bonus – Bill Lloyd’s brilliant cover of “I Don’t Want to Tie You Down” (from a tribute to Todd Rundgren CD)
Sometimes it’s hard to look up under
The times we’re going through
I scratch my head and stare and wonder
How to face the day anew…

Note: the mp3 files are hosted on mediafire for a limited time so grab ‘em while you can.

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**UPDATE: 03Jun09**
Check out the new poster for the UK gig:

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