Air Supply will perform at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana’s Hard Rock Live venue on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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.
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, that recently dropped with 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.”
The release of the album comes seven months after Graham and Russell celebrated a half century since meeting as chorus members of the Australian touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar in a most extraordinary way – headlining a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall on their actual 50th anniversary date.
The delirious fans in NYC lucky enough to attend their remarkable 5,560th show at Carnegie Hall might not have been aware of just how rare a feat it was, considering how resistant the powers that be often are to having pop-rockers play in a venue dominated by classical performances. With this concert, Air Supply rightfully joined a rarefied list of rock greats to have played the hallowed Hall, including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Graham and Russell’s chief influences, The Beatles. This was a dream come true for the duo who both saw The Beatles perform in 1964 at different venues.
While most of the duo’s albums have been produced by Graham, the singer/songwriter was delighted to work this time with Grammy-nominated Canadian producer Brian Howes, a two time Juno Award, Dove Award and multiple BMI Award winner whose star-studded career includes recordings by the rock bands Skillet, Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, Hedley and Simple Plan and tracks by American Idol greats Daughtry and David Cook.
A Matter of Time took a full two years to come together from inception to completed production for several reasons – Air Supply’s relentless ongoing 130 date U.S. and international annual tour schedule and Howes’ insistence, even in this digital age, that all of Graham and Russell’s vocals be recorded at his studio in Courtenay, Canada, an island off the coast of British Columbia, requiring several trips.
The duo also appreciated the opportunity to record the tracks old school, live in the studio with their band (drummer Pavel Valdman, lead guitarist Aaron McLain, keyboardist Mirko Tessandori and bassist Doug Gild), much the way Graham and Russell did in the early days, when he and Russell recorded their first albums in Australia, starting with their self-titled Top 20 Australian debut. In line with the possibility that A Matter of Time may be Air Supply’s final studio album (stay tuned!), Graham and Russell wanted the artwork to be special and sought out the talents of legendary Australian sculptor and painter Brett-Livingstone Strong to create the eye-popping, psychedelic time traveling artwork for the album, which includes an image of Air Supply circa 1981 amidst aliens, faeries, butterflies dinosaurs and cat-driven spaceships, among other colorful “easter eggs.”
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 for Air Supply: A Matter of Time tour start at $55.75. This show is all reserved seating. Ages 21 and up. The Hard Rock Live box office is open every Friday and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on show days starting at 12 p.m. Visit https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0500647AD50DBA6F
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is located at 5400 West 29th Ave. in Gary, IN, directly adjacent to the I80/94 Burr Street Interchange. For more information, call 219-228-2383 or visit www.hardrockcasinonorthernindiana.com.
About Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana:
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana’s $300 Million casino and entertainment destination opened to the public on May 14, 2021. Hard Rock’s premier 200,000-square foot entertainment complex features over 1700 slots and 80 table games totaling more than 2,100 gaming positions. In addition to the Hard Rock Live performance venue, Hard Rock Casino’s five dining options include Hard Rock Café, Council Oak Steaks and Seafood, YOUYU Noodle Bar, Fresh Harvest, and Constant Grind Coffee Shop, and also features a retail shop. For more information, contact https://www.hardrockcasinonorthernindiana.com.
About Hard Rock Live:
The Hard Rock Live performance venue is outfitted with state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems. The sound equipment features an L-Acoustics K2 line array system with KS28 subwoofers and KIVA-II front fill. Hard Rock Live has excellent sightlines. Hard Rock Live can seat up to 1,894 with an overall capacity of 2,700 including standing room only.