Supertramp - European tour cancelled

Paul 04 August 2015

Legendary ‘70s pop group Supertramp has announced the 'Supertramp Forever Tour' scheduled to start in Portugal and continue around Europe from November this year has been cancelled due to Rick Davis having been diagnosed with cancer, which clearly needs treatment.

Gondomar was been chosen to host the first gig on November 3rd, then the MEO Arena in Lisbon before the group was to head off to France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and the UK.

This tour was to mark the long-awaited return of multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart but any reappearance of founder member Roger Hodgson remains was unlikely as ever as the 1972 rift over psychedelic drug intake formed an impenetrable barrier to further artistic cooperation. Hodgson tours independently.

The band was formed at the tail end of the 1960s and has sold 60 million albums, reaching their commercial peak with the 1979 Breakfast in America which alone sold more than 20 million copies.

Davis said today "I was eager to start playing again and tour with the band. Sorry for disappointing you. Unfortunately, my health problems force me to concentrate all the energy in that direction."

Tickets will be refunded in full at the place of purchase.

Comments

-9 #3 Ana López 2015-02-25 02:25

5 songs named, 3 by Roger Hodgson. Always needing Roger's to announce these shows, and that's not correct. Rick should play his own songs, just for honesty. I saw St in their last tour, and I didn't enjoy. The real shows are Roger Hodgson's ones. When Roger left the band so many years ago I said, Supertramp is over, I was so right. Roger makes the difference in his own shows.

-7 #2 Ed 2015-02-22 00:26

Quoting AmericanGirl:

It needs to be made clear that Roger Hodgson, the voice and co-founder of Supertramp, will not be on this tour.

I think this was clear: "but any reappearance of founder member Roger Hodgson remains as unlikely as ever..."
Ed

-9 #1 AmericanGirl 2015-02-21 23:47

It needs to be made clear that Roger Hodgson, the voice and co-founder of Supertramp, will not be on this tour. Roger departed Supertramp in 1983 and has been touring the world the past few years. Rick made an agreement to not play Roger's songs but Rick is not a man of his word. Roger gave us the band's greatest hits to include Breakfast in America, It's Raining Again, Dreamer, The Logical Song, Fool's Overture, Give a Little Bit, Take the Long Way Home, School, and so many more. If you want to see Supertramp, see Roger Hodgson. He's on tour in Europe this summer and in the US and Canada late this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMLNeSbtVN0

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