What rocker name-checked Pete Davidson from the stage last night? – SILive.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Islands own Pete Davidson is everywhere these days: Saturday Night Live cast member. Movie star whos in the next Suicide Squad film. Stand-up comic. Boyfriend to songbirds and Hollywood starlets.

Even the older folks are noticing.

There was a concert at the St. George Theatre on Thursday night to mark the 50th anniversary last year of the Beatles landmark White Album.

Helping lead the all-star band was rocker Todd Rundgren, 71, famous for big radio hits like Hello, Its Me, I Saw the Light and Bang the Drum All Day.

Many in the crowd looked like they could have been first-generation Beatles fans themselves, so not the venue where youd expect to hear about the young and hip Davidson.

But Rundgren is nothing if not unpredictable in concert.

In between songs, Rundgren was talking about how he hadnt visited Staten Island.

I didnt have a reason to go to Staten Island, Rundgren quipped.

That brought a wave of good-natured catcalls from the crowd.

Tell it to Pete Davidson, Rundgren said with a laugh.

There truly is no escaping Davidson on Staten Island.

Rundgrens borough references didnt end there.

Introducing fellow performer Christopher Cross, Rundgren talked about taking the Staten Island Ferry, which he described as jammed with tourists.

He talked about the loud volume of tourist babble, and, perhaps apocryphally, of seeing a familiar sloop out in the sea (as Rundgren referred to Upper New York Bay) piloted by Cross. Cross then performed his number-one 1980 hit Sailing.

Get it? The ferry? Sailing?

Despite his quips, Rundgren is no stranger to Staten Island or to the St. George Theatre.

He performed there during his White Knight tour in 2017. And way back on Oct. 1, 1979, Rundgren and his band, Utopia, performed at the theatre. Playing bass for Rundgren was Islander Kasim Sulton, who has performed with Rundgren for decades.

Todd Rundgren and Utopia played on Staten Island on Oct. 1, 1979. (Tom Wrobleski/Staten Island Advance)

It was big news when Davidson skipped an appearance on Saturday Night Live recently to attend a Joker movie premiere and to do some filming for Suicide Squad.

And Davidson was all over the Island this summer, filming his own feature film, so far untitled, with director Judd Apatow.

Then theres Petes love life, an endless source of fascination for the tabloid press and his hometown paper. Davidson was engaged for a time to singer Ariana Grande. Hes also dated Kate Beckinsale and now Margaret Qualley.

As for Rundgren, he doesnt mind getting controversial. The rocker is so virulently against President Donald Trump that hes said that Trump supporters should stay away from his concerts.

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What rocker name-checked Pete Davidson from the stage last night? - SILive.com