Supertramp To Tour

Supertramp look set to announce a 40th Anniversary tour.

Classic Rock Magazine reports that the band will announce a European tour very shortly, although former members Roger Hodgson and Dougie Thompson have apparently not been asked to join the band for the shows – something which has not gone down very well with Hodgson. A statement from his management says:

"We’ve been told that they are billing the tour as the 40th anniversary tour of the band and we just find this very surprising, misleading and disrespectful of Roger since he is the only other member that was a part of Supertramp when he and Rick founded the band together 40 years ago.

"It would seem that you would want to invite the other co-founder and the bass player of the classic line up for the 40th anniversary of the band. So, we’re really hoping it doesn’t create any confusion in the marketplace or mislead anyone into thinking that a 40th anniversary tour means a reunion tour with Roger Hodgson and Dougie Thompson. And with not inviting them, it seems it would have been more straightforward to simply call it a Supertramp tour.”

No dates have been officially announced yet, but SeeTickets have published a date for the O2 Arena on 6 October with tickets on sale on Friday at 9am.