Walkinat9
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I was happy to be able to finally add several concert dates (on the Setlist.fm site) for Pat & Olivia, backing up Cliff Richard on his East Asia tour, 50 years ago this month. Cliff was refused entrance in Singapore and Korea because of his long hair (to Olivia's amusement, as told in this interview after the tour).
While doing this, I stumbled upon Richard Carpenter's 1997 Japan tour book on eBay. On one page there is a list of his concert dates there, so I was excited to add them to the Setlist.fm site as well. The thing is, it's all in Japanese. With a little help from Google Translate, Google Maps and an overview of Japanese katakana characters, I managed to get at least all of the cities where Richard played. So all 8 concerts have been added, but the venue names of two dates (March 9 & March 20) are still a mystery to me.
Is there anybody out there who can shine a light on this? Maybe there is a list of Richard's concerts there in English?
Also, did Richard have any (solo) concerts in Japan before or after 1997? Were any of them televised perhaps?
Greg (trying hard to keep his chin up)
I was happy to be able to finally add several concert dates (on the Setlist.fm site) for Pat & Olivia, backing up Cliff Richard on his East Asia tour, 50 years ago this month. Cliff was refused entrance in Singapore and Korea because of his long hair (to Olivia's amusement, as told in this interview after the tour).
While doing this, I stumbled upon Richard Carpenter's 1997 Japan tour book on eBay. On one page there is a list of his concert dates there, so I was excited to add them to the Setlist.fm site as well. The thing is, it's all in Japanese. With a little help from Google Translate, Google Maps and an overview of Japanese katakana characters, I managed to get at least all of the cities where Richard played. So all 8 concerts have been added, but the venue names of two dates (March 9 & March 20) are still a mystery to me.
Is there anybody out there who can shine a light on this? Maybe there is a list of Richard's concerts there in English?
Also, did Richard have any (solo) concerts in Japan before or after 1997? Were any of them televised perhaps?
Greg (trying hard to keep his chin up)