AIR SUPPLY to Bring 'A Matter of Time' Tour to Ruth Eckerd Hall

Continuing to make musical history with every sold out performance around the world, legendary pop duo Air Supply is riding the wave of an eventful banner year in 2026, with concerts across North America, Australia, South America, Europe and Asia, a biopic in the works, an impending Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and – brace yourselves, devoted Airheads - A Matter of Time, their first studio album in 15 years. Air Supply's A Matter of Time Tour will include a stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Saturday, November 21 at 8 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 5 at 10 am.  

Graham Russell's heartfelt and soul-piercing songwriting talents, along with his and Russell Hitchcock's dynamic trademark vocals, are on emphatic display throughout the multi-faceted 11-track collection, due to drop digitally December 3, with the same release date for an exclusive special edition 80's style vinyl version.   

Released to coincide with Air Supply's incredible 50th anniversary as a duo, A Matter of Time caps an historic career that compares to the Beatlesque feat 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). During their early 80's run, they sold 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 and achieved multi-million radio plays for five of their hits, including Sweet Dreams and the Jim Steinman-penned Making Love Out of Nothing At All. In 2010, the year Air Supply released their last studio album Mumbo Jumbo, Graham was honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate recognizing three million performances of All Out of Love.

“When it comes to our longevity, it's sometimes hard to think about it, but Russell and I do often, usually while we're traveling between cities,” says Graham. “You can never imagine being in a band or being an artist for that long, so it's not easy to wrap your thoughts around it. When we started having some success, we thought we'd be around for a few years. Then as the years roll by, all of a sudden we're at a half century since we met and people still enjoy hearing our songs and seeing us perform them. 

“If I could pinpoint the reason,” he adds, “it's because our music has never really been in style but it also never goes out of style. We've never followed any trends or been fashionable, but heartfelt love songs always seem to endure. And beyond simply making great records, we love hearing from fans around the world, particularly after our shows, saying things like, ‘God you have no idea what this song means to me or how it saved me from this or that.' Having been a songwriter for over 64 years now, it's particularly gratifying to hear that those songs I've written still resonate like that.”    

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.  

Tickets start at $63.74 and are available at The Raymond James Central Ticket Office at Ruth Eckerd Hall, by calling 727-791-7400 or visiting www.RuthEckerdHall.com. The 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 Raymond James Central Ticket Office will open two hours prior to show time. 

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