Air Supply 50th Anniversary Celebration With Taylor Dayne

It was announced today that the Air Supply 50th Anniversary Celebration with special guest Taylor Dayne live in concert at The BayCare Sound in Downtown Clearwater on Friday, March 14 at 7 pm has been rescheduled. Tickets will be honored on the new date, Sunday, April 13, at 7 pm. For more information, please visit www.RuthEckerdHall.com. Tickets are on sale now.

If it’s true that practice makes perfect, then Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock – beloved by their millions of fans across the planet as Air Supply – have had nearly half a century to hone their skills, harness their passion and unleash the beautifully intimate yet rockin’ romantic energy of those instantly identifiable 80s hits that made them global superstars.

As they close in on 50 years (exact date, May 12, 1975) since they met in the chorus of the Australian touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar, the duo is ever-present on the road in North America and overseas to the tune of 130 dates a year - and look forward to a milestone 5500th live show in fall 2024. This run includes being the first Western group to tour China and several other countries who prior to their breakthrough would not allow pop music across their borders, as well as performing for a record 175,000 people in Cuba in 2005.

Air Supply’s overall sales and airplay stats are equally astounding, equaling their heroes The Beatles’ run of five consecutive Top Five Singles (Lost in Love, All Out of Love, Every Woman in the World, The One That You Love, Here I Am); selling a collective total of 20 million copies of their first three albums (Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever) and the 1983 Greatest Hits collection; achieving multi-million radio plays for five of their hits (including Sweet Dreams and the Jim Steinman-penned Making Love Out of Nothing At All); and having Graham honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate recognizing three million performances of All Out Of Love.

2025 will bring more seemingly nonstop rousing performances of the smash hits by their powerhouse band. Under musical direction of lead guitarist Aaron McLain, the ensemble includes Mirko Tessandori (piano/keyboards/vocals), Pavel Valdman (drums) and Doug Gild (bass). Graham and Russell will mark their milestone with exciting projects in a variety of media. These include a biopic titled All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story, a Broadway comedy-drama musical featuring their songs (Lost in Love) and an as yet to be titled autobiography by Graham and Russell. The duo will also be releasing their 18th studio album A Matter of Time, produced by Brian Howes, along with a very special vinyl compilation.

Taylor Dayne is an American pop icon with a career spanning three decades. Taylor's groundbreaking debut single Tell It To My Heart turned her into an overnight international star in 1987. She followed the smash hit with seventeen Top 20 singles over the course of her three-decade career, including Love Will Lead You Back, Prove Your Love and I'll Always Love You. Taylor has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, earned three GRAMMY® nominations, an American Music Award, multiple New York Music Awards, received New York Music Hall of Fame honors and ranked as the #18 Female Dance artist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. She is one of the very few artists in musical history to successfully crossover into almost every musical genre and chart with hit singles in Pop, Dance, R&B, Adult contemporary and Rock.

Last fall Taylor Dayne appeared on RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race as a celebrity contestant “Elektra Owl”. Taylor can now add Emmy® Award winner to her CV. Her collaboration with Skip Martin, of Kool and the Gang, with a total of 29 legendary artists came together to revamp Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready that benefited the Atlanta division of St. Jude Children's Hospital. Last October, she appeared as a judge on the Food Network show Battle of the Ages. Currently, Dayne is an ambassador for "Fit For The Cure" campaign in conjunction with Wacoal. For the 35th anniversary of Tell It To My Heart, Dayne did a release of the cult classic with electronic music group Cash Cash. In April, Dayne released her new album called Capital Sessions with producer Gregg Fields.

Tickets priced at $30, $45, $55, $75 and $99 are available at The Raymond James Central Ticket Office at Ruth Eckerd Hall, by calling 727-791-7400 or visiting www.RuthEckerdHall.com. The Raymond James Central Ticket Office at Ruth Eckerd Hall is located at 1111 N. McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater and is open Tuesday through Thursday, from noon to 6 pm, Friday, from 10 am to 6 pm, and Saturday, from noon to 6 pm. The BayCare Sound Ticket Window will open two hours prior to show time.