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Air Supply
Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions — Napa, CA
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About Air Supply

Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo that basically defined the sound of 80s power ballads. Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock met in Sydney and built a catalog of melodic, emotionally direct rock songs that dominated both rock and pop radio. All Out of Love became their signature moment—the kind of song that plays at proms and gets stuck in your head for days. Beyond the ballads, they had surprisingly solid uptempo tracks like Every Woman in the World that showed they could do more than just slow burns. Their thing was earnest sentiment delivered with polished production and tight harmonies. They were everywhere in the 80s, less cool than some of their peers maybe, but undeniably effective at what they did. They've kept touring steadily and their songs have aged better than people generally admit.

Their crowds are older, nostalgic, full of people who actually bought these albums in 1980. When All Out of Love starts, the whole room sings along. Russell's voice still holds up. It's polished, well-rehearsed, the kind of show where nothing goes wrong because they've played it a hundred times. Sincere without irony.

Known for All Out of Love, Every Woman in the World, Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)

Air Supply + San Francisco

Air Supply's last Bay Area stop was June 2019 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds, where they ran through the hits that defined the '80s. The Australian duo has maintained a steady presence in Northern California over the years, their polished soft rock and string arrangements drawing the same crowd that grew up with them.

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Live Music in San Francisco

San Francisco's music scene has never been kind to soft rock, but it's also never entirely rejected it. The city's relationship with Air Supply and their ilk is complicated—born from the same era that produced arena rock excess, yet played out against a backdrop of punk, psychedelia, and experimental music. Still, the ballad has its place here. Air Supply represents a particular California sensibility: polished, melodic, unapologetically commercial. San Francisco audiences, despite their reputation for indie credibility, have shown up for this band repeatedly over the decades.

San Francisco road trip to see Air Supply?

Stay in Hayes Valley or the Mission—both neighborhoods have the kind of restaurants and bars that make a weekend feel deliberate rather than touristy. Head to State Bird Provisions for dinner if you can get in; it's precise and inventive without being pretentious. Spend a day in Muir Woods or hiking around Twin Peaks for actual views of the city. The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is worth a couple hours if the weather holds. Hit up a coffee place on Valencia Street in the Mission just to sit and watch the neighborhood move around you.

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