Chevalier Theatre Presents: Air Supply

Air Supply – A Matter of Time Tour

Air Supply audiences have already been smiling widely as the band performs the album’s symphonic, high spirited lead single “Wrap My Arms Around You” amidst their cavalcade of hits. Graham wrote the song during the pandemic, reflecting on the importance of physical human connection and a time when people would once again be able to hug their friends and loved ones without fear. Another of the duo’s favorites on the album is the soulful, haunting power ballad “If Only,” which features a mellotron element that pays subtle homage to the Fab Four’s “Strawberry Fields Forever.”

Other standouts include the raunchy, freewheeling Stones-influenced rocker “I Want Your Love,” the anthemic, hard-driving “Son of the Father” (from A Wall Apart, Graham’s stage musical about the Berlin Wall) and the passionate ballad “I Say A Prayer,” featuring Kennadi Dodds, a 22 year old, Utah-based singer/songwriter, who also contributed lyrics to the song.

“If someone had told us back in 1976 when we recorded our first album we would still be around, performing and recording stronger than ever, we would have told them they were insane,” Russell says. “These wonderful recent developments – playing the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, the biopic, the Hollywood Walk of Fame – feel like a great stamp of approval from the media. But more importantly, they affirm the validity and continued relevance of our music.

“Love songs like ours will never go out of style because, when you think about it, at some point in everyone’s life, they’re falling in love, getting married, falling out of love or missing their love,” he adds. “Love is that constant that makes the world go round, and we’ve been sharing our songs about all those things with four generations now. I’ve said it a million times, the reason we keep playing is because of the songs. If you don’t have a song, you have nothing – and we’re excited now to share the new ones as we are to keep playing the classics.”