Richard Clapton Archives

When Richard Clapton play a Festival we get the concentrated Best of show. When he performs his own shows we get the deeper dive into a remarkable 50+ year career.

A 50th anniversary concert to mark the impact of Australia’s Sunbury Music Festival will take place in Sunbury in April.

Richard Clapton condensed 50 years of his music history into one two-and-a-half-hour show in Melbourne this week like he was some sort of magician.

Australian rock legend Richard Clapton is 74 years old today (18 May 2023).

Richard Clapton is marking the 50th anniversary of the release of his first album ‘Prussian Blue’ with two shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

In November 2023, ‘Prussian Blue’, the first album for Richard Clapton, will turn 50.

Duane McDonald’s latest music festival Legend On The Lawn has a date on Queensland’s Bribie Island.

Richard Clapton won’t have his usual band this weekend in Melbourne. Instead, he has put together a special one-time only band for this Friday at The Palms.

Richard Clapton’s first single ‘Last Train To Marseilles’ is coming up to its 50th anniversary.

Midnight Oil will perform at Mundi Mundi Bash in Broken Hill in August.

Red McKelvie, the New Zealand born guitarist for Richard Clapton’s debut album ‘Prussian Blue’ has died.

INXS’ second album ‘Underneath The Colours’ was released 40 years ago this week.

Richard Clapton’s Music Is Love tour is the latest Covid casualty with all dates moved into 2022.

Richard Clapton’s Music Is Love tour is another Covid restriction casualty.

With the absence of international tours, Australian artists are upscaling to some of their biggest tours in years. Richard Clapton has announced his Music Is Love Australian tour, taking him to major venues across Australia’s biggest cities including Melbourne’s Palais Theatre and Brisbane’s QPAC.

Richard Clapton’s finest work ‘Goodbye Tiger’ was an album he didn’t want to make. Richard was living in Berlin when it was suggested he return to Australia to make a new album. It took some talking into.

Richard Clapton has referred back 50 years for the nucleus of his new album ‘Music Is Love 1966-1970’. The title track is a David Crosby song which has special meaning for Richard.

Richard Clapton is reactivating in 2021 with a new album and live dates.

Richard Clapton has collected covers to pay homage to the artists and songs that influenced his career on ‘Music Is Love (1966-1970).

Former EMI Record executive Nick Hampton has published his life story with ‘Nick of Time: My Life and Career All on the Record’.

Natasha Stuart, the loved backing singer who has worked with Leo Sayer and Richard Clapton has passed away at age 43.

The line-up of acts for Pure Gold Live 2020 collectively has released more singles that will fit in a jukebox. Over 300 in fact.

Richard Clapton will perform his first Melbourne show of the year at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda. It will also be Richard’s first ever Memo Music Hall show.

Richard Clapton will continue his party that never ends with his 12th annual Past Hits and Previews show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre.

After a month in Australia, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will down tools after their two final Red Hot Summer shows at Bribie Island in Queensland this weekend.

Diesel is reminding his fans about why they first got into his music with a setlist revolving around his first two albums at Red Hot Summer.

The Living End’s first album came out over 20 years ago. That first hit, the double-A sided ‘Second Solution/Prisoner of Society’ is year older. I guess that makes The Living End a ‘Classic Rock band’.