A singer who had seven soft-rock Top 40 hits from 1970-83, fronted two iconic bands and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will play Easton’s State Theatre, it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 10.

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Todd Rundgren, whose hits included “Hello It’s Me,” “Can We Still Be Friends?” and “Bang the Drum All Day,” will bring his Damned If I Do Tour to the theater at 7:30 p.m. April 8.

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Tickets, at $59.98-$120, go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at www.statetheatre.org or the box office at 453 Northampton St., Easton.

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Rundgren, a Philadelphia native, started his career with the psychedelic band Nazz, which in had Top 100 hits with “Open My Eyes” in 1968 and “Hello It’s Me” in 1969.

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He had his first solo hit with the 1970 Top 20 song “We Gotta Get You a Woman," then in 1972 saw his song “I Saw the Light” hit No. 16. His 1972 album “Something/Anything?” was his highest-charting, at No. 29, and reached gold sales.

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A 1973 solo re-release of “Hello It’s Me” climbed all the way to No. 5 and became his biggest hit.

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In 1978, he had a Top 30 hit with “Can We Still Be Friends,” then in 1980 another Top 30 hit with “Set Me Free.”

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Rundgren’s last solo hit was 1983’s “Bang the Drum All Day.”

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He has continued to release albums, with 2022’s “Space Force” his most recent.

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He also formed the group Utopia, whose 1974 debut album “Todd Rundgren’s Utopia,” cracked the Top 40. The band also in 1980 had a Top 30 hit with “Set Me Free.” 

Rundgren also has been a noted producer and engineer for other artists. He produced Grand Funk Railroad’s “We're an American Band” in 1973 and in 1978, Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell,” which sold 43 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

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He also fronted the New Cars, a reformed version of the 1980s band the Cars, before its full reunion in 2017.

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Rundgren was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

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