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Supertramp co-founder and singer Rick Davies dies at 81

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies had battled cancer for more than 10 years

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

Rick Davies death: Supertramp frontman and co-founder dies, aged 81

Musician was best known as voice and keyboardist behind Supertramp’s most iconic hits

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

Supertramp star Rick Davies dies after cancer battle

Supertramp star Rick Davies has died aged 81 after a battle with cancer and he's been remembered for his "soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer".

BANG Premier · Sep 8, 2025

Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis? to get 50th anniversary reissues

Supertramp's classic 1974 album Crime Of The Century and 1975 release Crisis? What Crisis? to be reissued on vinyl

Louder · Jul 2, 2025

“It’s not like anything else I’ve written… I sank into it, and before I knew there was nothing of me there. That’s when magic happens”: How Roger Hodgson created Supertramp’s most ambitious song, and why he won’t say what it means

Inspired by the Beatles, a famous piece of classical music and the post-war era, Fool’s Overture isn’t the band’s longest song – but it’s by far their most complex and intense

Louder · Mar 21, 2025

“It was wonderful to hear that Paul McCartney loved my song”: How one man’s quest for musical perfection and the meaning of life resulted in a huge hit that Macca called the best song of 1979

"I wouldn’t rest until it was absolutely right”

MusicRadar · Mar 18, 2025

“Lady In Red will have most of us reaching for the sick bucket. But if you dip into his back catalogue at any point from 1974 to 1984 you’ll find worthy listening:” Chris De Burgh… prog star?

Ignore the syrupy ballads. Connections to Alan Parsons, Supertramp and Sky suggest a valid case – and his 1979 album Crusader proves it beyond doubt

Louder · Dec 20, 2024

“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2024

“Their albums hadn’t accomplished much. I went to see them and liked them, especially the new songs… I then witnessed their break-up”: How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp and helped them deliver a set of classic prog albums

With an approach based on belief and cameraderie, the self-described captain of the band’s pirate ship steered them from failing pop group to hit records including Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America

Louder · Oct 29, 2024

“It’s not a question of spirituality; it’s a question of right or wrong… he’s playing songs he didn’t even like at the time!” Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson’s beef with Rick Davies

The breaking of a deal made when they went separate ways in 1983 made a 21st-century reunion impossible – although Hodgson said he’d offered and been rebutted

Louder · May 9, 2024