Todd Rundgren and others will perform Burt Bacharach songs on tour this year.
Todd Rundgren, who has called the late Burt Bacharach “the greatest songwriter of my lifetime,” will perform on a tour titled “What the World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live in Concert.” Its currently scheduled New Jersey stops will be at The Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, April 5; and BergenPAC in Englewood, April 11.
Tickets for both shows will go on sale Jan. 17 at 10 a.m., with pre-sales beginning Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. Click HERE for Atlantic City, HERE for Englewood.
Bacharach — whose 52 Top 40 songwriting hits include “Walk on By,” “Alfie,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “Close to You,” “That’s What Friends Are For” and “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” — died in 2023, at the age of 94.
Wendy Moten, the 2021 runner-up on the television reality series “The Voice,” will sing on the tour; longtime Bacharach arranger and music director Rob Shirakbari will lead the band; and Kasim Sulton, who has worked with Rundgren often in the past, will play bass.
Other performers will include singer Tori Holub, multi-instrumentalist Probyn Gregory, saxophonist Woody Mankowski, keyboardist Kenny Dickenson, and drummer Elise Trouw.
For information and updates, visit whattheworldneedsnow.net.
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