JOHN CARPENTER ANNOUNCES FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCES IN SEVEN YEARS

JOHN CARPENTER UNVEILS EXPANDED ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF LOST THEMES ALBUM, ANNOUNCES LA CONCERT RESIDENCY, MARKING HIS FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCES IN SEVEN YEARS  LISTEN TO THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG “CRUISIN’ WITH MR. SCRATCH”  HORROR AND MUSIC ICON PERFORMING FIRST-EVER MUSIC RESIDENCY OCT 24, 25, 31, AND NOV 1, TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY LOST THEMES 10th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION OUT MAY 9th ON SACRED BONES PREORDER NOW

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 stage a four night residency at The Belasco Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, marking his first live performances since 2018. Dates for the JOHN CARPENTER LIVE residency are Oct. 24 and Oct. 25; plus Halloween night, Oct. 31; and Nov. 1. John will be joined for these special concerts by his longtime collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, with whom he has created four Lost Themes albums, as well as scoring all three entries of the recent Halloween trilogy and 2022’s Firestarter. In celebration of the trio’s decade-long run, today they have launched preorders for the forthcoming Lost Themes 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition, due May 9th from Sacred Bones. The updated edition features new artwork by Greg Ruth, expanded liner notes, and a bonus 7” containing two previously unreleased songs from the album’s original recording sessions, “Dominator” and “Cruisin’ With Mr. Scratch” - the latter of which can be streamed now. 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 am PST 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. “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, in addition to the four Lost Themes albums of non-film music. “That means every night of this event will offer something different and unexpected.” JOHN CARPENTER LIVE is produced by Live Nation in association with Storm King Productions, the production company founded and led by Sandy King.  Find more information and tickets for JOHN CARPENTER LIVE https://theofficialjohncarpenter.com Stream previously unreleased song “Cruisin’ With Mr. Scratch” https://youtu.be/rzUfblaQdiw Pre-order Lost Themes 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition lnk.to/LTXExpandedEdition 

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 York and 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.