Supertramp have surprised everyone by announcing a 40th anniversary tour – and without co-founder-member Roger Hodgson.

No dates have been confirmed as yet, but the band will be led by Rick Davies (vocals/keyboards) with the possibility that both John Helliwell (vocals/keyboards/woodwind) and Bob Siebenberg (drums) will be involved.

However, neither Hodgson (vocals/guitar/keyboards) nor Dougie Thompson (bass) – regarded as being part of the band’s classic line-up – have been invited to be part of the celebrations.

This hasn’t gone down well with Hodgson. In a statement, his management say: “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. [Dougie joined the band in 1972 and John and Bob a year later in 1973.]"

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