Billboard Live 2023

[newvillefan]

I’m reading today on Spotify that Richard is appearing in Osaka, Japan at the Billboard Live event in a few weeks’ time. Checked online and found further links including this one:

It’s Billboard Japan’s 15th anniversary and Richard Carpenter is helping them celebrate.​

By TF Tribe on January 21, 2023

The music of vocal brother-and-sister duo Richard and Karen Carpenter have, for more than 50 years, received acclaim from fans all over the world.

Even decades after Karen’s untimely death, their novel arrangements and musicality that shaped pop music in the 70s and 80s continue to be played on social media platforms and sung at karaoke bars in Japan.

Take a trip down memory lane and listen to Richard Carpenter live play the Carpenters’ Greatest Hits at the Billboard for the very first time.

He has received six Grammy nominations and Best Arrangement Award for his compositions. In October 2021, he released his first solo piano album in 23 years called “Piano Songbook”.

March 27, 2023 (Mon) Billboard Live Osaka
Open 16:00 Start 17:00 / Open 19:00 Start 20:00
Service area ¥ 20,000 –
Casual area ¥ 18,500 – (1 drink included)
April 1, 2023 (Sat) at the Billboard Live Tokyo
Open 16:00 Start 17:00 / Open 19:00 Start 20:00
Service area ¥ 20,000 –
casual area ¥ 18,500 – (1 drink included)

It’s Billboard Japan’s 15th anniversary and Richard Carpenter is helping them celebrate. - Tokyo Families Magazine

Even decades after Karen’s untimely death, their novel arrangements and musicality that shaped pop music in the 70s and 80s continue to be played on social

tokyofamilies.net

 

[Mark-T]

This is great- but I hope it doesn’t slow down him giving Christmas Portrait the RPO treatment.

 

[newvillefan]

This is great- but I hope it doesn’t slow down him giving Christmas Portrait the RPO treatment.

Is there any budget/demand for such a project? Doubt it.

 

[CarpentersToYou]

All we can hope is that a song will be used one day in a popular streaming series and give the Carpenters a wider audience. It always takes something to give it a push---be it "I Need to Be In Love" being used for that TV series in Japan and the wide push of "Love Songs" in the late 90s.

 

[Walkinat9]

Richard is giving no less than 10 concerts in Japan next week:

“richard carpenter”の公演検索結果 - イープラス
(you can have the page translated by clicking the right mouse button in an empty area on the page)

If my personal circumstamces were better (lower airfare, being able to register online to buy a concert ticket, and no longCovid fatigue), I definitely would have gone to finally get a chance to see him play live

I really do hope that Richard will consider performing elsewhere in the world after those lucky people in Japan will, without a doubt, have made him happy🤞🤞

Greg

 

[newvillefan]

Richard is giving no less than 10 concerts in Japan next week

10? I wonder to what end?

 

[Jack A.]

I really do hope that Richard will consider performing elsewhere in the world after those lucky people in Japan will, without a doubt, have made him happy🤞🤞

I hope so, too. I was born way too late to see the Carps live, and I would love to see Richard perform immensely. I admire a lot of musicians, but he is by far one of the ones I admire most.

I mean, the idea has probably at least crossed his mind. I would think that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people in who would go to a RC concert if he were to tour America.

 

[JohnFB]

I too would love to see him perform in person - there are a number of excellent venues in the Central Pennsylvania area - not sure where I would max out on the ticket price though - but higher than for most artists who journey through the Hershey Region (and there are a lot of them).

 

[Portlander]

The 1600 seat Lancaster Music Theater would be a perfect venue for Richard!

 

[JohnFB]

The 1600 seat Lancaster Music Theater would be a perfect venue for Richard!

Yes, absolutely - classy place with great acoustics - been there a number of times...

 

[Walkinat9]

10? I wonder to what end?

Almost seems as though it's for old time's sake, 2 shows per date, the way things often used to be in the 1960s/'70s

I must say I don't really care to what end, I'm just incredibly excited that all of a sudden Richard is back on the road doing the first multiple-date tour after 25 years. As far as I know it will be his first public live appearance since the induction of the Carpenters into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2010 (when Donna Summer sang "Superstar" with him)

Richard's past live performances

 

[Walkinat9]

The 1600 seat Lancaster Music Theater would be a perfect venue for Richard!

Sounds great, and then also a few dates here in Europe, most likely in the UK, back to the Royal Albert Hall for a solo piano set and a set with orchestra 🎹🎶

 

[tomswift2002]

I’d like to see Richard play the NAC or Corel Center in Ottawa. I’m one of those that was born after Karen had died, and if Richard had toured Canada in the 80’s and 90’s I was waaay to young.