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Richard Marx Reveals His Secret Weapon for Touring

Richard Marx used to hate touring. But now he has a secret weapon that makes it "a blast," he tells Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast.

Marx will perform at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 4 and has a short string of dates with Rick Springfield in Florida and Tennessee in October. His latest single, “Forget About the World,” was co-written with Marx and his three sons: Brandon, Jesse and Lucas, who also produced the track. The instantly hummable tune with some dark lyrics (“Rome is burning and it’s raining red, feels like everything is hanging by a thread”) is “a statement of rescue, of hope at the end of the day,” he explains.

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