Editing Todd Rundgren (section)

===2000s–2010s===
[[File:Tony Levin & Todd Rundgren (2006).jpg|thumb|upright=1|Rundgren and [[Tony Levin]] in [[Toronto]], September 2006]]
[[File:Todd Rundgren (48981278786).jpg|thumb|upright=1|Rundgren (right) at the [[Library of Congress]] in 2019]]
In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]], Rundgren created the score for the film ''A Face to a Name'', directed by [[Douglas Sloan (filmmaker)|Douglas Sloan]]. The film depicted numerous photographs of missing New Yorkers that were displayed on Bellevue Hospital's 'wall of prayers' following the attacks. The film was part of a special screening at the [[Woodstock Film Festival]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Illuminates|url=http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/press/releases/Sept_2002_9.11.htm|publisher=Woodstock Film Festival|access-date=September 11, 2002}}</ref>

In late 2005, the [[Boston]]-based band [[the Cars]] were planning to re-form despite bassist [[Benjamin Orr]]'s death and lack of interest on the part of former lead singer [[Ric Ocasek]]. Rumors followed that Rundgren had joined [[Elliot Easton]] and [[Greg Hawkes]] in rehearsals for a possible new Cars lineup. Initial speculation pointed to [[the New Cars]] being fleshed out with [[Clem Burke]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Art Alexakis]] of [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]. Eventually the group completed their lineup with former Rundgren bassist Kasim Sulton and studio drummer [[Prairie Prince]] of [[the Tubes]], who had played on [[XTC]]'s Rundgren-produced ''[[Skylarking]]'' and who has recorded and toured with Rundgren.

In early 2006, the new lineup played a few private shows for industry professionals, played live on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' and made other media appearances before commencing a 2006 summer tour with the re-formed [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]. Rundgren referred to the project as "an opportunity ... for me to pay my bills, play to a larger audience, work with musicians I know and like, and ideally have some fun for a year."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60605/rundgren-steps-in-for-ocasek-in-new-cars|title=Rundgren Steps in For Ocasek in New Cars|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The New Cars' first single, "Not Tonight", was released on March 20, 2006. A live album/greatest hits collection, ''[[It's Alive! (album)|The New Cars: It's Alive]]'', was released in June 2006. The album includes classic Cars songs (and two Rundgren hits) recorded live plus three new studio tracks ("Not Tonight", "Warm", and "More")

In April 2011, ''[[Todd Rundgren's Johnson]]'', a collection of Robert Johnson covers, which had been recorded more than a year earlier, was released. In another 2011, an album of covers, ''[[(re)Production]]'', features Rundgren performing tracks he had previously produced for other acts, including [[Grand Funk Railroad]]'s "[[Walk Like a Man (Grand Funk Railroad song)|Walk Like a Man]]" and [[XTC]]'s "Dear God".

In 2017, Rundgren released ''[[White Knight (album)|White Knight]]'', which features collaborations with [[Trent Reznor]], [[Robyn]], [[Daryl Hall]], [[Joe Walsh]] and [[Donald Fagen]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/white-knight-mw0003030522 |title=White Knight - Todd Rundgren |publisher=AllMusic |date=May 12, 2017 |access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2018, Cleopatra Press published his self-penned memoir, ''The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams, and Dissertations''. The book contains 181 chapters, each one page long, and each consisting of three paragraphs. He said that "I realized that I have to do this or somebody else will do it. I'm getting to the point where I could at some point not be able to do it myself, and then someone else would do it and I wouldn't be happy with the result."<ref name="Willman18"/>  Its coverage ends at Rundgren's 50th birthday in 1998, which was the same time he began writing the book. Since then, he said, "my life has been a lot more boring ... I'm not doing as much record production as I used to, so interesting tales that go along with those projects don't exist anymore."<ref name="Willman18" /> On October 21, 2019, he stopped by the [[Library of Congress]] and signed a braille copy—which was produced for him by a fan and [[National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled]] patron who is blind.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/news/quarterly-newsletter-news/news-october-december-2019/|title=News October–December 2019|website=National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) {{!}} Library of Congress|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

Rundgren toured in late 2019 with [[Micky Dolenz]], [[Jason Scheff]], [[Christopher Cross]] and [[Joey Molland]] of [[Badfinger]] in celebration of the Beatles' [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled 1968 album]] on the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles' White Album".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/beatles-white-album-tribute-tour-9-30-19/|title=Dolenz, Rundgren, Molland Begin Beatles Tribute Tour|website=Bestclassicbands.com|date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>