Todd Rundgren Review De Montfort Hall Leicester Friday 3rd June 2005

As soon as Todd entered the stage you could sense that this was going to be a good show. Todd seemed very happy & relaxed & the crowd was certainly "up for it"

The set list (Todd Only) and probably not in the right order

Lysistrata
Cliché
I Saw The Light
Beloved Infidel
Love Of The Common Man
Can We Still Be Friends
Hello It's Me
The Viking Song
Afterlife
Bang The Uke'
Black & White

Then Todd said he had been practising a "debut" song & performed Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song with Ethel, which was outstanding and worked really well. Pretending To Care followed which has always been one of my favourite songs and was an inspired choice of song to play with Ethel.

Then we had another "debut" song "Soul Brother" with Joe & Ethel. This was again very good and it was such a privilege to hear 2 new songs being added to the set. WMGGW finished the set.

This was my first Todd solo experience and I found Todd to be on top form, on guitar AND piano, Hello It's Me was the most faultless I have heard. And no broken strings tonight.

Thanks Todd for coming to Leicester and giving us a performance that really could not have been any better.

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