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LOS ANGELES (January 28, 2025) – His films define modern horror cinema. His music brings unforgettable nightmares to life. And this fall, John Carpenter, one of the most iconic names in cinema history will perform live for four nights only at The Belasco Theatre in Downtown L.A., a rare experience for movie and music fans.
Presale for tickets to JOHN CARPENTER LIVE, his first-ever music residency, begins today for fans who have pre-registered, with tickets available to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, January 31. Tickets can be purchased at https://theofficialjohncarpenter.com/tour/. Carpenter has partnered with PLUS1 to provide $2 from each ticket to the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, which supports incarcerated firefighters; and to the Best Friends Animal Society, helping animals impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Dates for the JOHN CARPENTER LIVE residency are Oct. 24 and Oct. 25; plus Halloween night, Oct. 31; and Nov. 1.
“I’ve been setting my nightmares, dreams and visions to music for a very long time, and there’s a lot to choose from,” said Carpenter, whose musical career has included composing scores for more than 20 films, along with five albums of Lost Themes. “That means every night of this event will offer something different and unexpected.”
This special concert event also features Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, and marks the first time John Carpenter has performed live since 2018.
JOHN CARPENTER LIVE is produced by Live Nation in association with Storm King Productions, the production company founded and led by Sandy King.
For full details, visit the official John Carpenter website at https://theofficialjohncarpenter.com.
ABOUT JOHN CARPENTER
As director, writer, producer and composer, Carpenter has brought to the screen some of the most popular and influential films in history, beginning with his 1978 breakthrough, Halloween.
Carpenter has directed an astonishing array of influential films, including horror classics
The Thing, The Fog, Christine and In the Mouth of Madness, as well as Assault on Precinct 13, Escape from New Yorkand Escape from L.A., the Oscar®-nominated Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, Village of the Damned, Vampires, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Ghosts of Mars and The Ward.
For TV, Carpenter received Cable ACE Award for writing the HBO Film El Diablo, and directed the acclaimed, Emmy®-winning Elvis, starring Kurt Russell. With Tobe Hooper, he co-directed Showtime’s Body Bags, and most recently created, produced and directed the Peacock docu-horror series Suburban Screams.
As a composer and recording artist, he has created Lost Themes, three widely acclaimed albums of non-soundtrack music, as well as two albums called Anthology that include his inimitable film music.
Carpenter, with his wife Sandy King, has also created Storm King Comics, an acclaimed line of comic books and graphic novels.
He is the recipient of dozens of awards and honors, including the Le Carrosse D’Or (Golden Coach) from the French Directors Guild during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival; and lifetime achievement honors from the Bram Stoker Awards, the Online Film Critics Society, and the Saturn Awards (George Pal Memorial Award). In 2025, Carpenter will be honored with both a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and, for the first time in his long career, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Born in Carthage, New York, and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Carpenter attended the University of Southern California School of Cinema, where he directed his first theatrically released feature film, the 1975 science-fiction comedy Dark Star.